The Best Is Yet to Come (TBIYTC)
2 Corinthians 5:1-10 February 1, 2026, 6:50-8:00 PM Piedmont Gardens, Oakland All of us here know what we mean by “short-hand.” In my days, I wasn’t allowed to learn short-hand because short-hand writing
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Prayers January 18, 2026
January 18, 2026 Welcome to Worship and Announcements Welcome to Lakeshore! If you are visiting us, please take a moment to fill out a visitor’s card so that we might follow up
Prayers January 4, 2026
January 4, 2026 LABC, Oakland, CA Pastoral Prayer Before we pray, I received this brief devotion from the National Council of Churches of Christ,written by Rev. Paul Tche of the Disciples of Christ church. He
Christmas Eve Bulletin 2025
Dec. 25, 2025, 6:00 PM Words When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go now to Bethlehem and see
Prayers December 21, 2025
LABC, December 21, 2025 Pastoral Prayer O God, you are the Lord, our shepherd in Psalm 23, the Lord of the shepherds who received the good news of Jesus’ birth by
Prayers December 14, 2025
December 14, 2025 Children’s Story & Lighting the Candle of Joy What makes you laugh? When was a time when you were laughing so much that you fell down?When our
Prayers December 7, 2025
LABC, Oakland, CA Invitation to Communion Come to this table, not because you must but because you may. Come to testify not that you are righteous but that you sincerely
Pastoral Prayer November 16, 2025
Gracious Lord God, in this transitional season of the year when we are about to end one and begin a new one, when the daylight hours are shorter and the
Living History
April 5, 2025 Board of Managers, American Baptist Historical Society, Atlanta, GA When we visit places like Old Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts or the Biltmore in North Carolina or at
Sojourners Devotion
First Chinese Baptist Church, San Francisco March 22, 2025 “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.” What is real? One group call real news “fake news,” then comes