Champion bagpiper Fred Payne led the procession of PhD graduates through the Elmwood, followed by Dr. Polly Coote, Board Member and Residents Relations chair woman of the Berkeley Presbyterian Mission Homes and the Rev. Doctor Max Lynn of St. John’s Presbyterian Church who was the graduation keynote speaker.The 2021 graduates receiving their PhDs were Ki Wook Min, from Korea and Myoung-ho Sin, from Germany/Korea.  Also receiving their PhD degrees from the Mission Homes were Jaesung Ryu who attended the virtual graduation program from Korea and Mariska Lauterboom who participated from Indonesia.  Also in this festive parade was Dr. Levi Checkett, also a Mission Homes resident who...

Sacred Dance artists, Landy Lalita performs the sacred dances that are a part of her own Buddhist practice.  She is applying to the GTU as well as other schools to do PhD in Dharmic studies.  A native of Taiwan, Landy was a resident at BPMH from May 2020 until January January 2021.  

OUR BPMH GRADUATION EVENT WRAP-UP Saturday, May 30th was a bright and happy day in our hearts, if not in the sky as we honored our BPMH graduates.  From our two youngest, Makaria and Timmy, leaving pre-school and making the important transition to kindergarten, to our MAs, Sharma and Saad, and Peter our Doctor in Christian Counseling to our proud PhDs, Sukhun and Pasesa, honoring these seven was a joyful experience.  We were grateful to Dr. Chai Motupalli (our very own dear Chai) for his thoughtful and timely message to the graduates.  Grateful too to each of those graduates...

Berkeley Presbyterian Mission Homes had a Christmas party on December 23rd. Potluck dinner, Scripture reading in various languages, Singing Christmas Hymns, and Fellowship made great party for the community. We deeply thank Mark Coplan for his talent, time, and service as a photographer and video editor for the event. You can visit the website using the link. https://www.flickr.com/photos/54922368@N07/albums/72157712342108642 For the video clip for “Silent Night” singing, please click the link below. (Password: mission)https://vimeo.com/381290269

Climate change is a moral challenge that affects all people especially the most vulnerable which often suffer its effects first and most harsh. According to the United Nations “There is alarming evidence that important tipping points, leading to irreversible changes in major ecosystems and the planetary climate system, may already have been reached or passed.” Our faith, our planet, our responsibility aptly sums up our December 11, 2019 event at Berkeley Presbyterian Mission Homes (BPMH) led by Liore Milgrom-Gartner, Director of the Northern California chapter of California Interfaith Power and Light (CIPL), a network of religious communities in California committed to addressing...