College Avenue Presbyterian Church
Safe • Open • Real
Located in the heart of Rockridge, College Avenue Presbyterian Church (CAPC) is a Christian church dedicated to serving the needs of our community. Our congregation includes people from a variety of spiritual backgrounds, gathered around the teachings of Jesus. We welcome you to a SAFE, OPEN, and REAL sanctuary of light and hope, where you can explore your relationship to faith and deepen your commitment to community service.
Join us on any Sunday …we just might be the church for you!
We invite you to join weekly services every Sunday morning at 10:30 in our sanctuary designed by the renowned architect Julia Morgan. Great music, friendly people, and thought-provoking sermons are hallmarks of our gatherings. All are welcome here!
Our gatherings are hybrid. CLICK ON THIS LINK to join our us via Zoom
Meeting ID: 546 703 271 Passcode: 5951
Dial by your location +1 669 900 6833
Christmas eve celebration 12/24 7:00pm
Candles - Carols - an Impromptu Christmas Pageant - Choir & Chocolate -all in an informal, participatory and kid-inclusive setting. Our service will last for 50 minutes and include a candlelight singing of “Silent Night” as we retell the story of the birth of Jesus into a world populated with reversals, resistance, and the complexity of hope.
THE FRIDAY NIGHT MEAL
Each Friday night, our church and volunteers serve approximately 100 meals to unhoused and other members of our local community. You can help! Learn more, and sign-up to help…
Winter solstice Labyrinth walk 12/21 5-7pm
In our hemisphere December 21st is the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year (or the longest night)…it’s the point at which the daylight hours begin to grow again. Come celebrate this auspicious day/night with us with a labyrinth walk that will invite you to meditate upon the light and the darkness in your own life and our world as the seasons change and we as Christians celebrate Jesus as the Light of the World. Learn more…
blessing bags
Twice a month we give out Blessing Bags - new underclothes (t-shirts, underwear, socks) and new toiletries to all those who need and want them. You can give of your money and time to make this possible.... Learn more...
Christmas Carol Sing along 12/7 at 5:30pm
Celebrate with us as our house band leads us in roughly 45 minutes of singing along to Christmas Carols. We’ll provide the lyrics you bring your voice! Saturday, December 7th 5:30pm.
This coincides with the Rockridge District Association Holidaze Event.
INSPIRING LIGHT
We’ve installed solar panels on our gym in view of being as carbon neutral as we can. This is both a financial opportunity and a way for us to be coherent in our beliefs and our public action. Learn more | GIVE to help make it all possible.
We meet as a community each week for worship together on Sunday at 10:30am at our campus: 5951 College Avenue, Oakland 94618.
Find directions to our campus and parking tips HERE.
Our service is casual with folks dressing according to California Bay Area style from jeans to trousers, shorts to dresses. Those who worship with us live from the flats to the hills, permanently and marginally homed. We gather after each weekly service for coffee and snacks for 30-45 minutes.
We have a program for children K-6th during the service using the Godly Play curriculum. Kids start with the whole community in the service before leaving about 10 minutes later.
You can learn a bit more about who and how we are today through text and images on this website, and also by the glimpse that some of our other online spaces may give you here..... Blog | FB | Twitter
