Pastor Sunae’s Silent Retreat & Vacation

July 21st – July 25th Silent Retreat, July 27th – August 3rd Vacation

Pastor Sunae will be spending a week at San Damiano Retreat center for Silent Retreat. Then she and Mike will be on vacation the following week. For any care and support needs during her absence, please reach out to Sue Dickey, our Congregational Nurturing Chair. In case of an emergency requiring pastoral care, Rev. Myrna Bernadel-Huey is available. To connect with Rev. Myrna, please contact Sue Dickey or our Church Administrator during office hours.


      Circuit Wide Collaborative Back-to-School Blessings,  

BBQ/Picnic and Celebration

Theme: God is With You

August 9th, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

All families with children and youth of all ages and all parishioners in the Alameda-Oaklnd UMC circuit are invited to Back-to-School blessings and BBQ Fellowship. Please click below for the flyer and further details.  Please RSVP and also Volunteer sign-ups for this wonderful and fun event: https://twintowersumc.org/ao-circuit-event-volunteer-signup/

Back to School AO Circuit Event


Many Ways to Help Our Food Ministry

Our food ministry program needs more help from the congregation. Please review and complete this survey (here) which includes a list of all the ways you can volunteer. There are many options and some can be done from home. You don’t need to make a long term commitment, just check out the experience and decide from there if and how you want to help.  Contact Rose Lynn Abesamis-Bell or Tom Huetteman if you have questions

Church Administrator Out of the Office

Horacio Cervantez will be out of the office from August 1st through August 15th. The office hours will remain the same, 10 am to 2 pm, and will be staffed by our reception volunteers. If you require assistance, you may reach out to any of the Trustees or Pastor Sunae.

Food 4 Thought Extends Summer Break

The Foof 4 Thought small group will be taking one more month of summer break and will gather again the first day Sunday of September.

 If you would like to submit an announcement for our weekly e-blast, please adhere to the guidelines found here. All submissions are due Tuesday by noon.