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General Announcements

Institute classes will begin September 10th at 7:30 pm at 1900 Pacific Avenue building for all young adults married and single. Weekly refreshments will be served at 8:30 pm. The teacher will be Brother Hawks (Palo Alto Institute Director). The subject for this semester will be: Jesus Christ and the Everlasting Gospel. 

Singles Conference in Fremont, CA on September 27-29, 2024. More details can be found here: https://norcalbayarealdssingles.com/

The Oakland California Temple will be closed for a normal two-week maintenance closure, running from Mon., Sep 9 through Mon, Sep. 23. It will also be closed for General Conference on Sat., Oct 5. The temple schedule can be found on either the Church website (www.churchofjesuschrist.org/temples) or in the Tools app.

99+1: President Nelson Invites All to Extend a Gift of Love for His 100th Birthday

Women and Children Initiative: The General Relief Society Presidency has launched an initiative to support projects to help in the development of 12 million children ages 5 and younger and 2.7 million expectant and new mothers in 12 countries. As part of this initiative, they have published 25 Ways that members in congregations around the world can support mothers and children. 

Choir practice – The Ward Choir, under the direction of Brother Paul Mann, will begin rehearsals on Sunday March 3, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. upstairs in the Relief Society room. Do you like to sing? We welcome all voices and all ages. Please contact Paul for additional information.

Do you like playing basketball? Steve Clayton organizes Saturday morning basketball games at the church. Please contact him for more details. 

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Adult Sunday School now meets in 2 classes - If you last name begins with letters A-M meet in the Priesthood room (largest classroom downstairs) and last names N-Z meet in the Chinese branch RS room. 

Ongoing Events, Classes, and other Announcements

Temple Hill - The Oakland temple often hosts cultural and other worshipful events. Please click here for a list of events.

Background checks - California state law requires background checks for anyone who works with children or youth more than 32 hours a year. Details on how to do this are in an email from the stake. If you haven't received it, a member of the bishopric can forward it to you. 

Building cleaning: Our ward is responsible for building cleaning in January, February, April, May, July, August, October, and November (the Chinese branch will clean the other months). We clean on Saturday mornings at 8:45 am and finish by 9:45. Brother Cary Young has made assignments. If you haven't received an assignment, please contact Brother Young, or show up on a Saturday morning and introduce yourself to Brother Young.

Widespread use of zoom for Sacrament meeting concluded in February 2022: If you believe should maintain access to sacrament meeting via Zoom (we understand there are various valid reasons), kindly let the bishop know.

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