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Calendar Highlights - Full Calendar (pdf): November - December
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2006
Concert at 8:00PM: The San Francisco Holiday Guitar Ensemble (Lawrence Ferrara, guitar; Helen Dilworth, soprano; Matthew Grasso, guitar)
Compositions by George Frederic Handel, William Byrd, Fernando Sor, and Michael Praetorius, along with selections from the traditional Christmas, Holiday and Hanukkah repertoires; $15.00 General; $12.00 Seniors (65 and older); $12.00 Full Time Students (buy tickets at: Old First Concerts)
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2006
Welcome Ministry Community Dinner : Volunteers needed from 5 - 7:30pm to serve the homeless and clean the church after the homeless prenatal party occuring at the church earlier in the day.
Concert at 8:00PM: San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra, Pure Speculation, Mark Alburger; John Kendall Bailey, conductors; Philip Freihofner, oboe; Rachel Condry, bass clarinet
Sinfonietta by Mark Alburger; California Oaks by Alexis Alrich; To Prelude Peace by Michael Cooke; Subtle and Sublime by David Graves; Aria for Oboe & Orchestra by Michael Kimbell; Overture to Belfagor by Lisa Scola Prosek $15.00 General; $12.00 Seniors (65 and older); $12.00 Full Time Students (buy tickets at: Old First Concerts) Audio Samples:SFCCO Lisa Scola Prosek - Causa-Effeto.mp3;SFCCO Erling Wold Benedictus.mp3;SFCCO Beeri Moalem Dances of Death.mp3
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2006
Sunday Service : Lectionary text- 1st Sunday of Advent Jer. 33:14-16; Ps. 25:1-10; 1 Thess. 3:9-13; Luke 21:25-36
Adult Ed- "I Love to Tell the Story": 9:30 - 10:30 am learn more
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2006
Concert at 8:00PM: Bay Area Classical Harmonies, The Josquin Singers ( Andrew Chung, Director & bass; John Boyer, Assistant Director & tenor)
An evening of Advent and Christmas choral music reflecting Western European and Eastern Orthodox liturgical traditions, including Franz Biebl's Ave Maria and the Cherubic Hymn by Dmitry Bortniansky. ; $15.00 General; $12.00 Seniors (65 and older); $12.00 Full Time Students (buy tickets at: Old First Concerts)
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9 2006
Welcome Ministry Community Dinner : Christmas dinner with gift bags passed out to our homeless guests. Old First Choir to help sing carols. Volunteers needed from 4:30-7:30pm..
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2006
Sunday Service : Lectionary text-
Adult Ed- "I Love to Tell the Story": 9:30 - 10:30 am learn more
Concert at 3:00PM: Piedmont Choirs, A Candlelight Concert: Fire in the Heavens, Robert Geary, Artistic Director
Their Candlelight programs typically blend new music and traditional favorites. $15.00 General; $12.00 Seniors (65 and older); $12.00 Full Time Students (buy tickets at: Old First Concerts)
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2006
Concert at 8:00PM: Ariela & Inara Morgenstern's Classical Cabaret, Ariela Morgenstern, mezzo-soprano; Inara Morgenstern, piano; Special Guest Darla Wigginton; Special Guest Lara Bruckmann, vocals; Special Guest Rob Reich, accordian & piano
A program that samples, and evokes, such classic and definitive artists as Kurt Weill, Marlene Dietrich, and the Andrews Sisters, with compositions ranging from Pirate Jenny and Bei mir bist du schoen to Someone to Watch Over Me. A selection of jazz, modern musical, and swing era numbers round out a remarkable musical evening. $15.00 General; $12.00 Seniors (65 and older); $12.00 Full Time Students (buy tickets at: Old First Concerts)
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2006
Sunday Service : Lectionary text-
Adult Ed- "I Love to Tell the Story": 9:30 - 10:30 am learn more
Concert at 4:00PM: Ragazzi Boys Chorus, Festival of Carols, Julia Simon, Acting Artistic Director
In today's concert, this inspiring group, drawn from 130-plus singers representing 26 Bay Area communities, gives moving voice to carols and songs of the season, including A Choral Suite for choir, chamber orchestra, organ... and audience. $15.00 General; $12.00 Seniors (65 and older); $12.00 Full Time Students (buy tickets at: Old First Concerts)
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2006
Concert at 8:00PM: A Celtic Christmas with Golden Bough, Margie Butler, vocals, Celtic harp, tin whistle; Paul Espinoza, vocals, bazouki, guitar; Kathy Sierra, fiddle
The trio of remarkably talented modern day minstrels who make up Golden Bough perform only a handful of holiday season concerts, and it is our privilege to present one of their ever-changing programs which blend traditional and original music from the Celtic climes of Scotland, Ireland and Wales, in a listener's buffet of haunting ballads, lilting dance tunes, toe-tapping jigs, and boisterous sing-a-longs, with song selections often made spontaneously to suit the mood, the moment and the audience. A genuine holiday treat. $15.00 General; $12.00 Seniors (65 and older); $12.00 Full Time Students (buy tickets at: Old First Concerts)
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2006
Sunday Service : Children's Christmas Pageant
Adult Education:
Thanksgiving weekend
Advent-wreath-making Workshop
In the Social Hall
Sunday, November 26, 2006 9:30 - 10:30 am
On this holiday weekend, the Adult Education committee encourages
all members and friends to join together in preparing for the season of
Advent. Advent itself is a time of preparation - a time which can be
enriched deeply by the presence of an Advent wreath in the home. To
help the Old First community to take time during the coming season to
stop and contemplate what God is doing in it and through it, we will be
offering a one-Sunday workshop in which participants will make their
own Advent wreaths to take home and use throughout the Advent
season. This is a great opportunity for the young and the old as well as
everyone in between. So mark your calendars and plan to attend this
special time of preparation.
To ensure that we have sufficient supplies, please indicate your interest
in attending this workshop to the church office at 776-5552.
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Advent
"I Love to Tell the Story"
Taught by Linda Reyder in the Munro Room
Sundays, December 3 - 17, 2006 9:30 - 10:30 am
For the three Sundays leading up to Christmas Eve, we will gather
together to tell the stories of Advent and Christmas. Drawing on stories
from a variety of sources and time periods, we will see how this season
of the year has been celebrated throughout the ages. Come to hear
stories read, to read some yourselves, and to discuss together their
meaning and uses. We encourage you to take this time during a
typically busy season to slow down and to appreciate what we are really
celebrating - the gift from God of God's very self to creation - as shared
through stories.
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Winter Term
"21st Century Spirituality Rooted in the Christian
Tradition" (SP101)
Taught by the Rev. Joan Huff in the Munro Room
Jan. 7, 14, 28, Feb. 4, 11, and 18, 2007 9:30 - 10:30 am
Questions we will explore during our weeks together: Are Christians
being called out of "organized religion" into another form of spirituality?
Why do I hate meditation and other forms of quiet prayer? Has ritual
any place in contemporary spirituality. Opportunities to explore different
prayer forms will be offered according to class interest.
Rev Joan Huff -- graduate of Claremont School of Theology, ordained in
1980, sometime interim pastor, currently parish associate at 7th Avenue
Presbyterian Church and spiritual director, trained at Mercy Center,
Burlingame. Joan is both a widow and a grandmother who is caring for
Tyler Davidson Huff two days a week as he learns to crawl. [Can
cruising the furniture be far behind?]
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Spring Term
"Can We Disagree While Telling Stories?" (S104)
Taught by the Rev. Dr. Erwin Barron in the Munro Room
Apr. 15 - Jun. 3, 2007 9:30 - 10:30 am
Controversy abounds within the Church as well as in our society at
large. How can we communicate effectively what we believe about God and
who God calls us to be? We will explore the use of narrative ethics and
how it can help us to better debate the controversial issues we face in the
church and in the world.