(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 …
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 …
It Takes a Village to Feed a Village – Second Sunday Sandwiches
— Richard Brabham Second Sunday Sandwiches has been preparing bag lunches for our hungry neighbors since Oct. 9, 2016! Everyone’s help over the years has been much appreciated. Much has changed during that time. I used to be able to pick up any items not donated easily, but with my declining mobility, that is not the case. Generous donors have …
Did You Know…?
…that about 30 folks from numerous organizations (including our congregation) attended the asylum hearing in San Francisco to support Melissa last Wed., Feb. 19? One of the cloud of witnesses was a member of Kehilla Synagogue in Oakland. Read a moving account of their experience (originally shared with the Kehilla Community) here.