Montclair Presbyterian Church

MARCH 30 CANDLELIGHT TAIZÉ PRAYER SERVICE: If you are in search of spiritual refreshment in the midst of your busy life, come to a Candlelight Prayer Service featuring Taizé Songs the evening of March 30 in the sanctuary. The service theme will be “Wilderness Journey.” At 7:00 p.m., an informative meeting about the unique Taizé community and aspects of the service will be held in the Thornhill Room, followed by the service itself from 7:30-8:30. Refreshments will be available afterwards. With a service of simple music, Scripture reading and silence, Taizé offers an opportunity to become aware of an inviting reverent space and to find the quiet place within. For child care (available upon request), contact Talitha Phillips, talitha@mpcfamily.org, by March 25. The evening is sponsored by the Spiritual Activists Committee.      

“Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘n Roll” at the Oakland Art Museum? O yes! SUNDAY, MARCH 20^th, Marge Nicholson & Jane Vander Veer will lead a docent tour with juicy California art and historical information. We will carpool from the church parking lot at 11:40. Then there will be lunch at 12:00 noon at the Museum Café. The Tour will be at 1 pm. Box lunches will be ready for those who pre-ordered and paid for them. (Or you can bring your own lunch or buy a la carte.) The museum entrance fee is $12.00, $9.00 for seniors, but we will have a number of guest passes available. If you are an Oakland Museum member, please bring any extra passes you have to share. Parking is $1/hr in the garage (validated) or free on the street on Sundays. Please RSVP to Jane Vander Veer if you can join this Art Gang excursion. 510-482-0505.

Calling all Food Basket volunteers!  We would like to take this opportunity to show you our thanks for all that you done for this program. We will have delicious food to enjoy together. Your thoughts and ideas about the program are important to us and we would love to hear them. We will meet in the Thornhill Room on Sunday, March 13, at 11:30 am. We are looking forward to seeing all of you there. Ruthann & Jan

You are invited to our Winter/Spring OPEN MIC BRUNCH this Sunday, March 6, 11:30 AM in the Thornhill Room. Bring an original poem, story, autobiographical piece or essay to share. Everyone is welcome to read or sit back and be part of an attentive enthusiatic audience.

It doesn’t have to be written, though if you would like your reading in the Anthology, you are encouraged to bring a copy of it with you.  Readings can be any length up to six minutes and all ages are welcome to particiapte. No advance sign up required.