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
CELEBRATE THE SEASON OF ADVENT
Advent is the period of four weeks preceding Christmas Day. Advent means “waiting” - it’s a season that invites us to spiritual reflection, social action and relational reconnection. Find some of the spiritual practices resources and calls to action from our community on our Advent Info Page.
MARKING THE WINTER SOLSTICE
December 21st is the Winter Solstice, also known as the shortest day and longest night of the year. This ancient celebration around celestial occurrences is intimately connected to the feast day of Christmas when we celebrate the light shining in the darkness. Join with us to walk a labyrinth of light at sunset. Learn more...
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! We welcome the help of children and families too! Learn more, and sign-up to help…
CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE
Join with us on Christmas Eve at 7pm for our annual celebration of the story of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth through the telling of the story, sining carols, an instant Christmas Pageant, Candles and Chocolate! Our service lasts for 50 minutes. We’ll provide the costumes!
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...
COMMUNITY BIBLE STUDY
Each Wednesday at 7pm we gather on Zoom to wrestle together with the scriptures of the week. This hour-long time is one of conversation and hands-on-teaching of how to read the Bible for yourself in view of growing our Biblical Literacy and the language we use to talk about faith. No experience, advanced study, or background required. Learn More, Find Resources and get the Zoom Call Coordinates online HERE.
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
