Weekly Church Update
Week of March 29th, 2026
- 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
- Sunday School classes 9:15 – 10:15AM
- Worship Services 10:30 – 11:40
- Children’s Worship 9:00 – 10:20AM
- Children’s Sunday School 10:20 – 11:40AM
Save the date: The 2026 All Church Camp will be held at the Redwood Christian Park Camp near Santa Cruz over the Labor Day weekend, from Friday, September 4th to Monday, September 7th. Our camp speakers are Rev. Toby Yuen – English Adult & Youth; Rev. Alexis Yu– Cantonese; Rev. Luke Tsai – Mandarin. This year’s theme will be “Following Christ Together”. Please mark your calendars.
Please join us at CV First next Friday, April 3rd at 8pm as we remember, reflect upon, and renew our love for Christ through a special combined Good Friday service (English & Cantonese), “The Passion of Our Lord”, based on John 18 & 19.
On April 5th, Easter Sunday, English and Cantonese will meet together for a combined worship, “The Covenant-Keeping God”, from 9:30am to 11am in the Sanctuary, followed by a combined IBF with refreshments in the Social Hall from 11am to 11:30am. Come to join us for a celebration of God’s faithfulness and experience his love from creation to resurrection!
SEC camper registration is now open for TK (Transitional Kindergarden) to 5th grade students! Sign your children up for an Irish adventure through Psalm 23! See event details on www.cibc-oakland.org Register here: https://forms.gle/NvEj7WcWKhCiQfMfA
2025 Contribution Tax Statements: If you need a copy of your statement by mail or email, please contact Jenny Bang at You can also fill out the sign-up list on the bulletin board outside of the Sanctuary or Fellowship Hall.
Summer Enrichment Camp (SEC) will be held from June 15th (Mon.) to June 19th (Fri.), 2026 for TK to 5th grade (completed by June, 2026) students. Staff registration is open now! Please sign up online 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.
We want to provide a church wide calendar of upcoming activities that can be found on the church website. In order to create such a calendar, we are asking each fellowship or group to provide upcoming calendar items. We are looking for church wide events like SEC, All Church Camp, baptisms, etc... as well as some fellowship events like retreats, outreach events and special socials. Please send such items to our administrative assistants at Please include the name of the event, dates, times and any relevant details.
The 2026 FLOWER CALENDAR is available for signup. It is 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.
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.
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
We will be learning a new song, called "Glorious Church". This song was written by our English Worship Director, Eric Arnason, to complement this year's church theme of "Following Christ Together". This is a confessional (or creedal) song, declaring who we, as the church, are called to be and to become. You can listen to it here. We hope this resource will be an encouragement to your faith!