Let the Mens’ Pants & Shoes Roll In!
November is Homeless Awareness Month and we, at First Church, are turning a spotlight on the Trinity Center of Walnut Creek. Trinity offers vulnerable adults and transition-age youth a variety of services that leads to more stability and health. Clothing is one of the practical services offered. They offer washers and dryers for clothes. Also, a closet with donated essentials. …
Berkeley Half Marathon on Sun., Nov. 19, 2023
The Berkeley Half Marathon is taking place Sun., Nov. 19 with some road closures starting as early as 7:30 am. This may affect your route to church. To view a route map & timing of road closures, go to https://berkeleyhalfmarathon.com/race-weekend/street-closures-and-detours/
Did You Know…?
…that Angela Arnold is part of the chorus for the San Francisco Opera production of Omar (and has a small solo at the beginning of Act 2)? Contact Matt Reed (contact info in Realm) for a 30% off discount code for five of the six performances in November. Can’t get to SF? Watch the livestream November 11. Click here for …
Welcome our New Members: Oct. 15, 2023
Frances T (she, her) I grew up mostly in Pullman, Washington, where I was involved in the local Community Congregational United Church of Christ. I moved to west Berkeley just over a year ago for a job at an environmental non-profit. Bailey T (she, her) We came to first church last year and it has felt like home ever since. …
East Bay School for Boys (EBSB) Festival of Ideas: Courageous Design
This Sat., Nov. 4, 12:30 to 4 pm2340 Durant Ave., Berkeley We’d like to invite the FCCB community to join us this Saturday for the first annual EBSB Festival of Ideas. This event will feature workshops, lectures, and conversations celebrating design thinking and the transformative connections, inventions, and conversations EBSB’s design-centered program and culture make possible. We are excited to have the participation of Kate Schatz, …
Love Over Fear Benefit Concert – Hosted by the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity
Mon., Nov. 13, 7 pm Freight & Salvage, Berkeley A message from Sara Fread, former First Church Youth Director Hey church, it’s been awhile! I’ve been working as development associate at the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity (IM4HI), an organization First Church Berkeley has been amazing supporters of, and we have a special invitation for you! IM4HI is hosting its first …
Nov. 19 Learning Hour – Where Is Justice in our Criminal Legal System?
Sun., Nov. 19, 11:45 am, Loper Chapel As people of faith, we are called to end the dehumanizing treatment in jails, which contributes to unnecessary harm and death, and to advocate for alternatives to incarceration. Join Micky Duxbury, frequent visitor to First Church Berkeley and member of the Interfaith Coalition for Justice in our Jails, and Joy George, Restore Oakland …
Co-Pastoring Progress
— Jeanne Strauss, Moderator We have been encouraged by the support of our church family on the plan for Molly and Kelly to become co-pastors, with no hierarchical difference between their two positions (see previous Carillon article, Shift in Ministerial Structure, for more on this). We’ve received positive feedback, as many of you have expressed confidence in our pastors and in the ways they work …