Each week, Penny sends out an email with a brief thought-provoking reflection, poem, or quote, as well as what is most current in the life of the church — upcoming events, speakers, teaching series, etc. You don’t want to miss it. If you’re not already signed up for Connections, please go to our news sign-up page and fill out the … Read More
Camp Caz Registration Now Open
Already our kids are signing up for Camp Caz—join the adventure! Current kindergarteners through second graders can go to Caz July 5-7. Then it’s time for current sixth through eleventh graders to go, from July 7-13 (two separate camps during the same week at the same location). And finally July 21-27, current third through fifth graders can go to Junior … Read More
Pancakes for Dinner on Shrove Tuesday!
Shrove Tuesday, March 5, 6:00-7:30pm • Kloss Hall Before you give up anything for Lent, come enjoy Mardi Gras crafts and music, as well as the pancakes, sausage, fruit and more. The youth will help with this CYF-sponsored event—flipping pancakes and serving you. (They are practicing to be helpful at home!). Come join us!
Coming of Age Retreat
Parents, please put March 22-23 on your calendars. This month on their third annual Coming of Age retreat, our middle school youth will explore what it means to grow up. Along with studying Bible heroes’ adolescent experiences (most of which didn’t turn out so well), the youth also search for their personal mountain top experience. The first year they climbed Mount … Read More
Our Lenten Theme: InHABITing Love
Our Lenten theme this year is Inhabiting Love, based on the book by Ed Bacon, The 8 Habits of Love. When I proposed this idea at the Council of Ministries, people enthusiastically signed on to going deeper into love. Perhaps one of the most important questions I can ask myself is, “To what extent is my life loving?” For me, … Read More
InHABITing Love
Sunday Celebrations in Lent March 10 – April 14 “Is My Life Loving?” preaching by Penny Nixon except for 3/24 by Jorge Perry Bautista March 10: The Habit of Stillness: Loving to Hold Still. Baptism • Communion [daylight savings!] March 17: The Habit of Generosity: Give Until it Feels Good! March 24: The Habit of Becoming a People: Beloved Community. … Read More
Second Hour: PROGRESSIVE CHRISTIANS READ THE BIBLE: PART 1
Sunday, February 24, 11:45am Using the scholarship of progressive Christian theologian Marcus Borg, part 1 of this series will look at the Gospels as Memory and Testimony. How should we read the gospels as 21st century Christians? This session will include a hands-on “bible study” as well as an introduction to the background of the gospels, our primary source of … Read More
Spiritual Care at CCSM
One of the unique and beautiful qualities of this CCSM community is our tending to each other. On the Welcome page of our website we say: We are an open-minded, progressive spiritual community characterized by a delight in diversity, a passion for justice, a love of music and a genuine care we have for each other. We do have a … Read More
Jesus and Buddha as Brothers: Sunday Celebrations
January 27: The Three Jewels February 3: Cleaning the Windows February 10: The Fine Art of Acceptance • Celebrating Lynnelle’s 25th Anniversary at CCSM February 17: Decluttering our Souls February 24: Faith and practice: Living Buddha, Living Christ March 3: The Other Shore: Resurrection and Reincarnation
Train Day, Saturday, Feb. 2
On Train Day, Saturday, February 2, between 2:00 and 4:30pm, the trains will be pulling into the Kloss Hall station for all ages. Make cookies, be an engineer, create your own layout, and build your own train. Don’t miss out! TOOT-TOOT-TOOT!
Dakota is Back!
Rev. Dakota Brown is back with us after her medical leave. She is rested and restored, ready to focus on fun and support for CCSM’s amazing seniors. She works as a hospice chaplain in addition to being here, which has the blessing of health insurance and retirement benefits, but means less time at CCSM. Dakota spent some of her time … Read More
Wise & Wonderful
Wednesday, January 23 10:30 to noon • Buckham Room Put God first in the New Year—coffee and conversation. Join us!
Report from the front lines: Jorge Bautista
On February 3, Jorge Bautista will present on his October trip to El Salvador. He will also share some of his experience during his recent border trip. Don’t miss it!
Invest in Peace: Building Israeli-Palestinian Peace from the Ground Up
Thursday, January 31, 7:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Peninsula Jewish Community Center 800 Foster City Blvd, Foster City Looking for hopeful news in 2019? We will discuss the exciting and impactful work of Alliance for Middle East Peace (ALLMEP), an umbrella for NGOS that do people-to-people co-existence work with Israelis and Palestinians. Information on the groundbreaking new International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace … Read More