PBPC Announcements

Dear Friends, Here is the link to today's sermon on YouTube, and the manuscript is attached. Hope you can join us on Zoom next Sunday! Sermon - January 24, 2021, "Nick at Night" Blessings, Pastor Chris -- Sermon – "Nick at Night" – John 3:1-21 January 24, 2021 Chris Coon, PBPC Introduction In his commentary on the gospel of John, N.T. Wright shares about the experience of losing his birth certificate in the process of moving from one home to another. Many of us have had this experience, and often we only realize that it is missing when we really need it, as when we're renewing our passport; then the there's the mad scramble to order another one and hope that it arrives in time. Of course, the one thing that a birth certificate isn't needed for is to prove that a birth took place. Here I am; obviously I have been born. The fact that at the moment I can't prove when and where is a minor detail. N.T. Wright makes the point that sometimes w...

PBPC Worship Service on Zoom - Sunday, January 24 at 11:00 am  "Nick at Night"   - John 3:1-21 CLICK HERE  to join the service (link will be live at 10:50am):   To dial in:   +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) Meeting ID:  878 2520 8402 Giving to PBPC - online or by mail Please continue your giving to the church during this season, as you are able. Mail your check to Park Boulevard Presbyterian Church, 4101 Park Blvd., Oakland CA 94602.

Dear Friends, Here is the link to today's sermon on YouTube, and the manuscript is attached. Hope you can join us on Zoom next Sunday! Sermon - January 17, 2021, "No More Business as Usual" Blessings, Pastor Chris Sermon – "No More Business as Usual" – John 2:13-25 January 17, 2021 Chris Coon, PBPC Introduction I used to attend a huge youth ministry convention every year. It was a great time, a gathering of men and women who shared a passion for Jesus and for reaching out to young people with the gospel. One of the best elements of the conference was the large group time, when over a thousand of us would be gathered together to hear some great speakers and to have a time of incredible musical worship together. We would usually then move out from this time, on kind of a spiritual high, into the convention hall, which was filled with hundreds of tables of vendors for all kinds of youth ministry organizations, publishers, and mission groups. We would be given...

PBPC Worship Service on Zoom - Sunday, January 17 at 11:00 am  "No More Business as Usual"   - John 2:13-25 CLICK HERE  to join the service (link will be live at 10:50am):   To dial in:   +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) Meeting ID:  878 2520 8402

Pastor Chris and his wife, Shannon, will lead a 3-part Enneagram Seminar on  Wednesday nights, January 20, 27, & February 3, 7:00-8:30pm on Zoom. This seminar is for anyone who wants to know themselves better and to have a deeper understanding of how their unique personality affects the way they relate to God and to other people.  What is the Enneagram? The Enneagram is a system of personality typing that describes patterns in how people interpret the world and manage their emotions. The Enneagram describes nine personality types and maps each of these types on a nine-pointed diagram which helps to illustrate how the types relate to one another. The name Enneagram comes from the Greek: Ennea is the Greek word for nine and Gramma means something that's drawn or written.   Our seminar will cover the following topics: Week 1 (Jan. 20) - Introduction to the Enneagram: What Is It? Where Did It Come from? How Does It Work? Week 2 (Jan. 27) - Understanding the Nine Personality Type...

Dear Friends, Here is the link to today's sermon on YouTube, and the manuscript is attached. Hope you can join us on Zoom next Sunday! Sermon - January 10, 2021, "The Word Became Flesh" Blessings, Pastor Chris Sermon – "The Word Became Flesh" – John 1:1-18 January 10, 2021 Chris Coon, PBPC Introduction When we were kids maybe we were taught that, "sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me," but we all know that it isn't true. Words are powerful; anyone who has ever heard the words "I love you" or "you're fired" knows this. Also, as we've seen this past week, words are powerful, conveying messages of truth or falsehood, projecting the will, and directly causing actions far beyond the simple passage of air across vocal cords. Words have lasting influence, with effects and consequences lasting far into the future. Taking words back is somewhat akin to putting toothpaste back into the tube – mes...