Lakeshore Outreach

Family, It is a beautiful February day in the Bay Area. I trust that you are enjoying it. A couple of notes for the week ahead: Beginning on Tuesday evening February 18th, Pastor Tanner will lead the a Public Witness … Continue reading Presidents Day Message →

Family, LABC will host a Ceasefire Call-in this Thursday evening. Please hold all the participants, and the families and communities they represent, in your prayers as we gather in to save lives and to seek the peace of our city. … Continue reading February 11, 2020 →

Family, This poem was quoted in “Ten Minutes of Torah,” a blog I subscribe to . It helps me express what it means to worship God alone. “When men were children, they thought of God as a father;When men were … Continue reading February 4, 2020 →

Family, As I write it is Monday morning. Once again, we surrounded by many reminders that life is hard and the world challenging. I am thinking of: The death yesterday of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven other people … Continue reading January 28, 2020 →

Family, This year is the 160th Anniversary of our congregation. Founded in 1860 as the First Baptist Church of Brooklyn, renamed Tenth Avenue Baptist Church in 1888 and Lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church with the construction of our current Sanctuary in … Continue reading January 21, 2020 →

Family, This Sunday, as we observe MLK Jr. Sunday, we will consider the significance of Bayard Rustin, a man of great courage and insight who did much to make the soaring dreams of Dr. King a reality. The King Papers … Continue reading January 14, 2020 →

Family, The first full week of 2020 finds the world in a state of great anxiety. The killing of a prominent Iranian general in Iraq by the United States threatens to further destabilize what was already a very precarious situation … Continue reading January 7, 2020 →

Family, The last weekend of the year brought news of violent attacks on participants in a Hanukkah service in Rockford County, New York and a worship service at the West Freeway Church of Christ in White City, Texas. In response … Continue reading Last Week/First Week of The year →

December 2019 Loved Ones, Responsibilities. We all have them. Grandson Henry, who will turn six on Christmas Day, is attuned to this reality. On a recent visit to the SF Zoo to see some reindeer he explained Rudolph’s red-nosed absence … Continue reading A Christmas Letter From the Hopkins Family →

Family, Hope. Peace. Joy. And now we light the Candle of Love. I don’t know why, perhaps it is because two of my grandsons are actively involved, but I can’t recall appreciating the lighting of the Advent Candles as much … Continue reading December 17, 2019 →