Category Archives: Movie Night

Here are this weekend’s events at Berkeley Friends Church:

1) It seems like the last one was just last week, but tomorrow, Friday, 7/26, is our monthly Friday Night at the Movies. This month we present the 2009 biopic Creation, which captures the legendary scientist Charles Darwin in a period of intense mourning–and expansive intellectual discovery–following the untimely death of his young daughter, Annie. Darwin’s work on his groundbreaking book On the Origin of Species and his questioning of God’s existence parallel one another, much to the chagrin of his devout wife.

ADMISSION IS FREE! Please invite your neighbors and friends. Refreshments at 6:30 PM, film at 7:00 PM. Discussion follows the screening.

2) On Saturday, 7/27, we will gather with family and Friends of our member Andrew Secrest to give thanks for his life together. Memorial service begins at 11 AM. All are invited for a potluck meal following the service. We will need some help with setup, both on Friday night following Movie Night and on Saturday morning beginning at 9:45 AM.

3) On Sunday morning, 7/28, we will gather for Sunday School for adults and children, at 10 AM. Meeting for worship begins at 11 AM, with song, prayer, a message, and expectant waiting upon the Lord. Fellowship time follows worship, and then the Peace, Environment, and Christian Social Concerns Committee will meet at 1 PM.

Please join us for learning, fellowship and worship!

Here are this weekend’s events at Berkeley Friends Church:

1) Tomorrow, Friday, 5/24, is our monthly Friday Night at the Movies. This time we present the 2004 drama James’s Journey to Jerusalem. In his remote African village, young James is chosen to undertake a mission: a pilgrimage to holy Jerusalem. But Israel is no longer the Holy Land that James and his people imagined. Arrested for entering the country illegally, James’s journey takes him through the cruel heart of our globalized economy. See attached flyer for more details.

ADMISSION IS FREE! Please invite your neighbors and friends. Refreshments at 6:30 PM, film at 7:00 PM. Discussion follows the screening.

2) On Sunday, 5/26, at 10 AM, our regular Sunday School classes for adults & children will convene, including the Quakerism class. Meeting for Worship begins at 11 AM, including a meditation on Romans 5:1-5. Fellowship time follows worship, and then the Peace, Environment, and Christian Social Concerns Committee meets at 1 PM.

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

Here are this weekend’s upcoming happenings at Berkeley Friends Church:

1) Tomorrow, Friday, 4/26, our monthly Friday Night at the Movies presents Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai.
This powerful 2008 documentary tells the inspiring story of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai. Maathai’s simple act of planting trees grew into Kenya’s “Greenbelt Movement,” a globally-recognized mobilization of women to rally against deforestation, poverty, and government corruption, which eventually became a national political force that helped to bring down the 24-year presidency of Daniel Arap Moi.

ADMISSION IS FREE!  Refreshments at 6:30 PM, film at 7:00 PM. Discussion to follow.

Also: Some of you may not know that our Friend Stanley Ngesa will be returning to Kenya–possibly indefinitely–this coming Monday, 4/29. Because of a commitment made prior to his receiving the ticket home, he will not be able to be with us for worship on Sunday, but he does plan to be at the movie on Friday. So if you’re free, please come by to say farewell and enjoy the film with us!

2) On Sunday, 4/28, at 10 AM, our regular Sunday School classes for adults & children will convene, including the Quakerism class. Meeting for Worship begins at 11 AM. Fellowship time follows worship, and then the Peace, Environment, and Christian Social Concerns Committee meets at 1 PM.

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