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.

Here are the dates for the next three sessions:

October 3, 2026 

November 14, 2026 

December 19, 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, our Brother Minoru recommended 3 books for further prayer, reading, and consideration:

1. Fellowship Concerning the Urgent Need of the Vital Groups
2. The Training and the Practice of the Vital Groups
3. 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

Registration is now open for the Fall 2026 Northern California College Conference. Registration deadline is October 4th.

Conference Topic:

"Paul: No Longer I but Christ"

Schedule and Location:

• Date: October 30th to November 1st, 2026 (Friday to Lord's Day)  *
• Start: Friday 7:30 PM (registration begins at 6:00 PM)
• Ends: Lord's Day 12:30 PM (Lunch provided at 12:30 PM)
• Location: Mission Springs Camps and Conference Center (1050 Lockhart Gulch Rd, Scotts Valley, CA 95066)

  * NOTE: There is no dinner provided the first night.

Cost: 

The cost for this semester's conference is $220 for students and $270 for non-students. 

Part-time (Saturday only) registration is available for $100 per person.

Registration: 

Each attendee should register via the following registration webpage: https://norcalcollegeconference.web.app/ 

Full-time registration is strongly recommended as this helps our students enter fully into the burdens of the messages and build up the atmosphere of the conference.