Rita Mancera at Puente's 2015 Fall Harvest Celebration This Sunday: Rita Mancera of Puente This Sun, Aug 30, our guest speaker will be Rita Mancera. She is the Deputy Executive Director of Puente, a community resource center which serves the south San Mateo coast. Rita joined Puente in 2006, working on early childhood development programs. She has worked in several positions since then, overseeing programs including immigration, physical activity, education, and youth leadership. She is currently Puente’s Deputy Executive Director where she is responsible for integrating all aspects of Puente’s programs and activities. Rita’s goals are to continue closing the gap in education, increasing you
On Aug 23, our guest speaker was Bekah Bock, LCSW. For the past 23 years, Bock has worked with persons with chronic and severe behavioral health issues. Since 2014, she has been the clinical partner of the Mobile Outreach Safety Team in Carson City, NV, where she specializes in crisis de-escalation and welfare checks for vulnerable persons. She is a certified Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) coordinator, and collaborates with the Carson City sheriff’s office to offer an annual CIT academy for first responders. She is also a member of the Crisis Negotiation Team. We asked her to tell us about the officers, how they are trained, how she works with them, and how she sees them and their work.
Isabel Wilkerson, author of "Caste." (See the links and resources section.) Credit: TED. This Sunday: social worker Bekah Bock Our guest speaker on Aug 23 will be Bekah Bock, MSW, LCSW. For the past 23 years, Bock has worked with persons with chronic and severe behavioral health issues. Since 2014, she has been the clinical partner of the Mobile Outreach Safety Team in Carson City, NV, where she specializes in crisis de-escalation and welfare checks for vulnerable persons. Bock is a certified Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) coordinator, and collaborates with the Carson City sheriff’s office to offer an annual CIT academy for first responders. She is also a member of the Crisis Negotiation Tea
Hospice chaplain MK Nelson was our guest preacher on Aug 16, 2020. She talked about the breath and deep peace that can come from finding a place of stillness in this swirling world. She also discussed the pandemic and her own experience of "having more time for stillness than I ever dreamed, and how difficult it has become for me to maintain and sustain so much stillness."
Our guest speaker Sunday will be MK Nelson, whose Twitter bio is "hospice chaplain, writer, editor, grief counselor, fairy godmother, and...
Last Sunday, San Mateo Police Chief Ed Barberini gave a talk called "Racial Injustice and the Police Perspective." He discussed his department's response to Black Lives Matter protests over police brutality, and answered our questions.
San Mateo Police Chief Ed Barberini will be our guest speaker this Sunday. This Sunday, Aug 9: Police Chief Ed Barberini San Mateo Police Chief Ed Barberini will be our guest speaker at this Sunday's service. His talk is titled "Racial Injustice and the Police Perspective." He'll discuss his department's response to the Black Lives Matter protests over police brutality, as well as answer your questions. Please invite your friends by forwarding this email. For security reasons, we'll be using a Zoom link that he has provided (rather than using our usual Zoom link). Click here to join on Sunday. Watch Rev. Carol Barriger's sermon Last Sunday, our guest preacher was Rev. Carol Barriger. Her mes
Guest preacher was Rev. Carol Barriger preaches “More than Enough," using the story of Jesus feeding the five thousand. The scriptures were Isaiah 55:1–5 and Matthew 14:13–21.