Join us on Christmas eve! 5:00 pm A joyful service with the Bell Choir and special treats…. NEW: You’re going to love hearing Rev. Phil Porter tell a special Christmas story for people of all ages! 11:00 pm Candlelight communion service with choir

CCSM will be hosting the families from HOME and HOPE starting January 12-19. We of course need volunteers to provide dinner, be hosts and spend the night. Please contact Donna Lindsay at releduc@sbcglobal.net to reserve your time and task. On Sunday, January 12 before the 3:00pm setup, Donna invites all current, past, and prospective Home and Hope volunteers to come to … Read More

Monday, December 16th • 7:00-9:30pm Every year at CCSM/Iglesia San Mateo, somewhere between 50 and 60 attend our Las Posadas. As many of you know,in Latinx communities throughout the hemisphere, re-enactments are held commemorating Mary and Joseph’s search for shelter in Bethlehem—a place for Jesus to be born. Las Posadas literally means “the inns” in Spanish. Traditionally, each night leading … Read More

The Mural Project Team will share slides and impressions of its inspiring visit to the murals in San Francisco’s Mission District. This is an early step in the Team’s process of generating ideas for a mural on the south wall of Kloss Hall that would represent CCSM’s inclusiveness and openness to all. The Team looks forward to hearing the questions, … Read More

We are on holiday leave until January 7, when we will meet in the Fireplace Room at 7:30 to discuss Educated, a memoir by Tara Westover. Westover is the youngest of seven children who grew up in the mountains of Idaho in a radical Mormon family. In her family, children did not go to school, visit doctors’ offices or hospitals, … Read More

Sunday, December 1, 4:00pm in the Sanctuary Solstice has enthralled audiences with their passionate and technically precise treatment of music for women’s voices since 1996. http://www.solsticesings.com/ https://www.facebook.com/events/423214951923551/  

Sunday, December 8 • after the service Once again we’ll have a soup lunch by Greg and Dawn Graves after church, followed by caroling in the neighborhood and to care homes for some of our folks unable to attend who’d enjoy hearing your voices. Eat up the love, sing out the joy! If interested, contact Donna Summers, donna.summers@me.com.

Sunday, December 1 at noon • Buckham Room Come and join us for a public forum on “Asians Against China’s Occupation and Repression” with human rights activists from Uyghur Muslims, Filipinos, Tibetan Buddhists and Vietnamese in San Francisco Bay Area. The discussions will revolve around China’s human rights violations as in the case of the incarceration of three million Uyghurs, … Read More

Sunday, December 1 • 4pm • Island United Church, 1130 Balclutha Dr, Foster City Communities make the difference More people than ever before are affected by HIV/AIDS, globally and locally, and even in the US, many people are unaware of their status and/or are not receiving appropriate medical care for this disease which is often religiously stigmatized. Join with Rev. … Read More

The mid-high youth met with Rev. Valerie McEntee, the Night Minister at Open Cathedral, to talk about homelessness and what might be useful and also fun for folks to receive at Christmas. As CCSM does sandwiches for Open Cathedral on the 4th Sundays of the month, it means we often are in charge of the meal near Christmas time. That … Read More

Putting gifts under the tree at Christmas time can be a burden for families lacking permanent housing and trying to make ends meet.  You can help by participating in the annual CCSM Adopt A Family program. Each year, CCSM makes a commitment to provide Christmas gifts to several families.  They are recommended to us by LifeMoves.  Our little tree will … Read More

This December, CCSM will again be sponsoring families through LifeMoves to provide each family member with Christmas gifts so they may share in the season’s bounties. We are looking for volunteers to help with this worthy, giving, and fun project during the first two Sundays in December.  Tasks include: Helping CCSM members select from among the 60+ “wishes” on our … Read More

Friday, Nov. 15 • Noon • Buckham Room Let Rozanne Hemelyn tell you about her whirlwind life as a printmaker, painter and complete artist. In her expressive prints she addresses some of the everyday psychological conundrums that are part of the human experience. Her new body of water media work, called “Connections,” can explain the relationship between representational and abstract … Read More

Sunday, November 24, 1:00-5:00 P.M. Install Garland and Wreaths in Sanctuary Install additional floral decorations in Sanctuary & Narthex Install Outside Door Wreaths Install Kloss Hall Decorations Install Buckham Room Decorations Please email Kay Harris at communi_ks@me.com for more details.

On Thanksgiving Day, Thursday November 28th, at 10:00 am, CCSM will join our sister church, St. James AME Zion, 825 Monte Diablo Street, for a worship service of praise and gratitude. Come celebrate with us!