Annual Gathering

170th Annual Gathering of the Christian Churches of Northern California-Nevada

Date: Apr 19, 2024 17:00 PM

First Christian Church
3039 Willow Pass Rd.
Concord, CA 94519-2551

Registeration Link

Hilton Concord Hotel Reservation Info

Map of FCC Concord

Rev. Dr. Kelly Cowell

Workshops

Pre-Assembly Event begins on April 19 with lunch, and Dr. Angelique Jordan Byrd, Director of Communications for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), will be our presenter. She is the author of The Phygital Church: Using Social Ministry to Make Disciples and will help us explore the new realities of a pandemic-informed church reality.

Friday evening will include an All-Assembly Dinner and Opening Worship Service with the Rev. Dr. Kelly Cowell, Co-Senior Minister of First Congregational Church, Berkeley, as our keynoter. She earned a Ph.D. in practical theology from Graduate Theological Union, with a dissertation on the church during the pandemic. At First Congregational Church, she supports several of the ministry teams, oversees online activities and communications, and invites the church into deeper work on mental health, disability, race, gender, sexuality, and other axes of difference, in addition to preaching and pastoral care. Kelly's primary spiritual gifts are fearlessness, hospitality, and joy.

On Saturday, April 20, we will engage in Worshipful Work in the morning and Workshops after lunch. We will gather together again for our closing worship with Dr. Cowell.

Starts: 5:00 PM Friday, April 19th, 2024
Ends: 5:00 PM Saturday, April 20th, 2024
Location: First Christian Church in Concord