Thanks for visiting our church website. You may notice that we are updating the site more regularly, with a list of upcoming events listed below.
I share some of my musings on a blog at http://willymac4.blogspot.com in which you are welcome to participate. Feel free to read and respond to my irreverent thoughts on the church, the christian life, and our loves. There is a "Comment" link underneath each entry where you can respond and share what you think.
Vacation Bible School - Camp E.D.G.E. 2009
with the Pittsburg United Methodist Church.
Our session and deacons recently decided to join the Center for Progressive Christianity, affirming the 8 Points. You will find God's welcome here among us.
"By calling ourselves progressive, we mean that we are Christians who…
1 Have found an approach to God through the life and teachings of Jesus,
2 Recognize the faithfulness of other people who have other names for the way to God’s realm, and acknowledge that their ways are true for them, as our ways are true for us,
3 Understand the sharing of bread and wine in Jesus’s name to be a representation of an ancient vision of God’s feast for all peoples,
4 Invite all people to participate in our community and worship life without insisting that they become like us in order to be acceptable
(including but not limited to):
believers and agnostics,
conventional Christians and questioning skeptics,
women and men,
those of all sexual orientations and gender identities,
those of all races and cultures,
those of all classes and abilities,
those who hope for a better world and those who have lost hope;
5 Know that the way we behave toward one another and toward other people is the fullest expression of what we believe,
6 Find more grace in the search for understanding than we do in dogmatic certainty - more value in questioning than in absolutes;
7 Form ourselves into communities dedicated to equipping one another for the work we feel called to do: striving for peace and justice among all people, protecting and restoring the integrity of all God’s creation, and bringing hope to those Jesus called the least of his sisters and brothers; and
8 Recognize that being followers of Jesus is costly, and entails selfless love, conscientious resistance to evil, and renunciation of privilege."
"The 8 Points” (version 2003)
The Center for Progressive Christianity, www.tcpc.org
If you want to see a bit about the
mission trip to Israel-Palestine a few members of our church participated in, please visit:
http://keephopealiveca.blogspot.com
We at CPC describe ourselves as family, so please take a while to get to know us here and then come out to one of our events. I am sure you will find a place in the family of God here!
Pastor Will McGarvey
Upcoming Events at CPC
Wednesday Bible Study: On Wednesday mornings we continue in a book entitled "The Future of the Christian Tradition" from the Jesus Seminary, edited by Robert J. Miller. We meet Wednesday mornings at 10:00 am in the Stoneman Room. All are welcome.
Upcoming Small Group Meetings:
• Men’s Breakfast Group, Saturday, July 11th at Smit’s Restaurant.
Next Youth Group Meeting – Summer Camp: Save the dates: Friday through Sunday, August 7 – 9th for the Summer Youth Group Camping Trip to Camp Tuolumne.
Conversations with Dr. Nuhad Tomeh, from the Middle East Council of Churches speaking on Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq. 7:00 pm Tuesday, July 7th at First Presbyterian Church, Oakland. 2619 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612
Building the Beloved Community, Adult Education (for adults and teens), led by Rev. Dr. Teresa Chávez Sauceda, July 12 & 19; and August 16, 23rd, after Fellowship Hour in the Stoneman Rm.
Memorial for Rev. Linda Regan: 2:00 pm on Saturday, July 18th at Clayton Valley Presbyterian Church, 1578 Kirker Pass Road, Clayton, CA, 94517
Dedication of CE Wing at Delta Community Presbyterian Church, Discovery Bay: 11:15 am after service Sunday, July 26th at 1900 Willow Lake Road, Discovery Bay, CA, 94514
Keep Hope Alive Luncheon: After church on August 2nd, come enjoy Mediteranean Food and hear a bit more about the olive harvesting mission trip to Israel-Palestine.
Save the Dates: CPC will be doing a new Church Directory through Olin Mills. Family portraits will be taken Tuesday, August 4th and Thursday, September 24th. Sign-ups will begin next month. Please save one of these dates to come get a free sitting for a family portrait for the new directory.
The Times of Harvey Milk: Church and Society LGBT Film Series – Thursday, August 20th at 7:00 pm in the Stoneman Room. This is the documentary about the life of Harvey Milk. Perhaps we will watch the more recent movie starring Sean Penn sometime in the future.
Interfaith Council of Co. Co. County Cookbook!
Please participate and share up to three of your most fantastic crowd – pleasing recipes. Include notations about your recipe for example; “Brought by my family from Spain over a century ago”. Each recipe will include your name, and your religious affiliation (church, mosque, temple, etc). It’s easy to enter your recipe(s) directly into our cookbook.
Here’s how you do it:
1. Go to www.fundcraft.com
2. Locate green writing on right side of screen. Scroll down to the blank box marked “Web ID”, (members).
3. Click on the box “WEB ID” and enter: 36834-07QV. Then, click “log in”.
4. Read all instructions on page. Then, when ready, click on the pink, “post recipes”.
5. Now, enter your recipe!
6. If you plan on entering more than one recipe, please use the same format each time and enter each recipe separately. Your name must appear the exact same way on each entry.
7. Please check your recipe for typos, and recipe errors, by clicking on the “spell check” bar. Double check your entry; you are responsible for your own editing.
8. When you have finished entering your recipe and notations and are ready to submit, click on the box marked “submit”. You’re done!
Thank you for your participation. We look forward to sampling your interfaith meals with everyone in our community!
Sincerely, The ICCCC Cookbook Committee
