MPC is my neighborhood and ‘home.’ Whatever else is going on in my life I can count on seeing people that I like and people who like me at all meetings and this is very reinforcing. Also, we are one of the best church choirs anywhere — so please join! We are also superior at choosing a new minister — right now…

The first time I visited MPC, the then-minister was illustrating points in her sermons with her well-trained dogs, who romped down the sanctuary aisle. I knew immediately that I’d come back. Part of what I wanted in a Sunday celebration was the sense of joy, not judgment and foreboding. MPC has joy in spades. What keeps me coming back? The music transports…

My first attraction to MPC was two fold. I admired the dedication to learning and understanding that people showed by their participation in contract adult education groups. Imagine,committing to show up six sundays in a row. The thing that caused me to actually start coming here was the idea that my husband would have a church that he could fully be part…

The services at MPC provide quiet, meditative time to hear the lessons that give me the peace, strength, and inspiration to face the chaos of the world around me. And in the creative, intelligent, and loving members I find the sense of community that makes me want to give back. Gretchen Garlinghouse I come her because it is a friendly environment. People…

We don’t just sit around thinking “Holy” thoughts – we work to make a better world. Sari Kulberg I go to MPC because it’s a place where everybody knows my name. Sloan White Now, every time I attend a church even I find that I am talking to a person who cares as deeply as I do about things going on in the…

Montclair Presbyterian Church is an extended family for me and for many others in our church family. MPC is spiritual without being too religious. Our Sunday morning services are a celebration of Jesus and God. We worship together, have fun together (there is a lot of laughter, including on Sunday mornings), and work together for social justice and other causes. Come for…

My husband and I moved to Oakland on Saturday of Labor Day Weekend 1994 – from New Jersey. My X-husband’s first wife whom I had attended church with in the 70’s (in St. Louis, MO)  told me I should check out Montclair Presbyterian Church.  So on the day after we moved into our new home, I headed down the hill to MPC…

What first got my attention at MPC was a January Yule Feast featuring fillet mignon, cabernet, and a circus of jugglers, acrobats and tightrope walkers.  Tightrope walkers in church? These people know how to enjoy themselves.  I then joined the Art Gang, going on excursions to Sea Ranch, Mendocino, Magnolia Press, Castelo de Amorosa.  There are dinner groups and drama discussion groups…

Have you been to church lately?  You’ll enjoy MPC’s faith practice.  In these days of extremist, fundamentalists taking over the national platform, MPC has a meaningful service, great music, and friendly people.  The music is a constant delightful surprise, led by Choir Director Kim Rankin and organist Marcia Roy.  I enjoy revisting the Bible, the provocative sermons by Interim Pastor Beth, and…

Singing in the choir lifts my spirits, Beth’s time with the children and her sermons engage my mind, and being part of a welcoming community where I have made deep friendships over the years warms my soul! Being a member of Montclair Presbyterian Church has given me the opportunity to learn, to be a leader, and to be supported at times of…