I-SRV

I-SRV's Annual Thanksgiving Gathering
2025-11-23 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Beth Chaim, 1800 Holbrook Drive, Danville, CA, 94506, United States
Join us on Sunday, November 23rd, 5:00pm at Beth Chaim Congregation

We invite you to a family-friendly gathering for solidarity, compassion, healing, and gratitude. This will be a moment for mutual support, reflection, and nourishing harmony among us.

Potluck! Please bring a vegetarian sweet or savory finger food to share, and your favorite beverage. Sign-up at ISRV.love/Friends

Compassion! Bring canned food donations for the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano. The Food Bank recommends donating healthy, nonperishable food you would like to eat. Key items during this challenging time include:

Nut butters (peanut, almond), jam/jelly/honey
Canned tuna and chicken (in water)
Boxed macaroni and cheese
Shelf-stable milk
Beans/lentils (dry or canned) and rice
Canned soups/vegetables/tomato products (low sodium, easy open)
Whole grain cereals/crackers and whole wheat/grain pasta

To learn more about donating food to meet local needs, please see the Multi-Faith ACTION Coalition webpage. Please note: The Food Bank cannot accept glass containers, food past its ‘best by’ date, open/partially-used products, alcohol, or frozen/refrigerated foods.

Even if bringing food doesn’t work for you, please join us for a time of building our relationships, of actively choosing Love! There will be time dedicated to recognizing the wounds that have been inflicted, and for seeking faith-rooted responses.

Invite visiting family members or a friend or two to join in! Use the sign-up link to let us know.

Jazz at Peace
2025-11-02 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA
Jazz Church West is an Interfaith Worship Celebration held the first Sunday of the month at Peace October through June. The music begins at 5pm.

November Features Natalie Cressman and Ian Faquini!
Jazz at Peace presents the acclaimed musical duo of Natalie Cressman and Ian Faquini Sunday Nov. 2nd at 5pm. Describing the musical partnership of Natalie Cressman and Ian Faquini as a duo is accurate, but their collaboration contains multitudes. She’s a trombonist, vocalist and songwriter from San Francisco. He’s a composer, guitarist, and singer from Brasilia. Together they’ve honed a singularly expansive creative communion encompassing their love of the Brazilian songbook, jazz, Impressionism and sophisticated pop songcraft. Their original material features lyrics in Portuguese, French and English set to music drawing from a vast stylistic spectrum. With sumptuous two-part vocal harmonies hugging Brazilian-accented Portuguese accompanied by trombone and acoustic guitar, Cressman and Faquini’s richly orchestrated sound seems to emanate from a much larger ensemble. Learn more about Natalie on her website or Facebook.

All are invited to Jazz at Peace! The concert is free; free-willing donations keep the music alive. Also you’re invited to enjoy libations at the Wine Bar after the concert.

Retreat
2025-10-23 | CA
We are holding a day-long retreat for I-SRV representatives and community partners’ leaders.

For questions about the retreat, please send us a message.

Interfaith Vigils at the Concord Immigration Court
2025-09-19 08:00 - 2025-10-30 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA
Interfaith Court Vigils at the Concord Immigration Court
You are invited to join your voice with others from the East Bay faith community as a peaceful and welcoming presence at the Concord Immigration Court on any Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. The Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity has organized two vigils each day.
Leaders and members of the Contra Costa County and Alameda County faith communities are asked to provide leadership and volunteer at these vigils. Morning sessions are from 7:30-9:30; afternoons from 11:45-2:00.
Step 1: Please use this link to volunteer.
Step 2: Add your name to this Calendar for the shifts you can attend.
These fliers linked below and this web page have more info. Although some of the material mentions vigils only through August, they are, in fact, being scheduled through October.
Interfaith Court Vigils Flier – English
Vigilias de la fe en el Tribunal de Ice – Spanish
Concord Immigration Court
There is free “visitor” parking at the courthouse at 1855 Gateway Blvd. But you may also choose to park in the shopping center lot on Willow Pass Road (near Brazilian Steakhouse and Gratitude Coffee). Cross Willow Pass Rd and walk towards the large building that houses the courts. On the Clayton Rd side, you will see a few folks wearing stoles, holding signs, and singing on the “island” on Clayton Road between the parking garage and the building containing the immigration courts.

Benefit Concert Shadow Band Prosthetics for Palestine
2025-09-07 16:00 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA
Sunday, September 7, 2025
Reception: 4:00-5:00pm Music: 5:00-6:30pm
Join us at at the gorgeous Peace Lutheran Church to experience an intimate concert featuring the Arab jazz funk vibe of The ShadowBand, with Naima Shalhoub (keys and vocals), Aaron Kierbel (percussion), Chris Trinidad (keys) and Tarik “Excentrik” Kazaleh (oud, guitar, strings). The ShadowBand will take you on a spiritual journey as we raise funds to support Prosthetics for Palestine.
The war on Gaza has left tens of thousands—especially children—without mobility. Prosthetics for Palestine is a grassroots initiative led by dedicated volunteer community members working alongside Physicians for Palestine. We are committed to addressing the exponentially growing needs of amputees in Gaza and throughout Palestine. We are responding by delivering cutting-edge, 3D-printed prosthetics and building permanent clinics and manufacturing labs in the West Bank and in Gaza.
With each limb, we restore dignity, independence, and the chance to live again.
Please join us for a beautiful evening in community with one another. Every dollar you donate goes directly toward prosthetics, training, and healing.
General admission tickets: $40
Child admission tickets: $20
Tickets include concert entry and light refreshments. Vendors will include unique Palestinian art, ceramics and textiles.

Purchase Your Tickets Today! HERE

An Evening Discussion of Art & Faith with Lesia Pona
2025-08-17 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | San Damiano Retreat, 710 Highland Drive, Danville, CA, 94526, United States

LISTENMORE Performance
2025-08-17 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Peace Lutheran Church, 3201 Camino Tassajara, Danville, CA, 94506, United States
ARTS FOR MORE (A4M) – an Arts Essentializer, and a Kindness Amplifier!

Come experience jazz with Peter Barshay, musician and founder of Arts for More, a new creative arts platform! It exists to help organizations working to solve some of the world’s most pressing problems, while providing a way for the work of artists and creators to be seen, and heard, by more people.

A variety of sites around the Bay Area will host events that support community service groups. These are not just concerts with fine musicians, these concerts are promoting Community Partnerships. Peace Lutheran Church is one of their first sites. The first event is at Peace on Sunday, August 17th, at 5:00pm. They are devoted to Amplifying KINDNESS! Learn more about A4M HERE.

Concert is free. Donations to support Arts For More are welcomed.

InterFaith EarthFest
2025-05-04 13:00 - 16:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Saint Timothy’s Episcopal Church, 1550 Diablo Rd, Danville, CA, 94526, United States
Join us for the Third Annual InterFaith EarthFest! This year’s event is May 4th from 1:00 to 4:30 at Saint Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Danvillle.
Free Admission!
Address: 1550 Diablo Road, Danville, 94526
Learn more details on our EarthFest page.

Be an EarthFest Volunteer!
2025-04-02 08:00 - 2025-05-02 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA
Know you can come on the 4th? Are you willing to volunteer? You can be an advocate within your own congregation. We need people who care! Youth who need volunteer service can receive verification of their hours. I-SRV can use the help of adult and youth volunteers. Please help us in our planning by signing up in advance!

Sign up HERE

SRVUMC Brian McLaren Event
2025-03-02 01:30 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | San Ramon Valley United Methodist Church, 902 Danville Blvd, Alamo, CA, 94507, United States
The San Ramon Valley United Methodist Church invites members of our community to a Sunday afternoon lecture and Q&A by noted author Brian D. McLaren about living humanely while facing the reality of the climate crisis. The goal is to encourage community dialogue and increase local awareness and action.
McLaren, acclaimed author, speaker, and activist, pulls no punches in addressing frightening realities of our time that center on climate change and consequent economic and civilizational upheaval. He writes that “we humans have made a mess of our civilization and our planet, and not enough of us seem to care enough to change deeply enough or quickly enough to save ourselves.”
On Sunday, March 2, 1:30-4:00 pm, McLaren will talk about his most recent book, Life After Doom: Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart, in which he addresses our response to ecological overreach. While forms of denial might be the most common response, McLaren opts for facing reality and embracing the complexity of hope, the necessity of grief, and the need for new ways of becoming and belonging in turbulent times.
The event includes audience engagement, book-signing (4:00-5:00 PM), and networking with local environmental groups. It is hosted by San Ramon Valley United Methodist Church at 902 Danville Rd., Alamo.
For more information see www.srvumc.org/brianmclaren.

Friendsgiving Celebration
2024-11-24 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Saint Joan of Arc Parish in San Ramon, 2601 San Ramon Valley Blvd, San Ramon, CA, 94583, United States
Come to this year’s annual Thanksgiving Celebration! We will be connecting with old and new friends, enjoying food and music while sharing gratitude and reflections. The Kurt Ribak Trio will offer soulful inspiration for the evening, and a Kids’ Table will include an activity and pizza for little ones to enjoy.
All are invited to bring a favorite finger food, savory or sweet, to share. Also we will be collecting canned foods for local families served by Monument Crisis Center.
We will gather in the Multipurpose Room, next to the large canopy, at Saint Joan of Arc Parish in San Ramon. Address: 2601 San Ramon Valley.
Even if bringing food doesn’t work for you, please join us for an evening of tending to friendship, gratitude, and harmony in our community.
Bring family members who are visiting or a friend or two to gather with us!

Race Amity Festival
2024-06-09 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Las Positas College, 3000 Campus Hill Drive, Livermore, CA, 94551, United States
Come celebrate the 4th annual Race Amity Day in the Tri-Valley advancing public discourse and promoting “E Pluribus Unum” – “Out of Many, One”
Listen to local artists, quotes, and inspirational stories as we gather to rejoice and honor our collective diversity. Light refreshments will be served.

Sunday, June 9th @ 1-3pm at Las Positas College in Building 2400, Lecture Hall Room 2420 (Address: 3000 Campus Hill Drive Livermore, 94551)
“We can all practice oneness through acts of unit, small and large, and by building relationships of love, inclusion, and reciprocity.”

Organized by volunteers of the Dublin Diversity & Inclusion Alliance with the support of Alameda County Supervisor David Haubert, the City of Dublin, Las Positas College and Tri-Valley Bahá’ís.
The National Center for Race Amity is working to move public discourse on race beyond the blame-grievance-rejection framework to one that recognizes and celebrates our ability to overcome racial prejudice through association, amity and collaborative action.

EarthFest 2024
2024-04-21 12:30 - 16:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Peace Lutheran Church, 3201 Camino Tassajara, Danville, CA, 94506, United States
Join Us for the Second Annual EarthFest!
Sunday, April 21st from 12:30 to 4:30
At Peace Lutheran Church in Danville
This annual Earth Day Festival brings together the local interfaith community along with partners of civic, school, and community organizations with a common purpose: channel our collective energies to more responsibly steward our sacred planet. The entire family will enjoy fun and learning opportunities throughout the afternoon of ritual, art, music, speakers, booths, activities, and ceremony. We will spotlight our eco-success stories, draw hope from one another and inspire ongoing local commitment to action.

Learn more details on our EarthFest page.

Want to be help at the event? To serve as a volunteer the day of the event, sign up in advance.

Sign up to Volunteer at EarthFest!
2024-04-05 08:00 - 2024-04-21 10:30 UTC | CA
You can be instrumental in the success of EarthFest! The event is bringing together many organizations and people who are doing good work, providing spiritual nourishment and wisdom to our community, and helping people connect with each other. If you would like to participate in making this happen, we can use your help!
We have a variety of roles and tasks volunteers can assist us with the day of the event. We are using a SignUp Genius page to help us organize and communicate with volunteers. To sign up to serve as a volunteer on the 21st, please select what you would like to do and enter your name and email address Here. If you have trouble with the sign up page or prefer not to use SignUp Genius, please email our EarthFest Event Chair Deborah.
On the 21st, please check in at the Volunteer Table in the Gathering Hall at least 10 minutes before your scheduled volunteer time.
Some parts of the event will be outside. Water will be available, and we suggest bringing your own water bottle. Food vendors will be present at the event so people can purchase food or bring their own.
For volunteers who need verification of their service hours, we can provide this.

Call for Artists: EarthFest Exhibit
2024-02-20 08:00 - 2024-03-28 23:59 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA
We Invite You to Submit Your Artwork for Consideration in the EarthFest Exhibit
View PDF: Call for Artists

We are now accepting 2D and 3D artwork from artists in the greater Bay Area for an exhibit at Peace Lutheran Church for our second annual InterFaith EarthFest! The exhibit will include more than one artist and works and is expected to hang for 2-3 months. The exhibit may then be moved to another venue–one of the facilities of another member of I-SRV–for an additional 2-3 months. The exhibit opening will be on the day of the EarthFest event, April 21, 2024.

Timeline

Entry Request: March 28, 2024, including digital image if possible
Acceptance Notification: April 8, 2024
Delivery of Artwork: April 15, 2024
Opening of Exhibit: April 21, 2024 from 12:30 to 4:30

Eligibility of Artwork

Works should represent a connection to the grandeur of our Earth, with an emphasis on caring for and stewardship of our natural environment.

All media and styles are accepted, this includes but is not limited to paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography, textiles.
Within the context of the theme of EarthFest, all creative content and media are acceptable for the EarthFest exhibit at Peace Lutheran Church. All I-SRV members reserve the right to choose which artworks from the initial exhibit at PLC they want for any exhibits that may follow.
Works must be complete, stable and dry to the touch. Wet, sticky and unstable works will not be accepted.
This exhibit is open to the general public.

To enter your submission(s)

Persons wishing to participate in this exhibit should contact Deborah Wechsler at deborah.wechsler@gmail.com. Include your contact information.
We will reply to artists who want to participate about requirements for sending virtual images for initial juried acceptance into the show. Specifications for required virtual images of the artwork, specifications for the artwork itself and a timeline will be included.
Artists wishing to participate in this exhibit should submit images of the work for consideration to Deborah. Label images as “lastname_firstname_01.jpg” and under 2 MB for each image. Digital images must be JPEG or JPG only.
We will require all exhibiting artists to sign a complete release of liability and permission to use images of their work for promotion.

Please see our webpage for more details on hanging requirements, size restrictions, insurance, and sales. Or access a PDF/printer-friendly version of this Call for Artists.
