The Oakland Marathon returns Sunday, March 20 – YES on Palm Sunday! The course will come through Montclair once again with runners along Mountain cutting off access to Thornhill from 7:45am to 10:00am. To turn onto Thornhill, you will need to approach Thornhill from the south side of Montclair Village on Mountain Blvd.

Join the Faith Trio and help to alleviate hunger in Alameda County on Friday, February 12, 2016; 8:20am – 11:30am.

Observance of Lent continues with Inter-generational Bible study and service on Wednesdays – February 17 and 24, March 2 and 9, Taize on 3/16, and Maundy Thursday on 3/24; 6pm dinner, 7-7:45pm study

Saturday, March 12, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church, with the theme of “Yesterday’s Journey, Tomorrow’s Path: Whose Footprints ARE Those in the Sand?”

Ash Wednesday observance will incorporate this month’s Taizé meditation service February 10, 6pm soup supper, 7pm service.

On Friday, March 18th at 7pm, authors Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver will be at MPC discussing their latest collaboration Here’s Hank: You Can’t Drink a Meatball Through a Straw. The book, the newest in the Here’s Hank series, describes the further adventures of an elementary school student with reading difficulties, much the same as the young Henry Winkler. We hope you can join us for what is sure to be a heartfelt, funny, and fascinating talk.

The theme will be “True Compassion.”