Lakeshore Outreach

Last week Lakeshore, along with several immigrant rights groups, criminal justice groups, and the larger faith community, sent letters to Governor Gavin Newsom offering safe and effective solutions to free our community members who are at higher risk of contracting COVID-19 inside … Continue reading #FaithfulFridays – An Opportunity For Public Witness →

Family, If you would like to worship with us on Sunday without actually being in the sanctuary please send me an email indicating your desire to do so and I will send you an invitation to a Zoom meeting that … Continue reading Sunday Worship Via Zoom →

Family, A busy weekend awaits us with Sandra Dunn’s funeral and repast on Saturday and our third Sunday of Lent worship on the 15th. I am requesting your help in the following: For the repast 2 set-up helpers (Friday evening … Continue reading Help Needed →

Family, I am sorry to send yet another email but in light of several local county health departments recommending that people aged sixty and over avoid gatherings of fifty or more people we are going to take two precautionary actions … Continue reading COVID-19 Precautions →

Time change – The service will be at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 14th in the Sanctuary with a repast following in Barnett Hall. If you can sing with the choir or help with the repast it would be greatly … Continue reading Funeral for Sandra Dunn →

Family, As we begin to look towards the season of Lent (a little more than a month away). I invite you to send me a short reflection on the way you understand/interpret/apply these words from Luke’s version of the prayer Jesus … Continue reading Request For Reflections →

Family, I have received news today of two deaths. Lorraine Weese, who reached her 100th birthday on December 1st, died at her home in Fairfield. Lorraine served her country, loved her family and, when I first arrived at Lakeshore, was … Continue reading December 6, 2019 →

Family – Below is an excerpt from a communication received this morning regarding the trauma being experienced by the people of the Bahamas. American Baptist International Ministries Responds to Destruction Wrought by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas Hurricane Dorian, which … Continue reading Devastation in the Bahamas →

I certainly hope you will be in worship with us this Sunday if for no other reason than the title of my sermon and the title of one of the hymns we will sing, “Worship Is for People,” is exceedingly … Continue reading This Sunday, August 25th →

The Interfaith Council of Alameda County is adamantly opposed to the hateful climate that’s surfaced in our great country in recent weeks.