On this Palm Sunday, Minister of Community Life Rachel Bauman reflects on freedom. After a period of ministry on the margins and with the marginalized, Jesus was headed into Jerusalem—into the middle of things bringing God’s promise of freedom.

Minister of Art Communication Phil Porter weaves together the story of Jesus temptation in the wilderness, personal tales and lessons from Stephen Sondheim’s musical “Into the Woods” to talk about challenge, danger, transformation, and resourcefulness.

August 25 • 10 am • Queer Eyes • Molly Baskette • First Church Berkeley UCC

On this Easter Sunday, Senior Minister Molly Baskette talks about “eukatastrophe,” the “sudden happy turn in a story which pierces you with a joy that brings tears.”

Public Theologian in Residence, Marvin K. White mines the rich topic of “love.” In his theopoetical style, he explores the generosity of God’s love, our own capability to name and claim it, and the direct connection between love and justice.

First Church member Elizabeth Driver-Bucholtz, and ministers Molly Baskette and Kit Novotny share vignettes about the challenges and joys of conception, pregnancy, and birth.

Director of Youth Programs Trust Hilton and members of the senior high youth group, Winthrop, share their reflections on their recent work camp in Stockton, CA, and where they saw God in their experience.

In the wake of the September 30 fire that damaged a significant part of First Church Berkeley, Senior Minister Molly Baskette reminds the congregation that we have a “building from God not made by human hands.”

The gospel writers had four different endings to the Easter story. Other gospels discovered later offered us even more! Perhaps they were not writing endings--but beginnings. Perhaps we are each a gospel, a resurrection-in-progress, and still becoming.

October 20, 2019 • 10 am • “Beyond the Binary: Fragility and Resiliency” • Molly Baskette • First Church Berkeley UCC Luke 18:1-8