Celebrate 15 years of California faith community climate action and honor outstanding green congregations at the Interfaith Service for the Climate and 2015 Cool Climate Awards. Montclair Presbyterian Church will be receiving the Green Building Award this year.

Saturday, October 31 from 10-11:30am in the Thornhill Room. Come and learn what our denomination is up to in Latin America! A Mission Co-Worker from Costa Rica, Elizabeth (Eli) Cook, will speak with us in a presentation sponsored by the Peace & Justice Steering Committee.

This year’s retreat was again held at the picturesque Ralston-White Retreat Center located on the side of Mt Tam above Mill Valley. Julie Cline, our facilitator, guided us as we learned about the characteristics of our learned patterns of behavior & unconscious biases.        During the weekend, there was time for reflection, songs, hikes, ping-pong, reading, and a competitive game of…

Sunday October 18, 1:30 p.m. Come to a talk in the Family Room by author Peter Mathews, professor of political science and sociology and a TV/radio analyst. His recent book is Dollar Democracy with Liberty and Justice for Some: How to Reclaim the American Dream for All. This event is sponsored by the Peace & Justice Steering Committee. Refreshments will be served.…

On Sunday, November 1st at 4pm, author Kimberly Burge will be at MPC to discuss her new book The Born Frees: Writing with the Girls of Gugulethu, detailing her experiences with a South African girls creative writing group. We hope you can join us for what is sure to be a thought-provoking and inspiring event.

On this day we remember that we are one with the Church throughout the world and all ages, and we show this in our worship as tangibly as possible. This means Irish soda bread, Indian naan, Italian focaccia, New York bagels, Palestinian pita, Native American fry bread and much, much more. Debbie Fallehy’s bread-baking Family Life Small Group will contribute a loaf, and you are also invited to bring bread from your family’s culinary heritage.

On Wednesday, Sept 30th at 7pm, New Yorker journalist Larissa MacFarquhar will be at MPC to discuss Strangers Drowning: Grappling with Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Overpowering Urge to Help. It’s sure to be a thought-provoking, inspiring and challenging evening. Hope you can make it!

Fall Kickoff, the ‘official’ start to a new year at MPC, is Sunday, Sept 13th after celebration. The theme is The Future, and we’ll be doing all kinds of forward-looking things, including collecting items for an MPC Time Capsule. We’ll also be enjoying each other’s company — and each other’s food, since Kickoff is a potluck.

Just a reminderL we will resume our 10:00am Celebration services in September. Make sure to mark your calendars for 10:00 service starting Sunday, September 6th. This will be a great service — we will even have the Barrelhouse Jazz Band with us. Hope to see you there, nice and early.

Montclair Presbyterian Church invites you to join our joyful worship at 5 p.m. followed by a tasty BBQ, each Sunday in August. First, we’ll celebrate, contemplate, and sing (loudly!), then dig into delectable savories and sweets sponsored by our church family. Bring veggies or fruit from your garden to share, and definitely bring your kids…