ADOPT A GHOST! SILLY PUMPKIN FACES! COME, JOIN THE FUN!

Please come and create the Day of the Dead altars with Luz Alvarez Martinez, co-creator of the Oakland Museum Dio de Los Muertos Exhibit!

To ensure that our votes count, please vote early. Here at Epworth, we have many ways to cast our votes depending upon whether you live in Alameda or Contra Costa counties, you can find such as drop boxes & polling precincts near your home…or at Epworth church! See below for the quick info.

A+ Lunch Bunch Speaker Series – come and listen to Claire Kahane, the author of "Nine Lives: A Memoir – My Risky Road from Fifties Rebel to Feminist Critic"

Program will include duos and trios by Beethoven, Glière, O'Conor and Dohnányi

We are collecting hygiene items to assemble and share at Epworth Booth at Solano Stroll, Sunday, 9/13, 10am to 5pm

BRING YOUR FAVORITE DISH TO SHARE! Contact Caroline to sign up or for more info.

Reverend Gerald Asheim, Epworth's beloved Minister of Music for over three decades, loved to collect beautiful and interesting things: crystals and rocks, religious items, intricate seashells, butterflies, various art pieces, blue dishes, statues, wood carvings, books, anything that caught his eye and imagination.

Epworth is going on a Mission Trip to Kumi, Uganda in 2027! Find out more in the Adult Study Room on August 2nd, 11:30am. Aeri and Ben will answer all of your questions, and describe this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Not the right trip for you? You can also experience the journey as the Home Team. Touch the Heavens, and Change the Earth!

Tanisha Walton, coordinator of the Pacific School of Religion's (PSR) Congregational Renewal Cohort (CRC) will present the program and answer questions for anyone who would like to participate in the CRC cohort for the academic year 2026-2027.

We're hoping that every household will come to at least one work day per year. If you can't pull weeds, can you make a pot of soup or bake morning treats? Sharpen pencils? Ask Cathryn Bruno or Carla Kraus for info on how much fun you can have building community while caring for our beloved building.

To approve the compensation packet for Pastor Debbie Weatherspoon. Register to attend.

Come to Epworth and check out all the creativity happening in Room 25!

Missionaries Aeri Lee and Ben Wong will tell the amazing story of how Kumi Christian Visionary School (Uganda) began, what it looks like today, and how Epworth is getting 'Konnected'. Also, get a glimpse into the upcoming Volunteers In Mission (VIM) trip that Cathryn Bruno will embark on in July. Touch the Heavens, and Change the Earth!

We will grill hotdogs and have cake and ice cream to celebrate our graduates. Please bring a side or beverage to share (Think cookout food! Potato salad!) We need grills! IF you can bring a grill, please let Caroline or the church office know.

Come and hear Jim Becker, the CEO of RCF Connects (they administer the BWBF) and Astrid Heim, a recipient of a BWBF home loan, discuss the impact of the Black Wealth Builder’s Fund on our community.

A+ Lunch Bunch Speaker Series – we welcome Maxine Hong Kingston this month!

Four power hitting chamber musicians who reside in the Eastbay get together to play quartets by Haydn, Brahms, and Juhi Bansal for our final concert of the season. Come for the music, and stay for the ice cream celebration on the porch!