Solar Excitement
— Nick Kukulan, Stewardship, Finance, & Administration Chair; Amare Gebreyesus, Facilities Staff, photos This past week (Nov. 4 – 8, 2024) a large crane lifted bundles of solar panels onto the rooftop top of the new Community Building. The 72 panels are being installed on the roof. Once in operation the panels will send solar generated energy to our one …
Share Your Love and Concern – Sock Drive for Trinity Center Members
— Mary Fujii November is Homeless Awareness month. Please get involved by donating new crew socks for members of Trinity Center of Walnut Creek. Trinity provides lots of opportunities for adults vulnerable to homelessness, from clothes, job preparation, housing, health services, and hot meals. Bring white- or dark-colored adult crew socks to the cereal and peanut butter table in the …
February Love Feast & Reunion
Sat. & Sun., Feb. 15 & 16, 2025 — the Sesquicentennial Committee It’s official! In February 2025 we are celebrating our church community’s 150th Anniversary, the Sanctuary’s 100th Anniversary, and finally being in our beautiful new Community Building! The save-the-date info has already been sent to the First Church Diaspora (aka members and staff who have moved away or moved …
2025 Stewardship Campaign
— Nick Kukulan, Chair, Stewardship, Finance & Administration (SF&A) Ministry August Laperche, our Director of Operations, has compiled commitments received for 2025 as of 11/10/24. There are 88 households who have submitted commitments. The total amount committed is: $445,042.20. There are still another 80 households from whom we have not received a commitment card. We ask all members to return those …
Mental Health & Disability Library Cart – New Books!
3rd Sundays @ 11:15 amFront Patio, Dana St. Come and peruse these new books on the Mental Health & Disability Library Cart this Sunday during the After Party: The Buddha & the Borderline, a Memoir by Kiera Can GelderHard Choices for Loving People by Hank DunnIgnite Life Poetry Devotional by Nurse AnneInspirational Battles Devotional by Nurse AnneInside Out [DVD]Guided Mindfulness …
Abundance Table
3rd Sundays @ 11:15 amHall of Entrance All are invited to bring in any garden produce that they have in abundance— fruit, herb clippings, seedlings—to share with others. Everyone is also invited to peruse the table, and to take away anything that appeals to them. The Abundance Table is located in the Hall of Entrance, across from the small kitchen. …
Post-Election Community Sing
Thu., Nov. 7, 7 pm, Sanctuary The election is over, but the processing has just begun. If you need a little bit of time together in community, join us for this Community Sing—a time of solidarity, song, and silence. Bring a song to share as we take some time to tend to ourselves. All are welcome.
Love Over Fear Benefit Concert
Tues., Nov. 12, 6:30 pmFreight & Salvage, Berkeley You’re invited to the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity (IM4HI) 2nd Love Over Fear benefit concert at Freight & Salvage in Berkeley. View the concert video and beautiful program book here. “Love Over Fear” is IM4HI’s narrative campaign to project values of love, compassion, and connection while building multi-racial solidarity, replacing fear, …