Posted: Wednesday, August 11, 2010
August 15th Seniors’ Dinner
Volunteers – St. Mary’s Center
925 Brockhurst St. Oakland
Driveway to off-street parking is on San Pablo Ave.
(between 33rd & 32nd St.)
Skyline Church volunteers help provide a delicious meal for seniors and needy residents. This is part of the Food for all Ages program by Sister Marilyn Medau –enriching the giver as well as the receiver. Skyline Church has participated for many years — it’s always great fellowship, fun and spiritually rewarding.
Participate in any of the following:
- Meal Preparation 10:30 AM OR
Cleanup 2:30-3:30 PM
- Serve Meal 1:30-2:30 PM OR
provide a home-baked dessert (Apple crisp recipe available)
Contact:
Michael Armijo or Catherine Kessler
at (510) 530-7688.
Posted: Friday, July 30, 2010
Join us for a Taizé service and Labyrinth Walk on August 15th starting at 6 pm.
Proceeds from this event will go to the Gulf of Mexico in response to the oil spill crisis.
 Download Taizé Flyer
Posted: Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Saturday Morning Co-op Play Groups for Children
Returning this fall by popular demand, Skyline will continue a once-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 go shopping, time to take a nap!!
Parents 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. Expect our next gathering soon after school begins in the fall.
Talk to Beth, Interim CY&F Ministries Coordinator for more information on our next co-cop play day, or to volunteer!
Posted: Tuesday, July 6, 2010
This spring we piloted a new program of covenant groups called “The Extended Families” to foster a deeper experience of community at Skyline Church.
“Extended Families” invites clusters of cross-generational church members to come together for fun and fellowship and to make a special commitment to each other to stay in sustained on-going relationship. These “families”, plan their own activities, meet on a regular basis for potluck dinners, group outings 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.
Skyline’s Extended Families are made up on older adults, young adults, teenagers, children and babies…..people who 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.
In June we held our kick off event, and look forward to adding more members into our Extended Families, and growing together through the years.
If you are interested in joining The Extended Family, or hearing more about the program, contact Family member and Interim Children Youth and Family Coordinator, Beth Rogers.
Posted: Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Wonder Dog Computer Classes at Skyline: Two Free 10 AM Workshops, MON, April 19th & FRI, April 30th
Beginning and intermediate computer users are being offered by WonderDog Computer Tutors in April. If you already know how to email and write a simple letter but want to improve your skills, this class is for you. Learn “Tips-n-Tricks” about attachments, Google, photos and more. Sign up for either Monday, April 19 or Friday, April 30. The class will be demonstration only with handouts; there will be no computers in the classroom (Friendship Room). Both classes are for the Skyline community and friends.
Please be sure to sign up ahead, a minimum number is needed to hold the class!
RSVP to Wonder Dog at 510-632-7020 or info@wonderdogcomputertutors.com
Posted: Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Celebrate Easter at Skyline -
April 24, 2011
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 ~ 6:00 am
• Featuring Intimate Contemporary Music & the Oakland/East Bay Gay Men’s Choir
Easter Worship Service ~ 10:00 am
• Celebratory Traditional Music followed by an Easter Egg Hunt for the kids!
Skyline’s traditional Easter Egg Hunt is happening RAIN or SHINE, following the 10:00 service on Easter Sunday morning. We welcome our neighborhood families and any who care to come to join us! Stay for refreshments and conversation following the hunt.
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: 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.
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