Pastor & Mrs Henry L. Perkins Celebrate 25 Years in Ministry
2017-02-20 08:00 - 14:00, 2017-02-21 08:00 - 14:00, 2017-02-22 08:00 - 14:00, 2017-02-23 08:00 - 14:00, 2017-02-24 08:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | First Baptist Church of Pittsburg, 204 Odessa Avenue, Pittsburg, CA, 94565, United States
Special Guest:

Dr. Kerwin B. Lee, Senior Pastor
Berean Christian Church of Stone Mountain, GA

The Church at Antioch - 2nd Anniversary Celebration
2017-02-20 10:00 - 12:30, 2017-02-21 10:00 - 12:30, 2017-02-22 10:00 - 12:30, 2017-02-23 10:00 - 12:30, 2017-02-24 10:00 - 12:30 | The Antioch Community Center, 4703 Lone Tree Way, Antioch, CA, 94531, United States
Come celebrate our 2nd Birthday with us and to celebrate this incredible day, we will give away another car. There will be 2 services; 10AM and 5PM. We hope to see you there!
Rev. Chris Williams, Pastor

First AME Oakland - New Year's Eve Service
2017-02-20 12:00 - 13:30, 2017-02-21 12:00 - 13:30, 2017-02-22 12:00 - 13:30, 2017-02-23 12:00 - 13:30, 2017-02-24 12:00 - 13:30 | First AME Church, 3701 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA, United States
Bring in the New Year at FAME Oakland!
Dr. Harold R. Mayberry, Senior Pastor
www.fameoakland.org

Greater St. Paul - Watch Night Service
2017-02-20 18:00 - 19:00, 2017-02-21 18:00 - 19:00, 2017-02-22 18:00 - 19:00, 2017-02-23 18:00 - 19:00, 2017-02-24 18:00 - 19:00 | Greater St. Paul MBC, 1827 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Oakland, CA, United States
No matter what may have happened this year, the Lord has been kind to us. Bring someone along with you and join us for one of our New Year’s Eve Worship Services as we look back in appreciation of God’s grace in 2016 and look ahead with anticipation for more of His grace in 2017.
Special One-Hour Service: 6PM – 7PM
Watch Night Service: 10PM
Bishop Joseph E. Simmons, Senior Pastor
www.gspbc.org

Holiday At The Temple "An Elegant Affair"
2017-02-20 19:00 - 22:00, 2017-02-21 19:00 - 22:00, 2017-02-22 19:00 - 22:00, 2017-02-23 19:00 - 22:00, 2017-02-24 19:00 - 22:00 | Solomon Temple International, 655 California Avenue, Pittsburg, CA, 94565, United States
New this year, Marcus McCauley Sessions’ take on the Holidays with a glamorous, soul stirring production “Holiday at The Temple” An Elegant Affair.
Join us on the evening of December 9th & 10th for a sweeping string section, live horns, band and top notch singers.
Enjoy a Winter Wonderland Bazaar full of luxurious holiday treats.
Featured artists:

Lena Byrd Miles
Dasha Moore
Victor V.S Brice
Tanya Fitzgerald
Victor Brice
Aliya Hall
Timothy Mays
Sangin Sara
Joshua Carter
Tamara Edwards

Come dressed in your best and experience your holiday favorites ….. with a twist. Gospel, Classical, and Jazz will tickle your ears and put you right in the holiday spirit.
More importantly this amazing production has partnered with Hope Resources, Inc. Our goal is to bring the community together in unity.
Partial proceeds will be donated Hope Resources, Toys for Tots and Shepard’s Gate Women’s Shelter.

University of the Pacific - 2017 Black History Month Celebration
2017-02-21 19:00 - 22:00, 2017-02-22 19:00 - 22:00, 2017-02-23 19:00 - 22:00 | CA
University of the Pacific’s annual Black History Month celebration involves a number of activities that honor the history and heritage of African-Americans and the African Diaspora.
We are proud to announce our 2017 BHM Keynote Speaker is LECRAE, two-time GRAMMY Award-winning hip-hop artist and author of the autobiography, Unashamed. Lecrae has sold 1.7 million albums to date, including his latest Anomaly, that debuted on the Billboard 200 Album Chart at No. 1. He has performed on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and the Hip Hop Awards on BET Network. He is an artist focused on caring for people, providing messages of hope and inspiration. He feels, “Music doesn’t need to be categorized. It just needs to be good.” On Feb. 10, 2017, he will provide some of that good music and provide a lecture revealing how he has overcome the challenges in his life and is impacting an entire generation-building community one person at a time. His lecture and performance will be held at the Bob Hope Theatre in Stockton at 7 p.m. Tix Presale is on Sept. 28, 2016, General Public Sale is Sept. 30. You can purchase tickets http://go.pacific.edu/lecrae.
On Saturday, Feb.18, nationally acclaimed Gospel Artist and Stellar Award winner Donald Lawrence will be headlining Gospelfest 2017. This event will also feature performances from Lena Byrd-Miles and Ascension Praise Dance and will be hosted by Steven Parker and Destiny Robbins and be held at the Bob Hope Theatre in Stockton at 7 p.m. Tickets go on sale Dec. 22. You can purchase tickets at http://go.pacific.edu/gospelfest2017 or by going to the Stockton Arena.
On Tuesday, Feb. 21, prominent social justice advocate and author Shaun King will be speaking at Faye Spanos Concert Hall. His presentation will begin at 7 p.m. and is free and open to the public.
Pacific Black History Month Planning Committee Mission Statement
The Black History Month Committee will, through the usage of identified funds, collaborate within the University and local community to plan and execute a monthlong series of events and activities that support the overall goals of education and enrichment in relation to the contributions of peoples of African ancestry and culture to society past and present.
Origin of Black History Month
Known as the “Father of Black History,” Dr. Carter G. Woodson founded the celebration he called “Negro History Week” in 1926. Dr. Woodson selected the second week of February for the celebration because it fell between the birthdays of the famed orator and abolitionist Frederick Douglass and President Abraham Lincoln. In 1976, the celebration expanded to include the entire month of February. Today, Black History Month is celebrated across the United States by people of all ethnic and social backgrounds. At Pacific, it is observed during a monthlong celebration in February organized by Pacific’s Black History Month Planning Committee.

California State Baptist Convention - 2017 Mid Winter Board Meeting
2017-02-22 - 2017-02-24 | Greater St. Paul MBC, 1827 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Oakland, CA, United States
California State Baptist Convention President, Pastor Henry Perkins, invites you to register and attend the 2017 Mid-Winter Board Meeting, February 22-24, 2017
Theme:
Church Safety

Protecting the Pastor
Protecting the People
Protecting the Parish

Guest Speaker: Dr. Warren H. Stewart, Sr. First Institutional Baptist Church (Phoenix, AZ)
Host Church:

Greater St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church (Oakland, CA)
Bishop Joseph Simmons, Host Pastor

Registration:

Conference Registration – $35 Register Online | Download Registration Form

www.calbaptist.com
Pastor Henry L. Perkins, President
California State Baptist Convention, Inc.

From Labor to Reward: An Evening with Martha C. Taylor
2017-02-23 19:00 - 20:30 | San Francisco Theological Seminary, 105 Seminary Road, San Anselmo, CA, 94960, United States
Join author Rev. Dr. Martha C. Taylor – who has served as both SFTS and GTU adjunct professor — for an evening discussing her newest book, From Labor to Reward.
Thursday, February 23, 2017 | 7PM – 8:30 PM
San Francisco Theological Seminary
101 Seminary Road
Scott Hall room 101
San Anselmo, CA 94960
COMPLIMENTARY ADMISSION – REGISTER ONLINE
This groundbreaking book fills a huge void in American religious history, black religious history, and traditions of the black church. Until now, no other book has chronicled the rich religious experiences of black church beginnings in the Bay Area. Martha C. Taylor provides penetrating insight into the early makings of the black church in the Bay Area. With attention to detail, Taylor captures the joys, frustrations, and unity of black people who left the segregated Deep South, came to the Bay Area seeking freedom only to face similar adversities of segregation, racism, housing discrimination, KKK threats of violence, and other socio-political barriers. Remarkably, these early pioneers brought their culture, traditions, and experiences from the South and built a strong vibrant religious community. From Labor to Reward speaks for the legacy of African Americans who were gospel social activists using the church as the anchor. Multiple sources of research and interviews were gathered from church records, newspaper clippings, and other written sources to tell this unknown story.
Rev. Dr. Martha C. Taylor is the Historian for the Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. and church historian for the historic Allen Temple Baptist Church, Oakland, California. She has served as adjunct professor for the San Francisco Theological Seminary, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, Doctor of Ministry and Masters of Divinity programs. Taylor is dually ordained as an American Baptist and Presbyterian Minister. She resides in Oakland, California.
