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Celebrating June Birthdays
Sunday, June 1st
This Sunday, June 1st, we will be honoring everyone who will be celebrating their birthdays in June. There will be birthday cake for all to share during Fellowship time immediately following Worship.
Special Charge Conference
Sunday, June 1, 1pm
A Special Charge Conference will be held on June 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM to approve the pastor’s compensation. Church Council members are invited. Rev. Vathanak Heang will preside over the conference.
Summer Volunteering
With summer approaching, we look forward to beautiful walks around the lake greeting our neighbors with food and a smile not to mention prepping lunches with a jolly team and sunbeams coming through the expansive Stark Room windows. Did we say how blessed we feel after our monthly Saturday food giveaway knowing that even that brief bit of time and effort means free food is made accessible to our community? We are meeting a new people each month. Get out your calendars and pick some dates to come out to be blessing and even more so to be blessed!
Contact Rose Lynn, Tom, Kathleen, Liz and Horacio for any questions. All are welcome!
Theater in San Francisco: The Radicalization of Rolfe
The show runs Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8pm, with Sunday Matinees at 3pm, through June 1
Dan Strauss’ spouse Joe Tally is presenting a timely and somewhat humorous theatrical production, The Radicalization of Rolfe. It centers around Rolfe, the telegram boy who courts Leisel Von Trapp in The Sound of Music, singing “You are sixteen, going on seventeen”. In this play, Rolfe is actually gay, but is wooing Leisel to gain prestige with the Nazi party. As Rolfe walks a tightrope between his secret life and spying for the Third Reich, his safety hangs in the balance. Come and see how it turns out!!
Tickets available at: https://www.queertheatrebayarea.com or contact Dan Strauss at danjeffstrauss@gmail.com or 510-504-4765.
Right of Return Pilgrimage
Sunday, June 8, 7am – 7pm
Join the PIP-FOWF small group in participating in the second interfaith pilgrimage in conjunction with the global movement of ceasefire pilgrimages. Organized by Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity and partners, this 22 mile journey – from Alameda to Berkeley – the reverse of last year’s pilgrimage route, will be held in prayer and solidarity symbolizing the distance from Rafah to Gaza City. Please contact Elliot Bernadel-Huey (elliotghbh@gmail.com) or Rose Lynn Abesamis-Bell (roselynn20@gmail.com) for more information and register here.
Reserve Your Spot for Free YMCO Concert
Saturday, June 14, 7:30pm
Join the Young Musicians Choral Orchestra on June 14th for a free concert titled “On the Wings of Song”. The concert will be held at Littlefield Concert Hall on the Mills College/Northeastern University campus at 5000 MacArthur Blvd. in Oakland. The concert is free, but please reserve your seat by contacting YMCO at 510-845-1403 or online at www.youngmusiciansco.org
All-Church Conference
Sunday, June 11, 5:30 pm
A Special Charge Conference will be held on June 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM for approval of the Affordable Housing Development Project at Lake Park Church Campus of Lake Merritt UMC and approval of hiring the Owner’s Representative. All church members are invited to attend in person. Bay District Superintendent Rev. Sun Hee Kim will preside over the conference.