Sunday, April 13 @ 10 AM - Palm Sunday Worship

Wednesday, April 16 @ 7:30 PM - Virtual Taizé

Thursday, April 17 @ 7:30 PM - Maundy Thursday Service

Friday, April 18 @ 7:30 PM - Good Friday Service

Saturday, April 19 @ 10 AM - Flowering the Church

Sunday, April 20 @ 10 AM - Easter Worship followed by Egg Hunt & Potluck

Join us on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at 7:30PM for a virtual Taizé service featuring chants, candlelight, and quiet. This meditative time together is a nice break from the chaos of the every day, we hope to see you there.

This Sunday we will worship asynchronously via an audio recorded service (available at 6AM that Sunday morning), featuring voices of the community and Dr. Lisa Fullam preaching. Consider listening to the service in the park, on a walk, or sitting at your favorite sunlit window. There will be NO in-person or Zoom worship on March 23rd.

We are excited to welcome Rod Swanson to teach our next Perspectives two-part class! March 9^th we will look at Walter Wink’s Jesus and Nonviolence: A Third Way. In this small book Wink offers a summary of his thinking about the relation of Jesus and his message to politics and nonviolence, the history of nonviolent efforts, and nonviolence as an alternative to the dominant and death-dealing "powers" of our consumerist culture and fractured world.

We are excited to welcome Rod Swanson to teach our next Perspectives two-part class! March 2^nd we will look at Stanford University - King Center’s inaugural digital course. Nonviolence365® Masterclass Edition which provides insight into Dr. Martin Luther King’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning strategy to prepare people across the globe to embrace nonviolence as a lifestyle and as a vehicle for social change.

Our own Nancy Knop will be leading a three-part series on the topic of “Sleep and Dreams - studying with Science and Scripture'.” Join us after worship at 11:30AM on February 9th, 16th, & 23rd!

Please join us after worship on February 2nd at 11:30AM for our congregation’s Annual Meeting. We will be sharing our 2025 budget, welcoming new members, and conducting other church business. The meeting will be in the sanctuary and on Zoom, we hope to see you there!

Please join us at 6PM on Christmas Eve for our annual evening service in the sanctuary or on Zoom! Following worship, stay for dessert reception in the Social Hall. Please bring your favorite dessert to share, childcare will be provided!

Seventh Avenue as it is could not exist without the support of our community. The church is the people, and we are thankful to those who give of their time, energy, and resources. We are rooted in San Francisco but our diaspora stretches over the oceans. As we move into 2025, you are invited to join us in upholding this beloved community and the work that is done as we try to make this world a more loving place. Fill out a pledge for next year here and we’re glad you’re with us!

Pastor Jenna Meyers will facilitate our annual Advent retreat at Mercy Center in Burlingame on Saturday, December 7th 9AM - 4PM. During this daylong retreat, we will lean into this year's theme, “Believing Something Wild”, as we make our way to the Feast of the Nativity. Click on the photo for more information!

Our human bodies are well-equipped to respond to anything that frightens us. Fear may have had evolutionary value in our survival as a species, but courage plays an equally vital role. We dare to imagine and hope, to believe that change is possible, and to take risks individually and collectively. In this class we will explore how to strengthen courage in our attitudes and actions so that we can face whatever comes with boldness and confidence. Join us Sunday, October 27th at 11:30 AM in the sanctuary with Carolyn Foster, an SAPC member, coach, and retreat leader who lives in Alameda.

The annual Per Capita Offering this year requires that we pay $39 for each adult member of our congregation, to our national organization. This amount is requested from you above and beyond your regular pledge offering. Please note “Per Capita” on your check, or select the “Per Capita” fund if giving online.

The Gospel of Thomas text ‘wants to have a relationship with us'. Are you curious to find out why this is so? Please join our own Robin Mayforth in exploring this mystical text with Lectio Divina for Perspectives class Sunday at 11:30 AM in the sanctuary. Lectio Divina means “divine reading” for the purpose of listening to God for a personal word or phrase.

Sunday, September 8th marks the beginning of the Sunday School calendar. Each week kids will share, read a verse or two, and of course lots of crafts! We hope to see you soon!

On Sunday, August 4th, we will worship asynchronously via an audio recorded service (available at 6 AM), featuring voices of the community including our own Luba Kravchenko and Samantha Kostick with the wonderful Kathryn Price preaching a sermon from across the pond! Consider listening to the service in the park, on a walk, or sitting at your favorite sunlit window. (There will be NO in-person or Zoom worship that day.)

Sunday School is taking a break for the summer, but that doesn't mean the children of Seventh Avenue haven't been busy! Kids have had a chance to decorate tote bags to hold their Sunday folders (check out an amazing example), as well as plenty of time to play and draw! We have childcare every Sunday and we hope to see you this summer!

Genuine hope is often confused as merely wish fulfillment, optimism, or perceiving better tomorrows. How can we cultivate the inner resources necessary to work for change? Join Companions with Dr. Luther E. Smith Jr. at Zephyr Point in Tahoe for a week of exploration, reflection, and spiritual community. Register here for the August 4-9 retreat or on our website: https://cotiway.org/next-retreat/

This year for Pentecost, Seventh Avenue will be collecting a Special Offering donation for two essential community causes. 60% will go to support at-risk youth and young adults through and 40% will be donated to The Nā 'Aikāne o Maui Community Foundation, a non-profit in Lahaina that supports folks culturally, physically, and spiritually.

We will be celebrating the end of the Sunday School year on Pentecost Sunday, May 19th. After that Sunday School will be taking a break for the summer, but don't worry, Sunday School will resume in September! As always, childcare will still be provided every week during the summer for children who want to play in the nursery.

Join our own Tim Cahn and Helen Yune Trowbridge @ 11:30 AM in the sanctuary for a two-part series on essential personal documents. If you do nothing else to help yourself and your loved ones, you should prepare these three documents. In case you become incapacitated, they will help your loved ones help you, and in the certainty of your death, a proper will will be a gift to those you want to benefit. This Perspectives class will examine these three practical documents as well as engage common questions that come up when planning for one’s death.