Aug. – Oct. 2024 Our Director of Operations, Rev. August, is now on medical leave through Oct. 4 and we could use your help! We need a steady, friendly presence in the office when we are understaffed. You can see (and sign up for!) 3-hour weekday shifts when we need coverage here. Bring your knitting, bring your Netflix! Mostly what …
Come Play Games, hosted by Jeanne Strauss, Steve Spielman & Linda SawyerSat., Aug. 17, 4 to 6 pm, Play YardPlenty of games will be provided. Feel free to bring your favorites along with family, friends, and snacks to share! No RSVPs needed – just show up to play! Summer Hike, hosted by Rev. Molly BasketteSun., Aug. 25, soon after worship …
Sun., Aug. 25, 11:15 am (during the After Party)Cloister Our longtime wonderful Fall All-Church Retreat has a new home! We’ll be together at beautiful Monte Toyon Retreat Center in Aptos Sept. 13-15. If you would like to help brainstorm fun, spiritual and community-building activities, please join Rev. Molly at a table in the Cloister during the After Party on Sun., …
Sat., Sept. 7, 9 amAlameda Join us for a fun morning of swimming, biking, and running (or any combination thereof) OR socializing with other First Church friends while cheering on the swimmers, bikers, and runners on Sat., Sept. 7 at 9 am at the Encinal Boat Ramp, Alameda. This is a VERY informal, low-key event, DIY triathlon, great for those …
2nd Sundays of the month, 7 pmLoper Chapel The Taizé prayer service is a meditative form of worship. It’s a candlelight service with simple chants, prayerful silence, and short scripture, developed by the brothers of the Taizé community in France and beloved by spiritual seekers of all kinds around the world. We’re reviving monthly Taizé services at First Church Berkeley …
Custom Ink, our T-shirt vendor, has corrected the errors on our 150th Anniversary T-shirts and reprinted our entire order, so please come and pick up your new versions, if you haven’t already done so! Jeanne Strauss will continue to distribute them in the Hall of Entrance before and after worship this Sun., July 28 and next Sun., Aug. 4. You can keep …
Fri.- Sun., Oct. 25 -27, 2024St. Dorothy’s Rest Retreat Center, Camp Meeker, CA Join us for the second annual FCCB (mostly) Silent Retreat, which will be held Oct. 25-27 among the beautiful redwoods of St. Dorothy’s Rest near Occidental, CA. If you suspect you might be craving rest, quiet, and an opportunity to spend some dedicated time in prayer or …
Sun., July 28, 2024, 11:45 amLoper Chapel Celebrating the American Disability Act of 1990 and 2008, the Learning Hour on July 28 will give us an opportunity to get to know Sam Habib and his family through his video “My Disability Roadmap.” Now in College, Sam was born and lives with cerebral palsy. He is on a quest to find …
— Willem VandeKamp, First Church Liaison to Interfaith Coalition for Justice in Jails (ICJJ) In response to community outcry about the incarceration of people with mental illness, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors adopted a policy of Care First, Jails Last in 2021. The fundamental goal of this policy is to “develop a continuum of care that includes a full spectrum of …