Here’s a rundown of all the holy goodness we have in store to honor Holy Week! Maundy Thursday (April 17): We’ll celebrate in house churches and at church with the choir—simple supper and footwashing liturgy in small groups, register via link here. Good Friday (April 18): Join a joint service with several other UCC churches, hosted at First Church at …
Sat. & Sun., May 3 & 4, 2025 Our yearlong 150th Anniversary celebration is culminating with our All Ages Prom, coming up on Sat., May 3, from 5-9 pm. It promises to be a festive celebration in our new Community Building, and we look forward to seeing everyone there! Please respond to the Evite here if you haven’t already done …
For Palm Sunday this year, we will again welcome Jesus into Jerusalem using greenery from our own yards and parks. Please bring trimmed branches, leaves, and greenery of any kind to use for our Palm Sunday outdoor parade. We also invite you to bring a homemade sign—maybe you have a sign from a recent protest you’ve attended, or maybe you’d …
Dates are set for Camp Tamarack (NCNC UCC) summer sessions. Early Bird registration ends June 13. Regular registration ends July 3. Scholarships available. For more information, go to: https://ncncucc.org/camp/ Junior Camp July 13-19, grades 4 to 6Click HERE to register! Junior High Camp July 20-26, grades 7 to 9Click HERE to register! Senior High CampJuly 27-August 2, grades 10 to …
Sun., April 6, 11:45 amLoper Chapel What is “Care First, Jails Last”? It is the policy Alameda County adopted in 2021 to stop the mass incarceration of people with mental illness. The goal was to develop a continuum of care in order to reduce the number of people with mental illness and substance use in our jail, the Santa Rita …
Thurs., April 17, 2025, various evening times (see below)Various homes around Berkeley and surrounds You’re invited to gather in homes to share a simple meal and the ritual of foot/hand washing. We’ll sing, pray, and read scripture together. Register (before Mon., April 14, 5 pm, please) for one of the in-person gatherings at homes in Berkeley, El Cerrito, and Alameda, or …
Sat., April 26, 2025, 4 to 6:30 pmSanctuary You are invited to a dramatic reading of a play written to commemorate the 150th anniversary of First Congregational Church of Berkeley, which served as the Civil Control Center in the spring of 1942 for the registration and evacuation of more than a thousand local people of Japanese extraction who were then …
On Sat., March 22, 35 First Church members currently serving on the church’s council, its various ministries, and standing committees came together for a fun and energizing afternoon of community building and planning. We had the chance to get to know each other, to learn more about the other ministries and committees’ areas of work, and to connect to each …