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Twin Cities Church
Join us as we begin our new series, “Rhythms: Everyday Practices.” The message this week is, “FAST.”
Twin Cities Church meets Sundays at 8, 9:35, and 11:15 a.m. at 11726 Rough & Ready Highway. Children (birth through 5th grade) meet during every Sunday morning service. Senior high Students meet at 9:35 a.m. and junior high students meet at 11:15 a.m. in the east multi purpose room.
You can listen to a past service on KNCO 830AM, from 7 to 7:30 on Sunday mornings.
For more information call (530) 273-6425 or visit www.twincitieschurch.com.
Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains
Join us for “What is Enough?” with the Rev. Meghan Cefalu and Rugh Ghio. It seems scarcity is a pervasive state of things. We think we just need a little bit more ______ (fill in the bank) in order to be content with our lives. How will we know when we have reached the point of having enough? Service, childcare and religious education at 11 a.m. at 246 Church St., Grass Valley.
For information, call (530) 274-165 or visit www.UUGrassValley.org.
Grass Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church
On January 28, Pastor Steve Gallimore will present Part 2: What Does The Bible Really Say About Creation: Is it Science vs. God? Saturday worship times: Adult/youth/children Bible classes: 9:30 - 10:30 a.m., morning worship service: 10:40 a.m. to noon.
For more information, call (530) 477-5017 or visit: http://www.gvadventist.com.
First Baptist Church of Nevada City
Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m. Pastor Ralph will be speaking on the topic “Why Is the Cross So Offensive?”
On Wednesday evenings at we gather at the church for a potluck dinner at 6 p.m., followed by singing and a Bible study from 7 to 8 p.m. Visitors don't need to bring anything, just come!
This historic church's 10:30 a.m. service offers a blend of familiar hymns and up-to-date praise choruses. You are welcome! First Baptist is your friendly, spiritual home in the Sierra at 300 Main St. across from the Nevada County Courthouse.
For more information, call (530) 265-4711 or visit www.fbcnevadacity.org.
First Baptist Church of Grass Valley
Pastor Mark will be in part 1 of his “Mighty Works” series titled, “The Value of Preparation.” Traditional service at 9 a.m. features a mix of praise songs and hymns in traditional setting. Sunday School for adults, youth, children and preschoolers is provided. Contemporary service 11 a.m. features upbeat praise music. Join us Wednesdays for dinner at 4:45 to 6 p.m. in the Upper Fellowship Hall. Prayer, Bible studies, children's activities and youth group follow.
For more information, call (530) 273-7301, or visit www.firstbaptistgv.com.
Peace Lutheran Church
Join us at 8 or 10:45 a.m. for our traditional service, or at 9:30 a.m. for our contemporary worship service. Pastor Richard O. Johnson will preside at 8 and 10:45 a.m. and Brent Hoy-Bianchi at 9:30 a.m. Our locally acclaimed choir will sing at the 10:45 a.m. service. We're located at 828 W. Main Street in Grass Valley.
For more information call (530) 273-9631.
Unity in the Gold Country
Join us this Sunday at 10:30 a.m. when licensed Unity teacher, Patricia Haller shares her talk, “Who Are You, Really?” Music by Brenda Boston and Bob Couper. The Way of Mastery group meets every Monday evening at 7 p.m. Ho'oponopono meditation each Tuesday at 9:30 a.m., and Men's and Women's Groups each Tuesday at 10 a.m. ACIM meets every Thursday at 7 p.m. We are located at 180 Cambridge Ct. in Grass Valley, opposite Peaceful Valley Farm Supply.
For information, call (530) 274-2463.
Brother, can you spare an ... hour?
A group of local men is meeting from 6 to 7 a.m. Thursdays at Penny's Diner for breakfast. Under the banner of “Christian Business Men's Committee” (CBMC, a non-denominational group), we have breakfast, read a portion of scripture, share what God has done in our life and pray. All within an hour. As a welcome break between weekends, these men encourage each other as they wish to encourage you in these trying times. Come and join us. We need each other.
Penny's Diner is located at 2072 Nevada City Highway in the B&C Fowler Center in Grass Valley.
Mountain Stream Meditation Center
Our Buddhist Insight Meditation group meets Mondays, 7:30 to 9 p.m., at Wild Mountain Yoga Center, 574 Searls Ave. in Nevada City. On January 30, Otis Wollan will lead a period of silent meditation followed by a talk. Otis is a graduate of the Dedicated Practitioners Program at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. Mountain Stream can also be found on Facebook.
On February 5, a day of meditation and yoga practice will take place in Auburn from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information on this, e-mail linda@mtstream.org.
For more general information visit www.mtstream.org or call (530) 272-6425.
Hope Bearers
We are a Christian cancer support group that meets at Foothill Church. Those with serious chronic illnesses, including cancer and their care givers are encouraged to come and share in a safe environment concerning this difficult time. Receive understanding, compassion and love from folks who have had encounters with or presently are fighting these diseases. Our meeting days have changed to 6 p.m. every first and third Saturday of the month. Located at 14600 State Highway 49 in Grass Valley.
For information, call Edda at (530) 432-2862 or visit www.FoothillChurch.org and click on “INEED” and go to Hope Bearers.
Holy Wisdom, Nevada City
We are a part of the orthodox Christian faith as recorded in Scripture, taught and practiced by the early Fathers of the Church, and preserved within the spiritual life of the Orthodox Christian Churches around the world.
Divine Liturgy at 9:30 a.m. Sundays and Vespers at 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays.
For information, call (530) 265-4714 or visit www.HolyWisdomNevadaCity.org.
Nevada City United Methodist Church
This Sunday we will be having one combined traditional worship service at 10 a.m. Pastor Charles Smith will be delivering the message. There will not be a Children's Time during the service but they will be asked to go downstairs for Sunday School. We will have loving childcare all morning. Following the service, there will be a Hospitality Lunch in Fellowship Hall. We also have one service each week recorded and the videos may be seen on NCTV Channel 11 on Friday evening at 6:30 p.m. or Sunday morning at 7:30 a.m. or on our website at NevadaCityMethodist.com.
Sierra Pines United Methodist Church
Please join us this with our Pastor Alison Berry. Junior high and high school ages: Youth Group on Sundays from 4 to 6 p.m.
Adult Bible class: Wednesdays at 7 p.m.: Disciple 1: Overview of the Bible with Pastor Alison and Cathy Tolman. United Methodist Men: First Saturday monthly at 8 a.m. United Methodist Women: Second Wednesday monthly at 10:30 a.m. We continue to host Hospitality House on Tuesdays to assist the Homeless. Sierra Pines United Methodist Church is located at 22559 Hacienda Drive in Grass Valley (near Lake of the Pines) and offers two services: Contemporary at 9 a.m. and Traditional at 10:30 a.m. “Hilltop Kids” Sunday School is at 9 a.m.
For more information call (530) 268-6907 or visit www.sierrapinesumc.org.
Word-A-Live (WAL) Church
Pastors Mike and Sandra Chipchase with Word-A-Live (WAL) Church invite you to join them at 10 a.m. Sundays.
Our weekly programs are Monday at 7 p.m., "Alive in Recovery" class; Wed. at 7 p.m. join us for a series teaching "How to Have a Healthy Relationship with the Church;” Thursdays at 9:45 a.m., Women's Bible Study- Revelations (except the second Thurs. of each month); Fri. at 7 p.m., the youth from Nevada County meet for fun events. Sat at 5 p.m. join us for Corporate Prayer.
Sunday, 1/29, 7 to 9 p.m., NCIHOP (Nevada County International House of Prayer).
Check-out our Web site for live-streaming and/or past teachings. We are at 10528 Spenceville Rd. in Penn Valley.
For more information, visit www.word-a-live.org or call (530)432-9155.
Foothill Center for Spiritual Living, Auburn
We are a community that values and supports each other in our spiritual awakening. We are committed to practical spirituality for everyday living. All of our activities are grounded in faith, nurtured with love and guided by Spirit. Come celebrate with us on Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. for a 15-minute Silent Meditation followed by the service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, January 29, our spiritual leader, Rev. Maggie Buck's talk title is “The Nature of Being.” We are located at 2945 1st St. in the DeWitt Center, Auburn.
For directions, visit www.FCSLiving.org or call (530) 823-6986.
Sierra Presbyterian Church
Our Senior Pastor Candidate will deliver the Message this Sunday. We will have one service at 10 a.m. Immediately following the service, there will be a congregational meeting to vote on the candidate and his terms of call. There will be children's programs at 10 a.m. and the Jr. & Sr. High youth will join us in the service. We are located at 175 Ridge Road in Nevada City.
For more information, visit www.sierrapres.com or call (530) 265-3291.
Sierra Center for Spiritual Living
Come celebrate with us and Rev. Lani Howard. Her talk is titled “Stepping Into the Flow.” Enjoy the live music of Kellie Garmire and the Sierra Center All Stars at both the 9:30 and 11 a.m. services.
Our Junior Church is held at 11 a.m. We are an interfaith community committed to awakening humanity to its spiritual magnificence and our vision is “Celebrating Our Oneness In Spirit.” We are at 119 Florence Avenue in Grass Valley.
For more information or for a parking map, visit www.sierracenter.org or call (530) 274-1018.
Zen-flavored teachings and silent retreat offered
“Discover Your True Self” is the theme of the Friday, Jan. 27 and Saturday, Jan. 28 events at Grass Valley's Unity of the Gold Country. Mukti, a teacher of the lineage of her husband Adyashanti, will offer a 7 p.m. meeting on Friday and a separate all-day silent retreat from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday. Mukti joined her husband in co-founding Open Gate Sangha in the California Bay Area in 1996 to cultivate the awakening of consciousness in those who yearn for truth, peace and freedom. She has been greatly influenced by her background in Christianity, Vedanta, Zen Buddhism and Chinese medicine, and draws from those roots to point audiences back to the natural state of wholeness or undivided consciousness.
Friday costs $15 and Saturday costs $85 (or $75 for early registration). Registration is available until 2 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 27 at the BriarPatch Co-op in Grass Valley.
For information, call (530) 265-2084 or visit www.MuktiSource.com.
EarthSpirit Center for the Transformational Arts
Join Rev. Dr. Nanci Shanderá for the Women's Mysteries Study Group, which meets from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays. Transformational counseling for women.
For information, e-mail drnanci@earthspiritcenter.com or visit www.EarthSpiritCenter.com.
Grass Valley AM AGLOW
Our local chapter of Aglow International, meets from 9:45 a.m. to noon on the second Tuesday of every month at 336 Crown Point Circle, Grass Valley. Aglow is a wonderful opportunity for unity in the Body of Christ and is not “just for women” anymore! Take Brunswick Road to Whispering Pines Lane, left on Crown Point Circle and then right at Nevada County Board of Realtors.
Baby-sitting off site is available by making reservations in advance with Jamie Bartsch at (530) 272-6056.
The Healing Rooms of Nevada County
We pray for healing of body and spirit. Everyone is welcome whether they attend church or not. Come to the main lobby of the Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, 155 Glasson Way, Grass Valley from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays. There is no fee, no reservation is necessary.
For information, call Sierra Ministries International (530) 478-1478.
Pray Nevada County
We are seeking God on behalf of our communities. Open to all for Christian prayer, Pray Nevada County meets from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesdays to pray for our county governments and services, schools and families, businesses and media, and churches and parachurch ministries. Since August 1997, 15 to 25 people from eight to 12 congregations have met each week to pray for our communities. During the month of January, we will meet at Grace Lutheran Church, 1979 Ridge Road in Grass Valley (adjacent to Nevada Union High School on the west).
For information, call the scheduling secretary at (530) 432-0458 or Sierra Ministries International at (530) 478-1478.
Join us as we begin our new series, “Rhythms: Everyday Practices.” The message this week is, “FAST.”
Twin Cities Church meets Sundays at 8, 9:35, and 11:15 a.m. at 11726 Rough & Ready Highway. Children (birth through 5th grade) meet during every Sunday morning service. Senior high Students meet at 9:35 a.m. and junior high students meet at 11:15 a.m. in the east multi purpose room.
You can listen to a past service on KNCO 830AM, from 7 to 7:30 on Sunday mornings.
For more information call (530) 273-6425 or visit www.twincitieschurch.com.
Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains
Join us for “What is Enough?” with the Rev. Meghan Cefalu and Rugh Ghio. It seems scarcity is a pervasive state of things. We think we just need a little bit more ______ (fill in the bank) in order to be content with our lives. How will we know when we have reached the point of having enough? Service, childcare and religious education at 11 a.m. at 246 Church St., Grass Valley.
For information, call (530) 274-165 or visit www.UUGrassValley.org.
Grass Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church
On January 28, Pastor Steve Gallimore will present Part 2: What Does The Bible Really Say About Creation: Is it Science vs. God? Saturday worship times: Adult/youth/children Bible classes: 9:30 - 10:30 a.m., morning worship service: 10:40 a.m. to noon.
For more information, call (530) 477-5017 or visit: http://www.gvadventist.com.
First Baptist Church of Nevada City
Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m. Pastor Ralph will be speaking on the topic “Why Is the Cross So Offensive?”
On Wednesday evenings at we gather at the church for a potluck dinner at 6 p.m., followed by singing and a Bible study from 7 to 8 p.m. Visitors don't need to bring anything, just come!
This historic church's 10:30 a.m. service offers a blend of familiar hymns and up-to-date praise choruses. You are welcome! First Baptist is your friendly, spiritual home in the Sierra at 300 Main St. across from the Nevada County Courthouse.
For more information, call (530) 265-4711 or visit www.fbcnevadacity.org.
First Baptist Church of Grass Valley
Pastor Mark will be in part 1 of his “Mighty Works” series titled, “The Value of Preparation.” Traditional service at 9 a.m. features a mix of praise songs and hymns in traditional setting. Sunday School for adults, youth, children and preschoolers is provided. Contemporary service 11 a.m. features upbeat praise music. Join us Wednesdays for dinner at 4:45 to 6 p.m. in the Upper Fellowship Hall. Prayer, Bible studies, children's activities and youth group follow.
For more information, call (530) 273-7301, or visit www.firstbaptistgv.com.
Peace Lutheran Church
Join us at 8 or 10:45 a.m. for our traditional service, or at 9:30 a.m. for our contemporary worship service. Pastor Richard O. Johnson will preside at 8 and 10:45 a.m. and Brent Hoy-Bianchi at 9:30 a.m. Our locally acclaimed choir will sing at the 10:45 a.m. service. We're located at 828 W. Main Street in Grass Valley.
For more information call (530) 273-9631.
Unity in the Gold Country
Join us this Sunday at 10:30 a.m. when licensed Unity teacher, Patricia Haller shares her talk, “Who Are You, Really?” Music by Brenda Boston and Bob Couper. The Way of Mastery group meets every Monday evening at 7 p.m. Ho'oponopono meditation each Tuesday at 9:30 a.m., and Men's and Women's Groups each Tuesday at 10 a.m. ACIM meets every Thursday at 7 p.m. We are located at 180 Cambridge Ct. in Grass Valley, opposite Peaceful Valley Farm Supply.
For information, call (530) 274-2463.
Brother, can you spare an ... hour?
A group of local men is meeting from 6 to 7 a.m. Thursdays at Penny's Diner for breakfast. Under the banner of “Christian Business Men's Committee” (CBMC, a non-denominational group), we have breakfast, read a portion of scripture, share what God has done in our life and pray. All within an hour. As a welcome break between weekends, these men encourage each other as they wish to encourage you in these trying times. Come and join us. We need each other.
Penny's Diner is located at 2072 Nevada City Highway in the B&C Fowler Center in Grass Valley.
Mountain Stream Meditation Center
Our Buddhist Insight Meditation group meets Mondays, 7:30 to 9 p.m., at Wild Mountain Yoga Center, 574 Searls Ave. in Nevada City. On January 30, Otis Wollan will lead a period of silent meditation followed by a talk. Otis is a graduate of the Dedicated Practitioners Program at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. Mountain Stream can also be found on Facebook.
On February 5, a day of meditation and yoga practice will take place in Auburn from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information on this, e-mail linda@mtstream.org.
For more general information visit www.mtstream.org or call (530) 272-6425.
Hope Bearers
We are a Christian cancer support group that meets at Foothill Church. Those with serious chronic illnesses, including cancer and their care givers are encouraged to come and share in a safe environment concerning this difficult time. Receive understanding, compassion and love from folks who have had encounters with or presently are fighting these diseases. Our meeting days have changed to 6 p.m. every first and third Saturday of the month. Located at 14600 State Highway 49 in Grass Valley.
For information, call Edda at (530) 432-2862 or visit www.FoothillChurch.org and click on “INEED” and go to Hope Bearers.
Holy Wisdom, Nevada City
We are a part of the orthodox Christian faith as recorded in Scripture, taught and practiced by the early Fathers of the Church, and preserved within the spiritual life of the Orthodox Christian Churches around the world.
Divine Liturgy at 9:30 a.m. Sundays and Vespers at 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays.
For information, call (530) 265-4714 or visit www.HolyWisdomNevadaCity.org.
Nevada City United Methodist Church
This Sunday we will be having one combined traditional worship service at 10 a.m. Pastor Charles Smith will be delivering the message. There will not be a Children's Time during the service but they will be asked to go downstairs for Sunday School. We will have loving childcare all morning. Following the service, there will be a Hospitality Lunch in Fellowship Hall. We also have one service each week recorded and the videos may be seen on NCTV Channel 11 on Friday evening at 6:30 p.m. or Sunday morning at 7:30 a.m. or on our website at NevadaCityMethodist.com.
Sierra Pines United Methodist Church
Please join us this with our Pastor Alison Berry. Junior high and high school ages: Youth Group on Sundays from 4 to 6 p.m.
Adult Bible class: Wednesdays at 7 p.m.: Disciple 1: Overview of the Bible with Pastor Alison and Cathy Tolman. United Methodist Men: First Saturday monthly at 8 a.m. United Methodist Women: Second Wednesday monthly at 10:30 a.m. We continue to host Hospitality House on Tuesdays to assist the Homeless. Sierra Pines United Methodist Church is located at 22559 Hacienda Drive in Grass Valley (near Lake of the Pines) and offers two services: Contemporary at 9 a.m. and Traditional at 10:30 a.m. “Hilltop Kids” Sunday School is at 9 a.m.
For more information call (530) 268-6907 or visit www.sierrapinesumc.org.
Word-A-Live (WAL) Church
Pastors Mike and Sandra Chipchase with Word-A-Live (WAL) Church invite you to join them at 10 a.m. Sundays.
Our weekly programs are Monday at 7 p.m., "Alive in Recovery" class; Wed. at 7 p.m. join us for a series teaching "How to Have a Healthy Relationship with the Church;” Thursdays at 9:45 a.m., Women's Bible Study- Revelations (except the second Thurs. of each month); Fri. at 7 p.m., the youth from Nevada County meet for fun events. Sat at 5 p.m. join us for Corporate Prayer.
Sunday, 1/29, 7 to 9 p.m., NCIHOP (Nevada County International House of Prayer).
Check-out our Web site for live-streaming and/or past teachings. We are at 10528 Spenceville Rd. in Penn Valley.
For more information, visit www.word-a-live.org or call (530)432-9155.
Foothill Center for Spiritual Living, Auburn
We are a community that values and supports each other in our spiritual awakening. We are committed to practical spirituality for everyday living. All of our activities are grounded in faith, nurtured with love and guided by Spirit. Come celebrate with us on Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. for a 15-minute Silent Meditation followed by the service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, January 29, our spiritual leader, Rev. Maggie Buck's talk title is “The Nature of Being.” We are located at 2945 1st St. in the DeWitt Center, Auburn.
For directions, visit www.FCSLiving.org or call (530) 823-6986.
Sierra Presbyterian Church
Our Senior Pastor Candidate will deliver the Message this Sunday. We will have one service at 10 a.m. Immediately following the service, there will be a congregational meeting to vote on the candidate and his terms of call. There will be children's programs at 10 a.m. and the Jr. & Sr. High youth will join us in the service. We are located at 175 Ridge Road in Nevada City.
For more information, visit www.sierrapres.com or call (530) 265-3291.
Sierra Center for Spiritual Living
Come celebrate with us and Rev. Lani Howard. Her talk is titled “Stepping Into the Flow.” Enjoy the live music of Kellie Garmire and the Sierra Center All Stars at both the 9:30 and 11 a.m. services.
Our Junior Church is held at 11 a.m. We are an interfaith community committed to awakening humanity to its spiritual magnificence and our vision is “Celebrating Our Oneness In Spirit.” We are at 119 Florence Avenue in Grass Valley.
For more information or for a parking map, visit www.sierracenter.org or call (530) 274-1018.
Zen-flavored teachings and silent retreat offered
“Discover Your True Self” is the theme of the Friday, Jan. 27 and Saturday, Jan. 28 events at Grass Valley's Unity of the Gold Country. Mukti, a teacher of the lineage of her husband Adyashanti, will offer a 7 p.m. meeting on Friday and a separate all-day silent retreat from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday. Mukti joined her husband in co-founding Open Gate Sangha in the California Bay Area in 1996 to cultivate the awakening of consciousness in those who yearn for truth, peace and freedom. She has been greatly influenced by her background in Christianity, Vedanta, Zen Buddhism and Chinese medicine, and draws from those roots to point audiences back to the natural state of wholeness or undivided consciousness.
Friday costs $15 and Saturday costs $85 (or $75 for early registration). Registration is available until 2 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 27 at the BriarPatch Co-op in Grass Valley.
For information, call (530) 265-2084 or visit www.MuktiSource.com.
EarthSpirit Center for the Transformational Arts
Join Rev. Dr. Nanci Shanderá for the Women's Mysteries Study Group, which meets from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays. Transformational counseling for women.
For information, e-mail drnanci@earthspiritcenter.com or visit www.EarthSpiritCenter.com.
Grass Valley AM AGLOW
Our local chapter of Aglow International, meets from 9:45 a.m. to noon on the second Tuesday of every month at 336 Crown Point Circle, Grass Valley. Aglow is a wonderful opportunity for unity in the Body of Christ and is not “just for women” anymore! Take Brunswick Road to Whispering Pines Lane, left on Crown Point Circle and then right at Nevada County Board of Realtors.
Baby-sitting off site is available by making reservations in advance with Jamie Bartsch at (530) 272-6056.
The Healing Rooms of Nevada County
We pray for healing of body and spirit. Everyone is welcome whether they attend church or not. Come to the main lobby of the Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, 155 Glasson Way, Grass Valley from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays. There is no fee, no reservation is necessary.
For information, call Sierra Ministries International (530) 478-1478.
Pray Nevada County
We are seeking God on behalf of our communities. Open to all for Christian prayer, Pray Nevada County meets from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesdays to pray for our county governments and services, schools and families, businesses and media, and churches and parachurch ministries. Since August 1997, 15 to 25 people from eight to 12 congregations have met each week to pray for our communities. During the month of January, we will meet at Grace Lutheran Church, 1979 Ridge Road in Grass Valley (adjacent to Nevada Union High School on the west).
For information, call the scheduling secretary at (530) 432-0458 or Sierra Ministries International at (530) 478-1478.
