Former Emerging Leader, deacon and Prayer Team lead Emily Carduff was accepted this past Friday as a Member in Discernment in the Bay Association of the UCC! That means that Emily, who is currently in her first semester at University of Chicago Divinity School, is now a formal candidate in the UCC’s ordination process, sponsored by her local church (that’s …
Sept. 26 Learning Hour: The Homecoming Project
Sunday, September 26, 12:15 pmhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/88967740143?pwd=M1pqRE92SnZBbjZKNmpvelBKVTNRdz09ID: 889 6774 0143 Passcode: 261432 Our September 26 Learning Hour will focus on the Homecoming Project. The Homecoming Project is a three-year success story supporting people by providing stable housing when they leave prison and return home to their communities and families. Before a formerly incarcerated person can find a job, address a health concern, or …
Long Haul Living: 2022 Sustaining Giving Campaign Launched
The Ministry of Stewardship Finance & Administration (SF&A) recently kicked off First Church Berkeley’s annual Sustaining Giving Campaign. If you are a part of the First Church community, even intermittently, please prayerfully consider making a sustaining giving commitment in any amount to First Church Berkeley UCC as we start the new program year. A letter was sent out in late …
Focus Groups for Parents: Children & Youth Programs
Parents and youth are invited to join Rev. Molly, Rev. Kelly and Carolyn Ash in two upcoming Children/Youth Programs Focus Groups: Parents of Children Ages 0 – 6th Grade Thursday, Sept. 23, 8 pmhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/9498149080?pwd=RmdySGpIdkJudGdIL3FDTElnL25tUT09ID: 949 814 9080 Passcode: SC-MSC20 Parents of Youth in Grades 6 – 12 Sunday, Oct. 3, 5 pmPlay Yard (Free pizza and ice cream!) Youth in …
Suggest an Offering Plate Recipient
What you did for one of the least of these, you did for me Matthew 25:40 Is there a charity close to your heart that you’d like the congregation to know about? Each month, the Ministry of Justice and Service directs our congregation’s weekly offerings to a charity who addresses an issue affecting vulnerable members of our society–those Jesus referred …
All-Church Fall Retreat at Chabot
Fri., Sept. 17 – Sun., Sept. 19Anthony Chabot Regional Park, Castro Valley “For you shall go out with joy,And be led out with peace;The mountains and the hillsShall break forth into singing before you,And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.” Isaiah 55:12 This weekend is our All Church Retreat at Chabot Regional Park! If you’re coming, …
Blessing of the Animals, Oct. 3
Sunday, October 3, 4 pmFront Lawn Our next outdoor Lawn Church gathering, October 3rd at 4pm, is a multi-species affair, a service celebrating all the non-human creatures in our lives. You’re invited to bring your pet, if your pet is amenable to being at an outdoor service around other animals and humans, or a photo of your pet if your …
Film Showing: “The Flowers of St. Francis”
Sunday, October 3, 5 pmFront Lawn I love movies and I love saint-stories, so showing this wonderful film will be for me a real act of love…and one that will definitely blow you away. Kate Lucchese, First Churcher October 4 is the special day of the namesake of San Francisco, the famous patron saint of animals who quieted the birds …