Events

Message for September 25, 2016

Reflections, Sermons
Listen to the most recent message from Sunday worship at Berkeley Friends Church. The speaker is our Pastor Brian C. Young. The Scripture reading is Mark 10: 46 - 52 [audio mp3="http://www.berkeleyfriendschurch.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2016-09-25-message.mp3"][/audio]
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This Sunday, 9/25, @BFC: Singing Ensemble, Sunday School, Worship, PECSC

Events
This Sunday, 9/25, there will be another Singing Ensemble rehearsal to start things off, at 9 AM. Then the Sunday School classes for children and adults continue, at 10 AM. Then we gather for Worship at 11 AM, with singing, group prayer, waiting worship, and a prepared message from Mark 10:46-52. Fellowship time follows worship, and at 1 PM, the Peace, Environment and Christian Social Concerns Committee will have their monthly meeting. Hope to have you with us!
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Message for September 11, 2016

Sermons
Listen to the most recent message from Sunday worship at Berkeley Friends Church. The speaker is our Pastor Brian C. Young. The Scripture reading is Revelation 22 : 1-5. [audio mp3="http://www.berkeleyfriendschurch.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2016-09-11-message.mp3"][/audio]
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Sunday, 9/18, @BFC: Singing Ensemble, Sunday School, Worship, Potluck, Meeting for Business

Events
This Sunday, 9/18, the Singing Ensemble rehearses bright and early, at 9 AM. Then we have our Sunday School classes, at 10 AM; note that the adults will meet upstairs in the fellowship hall, and the children's class will gather in the worship room to practice some songs for worship. Worship follows at 11 AM, with two new songs led by the children, prayer, and our monthly extended time of open worship, as we wait on God's living Presence together. 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!
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Sunday, 9/4 @BFC: Trustees, Sunday School, Worship, BBQ!

Events
This Sunday, 9/4, the Trustees start things off, meeting with a concern for our building and grounds at 9 AM. Then our Sunday School classes for children and adults convene 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 to the Corinthians concerning worship: When you assemble, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation.…
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Message for August 28, 2016

Sermons
Listen to the most recent message from Sunday worship at Berkeley Friends Church. The speaker is our Pastor Brian C. Young. The Scripture reading is Jeremiah 18: 1-11. [audio mp3="http://www.berkeleyfriendschurch.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2016-08-28_message.mp3"][/audio]
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Sat. 8/27 & Sun, 8/28 @BFC and elsewhere: Truth & Reconciliation, Singing Ensemble, Sunday School, Worship, PECSC

Events
This Saturday, 8/27, don't forget about the workshop and dinner, "Truth and Reconciliation: From Rwanda to the US" at First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way. Father Didace Kamana, Catholic priest, justice worker, scholar and survivor of the Rwandan genocide will present a workshop from 2-5 PM, followed by dinner from 5-7 PM. Other events will follow on Sunday, 8/28, and on Wednesday, 9/7. For full details and to register online, go to http://www.fccb.org/events/truth-reconciliation-rwanda-us. Then on Sunday, 8/28 at BFC, 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 singing, praying, and waiting together on the Lord, accompanied by a prepared message. Fellowship time follows, and then…
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Message for August 14, 2016

Sermons
Listen to the most recent message from Sunday worship at Berkeley Friends Church. The speaker is our Pastor Brian C. Young.  The Scripture reading is 1 John 1:5-7.   [audio mp3="http://www.berkeleyfriendschurch.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2016-08-14_message.mp3"][/audio]
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2016 Vacation Bible School Retrospective

Events
Here are some pictures from our Vacation Bible School program of earlier this month. And if you'd like to hear some of the things I learned in the course of doing this program, you can also listen to my message from 8/14. I earnestly hope that the kids learned something too! On day 1, we took a walk around the neighborhood, looking for solar panels. The kids found all of the five houses on our route, and also found some solar panels I hadn't noticed (like the small ones on garden lights). [gallery type="slideshow" link="file" size="large" ids="1229,1230,1231,1228"] On day 2, we spent some time outside decorating the sidewalks with encouraging messages for passers-by. The kids really got into this, and had no trouble thinking of things that might minister to…
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This Sunday, 8/21, @BFC: Singing Ensemble, Sunday School, Worship, Potluck, Meeting for Business

Events
This Sunday, 8/21, we gather beginning at 9 AM, when the Singing Ensemble will rehearse. Then we have Sunday School classes for children and adults, meeting at 10 AM. Worship follows at 11 AM, with corporate song, prayer, and our monthly extended time of open worship, as the Living Word instructs and prompts us to ministry as He wills. A potluck lunch follows, and then our Monthly Meeting with a Concern for Business will convene at 1 PM. Please join us!
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