The Offering Plate Recipient for the month of July is a local non-profit called Loved Twice based in Oakland, CA! They have been operating since 2005 after their founder Lisa Klein responded to a Craigslist posting from Louisiana that was calling for donations of baby clothing after Hurricane Katrina decimated New Orleans. Lisa and a team of parents donated 200 …
…that Second Sunday Sandwiches is this Sunday? Meet in the Cloister at 9:00 am to help make 50 sack lunches for our unhoused neighbors if you would like to help out. …that our own Arin Dahl is going to be delivering the sermon this Sunday? She is going to be speaking on her discernment journey as an animal chaplain. Come …
This Sun., Jul. 13, 2025 at 9:00 amThe Cloister Join us for this Sunday at 9:00 am for Second Sunday Sandwiches and help us make 50 bag lunches for our unhoused neighbors. Click here to donate supplies or funds. If there are any questions or concerns, contact Richard Brabham at (510) 207-0545. Thank you!
Sun., Aug. 3, 2025 Our next Service As Worship Sunday service is Sunday, August 3, 2025. Janet McDonald will be coordinating a sewing project and would like to know if anyone is willing to bring their sewing machine to church that day to be used in that project. Please connect with Janet at [email protected] ahead of time if you are …
Sun. Jul. 27, 2025 after worship Did you know that First Church Berkeley has our own very time capsule? It was recently excavated from the location it was sealed into 100 years ago. On Sunday July 27 after worship, we’ll ceremoniously open a time capsule set into the cornerstone of the Sanctuary building and see what our spiritual ancestors from …
Sat., July 19, 2025, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm, Pillar Room On Saturday, July 19, FCCB Over 60 will present a program titled: What Does Prayer Mean to You? The program will be led by Bob Stumpf and Kerrie Hein. Please arrive in the Pillar Room by 9:45 AM and RSVP to [email protected]. The program will conclude at noon, and you are invited to bring …
Have you been curious about joining the choir, or just want to sing a bit this summer? Come join us on July 27 and August 17 for two “pop-up choir” sessions, where we’ll sing in worship! We’ll rehearse at 9:00 am before the service, dressed in your colorful Sunday best. If you haven’t been regularly joining the choir during the year, please …
Sun., July 20, 2025 8:45 am to 9:30 amLoper Chapel Both the in-person and Zoom gatherings to discuss the summer book read, Psychedelics and Christian Faith by Ron Cole-Turner, have become casualties of the calendar. Please note that the Zoom gathering originally scheduled for July 9 has been moved to Wednesday July 23 at 7:00 pm; the link for that can …
Sun., July 20, 2025 11:30 amLoper Chapel Curious about non-ordinary states of consciousness? Needing a profound form of prayer and healing in an anxious time? Wary of drugs–but still want to meet the Divine in a new/old way? On Sunday July 20 at 11:30 am after worship, Rev. Molly and her colleague in the Bay Area Healers’ Collective, Anu Peter …