Black History Month is an annual commemoration at Congregational Church of the Peninsula. It is also a year round practice as an ongoing commitment to learning about and celebrating Black history as significant American history and religious history. We also commemorate Juneteenth, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the anniversary of the March on Washington in 1963, the life and memory of Emmett Till and other significant dates. This year marks the 100th Anniversary of Black History Month, as originated by Dr. Carter G. Woodson.
Each week in worship we feature readings, hymns, prayers and anthems that are rooted in this tradition. You can hear this year’s inaugural sermon by Rev. Gwynn Fuqua here. Our book group selection for this month is Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen. We make an annual donation to the Domini Hoskins Black History Museum in Redwood City through our Lyman Covenant endowment fund and we co-sponsor the Peninsula Multifaith Coalition annual event for Black History Month at the Museum.
We are now the Congregational Church of the Peninsula!
The Congregational Church of the Peninsula, created from the merger of the Congregational Church of Belmont and First Congregational Church of Redwood City, came together for worship on July 30, 2023, as one beloved community. The Rev. Dr. Davena Jones, Northern California Nevada Conference Minister, received the new church into membership of the United Church of Christ and the conference and Yolanda Austin welcomed it into the Golden Gate Conference. After worship, members gathered in the Dining Room to share a cake with “Congregational Church of the Peninsula” written out in icing and get to know each other in fellowship.
Welcome to the little church on the hill!
Wherever you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here!
Come worship with us and see how we do church. We don’t have all the answers, but we will challenge you to find those that work for you.
You’ll find people who love to sing and do so with gusto, accompanied by guitar and piano, or a pipe organ built and tended by a member of our congregation.
You will find ideas to stimulate your thinking and surprising new understandings that can come from reaching deep into the history and mystery of the Scriptures.
“God is not a Christian; God is not a Jew, or a Muslim, or a Hindu, or a Buddhist. All of those are human systems, which human beings have created to try to help us walk into the mystery of God. I honor my tradition, I walk through my tradition, but I don’t think my tradition defines God. I think it only points me to God.” – John Shelby Spong