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Shell Ridge Community Church
Walnut Creek, California

200 La Casa Via , Walnut Creek, CA 94598 ~ (925) 935-3250

Rev. Gregory H. Ledbetter, Pastor


Maps showing church location ~ Music "River of Peace"


Sunday, May 18th, 7:15 pm – Who is our Neighbor?: Immigration
(Click to bring up video introduction and then click on 'Play' button).

Sunday School Classes for all ages ~ 9:30 am
Sunday Worship - 10:30 to 11:30 am





Remembering Dorothy Nunes


Dear Church Family,
This is a brief note to let you know that we lost our dear friend, Dorothy Swallow Nunes, early last evening (Thursday, April 17).


As many of you know, Dorothy’s health had been in rapid decline for several months. When her doctor told her early this week that there was nothing else that could be done, Dorothy asked to be taken home. After going home on Tuesday, she was able to be with two of her three sons (John and Peter) and share in a celebration of her homecoming—and, as it turns out, her homegoing. I spent an hour with her that evening at which time she spoke her deep peace at facing her death, and her joy at the prospect of being reunited with her family and more deeply united with God. Dorothy also spoke gratefully of the love and care of her family and friends, of which you were all a dear part. She became semi-comatose later that evening and remained that way until she died.

There will be a celebration of Dorothy’s life on Saturday, May 17 at 11:00 a.m. here at Shell Ridge Church.

Peace, Pastor Greg




On Sunday night, October 14, 2007, Ron Elsdon led a seminar on health care needs and the proposed universal health care plan under S.B. 840 in California. The video "The HealthCare Solution: California OneCare" was shown in addition to slides accompanying Ron's own presentation.
(See a summary provided by Ron, and view the video, "The Healthcare Solution - California OneCare," at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAWZrfYXs-c (22 minutes.) or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyWiVLdR47c (3 minute summary.)

NOTE: The above links lead to an off-site location for which Shell Ridge Church has no control and takes no responsibility. At the YouTube site, click on the little box at the bottom right-hand corner of their video screen to expand to full-screen size on your computer.

On Thursday, June 19th, 2008, at noon, there will be a rally in support of Health Care SB 840 and HR 676, at the Moscone Center West, in San Francisco.





Our People's Concerns and Prayers

Click here for "Our Church Family in Prayer" -- joys, concerns, and prayer requests.

Our Pastor's Messages to the People

Click here to read some of Rev. Greg Ledbetter's recent sermons.

Our 'Reaching Out Ministries (ROM)'

Click here to see some of the church's current outreach activities.

Dates to Remember

Week of May 5th – Shell Ridge will prepare evening meals for residents of
Mountain View Family Shelter, Martinez. Contact Jan Ledbetter.

Sunday, May 18th, 7:15 pm – Who is our Neighbor?: Immigration (Click to bring up video introduction and then click on 'Play' button). Contact Gerson Sanchez.

Sunday, June 1st, 6 pm – China: Social & Political Trends. Contact Mickey Holmes.

Saturday, June 7th, noon – Planning Meeting & Pizza Lunch at the Elsdons in Danville (in place of May and July meeting).
Contact church office if you don't have the address.


Our Church's New Ministry Center Plans

Shell Ridge Community Church has voted to add a much-needed Ministry Center, and it will soon be time to build! The new Ministry Center will enhance our ministry -- including outreach, senior, youth, social, and other programs. The church is continuing to accept donations and pledges to complete funding for this building project.

The Ministry Center will include a 2,400 square foot multi-use room and fellowship hall with seating for up to 200 for dining and up to 270 for theater style seating. A new kitchen will be attached to the new hall, as well as classrooms for senior high and middle school youth. New restrooms with showers will also be included.

The Ministry Center will allow use of the church sanctuary and fellowship hall simultaneously. In the new building we can shelter homeless guests and offer laundry and shower facilities. It will provide recreation and gathering space for our children and youth, and reception space for weddings, funerals and special church events, which may include fairs, rummage sales, concerts, community gatherings, movie nights, conferences, and so forth.

These improvements will relieve overcrowding of the Patio Room, sanctuary, LOGOS and youth facilities and accommodate and support future growth of the church.

The first phase of a Capital Funds Campaign was completed in June, with more than $325,000 given or pledged to date. When combined with the previous balance, the fund now amounts to over $650,000. An additional $100,000 will be needed for the project, and this shortfall can be made up through a bank loan or additional donations (which would avoid significant interest charges).

Our Building Committee is responding to comments by the City of Walnut Creek and other agencies, who have been reviewing plans for almost one year now. This is much more of a lengthy and laborious process than we ever expected it to be, and at least three other major church building projects in our part of the City are now under construction and one is already nearing completion.

Please join us in holding the Building Committee in prayer that they may have wisdom and patience, as costs rise due to mandatory requirements by the City staff, Design Review and Planning Commissions.

For more information or to make a donation, contact Moderator Karen Duran or Church Treasurer Dick Shumaker through the church office (lura@shellridge.org).




Our Pastor, the Rev. Greg Ledbetter, and all the members of Shell Ridge extend a warm welcome and hope you are having a happy, peaceful 2007. Feel free to call or email the Pastor (or you may use the feedback form to send a personal message and receive a reply).

Join us for worship each Sunday at 10:30 a.m.


Pastor Greg Ledbetter preaches most Sundays, and the congregation celebrates Communion on the first Sunday of each month.
All are welcome to come and participate.






Shell Ridge has participated for several years in the annual Walnut Creek Peace March and the Shell Ridge Ramblers (Brian Kearins, Marian Harris, Kate Borbridge, Stu Harris, Carlos and Gerson Sanchez, Jodie Tooley, and our Pastor, Greg Ledbetter) provided the primary musical setting for the rally following the march this year. Included above are links to videos from the March 17, 2007 event.

NOTE: The above links lead to an off-site location for which Shell Ridge Church has no control and takes no responsibility. At the YouTube site, click on the little box at the bottom right-hand corner of their video screen to expand to full-screen size on your computer.


"To be agents of change in the lives of people. To lift up the fallen. To encourage the failing. To strengthen the weak. To provide a gentle push to the timid. To evidence kindness, concern, caring. To bring out the best in people. To set persons free to be all that they can be." -- Ray Jennings




Our Pastor, Greg Ledbetter, was the 2007 recipient of the Edward H. Rhoades Urban Ministry Award given by National Ministries of the American Baptist Churches, USA. The award was presented at the ABC Biennial Convention in Washington, D.C. in June 2007.

An email from Pastor Greg Ledbetter tells of his experiences on a journey to Israel/Palestine and Corsica in the summer of 2004. Many of these experiences and those of the church are reflected on the photo montage page of this website.


Shell Ridge is a liberal Christian Church
in the American Baptist Tradition

We are a community of Christian persons called together to worship God, follow Jesus and serve the world. We are spiritually warm, theologically progressive and socially active. We are an inclusive church welcoming all who seek to join us in our common life and purpose.

Click here for more about "Who We Are."
Leave a Message on our Feedback Form

Listen to "River of Peace," sung by the Shell Ridge Men's Quartet (with Doug Brown, Tim Michelson, the late Elden Ellingson, and Rev. Gregory H. Ledbetter, as recorded on the album, "Let Peace Fill the Earth", Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County, 2001)

At Shell Ridge. . .

We strive to be inclusive in our worship and community life. We also strive to be aware and respectful of the past, joyfully engaged in the present, and mindful of the future into which we seek to grow. We make every attempt for our worship language to model our inclusivity and our respect for our heritage. . .

-- Rev. Greg Ledbetter, Pastor




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Shell Ridge Community Church of Walnut Creek
200 La Casa Via , Walnut Creek, CA 94598
Phone: (925) 935-3250 Fax: (925) 935-3281