Convergence Church Oakland: A church seeking and serving the greater area of Oakland, CA

The Bible in a Year, Jan ’12

admin — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 08:15:08 +0000

1: John 11-12

2: John 13-15

3: John 16-18

4: John 19-21

5: 1John

6: 2John; 3John

7: Rev 1-5

8: Rev 6-11

9: Rev 12-18

10: Rev 19-22

Fa-La-La-La Fun!

Jenn Wu — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:31:15 +0000

Join us for a night of fa-la-la-la FUN as we celebrate this Christmas season with Oakland families on Thursday, December 15, 6-8pm, at DeFremery Park at our Christmas Family Fun Night! Bring your merry self as we gather to feast and share the Hope of the season with one another! Contact Jenn@convergeoakland.org to help with the event.

The Bible in a Year, Dec ’11

admin — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:15:22 +0000

1: Luke 17-18

2: Luke 19-20

3: Luke 21-22

4: Luke 23-24

5: Eph 1-3

6: Eph 4-6

7: Col; Philemon

8: Philippians

9: Acts 1-3

10: Acts 4-6

11: Acts 7-8

12: Acts 9-10

13: Acts 11-13

14: Acts 14-16

15: Acts 17-19

16: Acts 20-22

17: Acts 23-25

18: Acts 26-28

19: 1Timothy

20: Titus

21: 1Peter

22: Heb 1-6

23: Heb 7-10

24: Heb 11-13

25: 2Timothy

26: 2Peter; Jude

27: John 1-2

28: John 3-4

29: John 5-6

30: John 7-8

31: John 9-10

Habitat for Humanity November Building Day

Jenn Wu — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:23:01 +0000

This month Convergence will be partnering with Habitat for Humanity East Bay for our monthly building day on Saturday, November 19, from 8:30am-4pm. The team has been working on the second phase of homes in East Oakland and the mission does not get accomplished without volunteers like you! Contact our team leader, Wei, at calnhob@hotmail.com this month for details on joining the building team. You don’t need any extensive experience in construction; just a willing heart to learn and to serve alongside the wonderful Habitat building crew!

Operation Christmas Child 2011

Jenn Wu — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:56:05 +0000

Operation Christmas Child is part of the work of Samaritan’s Purse, an international organization providing spiritual and physical aid to impoverished communities around the world. Operation Christmas Child is the opportunity to give children all over the world a shoebox of gifts for the holiday season filled with toys, goodies, and the message of God’s love and hope. In 2010, Convergence packed and sent out 70 boxes to children and this year we’re gearing up for more! Shoe boxes are being provided on Sundays with instructions on how to pack them. If you would like to make a donation instead, we will be making shoe boxes valued at $20 each ($7 of that covers shipping costs). You can make a check payable to Convergence Church with “OCC” in the memo line for as many boxes as you would like to donate. Participate in this ministry to bless a child around the world this holiday season!

A Thank-You Note from MLK Elementary

Jenn Wu — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:01:58 +0000

This summer, we took a love offering for MLK Elementary School teacher Lindsey Smallwood’s classroom supplies and materials. We received a package of thank-you notes, pictures, and drawings from Lindsey and her students telling us how the supplies have made a difference in their learning. Here’s what Lindsey said:

Thank you so much friends at Convergence Church for your incredible generosity toward me and my students at MLK. We have made use of the money you’ve donated for so many classroom items and projects, including: books, notebooks and paper, markers, crayons, pencils, supplies to make a volcano, recess equipment like jump ropes and balls, photos and compassess to create a neighborhood map, materials for a science experiment and much more! Your gifts have been such a blessing to our little classroom and words can’t express how grateful I am.

Thank you Convergence for stepping up to invest in Lindsey and her wonderful students!

Happy Anniversary of Family Fun Nights!

Jenn Wu — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:02:20 +0000

At the Halloween Family Fun Night taking place on Thursday, October 27, 2011, Convergence celebrated our one year partnership with the City of Oakland Parks and Recreation Center of creating Family Fun Nights for our Oakland neighbors and families. Looking back on a full year of growth and learning, here’s what Family Fun Night ministry leader Jenn Wu had to say about the experience:

My very first engagement with ministry was at the Halloween Family Fun Night in October 2010. I was new to the Convergence/Oakland community and experienced firsthand the heart of this community embracing and loving on this city through Family Nights. In this past year, I have experienced what it means to find and create community through this ministry and how we reflect the heart of God in our diversity. My favorite aspect of Family Nights is having the opportunity to create space for families to eat together, play games, and take time to experience the core of what it means to be family. I’m humbled to see God’s love bringing restoration to our Oakland families.

Happy Anniversary Family Fun Nights! Here’s to many more in the year to come! Our upcoming Family Fun Nights will be November 17 and December 15, 2011. Contact Jenn@convergeoakland.org to take part in loving our Oakland families!

The Bible in a Year, Nov ’11

admin — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 07:15:37 +0000

November

1: Rom 8-10

2: Rom 11-13

3: Rom 14-16

4: Matt 1-4

5: Matt 5-7

6: Matt 8-9

7: Matt 10-12

8: Matt 13-14

9: Matt 15-17

10: Matt 18-20

11: Matt 21-22

12: Matt 23-24

13: Matt 25-26

14: Matt 27-28

15: Mark 1-3

16: Mark 4-5

17: Mark 6-7

18: Mark 8-9

19: Mark 10-11

20: Mark 12-13

21: Mark 14

22: Mark 15-16

23: Luke 1

24: Luke 2-3

25: Luke 4-5

26: Luke 6-7

27: Luke 8-9

28: Luke 10-11

29: Luke 12-13

30: Luke 14-16

Champions for Children 5K Run/Walk

Jenn Wu — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:24:49 +0000

Run, walk, volunteer with Convergence as we participate in this fundraiser with Faith Network of the East Bay, our partnering organization for tutoring at MLK Elementary School in West Oakland. To sign up, go to http://faith-network.com/ and let rebecca@convergeoakland.org know you’re joining the race!

Serving Opportunity: What Now America’s Youth Resource Center on Saturday, October 22nd!

admin — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:10:11 +0000

The following is from Jeff Chou, coordinator of our monthly volunteer effort with local non-profit What Now America:

We’re going to be serving at the Youth Resource Center this Saturday at DeFremery Park from 12pm-5pm. We’ve been committing to this once a month for the past 8 or 9 months now, and I’m encouraged to finally see some of the seeds of consistency starting to grow. We’ve built a great relationship with the director of WNA (who frequently will set extra food aside for us to use at church), as well as a few of the youth.

Some of the youth we’ve been able to also see at our Family Fun Nights, as well as at random times in the park.

I had the privilege of attending a conference last week about Christian Community Development, and one of the things that is clear amongst most of the topics covered there (such as racial reconciliation, crime, poverty, etc) is that the future of community transformation lies in the youth of that particular community. They’re the future indigenous leaders of their peers, and have the ability to make generational impact.

At the Youth Resource Center, you have the opportunity to work alongside kids through a curriculum, as well as participate in preparing a healthy meal and outdoor exercise.

I’m wondering if you’ll consider giving a Saturday, or future Saturdays to this cause.

As always, please let me know if you have any questions at all. I’d be glad to answer or chat about the ministry!

Jeff (jeff@convergeoakland.org)