Author: KimRowe

Social Justice Book Club Read May 4, 2025

Learning True Love: Practicing Buddhism in a Time of War by Sister Chan Khong

Sister Chan Khong’s autobiography, Learning True Love, tells the story of her spiritual and personal odyssey through the many years of her life. The book’s centerpiece is her moving account of her return to … read more.

Tri Valley Bus Pass Program Donation

Our plate tithe partner for July to December of 2024 received a check for over $3,000 which will purchase 816 bus passes for our neighbors in need of transportation. Thank you so much for the generous donations!

Giving Tree Success

The donations of clothing that you placed under our Giving Tree were delivered to Christi Williams of Open Heart Kitchen to be passed on to Vineyard Resource Center and those in the Emergency Shelter. Christi was shocked at the large amount given saying “This is amazing!” She … read more.

Social Justice Book Club Read April 6, 2025

The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende – please note new date

This story is a fable joined by today’s hard news. Allende disrupts the mainstream narrative about our southern border. She discovers something in Nogales, via El Salvador and Vienna: the human capacity for … read more.

Supporting Our Undocumented Neighbors Event

December 8, 2024 | Noon to 1:30 pm in sanctuary and on zoom

Immigration has been a defining issue in the 2024 national elections, and the incoming administration’s plans for mass deportations put the futures of over 11 million undocumented immigrants in jeopardy. In … read more.

Social Justice Book Club Read March 2, 2025

Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re in without Going Crazy by Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone

Same book, new date. We didn’t want to miss out on discussing this book. Please join us to discuss Active Hope on March 2, 2025.

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Social Justice Book Club Read January 5, 2025

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

This work of fiction is described as philosophical, profound and heartwarming. Please join us in reading and discussing this work which won the Hugo Award for Best Novella in 2022.

The Social Justice Book Club meets on the first … read more.

Social Justice Book Club Read November 3, 2024

The Other Americans by Laila Lalami

The Other Americans is a timely and powerful novel about the suspicious death of a Moroccan immigrant–at once a family saga, a murder mystery, and a love story, informed by the treacherous fault lines of American culture.

The Social Justice Book … read more.