Ladera Community Church

Ladera Oaks Swim Meet (parking lot use)
2025-07-16 15:30 - 20:00, 2025-07-09 15:30 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Ladera Church, 3300 Alpine Road, Portola Valley, CA, 94028, United States
Ladera Oaks is hosting a swim meet and will use our parking lot for overflow parking from mid-afternoon until early evening.

Community Support: Reflections for These Times
2025-07-16 12:30 - 13:30, 2025-07-02 12:30 - 13:30 | LCC: Fireside Room, 3300 Alpine Road, Portola Valley, CA, 94028, United States
Join us for “Reflections for These Times,” a nurturing space for connection and stillness. Each session opens with a Tai Chi prayer, followed by time to check in, lighting a candle for our shared concerns and hopes, and silent meditation. We close in peaceful silence.

After these 30 minutes of connection and quiet, we will enjoy snacks and conversation in the fellowship hall. This program will be held on the first and third Wednesdays of each month—join us whenever you need grounding and community.

Council Meeting
2025-07-15 19:30 - 21:00 | Online – Zoom

AA
2025-07-14 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-07-07 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-06-30 19:00 - 21:00 | LCC: Peabody Hall, 3300 Alpine Road, Portola Valley, CA, 94028

Stanford Quads
2025-07-13 18:00 - 21:30, 2025-06-29 18:00 - 21:30 | LCC: Peabody Hall, 3300 Alpine Road, Portola Valley, CA, 94028
Modern square dancing is a recreation enjoyed by people of all ages in the United States and around the world. We dance the Plus program utilizing All Position Dancing. We often have an A2 or C1 star tip at the end of the evening. All Plus dancers are welcome to join us for an evening of dancing. Square dance attire is not needed. Masks are optional.

The weekly schedule is:
Review: 6:00-6:30 pm

Class: 6:30-8:30 pm

Plus: 8:30-9:00 pm

Star tips: 9:00-9:30 pm

The cost is $10 per session.
We start a beginner’s class every fall in October.

Affordable Housing Task Force Meeting
2025-07-13 14:30 - 16:00 | Online – Zoom

Haumalu 'o Langi Worship Service
2025-07-13 12:30 - 15:00, 2025-06-29 12:30 - 15:00 | Ladera Church, 3300 Alpine Road, Portola Valley, CA, 94028, United States
Haumalu ‘o Langi Tongan congregation’s weekly Sunday service and Sunday school for the children.

Navigation Center Lunch Serving
2025-07-13 11:30 - 13:00 | Ladera Church, 3300 Alpine Road, Portola Valley, CA, 94028, United States
LCC has a long-standing connection with LifeMoves, especially through its monthly lunch service at the Redwood City Navigation Center. Each monthly visit is a chance to share food, fellowship, and compassion with those navigating challenging transitions. We’re assembling a team of 6-10 people to prepare and serve lunch at the new center, which boasts a full commercial kitchen. We’ll meet at the Navigation Center at 11:30 a.m. You will find this hands-on activity rewarding! Please RSVP to amy@ladera.org to join us.
To learn more about the Navigation Center and its mission, click here.
Navigation Center: 275 Blomquist St, Redwood City

Construction Team Meeting
2025-07-13 11:00 - 12:00 | LCC: Room 6, 3300 Alpine Road, Portola Valley, CA, 94028, United States

Worship Service
2025-07-13 09:30 - 10:30, 2025-06-29 09:30 - 10:30 | LCC: Sanctuary, 3300 Alpine Road, Portola Valley, CA, 94028, United States
Worship is the heart of our community life. Sunday worship begins at 9:30 a.m. in the sanctuary and online via Zoom. All ages are invited. LCC worship is a joyful celebration of God’s presence among us. We find inspiration, renewal, and refreshment through song and silence, prayer, and reflection. We seek to integrate the arts – music, drama, and visual – to enrich the worship experience. Worship continues in the many ways we seek, serve, and grow in the world.

We serve communion on the first Sunday of every month. All are welcome to the table!

Join us on Zoom
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Share Your Joy Meeting
2025-07-11 15:00 - 16:00 | Ladera Church, 3300 Alpine Road, Portola Valley, CA, 94028, United States
Do you have a favorite activity you’d like to share at LCC? The Share Your Joy team can help you spread joy through activities like going to the opera, playing table tennis, reading for spiritual insights, or cooking pancakes. To join the Share Your Joy team meeting or to submit an idea for an event, email amy@ladera.org.

Peninsula Threshold Choir
2025-07-09 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-06-25 19:00 - 20:30 | LCC: Peabody Hall, 3300 Alpine Road, Portola Valley, CA, 94028
Peninsula Threshold Choir brings comfort and kindness through song to the bedsides of those at the thresholds of living and dying. The choir rehearses on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month.

Social Justice Meeting
2025-07-09 16:00 - 17:30 | Online – Zoom
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Sharmila Montessori Preschool - First Day of Summer Session
2025-07-07 | Sharmila Montessori Preschool, 3300 Alpine Road, Unit B, Portola Valley, CA, 94028, United States
Sharmila Montessori Preschool’s first day of Summer Session. The last day of Summer Session is Wednesday, August 27th.

Memorial Service for Nancy Segbarth
2025-07-06 13:30 - 14:30 | LCC: Sanctuary, 3300 Alpine Road, Portola Valley, CA, 94028, United States

Pastoral Relations Committee Meeting
2025-07-06 10:30 - 11:00 | LCC: Fireside Room, 3300 Alpine Road, Portola Valley, CA, 94028, United States
Pastoral Relations Committee Meeting occur the first Sunday of each month in room 6.

Special 4th of July Worship Service
2025-07-06 09:30 - 10:30 | Ladera Church, 3300 Alpine Road, Portola Valley, CA, 94028, United States
Worship is the heart of our community life. Sunday worship begins at 9:30 a.m. in the sanctuary and online via Zoom and Facebook. All ages are invited. LCC worship is a joyful celebration of God’s presence among us. We find inspiration, renewal, and refreshment through song and silence, prayer, and reflection. We seek to integrate the arts – music, drama, and visual – to enrich the worship experience. Worship continues in the many ways we seek, serve, and grow in the world.

We serve communion on the first Sunday of every month. All are welcome to the table!

Affordable Housing Task Force
2025-07-02 19:30 - 20:30 | Online – Zoom
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Ecumenical Hunger Program (EHP) Food Drive
2025-07-01 - 2025-07-31 | Ladera Church, 3300 Alpine Road, Portola Valley, CA, 94028, United States
Summertime and the livin’ is not easy! Food needs soar during the summer when donations decrease and the school lunch programs cease. Now is the time for us to support Ecumenical Hunger Program food give-away. For the month of July we will be collecting funds for EHP. Write a check to LCC with “Food Drive” in the memo line and drop it by the office or in the offering plate on Sunday, or go online at ladera.org/give/. Thank you for sharing the bounty!
Submitted by Mission & Service

Sharmila Montessori Preschool Closed - Summer Break
2025-06-30 - 2025-07-04 | Sharmila Montessori Preschool, 3300 Alpine Road, Unit B, Portola Valley, CA, 94028, United States
Sharmila Montessori Preschool is closed for Summer Break.

Sharmila Montessori Preschool - First Day of School
2025-06-27 | Sharmila Montessori Preschool, 3300 Alpine Road, Unit B, Portola Valley, CA, 94028, United States
Sharmila Montessori Preschool’s first day of the regular school year.

Sharmila Montessori Preschool - Last Day of Regular Session
2025-06-27 | Sharmila Montessori Preschool, 3300 Alpine Road, Unit B, Portola Valley, CA, 94028, United States
Sharmila Montessori Preschool’s last day of the regular school year. The summer program begins on Monday, July 7, and the new school year begins on Tuesday, September 2nd after the Labor Day holiday.
