This year’s Easter Offering will be donated to Las Casas, a nonprofit English as a Second Language program in East Oakland that serves a vulnerable population of very low-income immigrants, most of whom are from Central American and speak indigenous languages. With 4 part-time staff members and 60 volunteers, Las Casas teaches some 300 students who need English to secure …
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 …
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 …
Thurs., April 17, 2025, various evening times (see below)Various homes around Berkeley and surrounds You’re invited to gather in homes to share a simple meal and the ritual of foot/hand washing. We’ll sing, pray, and read scripture together. Register (before Mon., April 14, 5 pm, please) for one of the in-person gatherings at homes in Berkeley, El Cerrito, and Alameda, or …