College Avenue Presbyterian Church
Safe • Open • Real
Located in the heart of Rockridge, College Avenue Presbyterian Church (CAPC) is a Christian church dedicated to serving the needs of our community. Our congregation includes people from a variety of spiritual backgrounds, gathered around the teachings of Jesus. We welcome you to a SAFE, OPEN, and REAL sanctuary of light and hope, where you can explore your relationship to faith and deepen your commitment to community service.
Join us on any Sunday …we just might be the church for you!
We invite you to join weekly services every Sunday morning at 10:30 in our sanctuary designed by the renowned architect Julia Morgan. Great music, friendly people, and thought-provoking sermons are hallmarks of our gatherings. All are welcome here!
Our gatherings are hybrid. CLICK ON THIS LINK to join our us via Zoom
Meeting ID: 546 703 271 Passcode: 5951
Dial by your location +1 669 900 6833
THIS SUNDAY
Want to know what we’re doing this coming Sunday in our community gathering for worship?
Here you can find the service bulletin, what we’re reading, and ways to engage the text and ideas in advance on your own.
THE FRIDAY NIGHT MEAL
Each Friday night, our church and volunteers serve approximately 100 meals to unhoused and other members of our local community. You can help! We welcome the help of children and families too! Learn more, and sign-up to help…
FALL 2026 - walk in the light of the lord
This Biblical expression is a call to live in God's truth and goodness. Throughout the Fall we’ll wrestle with of God in the the complexities of human life God through stories of hope and disappointment, suffering and redemption in the Hebrew Scriptures. Our series is suggested by the Narrative Lectionary as a way to reflect on what God is doing even today as we move through the scriptures towards the story of the birth of Jesus.
9.27.26 - Blessing of the animals
On the last Sunday of September we gather together to celebrate the tradition of the Blessing of the Animals. This event is associated with the memory of Saint Francis of Assisi. We celebrate with an outdoor service during which we do a blessing for your socialized furry, feather, finned or “stuffed” animals.
blessing bags
Twice a month we give out Blessing Bags - new underclothes (t-shirts, underwear, socks) and new toiletries to all those who need and want them. You can give of your money and time to make this possible.... Learn more...
COMMUNITY BIBLE STUDY
Each Wednesday at 7pm we gather on Zoom to wrestle together with the scriptures of the week. This hour-long time is one of conversation and hands-on-teaching of how to read the Bible for yourself in view of growing our Biblical Literacy and the language we use to talk about faith. No experience, advanced study, or background required. Learn More, Find Resources and get the Zoom Call Coordinates online HERE.
We meet as a community each week for worship together on Sunday at 10:30am at our campus: 5951 College Avenue, Oakland 94618.
Find directions to our campus and parking tips HERE.
Our service is casual with folks dressing according to California Bay Area style from jeans to trousers, shorts to dresses. Those who worship with us live from the flats to the hills, permanently and marginally homed. We gather after each weekly service for coffee and snacks for 30-45 minutes.
We have a program for children K-6th during the service using the Godly Play curriculum. Kids start with the whole community in the service before leaving about 10 minutes later.
You can learn a bit more about who and how we are today through text and images on this website, and also by the glimpse that some of our other online spaces may give you here..... Blog | FB | Twitter
