MPC practices a longstanding tradition of “kicking off” the year in September with a festive celebration and church-wide lunch. Every year the fun happens differently, but you can expect to share a table with people you may not know, to have fun conversations on different topics, and to sample a wide variety of delicious potluck dishes. Each table must cooperate and play a game together to earn their dessert.

This year, 2014, prepare for a musical adventure.

Announcing the rollout of a brand new MPC program! Family Life Small Groups are ways to connect with your church family. These groups have been designed by the Family Life committee with the aim of providing ways for people to connect to one another and particularly to build relationships across the generations. If you have felt like you don’t know many people…

Wednesday, September 10th at 7pm, authors Louise Greenspan, MD, and Julianna Deardorff, PhD will be at MPC discussing their new book “The New Puberty: How to Navigate Early Development in Today’s Girls”. With girls maturing earlier than ever, many parents, teachers, and family members are concerned about the reason for and impact of this change. Join authors Louise Greenspan, MD, and Julianna…

Wednesday, September 3rd at 7pm, author and musician Sam Barry will present and read from Her Wild Oats, a novel by his late wife Kathi Kamen Goldmark. Sam will be joined by Guy Johnson and authors Peggy Orenstein and Frances Dinkelspiel. We hope you can join us for what promises to be a wonderfully warm and funny evening. About the book: Completed…

Monday, September 29th at 7pm, authors Paul Williams and Tracey Jackson will be at MPC discussing their new book “Gratitude and Trust: Six Affirmations That Will Change Your Life”. The book is drawn from Paul’s experience of twenty-four years in the recovery movement and Tracey’s daily quest for peace amid the difficulties of daily life.

MPC is getting competitive over the World Cup games! Those of you who were rooting for a USA win will have to settle on a second-choice country as the food drive competition continues.

A reminder of how this game works:
1) Bring in your cans and packages of non-perishable food for the Alameda County Food Bank

You are invited to an all-church event after Celebration on Sunday, June 1st. Our courtyard will be transformed into a fun-filled church fair and we will be playing games of all kinds. Being Presbyterian, our church has a proliferation of committees, and even long-time church members do not always know what all the committees do. So in the Committee Fair, each group sponsors a table where you can play a fun game and ask any questions you may have about them and their role in the church.

This weekend our Youth Group had a games night featuring a life-sized game of monopoly. We ran out of time before anyone went bankrupt, but we had a lot of fun collecting rent and sending one another to jail.