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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

Community Service Ministry Team Completed Projects 2020

Today

In 2020, the Community Service Ministry Team (CSMT) continued to be active while adhering to COVID-19 guidelines. The [...]

Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence needs our help

January 15, 2021

Someone in one of Next Door Solutions‘ [...]

Exploring Life’s Questions: First Responses, Part 2

January 13, 2021

Our mission: To understand and live out Jesus’ vision for a just and loving world.

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

Spiritual Exploration Group

January 11, 2021

The Spiritual Exploration Group will meet on the 2nd Thursday of the month from 5:00-6:30pm. The next meeting is on January [...]

Insurrection

January 8, 2021

Like most, if not all, of you I have been “unpacking” the events of this past week over the last few days. In this [...]

Jesu, Sleep, in Heavenly Peace

December 24, 2020

Our Chancel Choir singing Jesu, Sleep, in Heavenly Peace by J.S. Bach and Franz Gruber, arr. Douglas E. Wagner.

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Worship Services

January 24, 2021 Worship Service

“Justice is what love sounds like when it speaks in public.” ~Michael Eric Dyson

PRELUDE: More About Jesus
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January 17, 2021 Worship Service

“Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or [...]

January 10, 2021 Worship Service

“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of [...]

January 3, 2021 Worship Service

For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future [...]