Posted: Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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WED Evenings throughout March
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6-8 PM, Lenten Reflection Series: From Darkness to Light
Reclaiming the ancient religious practices of music, candlelight, meditation, mind/body prayer, chant, labyrinth walking. Each week features different special guest leaders and facilitators, both members and friends of Skyline!
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SUN, 3/14
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Daylight Savings Begins ~ Set clocks ahead 1 hour!!
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SUN, 3/14
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Skyline’s Haiti Fundraiser Concert Reserve your calendars for this special evening of Taize music and chanting! With special guest musicians Barbara Hamm, Dean Gilman, and Shelby Riddle. All proceeds will go towards the UCC Haiti Disaster Relief Fund.
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SAT, 3/27
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10 AM – Noon ~ Transform the Sanctuary for Palm Sunday. ALL are invited! For more information, contact Laureen Sheldon: 638.3180 or Kate Hoiem: 339.3124
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SUN, 3/28
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10 AM Palm Passion Sunday – Rev. Laurie preaching, “Into Jerusalem”
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TH, 4/1
Maundy Thursday |
7:00 PM ~ Maundy Thursday Service
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FRI, 4/2
Good Friday |
9 PM – 2 PM ~ Sanctuary open during office hours for meditation & prayer
Just drop by!
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SAT, 4/3
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- 9AM – Noon ~ Transformation of Sanctuary for Easter
If you would like to help, contact Kate Hoiem (home) 339.3124, (cell) 387-4238, OR Pastor Laurie 421.2646. Teens are especially welcome!
- Easter Vigil ~ Sunset to Sunrise
For more information or to sign up, contact Tom Manley: 531.1796 OR by email at manley.tom@gmail.com
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SUN, 4/4
Easter Sunday |
- Sunrise Service ~ 6:30 AM featuring Oakland East Bay Gay Men’s Choir
- Easter Worship Service ~ 10 AM followed by Easter Egg Hunt for the kids!
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Information on Easter Sunday Services here
Posted: Saturday, March 6, 2010
Haiti Benefit Fundraiser Concert Event
Taizé and Labyrinth Walk
Sunday, March 14th, 6 – 8 pm
Donation for participation
Celebrate the 2010 Vernal Equinox in a beautiful setting at Skyline Church, UCC in Oakland Hills. Taize chanting, labyrinth walk, and a special concert featuring musician Barbara Hamm with other guest musicians and performers. All donation proceeds will go to UCC’s Haiti Disaster Relief Fund.
 Download Flyer (PDF) here:
Benefit&Taizé Flyer
Posted: Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Saturday Morning Co-op Play Groups for Children
At the suggestion of one of our parents and the encouragement of all of them, Skyline will begin a one-a-month Saturday morning play day for children of church parents and their invited friends to leave their children for the morning so parents have time to be together, time to run errands, time to do taxes (!) time to go shopping, time to take a nap!!
Parents would take turns providing the childcare, assisted by a member of the church CY&F team. This idea came out of our Saturday morning childcare for parents to do Christmas shopping. The first play day will be in March.
Talk to Sally, Interim CY&F Ministries Coordinator to sign up.
Posted: Tuesday, March 2, 2010
This spring we will be piloting a new program of covenant groups called “The Extended Families” to foster a deeper experience of community at Skyline Church.
“Extended Families” invite clusters of cross-generational church members to come together for fun and fellowship and to make a special commitment to each other to enter into sustained on-going relationship. These “families”, planning their own activities, would meet on some regular basis for potluck dinners, to go to the zoo or the beach or to someone’s home to play board games or to do activities together of their own choosing.
Extended Families are made up on older adults, young adults, teenagers, children and babies…..people we covenant to come to know each other in special, deeper than only Sunday morning ways….having fun together, supporting each other in times of transition and change, celebrating each others victories and successes and walking together in times of loss or crisis.
There will be an organizational meeting sometime towards the end of March to learn more about these covenant groups. Watch for further information in the weeks ahead. Plan to attend and bring your questions.
Posted: Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Celebrate Easter at Skyline – April 4, 2010
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.
Sunrise Service ~ 6:30 am
• Featuring Oakland/East Bay Gay Men’s Choir
 Download Sunrise Service flyer here: Sunrise10Flyer
Easter Worship Service ~ 10:00 am
• Easter Egg Hunt for the kids following service!
 Download Easter Flyer here: EasterFlyer10
Lent & Easter Event Calendar here
For more information please contact our office at:
Skyline Community Church, United Church of Christ
12540 Skyline Boulevard
Oakland, CA 94619
510.531.8212
Email Skyline Office
Posted: Saturday, February 13, 2010
Welcome to Skyline Community Church’s first annual community art show! It is so appropriate in so many ways that Skyline created this event — bringing together community — and art, as we know, is a window to the soul…
We commend the artists who participated in this special show, revealing more of themselves to us and the public, and further uplifting and enhancing our sanctuary with their beautiful work. Our artists in this show are quite diverse — ranging from a college student’s usage of recycled materials; an architect; a photographer who is also an ordained minister; to teachers and healthcare providers who are also artists.
Please enjoy this collection of photos (taken by Chris Nelson) of those in attendance at our opening reception, which was held on a beautiful afternoon Saturday, February 6th.
Warm Regards,
Reverend Laurie Manning
Artists currently exhibiting at Skyline:
Dave Byrens
Alexandra Childs
Ginger Grove
Sheila Helms
Barbara Harris
Joan Monroe
Catherine Moore
Chris Nelson
Nila Oakes
Bruce Prescott
Katherine Rutter
Laureen Sheldon
Lee Winslow
Beth Wolinsky
Posted: Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Skyline Community Church invites you to…
A Community Gathered - Art Show featuring the talents of several local artists.
The show will run from January 30th through February 27th and will displayed in the beautiful Skyline Sanctuary. Works of art will be for sale as well as for exhibit only. The room will be open to the public on Sundays from 11 am to 1pm and by request during the week. You are also welcome to join us for our 10am worship service.
Please join us for the Artists’ Reception on Saturday, February 6th at 3pm.
Wine and cheese reception, $10 optional donation.
All proceeds from the reception will go to support local youth art.
Come enjoy our beautiful photographs, paintings, and textures!
Delightful images lifting the spirit and bringing memory & pleasure.
Official Sunday Show Exhibit Dates:
01/30, 2/07, 2/14, 2/21, & 2/27
11 AM – 1 PM
(Or join us first for Sunday service at 10 am.)
For more information please contact the Skyline office at 510-531-8212. We hope to see you there!
Posted: Friday, December 11, 2009
 Come experience the wonder of our candlelight Christmas Eve Service celebrating the birth of Jesus with carols, anthems, scripture lessons, and instrumental music. The service will be followed by delicious Christmas treats, hot apple cider, and fellowship.
For more information please contact the office at 510.531.8212
Posted: Thursday, December 3, 2009
Skyline Movie Night
Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Friday, December 11th, 7 pm – 9 pm
“Uplifting, disheartening, inspiring, — the mind reels while watching the documentary Pray the Devil Back to Hell”
– New York Times
“A MARVELOUS DOCUMENTARY” – LA Times
“Relates a powerful story with intelligence, concision and a minimum of distracting stylistic flourishes.” – Hollywood Reporter
Pastor Laurie, Jean Siciliano, Sentho Kilgore and other members attended a Mills College showing of Pray the Devil Back to Hell, a story of courageous Liberian women (Christian & Muslim) who came together to end a bloody civil war and bring peace to their shattered country. The Skyline Church group was so impressed by the film, they planned a Movie Night for Friday, December 11th, 7 pm, here at Skyline!
Pray the Devil is the winner of 7 film festival awards, including Movies That Matter, Gabriel Award for Best Documentary, Best Documentary Tribeca Film Festival, and a number of others.
Posted: Friday, November 13, 2009
Warriors of Peace – Inaugural Gathering
Monday, December 7th 6:30 – 8 pm
Donation Basis (see FAQ)
Please Bring your own Mat (a few extras will be available)
Frequently Asked Questions – FAQs
WHAT IS THE INTENTION BEHIND WARRIORS OF PEACE?
The intention for Warriors of Peace is to create a community focused on:
- training in yoga, mindfulness meditation and loving-kindness meditation
- offering financial support to organizations that promote safety, health, happiness and peace to local communities in need
An underlying premise of Warriors of Peace is the recognition that creating a more peaceful and compassionate world starts with creating more peace and compassion within ourselves. Participants are people like you who share the intention of creating peace in the world through cultivating a more open and loving heart.
WHAT DO WARRIORS OF PEACE DO?
Warriors of Peace meet monthly (first Mondays) to practice yoga, mindfulness meditation and loving-kindness meditation. You do NOT need to be familiar with these practices prior to join one of the classes. Easy-to-follow instructions will be provided.
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO PARTICIPATE?
The class is donation-based – you contribute whatever you would like to contribute. 95% of these donations* will go directly to support communities in need. For example in December we focus on hunger, and all the proceeds will go to support the Alameda County Food Bank. Another month might focus on domestic violence, with the proceeds benefitting a local women’s shelter. There are many ways our class collection can be used to improve the lives of people in our community.
*The remaining 5% of the collection will support the administration needs of the group, including maintaining this website, as well as paying for liability insurance for participants during practice.
BACKGROUND
This past year, one of my students (Reverend Laurie Manning) asked me if I’d lead a donation-based yoga class at her church to help fundraise for the AIDS Benefit Ride. I was eager to help, especially given my past participation in an AIDS Ride.
The benefit class was well attended and enjoyed by all. The venue was also quite inspiring! Skyline Community Church overlooks the beautiful mountain-scape of Redwood Regional Park. Rev. Laurie invited me to consider holding a regular class at Skyline. With this open invitation, the idea for Warriors of Peace was borne!
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