Here’s what’s happening on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025! Hope you’ll be in community with us. Easter Sunrise Service (April 20, 6 am): We’ll gather in the parking lot of Lawrence Hall of Science. Join a tender and intimate group in welcoming the good news of resurrection in song, story, and community. Bring a folding chair if standing for 45 …
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 …
Sat. & Sun., May 3 & 4, 2025 We hope you received an Evite about our Love Feast & Reunion weekend, with an All Ages Prom on Sat. evening, May 3, and a potluck after worship on Sun., May 4. If you haven’t yet responded, please look for that email and reply soon – thank you. If you didn’t receive …
Sun., April 27, 2025, following the After Party In the spirit of creating an opportunity to gather together in a beautiful natural setting, the First Church Green Team invites you to join them at Tilden Park Botanical Garden on Sun., April 27 following the After Party. The Garden is a jewel in the Berkeley Hills, a lovely area with meandering …
Sun., March 30, 2025, 11:45 amLoper Chapel In honor of Trans Day of Visibility on Mon., March 31, Adult Education Ministry Chair Mack Griffith will be hosting an “Ask a Particular Trans Person Anything” Learning Hour on Sun., March 30. The hope is to help our congregation learn more about the experiences of (some) transgender people. Bring your questions. This …
Mirroring the United Church of Christ’s 2025 General Synod theme, “Into the Deep,” the 2025 Lent Devotional invites reflection on God’s mysterious depths. As Mary Luti writes in the introduction, “God inhabits the depths of life, love, loss, ecstasy, and pain, God dwells in the profundities of prayer, in sighs too deep for words. God loves the deep.” From the …
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 …
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 …