Cantonese

Address

280 8th Street
Oakland, CA 94607

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Welcome to CIBC!  We're so glad you're here.  We invite you to check out more about our church, its ministries, its people, and its resources while giving you a chance to connect with us.  We hope to see you soon!

Contact

510-452-1772

Service Times

Sunday 11:00 AM

English

Address

280 8th Street
Oakland, CA 94607

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Welcome to CIBC!  We're so glad you're here.  We invite you to check out more about our church, its ministries, its people, and its resources while giving you a chance to connect with us.  We hope to see you soon!

Contact

(510) 452-1772

Service Times

Sunday 9:15 AM

Mandarin

Address

280 8th Street
Oakland, CA 94607

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Contact

510-452-1772

Service Times

Sunday 11:00 AM

Sunday 12:15 PM

Weekly Church Update

Week of January 11th, 2026

Oakland has begun parking meter enforcement for Sunday street parking from 12 noon to 6 PM.  What that means is that any car parked at a meter on Sundays in Oakland after 12 noon will need to feed the meter.  Cars that do not pay the meter may receive a citation.  For now, these changes may be short term solutions as we await the city’s response and as we explore long term solutions.  So, in order to provide sufficient time for congregation members to either pay the meter or possibly move their cars, CIBC is making the following changes to our Sunday morning schedule:
 
English Congregation:
  • Worship Services   9:00 - 10:10AM
  • IBF and transition between services 10:10 – 10:30AM
  • All Sunday School classes (adult & children) 10:30 – 11:40AM
 
Chinese Congregations (CantoneseMandarin Adult & Chinese Youth)
  • Sunday School classes 9:15 – 10:15AM
  • Worship Services 10:30 – 11:40
 
Children’s Programs
  • Children’s Worship   9:00 – 10:20AM
  • Children’s Sunday School   10:20 – 11:40AM

2025 Expense Reimbursements: To ensure that we close 2025 in a timely manner, please submit reimbursement requests with eBlue form and receipts to no later than this Sunday, January 11, 2026.

Monday, January 19th  is the Martin Luther King Jr holiday, the church office will be closed.

2026 Church Theme Kickoff Luncheon: Please join us Sunday Feb 1, 12pm–1:30pm at Social Hall for an all-church presentation on the church's 2026 theme of "Following Christ Together." Lunch will be provided at a nominal cost.

CIBC Women’s Outreach Event (English), “An Amazing Journey of Grace” will be held on Saturday, March 14th, from 10am to 2pm, at CV First Baptist Church, 18550 Redwood Rd, Castro Valley. Registration will be open soon. Cost: FREE, and lunch will be provided, but no childcare. For questions email: 

The Nursery and Toddler room (3 months infants to 3 years old) is looking for helpers to serve at both 9:00am and 10:20am on Sundays. If you are interested in volunteering or to learn more about it, please contact Jenny Bang at     A Sign-up form is also posted on the bulletin board outside of the Sanctuary.

Summer Enrichment Camp (SEC) is coming back. It will be held from June 15th (Mon.) to June 19th (Fri.), 2026 for kindergarten to 4th grade (completed) students. Staff registration is open now!  Please sign up online by January, 25th, 2026 at https://forms.gle/czXhguqN4y3poftx9 and see more details on our church website. Paper forms will be available on the table outside of Rm 101 as well. There are many different areas to help, part-time and full-time. *Camper registration will be coming soon.

We would like to establish a church wide event calendar, highlighting events that will take place in 2026.  We plan to use the existing calendar on the church website.  The types of events we would like to show may include all-church events, fellowship events like retreats or outreach events, general outreach events, baptisms, GCMs, holiday events, fellowship socials, etc...  We don't want to show "regular" meetings or activities that are regularly recurring.  Please inform us of these types of events by sending the information to our AAs at  .  Please provide dates, times, location and what the event is and any other relevant information.  This calendar will appear on our website, so the information will be public.

The 2026 FLOWER CALENDAR will be available for signup. It will be posted on the Church Ministry and Church News bulletin board on the hallway. If you wish to sign up, please use the flower envelopes placed on the wall next to the flower calendar, and designate your date(s) to commemorate someone or something.

Children’s Church (1st - 5th grades) 9am - 10:20am, Sanctuary then Room 313

Note: The Children will participate with the whole Congregation in the Sanctuary from 9am to 9:20am, then transition to Room 313. Between 10:20am and 10:30am, the children will be provided with snacks and have supervised free time. They can be picked up by their parents during this time, or they can remain in the room until their teachers escort them to their Sunday school classrooms at 10:30am. 

Children’s Sunday School (1st - 5th grades) 10:30am - 11:40am
1st grade: Room 316
2nd grade: Room 312
3rd grade: Room 314
4th - 5th grades: Room 311
Parents:  Please be sure to pick up your children promptly at 11:40 AM.

If you need to park in the parking lot right next to our church on 8th St and block other people's cars on Sundays, please remember to give your car key to the parking lot usher or people in charge in Room 101, and provide your name and contact number as well. In addition, please pick up your car key in the parking lot after the Sunday services as soon as possible. If you come late, please find your key in a black box on the wall of Room 101. 

If anyone is in need of a ride to CIBC for Sunday Service, please contact Transportation Chairman Lawrence Mue at (925) 980-6713, or email him at