Silent Retreat – Now Pay What You Can!
Fri.- Sun., Oct. 25 -27, 2024St. Dorothy’s Rest Retreat Center, Camp Meeker, CA Deadline to register for the Silent Retreat is TODAY (Thurs., Oct. 10) and good news! We are offering the remaining spots as pay-what-you-can! Click on the registration button below. Registration costs were $390 for a private room or $680 for couples sharing a room. If you need …
Election Night Watch Party
Tues., Nov. 5, 2024, 6 – 10 pmLoper Chapel, Pillar Room, Hall of Entrance Remember the wonderful, terrible Election Night Watch Party we held at church in 2016? If you were there, well: we ended dancing to Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive.” And we have. We’re approaching another monumental presidential election, and this time Covid won’t stop us from gathering …
Oct. 13 Learning Hour: An Important Conversation about CA Prop 36
Sun., Oct. 13, 2024, 11:45 amLoper Chapel Join us for an important conversation about CA Prop 36 with Willem VandeKamp,First Church liaison to the Interfaith Coalition for Justice in our Jails (ICJJ). Prop 36is on the ballot for the November elections with the purpose to undo Prop 47,which California voters approved in 2014. Prop 47 reclassified certainoffenses concerning theft and …
Roots, Removal and Resistance: Japanese Americans in Berkeley – New Berkeley Historical Society Exhibit
Opening, Sun., Oct. 13, 2024, 3 to 5 pmVeterans Memorial Building, 1931 Center St., Berkeley— Kate Lucchese After many months of work, richly rewarded, the Berkeley Historical Society exhibit, “Roots, Removal, and Resistance: Japanese Americans in Berkeley,” is currently being mounted over at the Berkeley History Center, located on the ground floor of the Veterans Memorial Building, 1931 Center Street, …
Donate Hygiene Supplies to Refugees in Need
Sundays, Oct. 20 & 27, 10 am to noonHall of Entrance Want to support refugee families and LGBTQ+ individuals resettling in the East Bay this fall? Simple things like hygiene supplies make a big difference to aid a newcomer in their adjustment to life here. FCCB churchgoer Katia Kiefaber will be hosting a hygiene collection drive on Sundays, Oct. 20 …
Sept. 29 Learning Hour: Open, Affirming, and Moving Forward
Sun., Sept. 29, 2024, 11:45 amLoper Chapel Join Becky Wright and Mack Griffith to learn more about how First Church Berkeley became an Open and Affirming Congregation from church member and head of the Open and Affirming Task Force, Becky Wright. Not only will we learn and discuss our history, but there will also be a time of round table …
Neighbors in Need Special Mission Offering – Sun., Sept. 29, 2024
Neighbors in Need (NIN) is a special mission offering of the United Church of Christ that supports ministries of justice and compassion in the United States. This year’s focus is on Mental Health Justice, which aligns with the General Synod resolution passed in 2015 to make our denomination WISE (Welcoming, Inclusive, Supportive, and Engaged) for mental health. “A just world for all is a world where …