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First Congregational Church of San Jose is an Open and Affirming congregation, meaning we welcome persons of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions into our full life and ministry.

Church News

Adult Forum: “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents”

April 5, 2021

On April 18th at 11:30 am (via Zoom), Adult Learning will host a forum on Isabelle Wilkerson’s New York Times bestseller [...]

Christ is Risen! Alleluia!

April 4, 2021

The First Congregational Church of San Jose Chancel Choir singing Christ Is Risen! Alleluia! by Lloyd Larson
©1997 [...]

House Meetings

March 21, 2021

House Meetings via Zoom are coming to FCCSJ! But what is a House Meeting?

In order for our church to connect to the greater [...]

EXPLORING LIFE’S QUESTIONS: THOUGHTS FROM THE EVENING WOMEN OF FAITH GROUP

February 23, 2021

What if we organized our society so that everyone has enough?

“Where there is no vision, the people perish.” Proverbs [...]

Book Donations for the Correctional Center for Women

February 6, 2021

In February 2021, the Community Service Ministry Team delivered about 150 paperbacks to the women’s chaplain at [...]

Exploring Life’s Questions: Thoughts from the Wake Up & Knit Group

February 2, 2021

What if we organized our society so that everyone has enough?

“Where there is no vision, the people perish.” Proverbs [...]

Worship Services

April 11, 2021 Worship Service

“Unity in things Necessary, Liberty in things Unnecessary, and Charity in all.”
Richard Baxter

PRELUDE This Joyful [...]

Easter 2021 Worship Service

“Life [had] replaced logic.”
Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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March 28, 2021 Worship Service

“Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.” ~Søren Kierkegaard

PRELUDE: The Palms for Organ
Fauré/Gene Roberson, [...]

March 21, 2021 Worship Service

Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
Proverbs 4:23

PRELUDE: In Christ Alone
Carol [...]

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Annual event invites Christians to worship, strategize, lobby online, April 18-21 April 12, 2021 Hans Holznagel
White supremacy is a health emergency for Black bodies, webinar speaker says April 9, 2021 Hans Holznagel
A Piece of Work April 9, 2021 John C. Dorhauer
Biden’s orders on guns bring hope to clergy affected by mass shootings April 9, 2021 Connie Larkman