Every year, the One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) offering has been helping American and Canadian Christians bring God’s hope and healing to hurting people at home and around the world. Based on this year’s theme—Be the Light (Matthew 5:14-16) — OGHS’s mission continues to support domestic and international development, fight poverty and its consequences, bring aid and relief to communities torn by war or ravaged by national …
…that there’s a new hybrid piano for Loper Chapel? It was recently assembled by Leonard, Frances, Jed and Derek!
Wed., March 5, 2025, 7 pmSanctuary Join us on Ash Wednesday at 7 pm on the Chancel, the raised part at the front of the sanctuary, to sing together, remember our mortality and our flaws, and hope together for a world made new.
For the 2025 season of Lent, Rev. Kelly will be writing and sending twice-daily text prayers again! Starting Ash Wed., March 5, every day at 10 am and 4 pm, you’ll receive a prayer by text so you can take a moment to breathe, pray, and connect to the season and your community. If you were already receiving them, you’re …
Sun., March 2, 2025, 11:15 am Front Patio, Dana St. Because we draw from such a wide region and want as many people to be able to participate in our Mardi Gras festivities as possible, we’ll be celebrating Dimanche Gras–Fat Sunday!—on Sun., March 2 during our After Party. We’ll have a stack of crêpes (regular and GF) from Crepevine and …
Sun., Feb. 23, 11:15 amFirst Church Berkeley parking lot (entrance 2330 Durant Ave.) First Church’s Green Team is sponsoring an Electric Vehicle (EV) Fair in the church parking lot immediately after worship this Sunday. First Church members who own EVs will be available to provide information about various issues around EV ownership–such as range, cost, tax credits and other incentives, …
Melissa and her children, who arrived in Berkeley and First Church in 2020 from Honduras after escaping a dangerous situation, won their petition for asylum this week! That means she can continue her new life here. What a blessing! At the San Francisco Immigration Court on Wed., Feb. 19, 2025 Melissa provided testimony before a federal immigration judge, the final …
— Willem VandeKamp, Liaison to the Interfaith Coalition for Justice in our Jails for First Church Berkeley The Interfaith Coalition for Justice in our Jails (ICJJ) published its latest Newsletter and I would like to share it with you as a congregation. As a member of the Coalition, we support its work and through their work we contribute to justice …
Sun., Feb. 23, 2025, 10 am worshipSanctuary We welcome Rabbi Maya Zinkow to the pulpit this Sunday! Rabbi Maya (she/her) loves her role as Campus Rabbi at Berkeley Hillel, the Jewish Student Center at Cal Berkeley. She is west coast-born, midwest-raised, and east coast-schooled. She received rabbinic ordination and a Master’s in Jewish Women and Gender Studies at the Jewish …
