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There’s a lot going on in the next few days at Berkeley Friends Church and elsewhere. Here are some reminders:

1) This evening, 6/13, two of our committees will meet here at BFC: Missionary, Outreach and Christian Education will gather at 5:30 PM (there will be pizza), and Ministry and Counsel at 7:30 PM, or earlier if everyone has arrived. Please don’t forget to join us if you’re on one of these committees!

2) On Saturday, 6/15, we will host the quarterly meeting of the Christian Friends Conference–Western Region (CFC). You are invited to take part in waiting worship and Bible reading in the manner of Conservative Friends, and to share fellowship and an open discussion with Christian Quakers from around the Bay Area and beyond. 9 AM – 4:30 PM. Beverages and bagels will be provided in the morning; please bring your own lunch. See the attached for a schedule with full details.

Also on Saturday, there will be a free screening of “A Place at the Table”, a documentary that brings the issue of hunger in America into focus through the stories of those living with food insecurity. The film will be screened at the Oakland Museum of California, 1000 Oak St., Oakland, and will be followed by a panel discussion. 1 PM – 3:30 PM. This free and open to the public event is presented by the office of Congresswoman Barbara Lee; RSVP to leeca.events@mail.house.gov.

3) On Sunday, 6/16, the Singing Ensemble will meet to rehearse at 9 AM. Then, Sunday School classes for children and adults meet at 10 AM. We gather for worship at 11 AM, seeking God’s presence together with an extended period of open worship along with singing and praying as a body.

Our monthly potluck lunch follows worship; please bring a dish to share if you can, or a few dollars to help with the purchase of supplies. (If you are bringing something to eat, please also bring a list of ingredients so that people know what’s in your dish.) Then at 1 PM, we will gather for Monthly Meeting with a Concern for Business. Members should please attend, and all others are welcome.

(Please note that while the Singing Ensemble will rehearse this Sunday, this month’s presentation won’t be until Sunday, 6/30.)

4) Finally, on Thursday, 6/20, the Food Pantry could use help with a large delivery from 9:30 AM – 12:00 noon. Because the Alameda County Food Bank will be closed for the end of their fiscal year inventory the last week of June, our large USDA food delivery will come early this month. If you are free that morning and can wheel around a dolly you will be a great help! Please let Tami Groves know if you can help: berkeleyfood@hotmail.com.

Please join us for service, fellowship, and worship together!

Here’s what’s happening this Sunday, 6/2 at Berkeley Friends Church:

First off, don’t forget to bring your green bag with you when you come to worship! The Berkeley Neighborhood Food Project’s bimonthly Harvest Day is next Saturday, and we want to bring all of the church’s contributions together this Sunday in worship so we can give thanks together, and pray for all of the hungry folks in our community. So before you head out the door this Sunday, be sure to grab that bag full of food and bring it with you, and then when you get here, bring it into worship with you!

Also, if you can come to help at the Harvest Day on 6/8, volunteers are welcome from 10 AM to 12:30 PM to weigh, sort, and store the food contributions.

On Sunday morning, things start with the Trustees Committee, meeting at 9 AM. Then, at 10 AM, our Sunday School classes for children and adults, including the Quakerism class, will gather. In meeting for worship at 11 AM, our member Giuseppe Rensi will share a message. Fellowship time follows worship, and then the Missionary, Outreach and Christian Education Committee will meet at 1 PM.

Please join us for service, learning, worship and fellowship in Christ!

It’s going to be an active weekend at Berkeley Friends Church. Here’s what’s going on:

1) On Saturday, 5/11, the Knit & Crochet Fellowship will gather at 11 AM. Come share what you’re working on, and learn from others!

Note: the Friends Committee on Legislation of California will be having a workshop and board meeting for most of the day in the fellowship hall, so Knit & Crochet will meet in the worship room.

2) On Saturday evening, Tomi Nagai-Rothe will host an information session at BFC on her upcoming delegation with Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT). Tomi will be going to Palestine/Israel with CPT later this month. Please come to support Tomi and hear more about what she hopes to learn on this delegation. Dinner will be provided! Things will go from 5 PM to 7 PM, in the fellowship hall. (If you haven’t already RSVPed, please let Tomi know as soon as you can that you’d like to come.)

3) On Sunday, 5/12 (which, don’t forget, is Mother’s Day), we will begin with the Stewardship and Finance Committee, meeting at 9 AM. Then, at 10 AM, our Sunday School offerings for adults and children, including the Quakerism class, will  meet. We gather for worship at 11 AM, which will include a special music presentation from Susan Angst and Charles Blue.

Fellowship time follows worship, and then the SInging Ensemble will meet at 1 PM.

We hope to have you join us for fellowship, learning, and worship!

Here is what’s happening this coming Sunday at Berkeley Friends Church, and a reminder about an upcoming event:

1) On Sunday, 5/5, the Trustees Committee are the early birds, meeting at 9 AM. Then, at 10 AM, our Sunday School classes for children and adults, including the Quakerism class, will gather. In meeting for worship at 11 AM, our member Keith Barton will share the fourth installment in his ongoing series, “The Word through Time, Space, and Community,” incorporating Scripture from Leviticus 19, Matthew 18, John 20, and elsewhere. Fellowship time follows worship.

Note: the Missionary, Outreach and Christian Education Committee will not meet this Sunday due to the absence of its  clerk.

2) A reminder about the CPT dinner, information session and fundraiser on Saturday, 5/11: our member Tomi Nagai-Rothe has been accepted to participate in the May/June delegation to Palestine/Israel with Christian Peacemaker Teams! You are invited to learn more about CPT and support Tomi as she prepares for this journey. Dinner will be provided! 5/11 from 5 PM to 7 PM here at BFC.

Please join us for learning, worship and fellowship in Christ!