SUN 10:00 AM– Adult Sunday School
SUN 11:00 AM– Meeting for Worship; download bulletin
TUE 7:30 PM– Bible Study
THU 8:00 PM– Maundy Thursday Service
Let all creation shout! Let us wave the palm branches high. Jesus is coming! He comes in humility to claim God’s own. May he claim us this day and heal our hearts! Hosanna to the Son of David. Hosanna to the blessed Son of God.
Bible Study starts 7:30 PM on Tuesdays via Zoom. Bible Study is currently reading Jesus, Christ and Servant of God: Meditations on the Gospel According to John by David Johnson. You do not need to have read or have a copy of the book available as we read a section and then discuss.
The 2021 Berkeley Crop Hunger Walk will be a seven day virtual walk. The kick-off will be on Sunday May 2nd and the walk will last until Saturday, May 8th. All funds raised will go to Church World Service (or partner organization if you wish), Berkeley Food Pantry, Youth Spirit Artworks, and Dorothy Day House of Berkeley. Please join the virtual walk or donate to a walker by visiting CROP Hunger Walk – Berkeley Quakers . Please also follow us on Facebook: CROP Hunger Walk – Berkeley CA and Instagram: : Berkeley CROP Walk
Maundy Thursday Service on April 1 at 8:00 PM. Between the highs of Palm Sunday and Easter, we will focus together on the dark, despairing parts of the story of Jesus. Together we will sing, hear the accounts of the night Jesus was betrayed and crucified and spend time in open worship.
Joe Bell’s memorial service will be held at the meeting house on Saturday, April 24. More information to follow.
Follow the Life in Prayer and Spiritual Practice, April 3, 17, May 8th: The heart of Quaker life is inward prayer and awareness of the Life within and between us. An online mini-course explores spiritual awareness through varied prayer styles and tools with the Way of the Spirit, a Quaker program for prayer and learning. Quaker guest speakers share experiences. Small group, highly participatory program: https://goodnewsassoc.org/spirit/
Registration for Friends United Meeting’s annual Stoking the Fire Retreat: Hope and Light is open. The retreat will be May 21–23, 2021 and held on zoom. A schedule and registration can be found on the FUM website.
Virtual Singalong Concert– You are invited to take part in a virtual singalong concert as a benefit for Project Voice, an immigration justice program of the American Friends Service Committee. Repairing the Breach: Songs for the Journey Saturday, May 15 – 7:00 pm Pacific Time. Info & tickets at: riseupandsing.org/events/repairing-breach-northwest
If you would like an updated pdf version of the BFC 2021 Directory, please request by email at: office@berkeleyfriendschurch.org . Hard copies are available at the BFC office.