I’m grateful to have served the Congregational Church of San Mateo for over eighteen years as church administrator and lately as administrator of finance.  Now it’s time to retire, based on my timely completion and mailing of all tax and reports to the members and friends of CCSM, my employment should end by mid-January 2019. Your generosity and acceptance has … Read More

If you walk by the Buckham Room on the second Thursday of the month, you will see over thirty San Mateo County faith leaders gathered to address the most pressing social justice issues of our time.  The Faith Leaders’ Solidarity Cohort is led by Penny and Amie through the Peninsula Solidarity Network. The first year of the cohort met from … Read More

On Thanksgiving Day, Thursday November 22nd, at 10:00 am, we will join our sister church, St. James AME Zion, 825 Monte Diablo Street, for a worship service of praise and gratitude.

2nd & 4th Wednesdays, 10:30am – Noon • Cookies and coffee provided October 24: Film—The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, a PBS documentary about the relationship between an unemployed musician and a flock of feral parrots. November 14: Book discussion—On the Brink Of Everything: Grace and Gravity and Getting Old by Parker Palmer

November 6 • 7:30pm • Fireplace Room Hold the presses: we are changing the title of our November book. If you liked Water for Elephants and The Nightingale, this book will capture your heart. The book committee has decided to read The Orphan’s Tale by Pam Jenoff for our November meeting. A best seller positively reviewed by NPR, Goodreads says: … Read More

For the past few months, the Custodial Apartment Renovation Project Team (led by Jim Berthelsen, along with Jim Lindsay, Tony Gallo, and Marge Boyd) has been hard at work reviewing bids for the remodel of our custodian’s residential apartment, on the second floor of CCSM, over the Buckham Room and kitchen.  The apartment has had little attention during the past … Read More

These new members joined September 23, 2018: Back row: Ray and Noël Olson, Rolf and Robin Hansen, Ago Pedalizo Front row: Shannon, Bridgette, and Paige Sieckert, Troy, Kinsley, and Christine Grabow, Violeta Reyes, Chase Olson

From Your Moderator Hello CCSM! Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Dave Chandler and I am your new Moderator. As I contemplate past moderators and their tremendous achievements, both collectively and individually for over 150 years, I am deeply honored and humbled to take on this role and look forward to our time together. I would be remiss … Read More

PICK-A-PARTY list of parties is available October 7 Pick-A-Party Sunday is October 14, starting at 9:45 a.m. Since 1998, Pick-A-Party has been an essential part of the fabric of CCSM and a great opportunity to connect with others. Pick-A-Party is fun, extremely popular, and—by far—our largest fundraiser. Whether you host a party or sign up to attend a party, you … Read More

Since last All Saints Day, CCSM has lost quite a few pillars of our community. We miss them and remember them with love.

Our own Rev. Jorge Perry Bautista on the cover of Pacific School of Religion’s The Catalyst!

I am writing to you on the heels of a ground-shifting week which culminated in a dramatic climax on Saturday as we witnessed the Senate vote to confirm Supreme Court Justice Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Whatever your political persuasion, clearly this series of events has only deepened our partisan divide. We have witnessed cruelty and mockery, slander and rage, at our … Read More

Believe it or not, the Liturgical Arts Team (LAT) is busy getting ready for Advent and plans to make lustrous wreaths to adorn the sanctuary. For this project, we would love donations of glass ball ornaments — all sizes and colors. Also most welcome would be poinsettia/holly/pine cone floral picks and other shiny extras that we could use to embellish … Read More