City of Refuge UCC
(510) 633-6316
8400 Enterprise Way, Oakland, CA 94621
Sunday Service at 11:00am
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25th Anniversary Celebration

Stay tuned for the upcoming Anniversary Events.
We need volunteers and participants
to help us celebrate this marvelous milestone!

REUNION WEEKEND:
​Friday, December 2nd - Concert
Saturday, December 3rd - Dinner & Concert & Dance
Sunday, December 4th - Service

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EVENTBRITE Link for FRIDAY EVENING Dinner, Concert & Dance
 FRIDAY NIGHT - 12/2
  - Youth & Young Adult Celebration
  - Featuring COR Reunion Choir
  - Spoken Word & Step Dancers

SATURDAY NIGHT - 12/3
 - Dinner, Concert & Dance - 6pm-11pm
 - EventBrite LINK
 - $40 Ticket includes: 

       - Buffet Dinner
       - Concert Featuring:
          - Leonard Bailey & Friends
          - Brown Sturgis & Brown (Mark Brown,                Patrick Sturgis & Nona Brown)
          - Valerie Troutt & MoonCandy
          - AND the Godfather of Contemporary
             Gospel Music, Edwin Hawkins as MC                for the evening!!

         - Finish the evening off with dancing till             your feet hurt!
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SUNDAY SERVICE - 12/4
  - Founders' Celebration
  - Time Capsule


PAST EVENTS


Sunday, November 27th

Thanksgiving DINNER

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Saturday, November 5th - PRAYER BREAKFAST

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Saturday from 9am - 1pm - Donation is $10 (Children under age of 12 and seniors over 80 are free).
Sponsored by the Liturgy Department
Pancake breakfast with all the fixings, followed by prayer in the sanctuary for you and the whole congregation.
Let's pray! 

Saturday, October 29th - ​Love Beyond Margins Concert

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Join Rev. Ann Jefferson in our annual Love Beyond Margins concert. This concert will feature "Pastor Ann's" original sacred compositions and arrangements sung by the Love Beyond Margins Mass Choir and Ensemble. Ensemble selections also include a special guest appearance by the incomparable Linda Tillery!

​Come celebrate with us in an evening you'll never forget. Donation of $10 - $15, sliding scale and children (12 and under) are FREE. (Click Here to purchase tickets online at Eventbrite)

Saturday, October 15th

COR Community Day

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From 11am-6pm in the Church Parking Lot. 
FREE ADMISSION! Guests are responsible for the cost of food.

Soul Food truck, jump house, card games, silly games and contests, health screening, genealogy workshop, and much more! 

Bring your WHOLE family with you!


Sunday, September 25th

11am-12:30pm Early Worship &
1pm-5pm Day @ Plank        

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Saturday, September 24th - Screening of MAJOR! - 7pm-10pm

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Buy EVENTBRITE TICKETS HERE

Tickets are $15

Come join us for this historical screening of MAJOR!, the new documentary chronicling the life and influence of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, trans woman activist and community leader for transgender rights and trans women of color, and the founder and Executive Director of the Transgender GenderVariant Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP).
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Screening begins at 7pm, followed by forum of trans women and men of color of the Oakland faith and justice community, sponsored by Bruthas Rising.

Learn more about the film here: ​ http://www.missmajorfilm.com/
Buy EVENTBRITE TICKETS HERE
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Back-to-School Backpack Blessing & Distribution

Bring all the Children you know for Prayer & FREE Backpacks!

Come celebrate the beginning of the new school year.

Sunday's sermon will be given by our own Pastor Ernest Larkins!

Saturday, August 27th/Sunday, August 28th 

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Old School Gospel Concert

Sunday, July 24, 2016 at 7:30pm

For our FIRST Musical event of our 25th Anniversary Celebration, join with us and hear the Sounds of Pentecost. This early evening concert will feature Minister Charlene Moore and theOld School Gospel Choir, Reverend Daryl Norman and the Voices of Christ Reunion Choir. 
Suggested Donation - $10 (we are grateful for any other donation to support our ministry).
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Gospel Music Workshop

In honor of City of Refuge's 25th Anniversary celebration, we are sponsoring a Gospel Music Workshop led by Minister Robin J. Williams, Director of Peace Gospel Choir and Minister Mary Catherine Cross, Love Center Ministries.

​The Registration for the 3-day workshop is $20.
The workshop will be held on the City of Refuge UCC campus. You may register in advance with Eventbrite Online below OR print out the Registration Form below and arrive with your $20 registration fee.

Wednesday, July 27th,
Thursday, July 28th, AND
Friday, July 29th
From 7:00pm to 9:30pm Nightly

Workshop Concert - 7/30 @ 7pm

City of Refuge UCC
8400 Enterprise Way
​Oakland, CA 94621
Phone (510) 633-6316
Fax (510) 633-6331

info@cityofrefugeucc.org
Bishop Yvette Flunder,
Founder & Senior Pastor

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