Cantonese

Address

280 8th Street
Oakland, CA 94607

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Welcome to CIBC!  We're so glad you're here.  We invite you to check out more about our church, its ministries, its people, and its resources while giving you a chance to connect with us.  We hope to see you soon!

Contact

510-452-1772

Service Times

Sunday 11:00 AM

English

Address

280 8th Street
Oakland, CA 94607

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Welcome to CIBC!  We're so glad you're here.  We invite you to check out more about our church, its ministries, its people, and its resources while giving you a chance to connect with us.  We hope to see you soon!

Contact

(510) 452-1772

Service Times

Sunday 9:15 AM

Mandarin

Address

280 8th Street
Oakland, CA 94607

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Contact

510-452-1772

Service Times

Sunday 11:00 AM

Sunday 12:15 PM

Weekly Church Update

Week of June 14th, 2026

The city of Oakland has started the enforcement of Sunday street parking meters (from 12 noon to 6 PM).  Continue to pray that the city will change its policy and revert to free Sunday parking! In order to provide sufficient time for congregation members to either pay the meter or possibly move their cars, CIBC is making the following changes to our Sunday morning schedule:
 
English Congregation:
  • Worship Services   9:00 - 10:10AM
  • IBF and transition between services 10:10 – 10:30AM
  • All Sunday School classes (adult & children) 10:30 – 11:40AM
 
Chinese Congregations (CantoneseMandarin Adult & Chinese Youth)
  • Sunday School classes 9:15 – 10:15AM
  • Worship Services 10:30 – 11:40
 
Children’s Programs
  • Children’s Worship   9:00 – 10:20AM
  • Children’s Sunday School   10:20 – 11:40AM

This Sunday, 6/14, SEC All Staff Training Meeting will be hold after Chinese services, from 12pm – 2pm in the Social Hall. *Lunch will be provided for volunteers and their families attending the meeting. 

SEC will be held from Monday, 6/15 to Friday, 6/19.  Staff & Volunteer parking will be available at our alternate parking lot located on the corner of 7th & Harrison St.  The lot will be open from 8 AM – 9 AM during SEC week.

On Sunday, June 28th, we will have a GCM in the Sanctuary right after Chinese services.  *NO lunch provided.  The agenda will include a vote on new church member candidates from the English congregation. They are Amberly Tam, Katrina Figueroa, Jason Ly, Pastor Gilbert Figueroa, Michael Chung, Shirley Chung and Dylan Fong and hear a financial report.

The 2026 All Church Camp will be held at the Redwood Christian Park Camp near Santa Cruz over the Labor Day weekend, from Friday, September 4th to Monday, September 7th. Registration will start on Sunday, June 28th, during English IBF time in the Social Hall, after the Cantonese service in Room 101 and after the Mandarin service in the Fellowship Hall.  Online registration will also be available on the church website. Our camp speakers are Rev. Toby Yuen – English Adult & Youth; Rev. Alexis Yu– Cantonese; Rev. Luke Tsai – Mandarin. This year’s theme will be “Following Christ Together”, bible verse is Ephesians 4:15-16. Please mark your calendars.

Lincoln Summer Nights: Please come volunteer and help us with crafts, balloon making, and passing out flyers on every 2nd Thursday, July 9th , August 13th , September 10th , and October 8th, at Lincoln Square Park.  Sign up for a shift online (4:30pm – 6:30pm; 6:30pm – 8:30pm) at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1B6q-d47uO6Rn6ss2jwpb07YVQJCG3t3wucfGtOnfRqY/edit?usp=drivesdk

We are in the process of planning for the 2026 Nepal Medical STM. The dates are November 4 to 20.  Anyone, not just medical or dental professionals, are welcome to apply. If you are interested, please email Shirley Lau at    The application will be out end of May.

We want to provide a church wide calendar of upcoming activities that can be found on the church website.  In order to create such a calendar, we are asking each fellowship or group to provide upcoming calendar items. We are looking for church wide events like SEC, All Church Camp, baptisms, etc... as well as some fellowship events like retreats, outreach events and special socials.  Please send such items to our administrative assistants at    Please include the name of the event, dates, times and any relevant details.

The 2026 FLOWER CALENDAR is available for signup. It is posted on the Church Ministry and Church News bulletin board on the hallway. If you wish to sign up, please use the flower envelopes placed on the wall next to the flower calendar, and designate your date(s) to commemorate someone or something.

The Nursery and Toddler room (3 months infants to 3 years old) is looking for helpers to serve at both 9:00am and 10:20am on Sundays. If you are interested in volunteering or to learn more about it, please contact Jenny Bang at     A Sign-up form is also posted on the bulletin board outside of the Sanctuary.

Children’s Church (1st - 5th grades) 9am - 10:20am, Sanctuary then Room 313

Note: The Children will participate with the whole Congregation in the Sanctuary from 9am to 9:20am, then transition to Room 313. Between 10:20am and 10:30am, the children will be provided with snacks and have supervised free time. They can be picked up by their parents during this time, or they can remain in the room until their teachers escort them to their Sunday school classrooms at 10:30am. 

Children’s Sunday School (1st - 5th grades) 10:30am - 11:40am
1st grade & 2nd grade: Room 312
3rd grade: Room 314
4th - 5th grades: Room 311
Parents:  Please be sure to pick up your children promptly at 11:40 AM.

If you need to park in the parking lot right next to our church on 8th St and block other people's cars on Sundays, please remember to give your car key to the parking lot usher or people in charge in Room 101, and provide your name and contact number as well. In addition, please pick up your car key in the parking lot after the Sunday services as soon as possible. If you come late, please find your key in a black box on the wall of Room 101. 

If anyone is in need of a ride to CIBC for Sunday Service, please contact Transportation Chairman Lawrence Mue at (925) 980-6713, or email him at   

We will be learning a new song, called "Glorious Church".  This song was written by our English Worship Director, Eric Arnason, to complement this year's church theme of "Following Christ Together". This is a confessional (or creedal) song, declaring who we, as the church, are called to be and to become.  You can listen to it here.  We hope this resource will be an encouragement to your faith!