If you were not with us on-line or in person yesterday, please watch Sunday’s service. Emily Beach and Kate Beach shared their talents, Martha Bronitsky gave a moving testimony, and I gave a short sermon. Three good reasons to watch. See how I did that?
Time, talent and treasure are the three things we need from you at CCSM, but more importantly what we provide is love, purpose and hope to live a fully three-dimensional life.
Your pledge letter and card will be sent to you if you were not here to pick it up. You will also receive an email.
Next week will be our Memorial Service honoring those we have lost the past year and beyond. More musical gifts shared and a safe place to open our hearts to the reality of loss.
With gratitude for all of you and for a place to grow my ‘godself’ into being.
Peace,
Rev. Melissa
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Click on the video above for the most recent entire worship service, or click HERE to listen to Rev. Melissa's sermon, The Balance of Three!
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To Give is To Receive:
Share Your Love Auction
Bidding is now LIVE for the Share Your Love auction.
There are many great items from lovely handcrafted ceramics and quilts to fine wine, art and a wine country getaway weekend. (Best Dave Chandler's Best.Cake.Ever.) Just click here to get started: 32auctions.com/SYL2022 and note that you can make a financial donation in addition to, or instead of, a bid. Just push the green "Donate" button. The auction runs only through November 6, so get those bids in now!
On Sunday, November 6, Pick a Party handouts will be distributed online and in person. For those of you who haven't participated before, this handout has all the necessary information. And for those of you who already know how it works, the handout will contain a form so you can describe the party you want to offer. Deadline for your form is November 27, so put on your creative hat! Parties themselves will run January through August.
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Youth and Family Events
As usual, during the service on Sundays, Lily and some youth volunteers engage our pre-K crowd in some fun playtime in the nursery, and Shannon and Elaine share a Bible story (through Godly Play) and then invite our K-5th grade crowd to reflect, create, build, share, and serve the community in response to the story (in the Memorial Garden). We're experimenting with a multi-age group this year as we've found that sometimes older kids prefer to be with their younger siblings/friends (and vice versa!) and this way we have maximum flexibility so that kids can choose what they would like to do to respond to the Bible story based on their interests, not merely their age!
The UCC is hosting a climate justice art contest for all ages! Please click here to learn more or to enter the contest. Deadline: November 30.
Saturday, November 5 - Youth sleepover with other UCC youth in Danville!
Sunday, November 6: 11:45am - CCSM Pizza Play Date! Families with kids of any age are invited to join us in the small playground outside Kloss Hall for pizza and games! Older kids especially are invited to bring a board or card game to play as well. Pizza and drinks will be provided, please bring a dessert to share if you'd like.
Friday, February 24 - Sunday Feb 26 - Mid-winter youth camp in Cambria for those in grades 7-12.
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Volunteer of the Week
Veril Phillips
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There is a common refrain during board meetings that everything at CCSM passes through Veril. He so generous with his time that we could write a book about everything he does for CCSM. But in short, Veril knows CCSM's processes through and through, lending a hand with everything from the most strategic considerations to offering to print mailing labels. He is a joy with which to work and models CCSM's guiding principles.
We are pleased to recognize and celebrate the many gifts you offer to CCSM, Veril!
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FIRST SUNDAYS OF THE MONTH ARE COMMUNION SUNDAYS
If there’s a way you can be in person on the first Sundays of the month, communion is a meaningful time to be together.
If you’re not able to be with us in person, you’re invited to share in communion while online with us from wherever you are; just have some bread and juice ready and you can participate with us that way.
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Pray for Ukraine Every Tuesday at 7:30pm
CCSM held a powerful live Prayer Ritual for Ukraine on March 6th. We have decided to premier this ritual ONLINE every Tuesday until the war ends. We hope you will join us online weekly to continue our prayers and heal our hearts. These are challenging times and this offering is a way to bring our community together and magnify our prayers.
Please share this link with your friends and family so we can extend this offering to as many people as possible.
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(650) 343-3694
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