Circle of Care – New Lay Pastoral Care Initiative

Sun., March 16, 2025Loper Chapel In these challenging and frustrating political winds, it’s more important than ever that we strengthen the networks of care within our congregation.  Join Rev. Kelly after the service on Sun., March 16 to launch the Circle of Care, our new lay pastoral care initiative.  We’re hoping to gather at least 20 people who are ready and able to …

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Prom Planning March 16

Sun., March 16, 2025 @ 11:30 amPillar Room Our 150th Anniversary Love Feast & Reunion will be held in our new Community Building on the weekend of May 3-4, and we invite YOU to participate! We’re holding a planning meeting on Sun., March 16 at 11:30 am in the Pillar Room – please attend to find out more and to share ideas on making the weekend a …

(Mostly) Silent Retreat

Thurs., April 10 (or Fri., April 11) – Sun., April 13, 2025San Damiano Retreat House, Danville, CALed by Ann Naffziger, MDiv, MA Spend the weekend in silence or near silence as you set aside work and outside stimulation to listen for how God is speaking to you amidst the noise of your everyday life. Give yourself the gift of time …

FCCB Over 60: March 2025 Activities

Focus Groups, Survey, and “The Soul of Aging, Part Three, Death: The Last Stage of Personal Growth” Over 60 Friends, we are delighted to let you know about our March activities! 1.  Focus Groups: Please come to one of these groups to tell us what you thought about the activities we offered in 2024 and let us know what you would like to do in 2025.  …

Did You Know…?

…that you can support the Plastic Pollution Prevention & Packing Responsibility Act of 2022 (SB 54, Allen) by calling Gov. Newsom’s office (916/445-2841; option 6 to speak to a representative) this week? SB 54 is a first law of its kind to reduce the amount of single-use plastic packaging in the marketplace and hold companies accountable for the waste they …

2025 Lenten Devotional

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 …

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Save the Date: Fall All-Church Retreat!

Fri. – Sun., Sept. 12 – 14, 2025Monte Toyon Retreat Center, Aptos, CA We’ll return to Monte Toyon Retreat Center in beautiful Aptos for this year’s Fall All-Church Retreat. We’re asking you to bookmark the whole weekend – Fri. – Sun., Sept. 12 – 14 – on your calendars for this high-joy, deeply spiritual intergenerational bonding experience! This opportunity only comes …