March 15 – Recorded at the church by Tom March 22 – Wonderful interactive zoom service. Ken, Benjamin, Gabrielle and Pastor Laurie. March 29 – Topic is grief, Ken, Benjamin, Gabrielle and Pastor Laurie. April 5 – Palm Sunday, with Ken, Benjamin, Gabrielle and Pastor Laurie. April 5 – Donkey Odie tells his story for Palm Sunday with David G. April 9 – Good Friday with Ken, Benjamin, Gabrielle and Pastor Laurie. April 12 – Easter Sunday Service with Ken, Gabrielle, Benjamin and Pastor Laurie April 12 – Children’s Time, Easter Sunday, with Enriquita KittyKat and Edmund Caterpillar April 19 – Sunday Service April 19 – Children’s Time with Mirabelle Fairy and David G. April 22 – 50th Anniversary of Earth day April 26 – Sunday Service April 26 – Children’s Time with Enriquita who learns how to be kind even when she can’t go out May 3 – Sunday Service May 3 – Children’s time (repeat of April 26) May 10 – Sunday Service (Family Friendly service that includes Children’s time and story telling) May 10 – Children’s time story: “The Waiting Room” May 17 – Sunday Service May 24 – Sunday Service May 31 – Sunday Pentecost Service June 7 – Sunday Service – (Sermon, scripture, sermon response only) June 14 – Sunday Service (27 minutes) June 21 – Sunday Service (34 min) June 28 – Sunday Service (22 min)
Skyline Community Church, United Church of Christ Invites Oakland Community to Attend Easter Services
Come celebrate the Spirit of Easter where we welcome ALL of God’s people. Experience fabulous music and an inspiring message with a spectacular view of the Oakland Hills.
Good Friday Service: Friday, April 19, 7:00 PM
Our Music Director, Benjamin Mertz, and Reverend Laurie Manning lead an empowering, spiritually expansive candlelight, meditation and music service, in the Taize tradition. During the service, we will listen to and join in singing Taize chants, a form of meditative chant and silence, to quiet the mind, open the heart and feed the soul… time of quiet and solitude in the presence of God. A few words sung over and over again reinforce the meditative quality of prayer. All are welcome.
Easter Sunrise Service: April 21, 6:30 AM with OEBGMC
Rise and shine to the uplifting music of the Oakland East Bay Gay Men’s Chorus! Experience sunrise from our Sanctuary which rests on the summit of the Oakland hills and has windows spanning 30 feet high! As you look out on a stunningly beautiful view listen to inspiring preaching, heavenly music and feel welcomed into the warmth of a loving progressive and inclusive faith community.
Rev. Laurie says, “The music in this service sings out about a God of love, of freedom, of liberation… and that the world is more wonderful with the great diversity of all of humanity. This is good news!”
Easter Sunday Traditional Service: April 21, 10 AM
Skyline’s sanctuary windows overlook Redwood Park to Mt. Diablo Here we have a traditional Easter Service as a loving progressive and inclusive faith community. Rev. Laurie Manning , the choir and orchestra (directed by Benjamin Mertz) and the people fill the sanctuary with joy, celebration and love. Today’s service will have drama, singing, prayer, and a special honor garden for loved ones. And to top it off, all are welcome (especially families) to a family service that includes an Easter egg hunt for children of all ages: 12:00 noon.
Family Easter Egg Hunt: April 1, 12:00PM
Join families from our church and the neighborhood for a fun hour of learning and celebrating! Families of all configurations (we are an LGBTQ+ affirming church!) are invited!
We’ll gather at noon in the sanctuary to sing Easter songs, learn a bit about the Easter story (and how eggs are connected to it!), do some art, and participate in a service project for Nueva Esperanza, a preschool for immigrant children that our church helps to support.
Kids will also be invited (by age group) to participate in a (small) Easter egg hunt. Please bring your own basket/bag!
We also welcome you to join our community Easter service at 10 AM before the hunt, if you wish. We offer a children’s program for your little ones.
Skyline Church UCC is a community faithful to the teachings of Jesus Christ. We acknowledge the worth of all beings, regardless of ability, age, ancestry, family or economic status, gender, sexual orientation, spiritual path, cultural origin, or any other visible or invisible difference. We invite all who wish to enter our Sanctuary and the full life of our church family. Ours is a God of justice and compassion, and our church lives in covenant with God to do its utmost to pursue justice and compassion, as an Open and Affirming congregation.
For more information please contact our office at:
Skyline Community Church, United Church of Christ 12540 Skyline Boulevard Oakland, CA 94619 510.531.8212
One Great Hour of Sharing supports partners in countries with ministries that fund health, education and agricultural development, emergency relief, refugee ministries and both international and domestic disaster response, administered by Wider Church Ministries, Global Sharing of Resources.
This offering is received on the Fourth Sunday of Lent – March 11, 2018.
At Skyline, we’re committed to nurturing the spiritual development of children and youth by equipping them with the tools they need to discover faith-filled answers… for themselves.
God has no hands but your hands, no feet but your feet, no face but your face. Join us in cultivating a more just and compassionate world, working together to understand and meet the real needs of our local community (Food Bank) and beyond (Sierra Leone School).
At Skyline, we’re committed to nurturing the spiritual development of children and youth by equipping them with the tools they need to discover faith-filled answers… for themselves.
We recognize the fragility of the earth and our own capacity to do harm. It is urgent that, as earth’s stewards, we make a commitment to our children and future generations to minimize our impact on the earth. We are working locally and globally in these efforts.
Good Friday Service: Friday, April 19, 7:00 PM
