Fri., April 28 – Sun., April 30, 2023 We’re going camping as a church! We have booked a *fully accessible* group camping site at Del Valle Regional Park in Livermore for the weekend of April 28-30, 2023. We will eat, sing around the campfire, hike, swim in the lake and play together for a couple of days! We’ll have room …
Did You Know…?
…that Barbara McHugh & Bill Coffin will be teaching an introductory Buddhism & Meditation class (five Thursday evenings, 7:30 to 9:30 pm, beginning Feb. 23, on Zoom)? Pre-registration is required. Enrollment is now open. For more info and to reserve space, email Bill Coffin at [email protected]. Please include your name, phone number, and email address. …that the Deckers (a group …
Christmas Eve Worship Schedule 2022
4 pm — All-Ages Christmas Eve Service (Dana St. Lawn) We’ll be outdoors on the lawn this year for our all-ages reenactment of the Nativity, with glowstick “candles,” costumes, and carols! 8:30 pm — Special Christmas concert (in the Sanctuary & Webcast) Come early to let your spirit sink deeply into incarnation! 9 pm — Service of Candlelight & Carols …
Still Time for Baking, Eating & Sharing Christmas Cookies!
Sat., Dec. 24, 2022 We need your home-baked Christmas cookies for our special Christmas Eve After Party, which follows the 9 pm Candlelight & Carols Service. Bring your favorites (with list of ingredients) to the Hall of Entrance small kitchen before or after the 4 pm All-Ages service, before the 8:30 pm concert/9 pm Candlelight & Carols service, or email …
Rev. Molly’s New Book!
Let’s face it: life is really kind of a drama queen these days! And we need all the help we can get when we are going through the hardest parts of being human. Our lead pastor Rev. Molly survived cancer while parenting small children and resurrecting a struggling church, only to move to 3,000 miles to Berkeley to watch her new …
Make a Year-End Donation to the Black Wealth Builders Fund
Thanks to you, it has been a great year for the Black Wealth Builders Fund. We have made 21 zero-interest loans, for a total of $275,665, to first-time Black homebuyers throughout Contra Costa and Alameda counties. We have supported four new homeowners each in Richmond and Concord, three in Pittsburg, and two each in Martinez, El Sobrante, Oakland, San Lorenzo, …
More Information About EBALDC, First Church’s Affordable Housing Development Partner
In case you missed the Dec. 4, 2022 Affordable Housing Forum in our Sanctuary, you can review the PowerPoint presentation here, which was given by representatives of our nonprofit affordable housing development partner EBALDC. You can also learn more about some of their projects by clicking on the links below:Building Partnerships: The Casa Arabella StoryBuilding Community: Our Preservation Story
