I live in the Oakland hills area. I go to a small church on Sundays in Downtown Berkeley and a bible study at International Christian Center in San Leandro (or San Lorenzo?), near Faith Fellowship.
The Father's House is pretty amazing. I haven't ever been there myself, but some staff from there came last May to UC Davis for the "Whole Earth Festival", which is like a huge 3 weekend for hippies. They helped my fellowship set up a dream interpretation tent becuase a lot of people at those types of events are looking for faith and spirituality. The people at the Father's House also prayed for graduating seniors in our fellowship at a different time.
My current young adult pastor said he got saved at a conference at the Father's House 6 or 7 years ago.
PS The Fentons in Vacaville is awesome. A few times, I and different friends would go co-plan bible study there when it was our turn to lead in in the springtime (when the leader encourag 2 or 3 people in their groups to lead for a night that week).
That's really interesting. I love the Father's House. I've only been going for less than a year. They have a small group idea where many people put on small groups and there are so many new things to learn. I just love it!
I recently moved here to nor cal. Idk if its just the location but SF area- within a 60/70 mile radius just doest agree with my spirit. I feel such wickedness- like a real bad spirit. My husband works in Alameda and we first moved to Pleasanton but now we are in Tracy. I just hate it out here. Men don't seem like men and women don't seem like women. I have so much anxiety here. I finally found a good church that I enjoy but things are just "different." I feel like I am fighting a spiritual battle daily. I am also very lonely since I have no family or friends here. I pray God sends good people/friends/other couples our way.
I have felt that spirit too. For a long time, I felt that it was devoid of God. But I found a great church in Vacaville, and I'm fairly happy now. Still, not what I was used to.