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Diocesan Ordinations at Grace Cathedral

Friday, Dec 8: Save the date for the Diocesan Ordinations Liturgy begins at 4pm; Rehearsal will be at 2pm; Clergy arrive starting at 2pm   4pm service with a 2pm rehearsal

Diocesan ordinations at Grace Cathedral

Grace Cathedral 1100 California St, San Francisco, CA, United States

Friday, Dec 8 at 4pm | Hybrid Join the people of the diocese in the ordinations of two new priests: Lisa Virginia da Silva and Whitney Kay Wilson, and nine new deacons: Annalise Brittany Deal, Benjamin Simon Dinglasan Jr., Rebekah Anne Hays Estera, Brendan Francis Nee, Jeremy Robert O'Neill, Calvin Payne-Taylor, David Thomas Poynor IV, Larisa Yeranig Shaterian, and Erin Wiens St. John. The Rt. […]

Coastside Community Christmas Carol Sing

Holy Family, Half Moon Bay 1590 Cabrillo Highway South, Half Moon Bay, CA, United States

An annual event until the pandemic, the carol sing is a tradition in which the choirs of Coastside churches gather for an evening of singing traditional Christmas music. Coastside churches take turns hosting the event. This year it’s Holy Family Episcopal Church’s turn. The coordinating minister is the Rev. Eric Nefstead (longtime supply priest), who will […]

Free

Holiday Concert with the San Francisco Boys Chorus (Intermediate)

Friday December 15, 7:30 p.m. Buy Tickets $20/$25 Program: “Deck the Hall” – arr. Martha Lynn Thompson (b. 1940) “The Festival of Lights” – Israeli folksong, with words and additional music by Tom Anderson “Noël Nouvelet” – Old French tune, arr. Erica Phare-Bergh “Hanerot Halalu” – Traditional Hebrew Hanukkah song “The Rose” – Ola Gjeilo […]

$20 – $25

Lessons & Carols

St. Luke's Episcopal Church 1755 Clay St, San Francisco, CA, United States

We invite you to join us on Christmas Eve for a beautiful evening of carols and candlelight. Choir, brass, organ, and timpani will fill your hearts with the joy and wonder of Christmas, singing carols both old and new.

Free

CHRISTMAS EVE FAMILY SERVICE

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Oakland 114 Montecito, Oakland

Family Christmas with carols and pageant. Bring the whole family! The Rev. Dr. Mauricio J. Wilson, rector. Benjamin Bachmann, MMusic, FAGO, Director of Music and organist. In-person and streamed on our Facebook Group page

Free

CHRISTMAS EVE CONCERT: A Carol Prelude

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Oakland 114 Montecito, Oakland

Enjoy the beautifully decorated church and listen to festive carols as a prelude to our candlelight midnight mass. Music: English Medieval, English trad. arr. Willcocks, Spiritual arr. Poston, Hungarian trad. arr. Kodaly, Matthews, Britten, Guilmant, Warlock, and Burt. The Rev. Dr. Mauricio J. Wilson, rector. Benjamin Bachmann, MMusic, FAGO, Director of Music and organist. St. […]

Free

CANDLELIGHT MIDNIGHT MASS

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Oakland 114 Montecito, Oakland

Traditional candlelight service with choir, anthems, and carols. Music: Hanforth, German trad. arr. Pearsall, English trad. arr. Jacques. Postlude: In dulci jubilo, J. S. Bach. The Rev. Dr. Mauricio J. Wilson, rector. Benjamin Bachmann, MMusic, FAGO, Director of Music and organist. St. Paul’s Choir. In-person and streamed on our Facebook Group page

Free

MASS for CHRISTMAS DAY

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Oakland 114 Montecito, Oakland

The Service of Christmas Day. Music by Langlais, Buck, Burt, Warlock, and Sowerby. Hymns: 1982-96, 1982-82, 1982-100. The Rev. Dr. Mauricio J. Wilson, rector. Benjamin Bachmann, MMusic, FAGO, Director of Music and organist. St. Paul’s Choir. In-person and streamed on our Facebook Group page

Free

Event Series Evensong at St. Paul’s Oakland

Evensong at St. Paul’s Oakland

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Oakland 114 Montecito, Oakland

Evensong, a short choral service of psalms, canticles, hymns, and anthems, is a quiet alternative to the traditional Sunday morning Holy Eucharist. There is no sermon. It is sung by St. Paul’s Choir on the first Sunday of the month, October to June, at four o’clock p.m. This Anglican service combines the end-of-day monastic offices […]

Free

The King and Faith Series: De’Amon Harges preaching at St. Paul’s, Oakland

St. Paul's, Oakland 114 Montecito, Oakland, CA, United States

The King and Faith series is a weekend-long gathering of sermons, lectures, concerts, and the annual MLK Day march in San Francisco. Join us also:
At the Forum at Grace Cathedral (Sunday 1/14/24, 3:00 p.m.)
And walk with us at the March (Monday 1/15/24, 11:00 a.m.) from the King Street Caltrain Station, San Francisco)

Free

Requiem for the Very Rev. Dr. Alan Jones, Dean Emeritus of Grace Cathedral:

Grace Cathedral 1100 California St, San Francisco, CA, United States

1940-2024 A requiem for Dean Emeritus, the Very Rev. Alan William Jones, will be celebrated on Wednesday, January 24, at 2 p.m. at Grace Cathedral. The service will also be livestreamed at gracecathedral.org. A reception on the plaza will follow. More information will be posted on the Grace Cathedral website.