Saturday mornings 8:00-9:00

We thank the Lord for leading the East Bay Churches in pursuing "the up-to-date truth" according to the ministry of the age in a definite way since February of last year. We are endeavoring to take the way of constitution by practicing Pray-Reading, Studying, Reciting and Prophesying (PSRP):

• Pray-Reading (P) is to exercise our spirit to touch the living Word in the written Word and have the divine reality, the processed Triune God as the applied word, infused into our being. 
• Studying (S) is to exercise our mind of the spirit for the truth to get into us through our mentality, our understanding.
• Reciting (R) is to retain the understanding through the shining of the truth for constant and long-term nourishment. To practice in this way, we will have an accumulation of the truth and become persons continually under constant nourishment.
• After PSR, we will then be able to prophesy (P) and know how to present the truth to others, not merely to inspire them or to stir them up but to make them solid and constituted with the truth.

We will pursue and practice together every Saturday. For this coming year, may the Lord "Teach us then to number our days/ That we may gain a heart of wisdom" to redeem our Saturday mornings to buy the truth. The Zoom link will be emailed prior to each meeting.

Please note date change for the next session:

August 22, 2026 

The lessons on shepherding over the last several years have truly been a blessing to the churches, and our brother's feeling is to make a turn and even an advancement to build on those lessons in a new series in which he will cover the many aspects of the small groups. We are full of rejoicing that the Lord will continue to shepherd and perfect the saints in Northern California through these fellowship times with brother Minoru. 

The format will be similar and will be on Zoom from 10 am - 12 pm approximately once a month. 

If an outline will be used, printed copies will be available on the front porch of the meeting hall Thursdays before each session. Outlines can not be distributed electronically.

During the June 13 session in the Lessons on Small Groups series with our Brother Minoru, he recommend 3 books to the saints for further prayer, reading, and consideration:

--Fellowship Concerning the Urgent Need of the Vital Groups
--The Training and the Practice of the Vital Groups
--1993 Blending Conference Messages Concerning the Lord's Recovery and Our Present Need

These books are available electronically on ministrybooks.org. Printed versions are also available on livingstream.com.

May the Lord make all the saints in Northern California full of vitality and full of fruit-bearing, overcoming the deadness of Sardis and the lukewarmness of Laodicea!

You'll find the Zoom link and other information here: NorCalchurches.org

We will gather together again this Labor Day weekend (Sep 4-6, 2026) in Burlingame, California, for the Northern California Churches Blending Conference. We are fully expecting the Lord’s outpoured blessing on this gathering.

We encourage all who can to attend the conference in-person in order to participate fully in the conference. Ephesians 4:16 shows us that “the operation in the measure of each one part, causes the growth of the Body unto the building up of itself in love.” We would like to strongly encourage the saints, even those living in the immediate Bay Area, to consider staying in the hotel to further promote the blending of the Body together.

Where: Burlingame Hyatt Hotel, 1333 Old Bayshore Hwy, Burlingame, CA 94010

When: September 4-6, 2026. The conference starts on Friday evening, September 4, and ends on the Lord's Day, September 6, at noon. More details will be announced in a later email.

Booking Rooms: Please note that the special conference rate is only available if you book your reservations before August 17th. You can make your hotel reservations right now at the following website or use (888) 591-1234 number (we prefer that you use the website): 

  (1) Website address: https://www.hyatt.com/events/en-US/group-booking/SFOBU/G-BLEN

 Click on the gold button “FIND ROOMS” to select and reserve a hotel room.

  OR

    (2) Call Central Reservations at (888) 591-1234 and state the hotel as the "Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport" in Burlingame and refer to the "2026 Northern California Churches Blending Conference" room block. Confirm the $156 per night room rate. Be sure to request your confirmation number.

We strongly encourage that the saints make their reservations as soon as possible.

May the Lord richly bless our coming together for His purpose and testimony.