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
book club • March 2025 - Bishop mariann budde -
Our next Book Club proposition is the recently republished book How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith by Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde. We'll meet to discuss it Tuesday, March 25th @ 7pm
Learn more about the book HERE.
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…
black history month celebrating sundays 10:30a
Throughout the month of February we celebrate Black History as US History - and as OUR History. Each Sunday a different congregational member shares about an inspiring Black American and/or Christian. This is one of the ways we celebrate who we are as a multicultural church
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...
LENT 2025
Lent is the season of 40 days preceding Easter. It’s a traditional time of prayer, spiritual practice and active mercy. At CAPC Oakland we’ll be offering some special programs and opportunities to grow and celebrate your spirituality during this unique liturgical season as we move together towards the resurrection promise of Easter.
community bible study
We’re beginning a weekly series on the Book of Amos. Through Amos' words, we can still hear a call to embrace the true worship of God that should always lead to justice, righteousness, and loving our neighbor. Wednesdays 7pm. Learn more..
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
