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		<title>&#8220;Souper&#8221; Bowl Sunday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, it’s the Superbowl, and even though the SF 49ers won’t be in it, we’ll be playing in our own Souper Bowl, tackling hunger, raising awareness and funds for people in need, right here in Alameda County, especially now in this tough economy &#8211; where one in six people don&#8217;t have enough money to buy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.skylineucc.org/2012/02/02/souper-bowl-sunday/</link>
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		<title>2/12 Preschool Sunday Service</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Celebrate with us on Sunday, February 12th at 10 AM &#160; For our annual “Preschool Sunday,” we will celebrate Valentine’s Day by honoring the theme of &#8220;One Love&#8221; – love for ourselves, love of our families and friends, and love for the world. Preschools families and children will be joining us, and we will share [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.skylineucc.org/2012/01/31/preschool-sunday-service/</link>
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		<title>Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; This Sunday, January 15th at Skyline, we will honor the memory of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., his sense of God&#8217;s calling in his life, and the larger civil rights movement to which he gave his life.  We will also take seriously our call in this time, to participate in the civil rights [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.skylineucc.org/2012/01/11/celebrate-martin-luther-king-jr/</link>
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		<title>Christmas Eve Service</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This Christmas Eve, come experience the wonder of our candlelight 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. This is a beautiful way to celebrate the season with your entire family. ALL are welcome! December [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.skylineucc.org/2011/11/30/christmas-eve-service/</link>
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		<title>Journey Through Advent &#8211; 3 Wednesdays in December</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Journey Through Advent  - 3 Wednesdays in December: 12/7, 12/14, 12/21 Join us as we journey through Advent &#8212; waiting, preparing, opening ourselves to the Light of God, to be born within us.  Join us on Wednesday evenings, December 7, 14, and 21st from 7 &#8211; 8 pm, as we journey through the lectionary, walk the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.skylineucc.org/2011/11/30/journey-through-advent-3-wednesdays-in-december/</link>
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		<title>Sunday, November 13th: National Donor Sabbath</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Join us in Honoring National Donor Sabbath! The purpose of Sunday, November 13th&#8217;s Sunday Service is to celebrate the gift of life and to raise awareness around the critical need for organ and tissue donors. More than 110,000 men, women and children are waiting for a healthy organ. In Northern California alone, more than 20,000 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.skylineucc.org/2011/11/09/sunday-november-13th-national-donor-sabbath/</link>
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		<title>Thanksgiving Dinner at Lake Merritt United Methodist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Thanksgiving Reminder for Pies . . . and more! Pies for Downtown Oakland Thanksgiving Dinner Once again, I’m asking for your help in providing pies for the Downtown Oakland community Thanksgiving dinner. Whether homemade, Safeway produced, or from your favorite bakery (or a check and we’ll buy the pies). Please bring your pies and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.skylineucc.org/2011/11/04/thanksgiving-dinner-at-lake-merritt-united-methodist/</link>
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		<title>In the Community: Occupy Oakland</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Justice is not an ancient custom, a human convention, a value, but a transcendent demand, freighted with divine concern” — Abraham J. Heschel We stand at a point in history when the onerous weight of inequity has become so burdensome that it calls forth the forces of resistance. We are witnessing one of the most [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.skylineucc.org/2011/11/03/in-the-community-occupy-oakland/</link>
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		<title>Sing in Our Christmas Eve Service!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our Music Director, Ramin Haghjoo, invites all children, teens, and adults who love to sing to join the choir for the Christmas Eve Service! Rehearsal Schedule: Sunday, 11/27: 12:00-1:30PM Sunday, 12/4: 12:00-1:30PM Sunday, 12/11: 12:00-1:30PM Sunday, 12/18: 12:00-1:30PM Saturday, 12/24: 5:30-7:30PM If you cannot make it to all the rehearsals, please at least come to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.skylineucc.org/2011/11/03/advent-choir-rehearsal/</link>
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		<title>A Re-Barkable Success: 2011 Blessing of the Animals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our 2011 Blessing of the Animals was A Re-Barkable Success! Thanks To All Who Came Out to Celebrate Our Animal Companions This year&#8217;s Blessing of the Animals was a wonderful blessing to all of us. Our gathering drew nearly 70 participants with upwards of 40 dogs, a cat and a kitten, and a small gerbil-mouse. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.skylineucc.org/2011/10/12/a-re-barkable-success-2011-blessing-of-the-animals/</link>
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