Christmas Offering 2022

Do you feel the joy of the Christmas season? You’re not alone if your joy is mixed with some anxiety and sadness. The stress from planning the perfect holiday with the perfect gifts takes its toll. However, there’s one gift that is sure to bring joy, and that is your donation to the Christmas Offering. This year’s Christmas offering, to …

Candle flame & Christmas lights

Christmas Eve Worship Schedule 2022

4 pm — All-Ages Christmas Eve Service (Dana St. Lawn) We’ll be outdoors on the lawn this year for our all-ages reenactment of the Nativity, with glowstick “candles,” costumes, and carols! 8:30 pm — Special Christmas concert (in the Sanctuary & Webcast) Come early to let your spirit sink deeply into incarnation!  9 pm — Service of Candlelight & Carols …

Still Time for Baking, Eating & Sharing Christmas Cookies!

Sat., Dec. 24, 2022 We need your home-baked Christmas cookies for our special Christmas Eve After Party, which follows the 9 pm Candlelight & Carols Service. Bring your favorites (with list of ingredients) to the Hall of Entrance small kitchen before or after the 4 pm All-Ages service, before the 8:30 pm concert/9 pm Candlelight & Carols service, or email …

Still Time for Baking, Eating & Sharing Christmas Cookies

Bring your favorites (please drop off your cookies with a list of ingredients or recipe): Sat., Dec. 24 – Candlelight & Carols Service on Christmas Eve – in Hall of Entrance small kitchen before or after the 4 pm All-Ages service or before the 8:30 pm concert/9 pm Candlelight & Carols service. Thank you! Questions? Contact Louise Halsey @ [email protected]

Blue Christmas Service

Tues., Dec. 20, 7 pm on the Chancel in the Sanctuary You are invited to a Blue Christmas service, which gives us room to acknowledge grief, overwhelm, loneliness, and other feelings that don’t ordinarily fit into the season of cheer. It will include prayers (silent, written, spoken), Scripture, music, and healing rituals.

Do You Love Baking, Eating & Sharing Christmas Cookies?

Bring your favorites to any of these three special events (please drop off your cookies with a list of ingredients or recipe): Sun., Dec. 11 – Advent Craft Worship & Cookie Exchange – in Loper Chapel before or after 10 am worship. Take some cookies home with you and leave the rest for the Cal student event on Tuesday! Tues., …

Hanging of the Greens 2022

Get yourself, and your church, in the Christmas Spirit early! Come gather for the Hanging of the Greens and join Joey Gottbrath, Milton Fujii and other church friends to transform the Sanctuary & Hall of Entrance for the Advent & Christmas season on Sat., Nov., 26, 1–4 pm. All ages and abilities welcome! We will put up and decorate the …

Christmas Eve Gift Bags for the Unhoused

Sign Up to Donate Put down the Halloween candy and set aside the Thanksgiving decorations. It’s time to think about Christmas! Be not afraid, for everyone on your list wants socks, food, and cash. At our Christmas Eve services this year, we’ll hand out gift bags stuffed with items that provide relief or joy to our unhoused neighbors: This year …