PBPC Announcements

PBPC Family, I am excited to announce that PBPC is going to camp! Mission Springs Camp and Conference Center in the Santa Cruz mountains hosts an annual Labor Day Family Camp and we're organizing a group to attend this year. The camp will be held August 29-September 1, 2025 and the theme is Love One Another. This retreat will offer us a chance to get away together, make some fun memories, and connect with other Christians. There will be lots of fun activities including (but not limited to) zip-lining, archery, team competitions, and s'mores around the campfire. There will also be services with engaging speakers and meaningful worship. Though the camp is advertised as a "Family Camp" it's for everyone - families, couples, or those who are single. And the camp is not just for PBPC people - you are welcome to invite friends or other families to join us. This is a great opportunity for us to connect with other Christians and churches in the Bay Area. To register, plea...

PBPC Family, As we enter into the next 7 weeks of Easter Season (7 being both longer than Lent and the number of completion!) I want to invite our congregation into a communal season of prayer. I know that many of you may already have prayer practices - a time of prayer in the morning, a prayer journal you keep, a prayer podcast you listen to while walking. If you already have a prayer practice, I encourage you to keep doing it. My hope is that we can practice prayer together. Though we may be praying about different things (and I want to leave the content of your time of prayer free for you to explore) I'd like for us to commit to prayer as something we do together. It is a mark of our belonging to God and to one another. Here's my request. Pick a time of day: morning, noon, or evening. Within that general time of day, pick a time that is generally free each day of the week (be specific - 8:10am or 4:35pm for example). Pick a time that works most days of the week. Once you...

PBPC Family, I am very excited to announce that we have hired Ash Walker as our new Worship Director, starting this Sunday. Here's a short bio of Ash's previous work. Grammy-nominated conductor Ash Walker began his musical career with the Philadelphia Boys Choir and Chorale, where he traveled throughout the U.S., as well as Switzerland, Australia, South Africa, Israel and many other countries.. While completing a B.A. in music at Millersville University in Pennsylvania, Ash co-founded and directed the Men's Choir, served as Drum Major of the Marauder Marching Band, and President of the American Choral Directors Association, Lancaster. After graduating, Ash served as Director of Curriculum for the Music Preparatory Program at El Redentor United Methodist Church in Lancaster, while also serving as Director of Choirs for the Pennsylvania Academy of Music. In 2009 Ash founded the 'Music for Everyone,' Lancaster Community Chorus. Serving as Artistic Director of this non ...