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Hillcrest Congregational Church has a Clothing Room serving Contra Costa County residents, and veterans and students regardless of residency, where anyone in need can receive free clothing once per month. We provide clothing for infants through adults as well as offering towels, bedding, shoes and backpacks. The Clothing Room relies on donations from our community…

April 2025 At Home With God What I most want for Hillcrest is that this is a church where everybody can feel at home with God. That sounds like a very simple statement, I know. And at the same time, in this day and age, in the way churches function these days, bringing it down…

Easter brings with it a season of renewal, hope and new beginnings. What better way to celebrate the arrival of new life than with a contribution of baby clothing or a monetary donation to the Hillcrest Layette program?   Beginning Sunday, March 30th, Layette volunteers will place a large basket in the Narthex to accept…

March 2025 Beloved! We are entering the month of March, which again this year brings us the Christian season of Lent. Lent has many different connotations for everybody. I have always appreciated Lent and not because I believe in all the ways in which we have to be miserable that we sometimes associate with this…

Hillcrest Church Office and Food & Clothing Rooms Closed Hillcrest Church Office, Food, and Clothing Rooms will be closed in observance of President’s Day, Monday, February 16, 2025. The Office will reopen on Tuesday, February 17th and the Food and Clothing Rooms will be open again on Wednesday, February 18th from 9 – 11:45 a.m.

In January 2025, Hillcrest Outreach Services volunteers provided food, clothing and new baby layettes to our neighbors in need. The numbers for January are as follows: Food: 682 individuals received food to feed them for 3 days. Clothing: 400 individuals received clothing at no cost. Layettes: 27 new mothers received a layette full of items…