Northbrae Community Church

Northbrae Community Church We welcome people of any religious tradition, mystical path, or secular spirituality Sundays at 10:30. We'd love to see you!

We are a small, progressive church in north Berkeley, committed to an interfaith tradition that has been part of Northbrae's history since 1924. Our faith is informed and inspired by the respectful study of world religions, and we welcome and join people of all faiths in worship and service. We are a vibrant, non-denominational, welcoming congregation, rooted in progressive Christianity while comm

itted to interfaith exploration. We welcome people of any religious tradition, mystical path, or secular spirituality to join us in worship and service to others.

05/30/2025

Special Guest Preacher: Martin Wagner
Sunday, June 1st, 2025
10:30am Worship in the Chapel
12pm Workshop in the Parlor
Holy Rage, Sacred Grief, Fearless Joy -
Practices for Moving from Survival
to Engagement in Dark Times
The times are dark. We know there is work for us to do, but confronting the pain of the world can take a moral and emotional toll that undermines our well-being and limits our effectiveness. Avoiding our grief and anger out of fear that they will be too painful or will paralyze us requires emotional numbing that saps our joy and can lead to cynicism, despair, burnout, or worse. Join climate justice Lawyer and interfaith chaplain Martin Wagner to experience some simple practices for holding hard emotions and rediscovering joy in hard times.
Martin Wagner developed his understanding of the moral, emotional, and spiritual toll of activism during several decades working as a human rights and climate lawyer, including 28 years as creator and managing attorney of Earthjustice’s International Program. He is currently an interfaith chaplain serving activists and movements for environmental and human justice. Among other influences, Martin’s work draws on his longtime study and friendship with scholar, author, and activist Joanna Macy, Ph.D., whose Work that Reconnects is a powerful resource for transforming anger, despair, and overwhelm into inspired collaborative action.

04/15/2025

Holy Week & Easter Celebrations

Maundy Thursday, April 17, 6:00 PM Soup Supper 7:00 PM Maundy Thursday Ritual with Communion If you can bring a pot of soup to this event, please notify Carolyn Rosin at [email protected]. From now until Maundy Thursday, there will be a box in the church entrance where you may place prayers to be used during the Maundy Thursday Service.

Egg Dye and Dinner Friday, April 18, 6:00 PM

We will have an adult egg-dying event in the Northbrae kitchen. You can bring children to supervise. We will have hundreds of eggs to dye for the Egg Hunt on Sunday morning. You may bring your own dozen BOILED eggs. We’ll order pizza, dye eggs, and enjoy a dinner together. Bring salads to share.

Easter Sunday - April 20th 10:00 am Egg Hunt on Front Lawn 10:30 am Easter Service in Chapel

03/08/2025

Intro to "Stress Reduction Sound Bath"

Sunday, March 9th

12:00 - 1:00pm after coffee hour in the chapel

Musicians and Sound Healers Mind Body Sound Collective will showcase their Sound Healing musical offering for our members and friends.

This will be a meditation and sound healing offering deep relaxation and stress relief. Let the soothing vibrations of healing music guide you into a state of peace, balance, and renewal by engaging the body’s natural healing response.

Experience the profound benefits of sound baths, which have been shown to reduce stress, calm the nervous system, ease pain and tension, promote restorative sleep, and promote deep relaxation by engaging the body’s natural healing response. The rich vibrations of crystal singing bowls, bells, shamanic drums, steel hand pan drums, acoustic guitar, and more create a sonic landscape that soothes the mind and body.

Going forward these Sound Baths will be offered

2nd Thursdays @7:30pm in our chapel beginning April 10th.

They will be open to the public and Northbrae members will receive a discount. Northbrae Member price will be $30 and non-member price is $45.

See the Mind Body Sound Collective website for more info and to register.

Spring Equinox Sound Bath Journey

Friday March 21st, 6-9pm Northbrae Community Church Chapel

Celebrate Spring at an in-person ritual circle to honor the awakening season. Mother Nature is sending up her shoots and sprouting her tender new leaves. We will usher in the new energies of Spring and honor our AWAKENING theme — what wants to come forth in you, and how you can best support your growth. It’s a time to reflect, play, and receive.

The evening will include.....

Guided visualization and meditation

A shamanic drumming journey and crystal singing bowl sound bath

Spring reflection on what is blooming in each of us

Sharing wisdom and insights in community

$40 for Northbrae members and $55 for non-members

See the Mind Body Sound Collective website for more info and to register.

02/16/2025

Today's Service - Celebrating Black History Month
Readings:

Readings:

“Forged out of slavery, the black church was also a place of
protection and practicality. For many decades it was one of the few places Black people could gather for educational purposes, to arrange mutual aid groups, or to form political organizations. As a result, it has always been a target. As an independent institution operating free of white control and oversight, the Black church had inherent revolutionary potential that often made it an object of white fear and anger.”

Nikole Hannah-Jones, the 1619 Project

Ubuntu is an ancient African word meaning 'humanity to others'. It is often described as reminding us that 'I am what I am because of who we all are'.

“Ubuntu is very difficult to render into a Western language. It speaks of the very essence of being human… you are generous, you are hospitable, you are friendly and caring and compassionate. You share what you have. It is to say, “My humanity is caught up, is inextricably bound up, in yours.” We belong in a bundle of life. We say, “A person is a person through other persons.” It is not, “I think therefore I am.” It says rather: “I am human because I belong. I participate; I share.”

Desmond Tutu, No Future Without Forgiveness

“There is no longer Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in the Spirit.”

Galatians 3:28

09/25/2024

Northbrae Bazaar
September 28-29, 2024, from 10 am - 2 pm
Discover hidden treasures and antiques from multiple estates.

05/03/2024

Northbrae Community Church is excited to host special guest, Betsy Rose to lead our service this Sunday, May 5th. Here is a brief description of Betsy's work:

Betsy Rose’s new music and writings are inspired by the spirit of Leonard Bernstein's statement after the assassination of JFK: " This will be our reply to violence- to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before."

Her songs, reflections and poetry speak to this time of disruption, loss, fear and confusion, in our own culture and around the world.

From celebratory to grieving to faithful and grounded, Betsy’s sings of the fear, grief, anger, despair, joy, love, trust, and passion that weave through our hearts as we face an unstable present and an unknown future together.

03/22/2024

Holy Week and Easter Celebrations

Palm Sunday Service

Sunday, March 24, 10:30 AM

Will include palm frond waving, and dancing as you are able and willing.

Service of Memories

for Ron Sebring at Northbrae

Sunday, March 24, at noon, after coffee hour in the parlor

Maundy Thursday

Thursday, March 28, 6:00 PM Soup Supper, 7:00 PM

Maundy Thursday Ritual with Communion

If you can bring a pot of soup to this event, please notify Carolyn Rosin. From now until Maundy Thursday, there will be a box in the church entrance where you may place prayers to be used during the Maundy Thursday Service.

Egg Dye and Dinner

Friday, March 29, 6:00 PM

We will have an adult egg-dying event in the Northbrae kitchen. You can bring children to supervise. We will have 500 eggs to dye for the Egg Hunt Sunday morning. You can bring your own dozen BOILED eggs. We’ll order pizza, dye eggs, and enjoy a dinner together. Bring salads to share.

March 31, Easter Sunday

10:00 Egg Hunt on Front Lawn

10:30 Easter Service in Chapel

01/31/2024

Free online registration

12/22/2023

Northbrae Community Church Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 10pm- 11pm

PEACE ON EARTH: The service features congregational carols, solos, Christmas anthems, and the readings of Maya Angelou's Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem and the Christmas story from the gospel of Luke. The choir anthems are from Handel's Messiah, and arrangements of traditional carols and a gospel piece. Solos will be O Holy Night, Benjamin Britten's Corpus Christi Carol, Away in a Manger by Mark Hayes, and Norman Dello Joio's A Christmas Carol. Instruments include trumpet, flute and violin.

Please join us for a wonderful service of meaningful readings and beautiful music.

Address

941 The Alameda
Berkeley, CA
94707

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 12pm
1pm - 4pm
Tuesday 10am - 12pm
1pm - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 12pm
1pm - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 12pm
1pm - 4pm
Friday 10am - 12pm
1pm - 4pm

Telephone

+15105263805

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