— Your Justice & Service and Worship & Spiritual Life Ministries First Church, thank you for your thoughtful generosity for our unhoused neighbors this Christmas season. Thank you to those who took time to write warm, loving messages in the Christmas cards. And to all the people that have donated gift cards, checks, cash and on Realm, thank you! Because of …
Tonight, Thurs., Dec. 19, 6:30 pmSanctuary If you can’t make it to tonight’s Blue Christmas service in the Sanctuary, you can hold your own sacred observance right at home! Click HERE for an order of worship to help you navigate your own big complex feelings in this season of the play between light and darkness.
— Maureen Prochaska, Chair, writing for your Justice and Service MinistryStan Boghosian, Barbara Grady-Ayer, Doris Lynch, Chuck Monroe, and Susan Shome Star Stuff. How has this Advent theme become a part of your waiting time for Christmas? I am writing this Christmas Offering letter during the first week of Advent, the week of Hope when Rev. Kelly has asked us …
Sun., Dec. 22, 2024 , 9:40 amSanctuary Join us in the Sanctuary at 9:40 am (before the 10 am worship service) on Dec. 22 to sing some of your favorite Christmas carols, accompanied by Elizabeth Forsyth on the organ.
Sun., Dec. 15, 2024 , 10 am Don’t miss Ancora—the treble ensemble of the Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir—singing for us this Sunday during our 10 am worship service!
…that First Church’s Director of Music Derek Tam will be guest conducting the California Bach Society‘s concert “GAUDETE: A Christmas Dialogue Across Centuries” in our Sanctuary on Sun., Dec. 15 at 4 pm? Advance ticket prices through Thurs., Dec. 12 are: General – $35, Senior – $30, Under 30 – $10 Find out more and purchase tickets here. …that you’re …
Sun., Dec. 8, 2024, 11:30 amLoper Chapel Join us Sun., Dec. 8 for a screening of the film Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism’s Unholy War on Democracy. This film depicts how Christian Nationalist leaders have spread fear and anger for decades, distorting political issues into Biblical battles between good and evil. Discover the origins of this organized move for power and the …
Dedication deadline: on or before Thurs., Dec. 19, 5 pm If you’d like to honor and remember your beloveds this Christmas season in a tangible way, we’re trying something new. We invite you to “sponsor” a star or two on our Christmas service backdrop (see photo). Our youth will write the names of your loved one on a star. All …