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

Save the Date: Coffee with the Pastor Interested in becoming a church member? " Pastor Debbie will host a 2-hour gathering on September 26, 9:30 - 11:30 AM at Epworth. Details coming soon!

A+ Lunch Bunch Speaker Series – we welcome the Moth Storyteller, Mindy Myers this month!

This year's Back to School Sunday is on August 16. Come for blessing for students, teachers and school workers, and then ice cream cones after worship!

Everyone who signs up for Outdoors Work should bring their favorite gloves, clippers, hat, water, kneeling pad and or weeding tool.

Looking for donations of clean, new, single-color backpacks (for high school students). Bring to Epworth and leave in the sanctuary lobby between July 26 and August 9. Backpacks will be donated to Berkeley High School students through the Parent Resource Center.

We will hear from Bob Britton and Meg Bowerman about the Interfaith Coalition for Justice In our Jails (ICJJ) and how we can support their work.

BART with Susan to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. For more information, email Susan!

From July 5-11, a group of youth will be heading up to Del Norte County for a week of service work. In Del Norte County, most of the work is locally led in partnership with community-based organizations with an environmental stewardship lens

A+ Lunch Bunch Speaker Series – Embodying Safety in Uncertain Times: Ancient Wisdom and Neuroscience With Amelia Barili, Senior Lecturer, OLLI

We are invited to join Easter Hill for Pentecost Sunday worship on Sunday, May 24. This means a combined choir service, extending the invitation congregation wide (y’all come choir). We will close the doors at Epworth and all are encouraged to attend the one combined service at 10:00 a.m. at Easter Hill UMC in Richmond.

Schoenberg Trio and Sextet Cordula Merks & Naoko Nakajima, violins, Caroline Lee & Yi Zhou, violas, Thalia Moore and Peter Myers, cellos Arnold Schoenberg (1974-1951) String Trio Op. 45 Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night), Op. 4

We’ll be starting our walk at 2pm at St. Mary Magdalen. The current cuts in USAID funds have had a huge negative impact on the work of Church World Service around the world. Funds raised by the walk will support CWS food and water projects as well as Dorothy Day House in our local community.

Imagine... Rest and Revitalization in the Redwoods. Retreat is open to all – No one is turned away for lack of resources. Hit p a u s e on the noise of everyday life, and reconnect with what truly matters. Join us for our annual all-church retreat, where we’ll gather to deepen our relationships with one another, and hold space for mindfulness, reflection and creativity as paths to deepen spiritual practice, and provide a solid foundation for our lives. There’s something

Ani Bukujian, violin, Saul Richmond-Rakerd, cello, Amy Zanrosso, piano with Caroline Lee, viola and So-Jung Kim, bass San Francisco-based Melos Trio combines virtuosic independence with refined, sensitive collaboration. Program will include Shostakovich Trio #2 in e minor and the beloved "Trout" Quintet by Schubert.

Please mark your calendars for the weekend of May 1 to 3rd, Friday evening to Sunday morning. Join us for a weekend full of fun, fresh air, activities, and fellowship! Registration information to come soon.

Faith in Action and Epworth – Know Your Rights Workshop. Learn what to do, what to say and who to call.

"What’s happening in Palestine?" A Seminar with Seth Morrison, Jewish voices for peace. Sunday, Jan 18th 11:45am. Please RSVP!