Author: Pastor

It's been a great week at BFC, with our Vacation Bible School program having just concluded today. It was a blessing to be with this wonderful bunch of young people for four mornings! There are pictures on the church's Facebook page if you're connected with us there, and we'll get more on to the website as soon as we can. Tomorrow, Saturday, 8/13, is the bi-monthly "Harvest Day" collection for the Berkeley Neighborhood Food Project. If you'd like to help, please check in with Food Pantry Director Sara Webber. If you didn't bring in your green bag last Sunday, you can drop yours off any time between 10 AM and noon. Then on Sunday, 8/14, we begin with the Stewardship & Finance Committee, meeting at 9 AM. Our regular Sunday…

This Sunday, 8/7, don't forget to bring your green bag for the Berkeley Neighborhood Food Project with you, and bring it on in to worship so we can give thanks together! And then as to the schedule, the Trustees are up first, at 9 AM. Then our Sunday School classes for children and adults converge at 10 AM. We gather for Worship at 11 AM, with song, silence, and communal prayer and--rather than having one single speaker--we are again inviting everyone to share a well-loved Bible verse, saying, poem, or song. Tell us what it means to you, or why it struck you when you discovered it, or anything else significant to you. Again, this is so that we may build one another up, as with the Apostle Paul's words…

Coming up this Sunday, 7/31 is one of those rare Sundays where we have no committee meetings before or afterward... just Sunday School classes for adults & kids at 10 AM; Meeting for Worship at 11, allowing us to sing our praises, pray our joys and concerns, hear a message based on part of Ecclesiastes 5, and wait in quiet on the Living Word; and fellowship time follows worship, for as long as Friends would like to stay. Also, a look ahead to the following Sunday, 8/7: we will again have a time of worship sharing, so be thinking about what Scripture passage, song, poem or saying you might bring to share and build up the body of Christ! There will also be a barbecue during fellowship time.

This Sunday, 7/24, begins with an ad hoc meeting of the Nominating Committee, at 9:15 AM. Then our regular Sunday School classes for adults & kids gather, at 10 AM. Meeting for Worship will coalesce at 11 AM, with song, prayer, and stillness... and I'm going to make another try at a message based on part of Isaiah 30 (we'll see where this one goes...). Following worship, the Singing Ensemble will have a brief meeting in the worship room at 12:25 PM, and Friends will gather for fellowship upstairs.Then the Peace, Environment and Christian Social Concerns Committee will meet at 1 PM. Hope to have you with us as we gather!

This Sunday, 7/17, we gather beginning at 9 AM, with a Singing Ensemble rehearsal. Then we have Sunday School classes for children and adults, meeting at 10 AM. Worship follows at 11 AM, with corporate song, prayer, special music from the Singing Ensemble, and our monthly extended time of open worship, as the Spirit preaches in and to our hearts. A potluck lunch follows, and then our Monthly Meeting with a Concern for Business will convene at 1 PM. Hope to have you with us!

This Sunday, 7/10, at Berkeley Friends Church, our regular Sunday School classes for adults & kids gather first, at 10 AM. Then Meeting for Worship will coalesce at 11 AM, as we reach toward God together in song, prayer, a spoken message based on part of Isaiah 30, and the strength that comes from corporate quietness and trust.Fellowship time follows worship, and then the Singing Ensemble rehearses at 1 PM. Note to members of the Stewardship & Finance Committee: the 9 AM meeting is likely to be postponed unless you hear from the clerk before Sunday morning. Hope to have you with us!

Here is the order of things for this coming Sunday at Berkeley Friends Church: As they usually are, the Trustees are the first in the building at 9 AM, meeting with a concern for our building and grounds. Then our Sunday School classes for children and adults gather at 10 AM. We gather for Worship at 11 AM, with song, silence, and communal prayer and--rather than having one single speaker, we are inviting everyone to share a well-loved Bible verse, saying, poem, or song. Tell us what it means to you, or why it struck you when you discovered it, or anything else significant to you. This can help us to get to know each other better, and help deepen our time together with God; additionally, it may give us…

Here's the schedule for this fourth Sunday at Berkeley Friends Church: The Sunday School classes for children and adults will start things off, at 10 AM. Then we gather for Worship at 11 AM, with singing, group prayer, waiting worship, and a prepared message. Fellowship time follows worship, and at 1 PM, the Peace, Environment and Christian Social Concerns Committee will have their monthly meeting. Also, here's a heads-up concerning worship the following Sunday, 7/3: Rather than having a single speaker that day, we are inviting everyone (that means you!) to bring and share a loved Bible verse, poem or saying to share during worship. Tell us what it means to you, or why it struck you when you discovered it, or anything else you'd like to say about it.…