If you’d like to donate Easter flowers in honor of a family member, friend, or other meaningful person in your life, email Louise Halsey ([email protected]) the name of the person(s) you’d like to honor, indicating if the flowers are “in thanksgiving for,” “in memory of,” or “in honor of” your beloved. The cost is $30 for each dedication. Donations support …

Easter Sunday. April 20, 10 amFirst Church Berkeley The Families, Children & Youth (FamChY) Ministry is asking folks to bring plastic eggs filled with allergy-friendly treats. Think: erasers, temporary tattoos, stickers, those little squish-y animal things…etc. Bring in the filled eggs anytime before the start of our Easter Sunday 10 am worship service so they can be hidden. Thank you!

Sun., April 20, 10 am We will do our traditional fun-and-expansive Easter Reveal at the 10am service on Easter, with a special ‘job’ for our kids! If you’d like to participate in making the reveal happen, let Molly know. In the meantime: Molly needs helpers this Sunday (April 13) after worship to cut shapes out of construction paper as part …

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 …

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 …