Sun., April 14, 9 amCloister Our helpful Second Sunday Sandwiches ministry is this coming Sunday. We rely on donations for supplies and helping hands to finish the work. Please enter your information in the Google document to volunteer in the coming months (click here to donate supplies or funds). Contact Richard Brabham (510/207-0545) with any questions. Please come at 9 am …
…that the celebrated writer and activist Bill McKibben will deliver the Jim Antal Keynote Lecture for the UCC’s second annual Earth Summit on Sat., April 20 at 1 pm ET? This two-and-a-half-hour online and in-person event will additionally feature a panel of award-winning grassroots leaders who are currently in a David-versus-Goliath struggle against Formosa Plastics, one of the world’s largest producers of …
Sat., Sept. 7, 2024Alameda Mark your calendars now for the next DIY triathlon with your church family: Sat., Sept. 7, 2024 in Alameda. Just like the last 2 years, we’ll swim 1/4 mile, bike 14 miles, and run 3 miles in Alameda, almost entirely along a flat Bayside route. Interested but not sure you are able — or want to …
Thurs., April 4, 2024 As you can see the construction of the new building is moving ahead. The roof is on and the entire exterior is covered with a waterproof material that is the newest technology and it will protect the building from water intrusion for many years. Most of the windows have been installed and the exterior doors are …
Will you take a few minutes to fill out this short intake form (see link below)? We’re collecting this information in the hopes to strengthen our relationship with the Cal as well as to see how far our roots travel in the Cal community. If you have any questions, contact Rev. Hannah at [email protected]. GO BEARS! Thank you! Intake form …
Sun., April 21, gather @ 1:30 pm; walk @ 2 pmSt. Mary Magdalen Church, 2005 Berryman St., Berkeley This year’s Berkeley CROP Hunger Walk takes place on Sun., April 21 with walkers gathering in the parking lot of St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church at 1:30 pm and the walk beginning at 2 pm. The event is one of over 500 participating walks nationally under the sponsorship of the Church World Service to raise funds to alleviate hunger. Walkers and/or those wishing to …
This Sunday’s Offering Recipient (April 7) Based on the text of Mathew 5:13-16, this year’s theme of One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) is Share the Light. An annual mission drive of the United Church of Christ (UCC), Church World Service, and multiple denominations, OGHS supports partners worldwide with ministries that fund health, education, and agricultural development, emergency relief, refugee ministries, and both international and domestic disaster response. …
Sun., April 28, after worship (11:15 am)Pillar Room In June we kick off a full year of celebrating 150 years since 20 brave Congregationalists first held services at the old Berkeley Hotel on Bancroft, and nothing says “150th Anniversary” like marching from the old hotel to First Church wearing a cool new T-shirt, but… Before we can get said t-shirts printed, FIRST we need to choose …