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Pastor Tia’s Devotion for 09-24-2020: Dear gifted Saints!  Just before my 8thbirthday, my auntie took me shopping. I still remember it vividly because it was nothing that usually happened in my life. Nobody had taken me shopping for clothes before. At least not that I could remember. My parents just bought us what we needed. […]

God is a Birdwatcher My family decided during the summer that we would add some new flowers to our backyard. As we were discussing our options for plants and flowers, the patient and knowledgeable worker in Gardening noted: “The hummingbirds love these ‘Salvia Greggii.’ I have these in my backyard and the hummingbirds are always

Hi, Everybody: This Sunday, September 20, is the 16th Sunday after Pentecost and our regular Fill the Food Barrel Sunday.  Last week, as our “God’s Work Our Hands” project, we added an extra Food Barrel week, and the response overflowed the barrel!  Let’s see if we can add to it again this Sunday and help fill LOV

Vicar Anand’s Devotion for September 17. 2020: Jeremiah 32:16-17 “After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, then I prayed to the Lord, saying, 17 ‘Ah Lord God! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! Nothing is too difficult’” As per the above

Devotion by Pastor Barbara for September 15, 2020: This battered happy face in the eerie light of these weeks of fires, expresses much of what I feel. Will the fires never stop? Will the smoke never leave? Will the shelter in place order never be lifted? We lost a dear friend from Holy Redeemer last

Hi, Everybody: This Sunday, September 13, is Rally Day!  Rally Day is when we normally go back to our two-service schedule with Sunday School, Adult Forum, and fellowship in-between.  This year, due to COVID-19 restrictions, the worship service is onlineat whatever time you want to watch it.  The rest of the festivities are happening live through Zoom. 

Do you walk this way? Or that way? Do you walk the talk?Think about the way you walk. Do you have a distinctive and identifiable silly walk — like the one John Cleese performed in an episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus? Do you stride, swagger, swing, spring, strut, shuffle, waddle, ramble, amble, or scuff

Pastor Tia’s Devotion for September 08, 2020: Wow! The last couple of days have been extraordinarily hot. Even in Berkeley. At night we still had 85 Degree in our apartment. The kids suffered through the night, switching beds, throwing away blankets and pillows, even stuffies. My son ended up falling asleep in our hallway. It

Hi, Everybody: This Sunday, September 6, is the 14th Sunday after Pentecost and Nacho Name Tag Sunday.  It’s also Labor Day Weekend, so get out those barbecues, put on a name tag, and grill up some nachos!  (watch out – they have a tendency to fall through the grates)   Last Saturday was the Virtual Spaghetti Feed, which I think went

Vicar Anand Darla’s Devotion for September 03, 2020: Giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. Colossians 1:12-14  The Holy Spirit helped Paul to create a pattern of prayer for all believers to follow. Paul’s prayer consists of two main components which are praise