June 21, 2020 • 10 am • “The Work is Where We Are” • Kit Novotny • First Church Berkeley UCC firstchurchberkeley.org

December 8, 2019 • 10 am • “Taizé Service” • Molly Baskette • First Church Berkeley UCC Psalm 139:11-16 firstchurchberkeley.org

“You are the light of the world. Senior Minister Molly Baskette suggests that this is both metaphorically and biologically true. We are each full of God’s light, and we can shine our light as we travel in the world, especially in places of darkness.

December 29, 2019 • 10 am • “PJs Poetry Sunday” • Kit Novotny • First Church Berkeley UCC firstchurchberkeley.or

September 13, 2020 • 10 am • “Hold On!” • Rev. Molly Baskette • First Church Berkeley UCC

Minister of Art Communication Phil Porter discusses Richard Rothstein’s book The Color of Law, which demonstrates comprehensively that housing segregation in the United States was systematically supported by federal, state and local laws and ordinances.

May 10, 2020 • 10 am • “What Mothers Want” • Molly Baskette • First Church Berkeley UCC firstchurchberkeley.org

Phil Porter suggests that Christianity’s “superpower” to counter the rise in organized hate is the radical idea of not returning evil for evil but to respond instead with love. “Don’t be mean!”

August 9, 2020 • 10 am • “Guided by Everlasting Love” • Rev. Christina Hutchins • First Church Berkeley UCC

In the last of a series of sermons on “Choose Your Own Adventure,” Phil Porter that adventure can also involve periods of waiting or even challenge. He suggests that we might have active choices we can make during these times.