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This Sunday, January 21, 2018 The day will start at 9:00 AM when The Singing Ensemble will gather to practice. Then Sunday School for children and adults convenes at 10 AM. We gather for Open Worship at 11 AM Christ is ministering to us in the silence. Nothing needs to be said, unless there is a clear leading from Christ to speak. After a period of centering down, if you feel a clear leading to speak please be obedient to it. Rise, speak clearly, loudly and succinctly. Allow time for a message to settle before another message is offered.

If you can stand the heat (it's not like it's any cooler staying at home!), here's what's happening this Sunday, and then a reminder about next Saturday: Sunday, 9/3 at BFC is a first Sunday, which means: Trustees meet for the care of the building and grounds at 9 AM; Sunday School classes for adults & kids gather at 10 AM; We worship at 11 AM, with song, prayer, and expectant waiting, as well as a message from John 13 entitled, "LOA." Fellowship time follows worship; The Missionary, Outreach and Christian Education Committee meets at 1 PM. And then, Ministry & Counsel would like to invite everyone to the second in a series of Called Meetings with a Concern for Business, a week from tomorrow, Saturday, 9/9, from 10 AM…

Important things are happening this weekend at Berkeley Friends Church--here's what's on: Tomorrow, Saturday, 8/ 19, there will be a special Called Meeting for Worship with a Concern for Business from 10 AM to 12 noon at the meetinghouse to discern whether BFC will be a pastored or un-pastored Meeting following my departure in September. As a reminder, Ministry & Counsel has asked members and attenders to respond to the following queries: What is our sense of God’s call to our meeting, and does being a pastored or un-pastored Meeting help us be more obedient to the call? If being a pastored Meeting is our path, what do we want in a pastor? (e.g. qualities, experience, part-time vs. full time, interim vs. long term) If we begin a formal search…