Sun., Feb. 23, 2025, 10 am worshipSanctuary We welcome Rabbi Maya Zinkow to the pulpit this Sunday! Rabbi Maya (she/her) loves her role as Campus Rabbi at Berkeley Hillel, the Jewish Student Center at Cal Berkeley. She is west coast-born, midwest-raised, and east coast-schooled. She received rabbinic ordination and a Master’s in Jewish Women and Gender Studies at the Jewish …
Fri. – Sun., March 14 – 16, 2025Danville Congregational UCC, 989 San Ramon Valley Blvd., Danville CA 94526 Register Now for the Our Whole Lives (OWL) Facilitator Training (for grades K-1 and 4-6), hosted by Danville Congregational Church from Fri. March 14 through Sun., March 16! OWL training focuses on the need for people of all ages to have access …
Fri., Nov. 14, 6 pm – Sun., Nov. 16, 2:30 pm Put it on your calendar now to give yourself the gift of a weekend away for quiet introspection, prayer, and rest with other FCCB friends. This year we’ll be at a closer location, San Damiano Retreat House in Danville, where you’ll have the chance to enjoy the views of …
In-person, Mondays 7-8:30 pm, March 10-April 14 or Wednesdays 1-2:30 pm, March 12-April 16Mon. sessions – Pillar Room; Wed. sessions – SanctuaryRegister HERE & Pay HERE Do you need some help or suggestions for how to jump-start or deepen your current prayer life?Do you want to journey with others who are intentionally cultivating their relationship with God?Are you wondering how …
— Kate LuccheseOn an April three years ago, we commemorated the 80th anniversary of our church’s problematic hosting of the registration and removal of Berkeley’s Nikkei (people of Japanese descent) community in the wake of Executive Order 9066, which allowed the military to remove “enemy aliens” from communities along the Pacific Coast. The Berkeley Historical Society even struck a bronze …
Sat., Feb. 22, 9:45 to noonPillar Room On Sat., Feb. 22, FCCB Over 60 will present the second of its three-part Soul of Aging series entitled, “Spiritual Formation Across the Life Cycle.” Led by Judy Huston and Bob Stumpf, the program will explore spiritual development and change over the life cycle and include videos, quotations, a poem by Wendell Berry, and small and large …
Sun., Feb. 23, 2025, 11:45 amLoper Chapel At Learning Hour on Sun., Feb. 23, Psychiatrist and Journalist Dr. Alice Feller will discuss the failure of our mental health system to provide care and treatment for the severely mentally ill. Dr. Feller will present vignettes from her 40 years of clinical practice illustrating how federal legislation, closure of state mental hospitals, fee for service billing, and the …
…that there is an updated amount of donations for our Christmas Offering recipients? Puente de la Costa Sur and Common Hope will each receive $1,862! Thank you, First Church, for giving generously to these two organizations. The Justice and Service Ministry very much appreciates your continued support of the organizations selected for the plate offering throughout the year. In December, …
