Gathering for Sunday services in person and online, 10:15 am.
Multifaith Voices for Peace and Justice (MVPJ), of which UUCPA is a member, is sponsoring two noteworthy events in the next two weeks which we hope some of you will attend.
1. On Sunday, May 11, there will be a special Mother’s Day Peaceful Presence event entitled Mother’s … read more.
The Action Council is pleased to announce the new slate of approved Justice Partners for FY25-26, to be voted on at the April 27 Annual Meeting. You can find the list of Partners here. There are some changes of note:
1. We replaced Acterra with Canopy as the environmental Justice Partner, … read more.
On Wednesday night, the Finance Committee presented a 2025–26 budget to the Board that has a deficit of $46,500, which is more than 6% of our expected 2025–26 expenses. The Board believes this deficit is due to increasing costs, declining membership, and declining pledges.
Obviously, this is unworkable.
During the Board’s discussion of ways to decrease expenses and increase pledge income, there was a breakthrough that requires YOUR IMMEDIATE PARTICIPATION!
Kay and Byron Brown have generously offered to raise their pledge by $10,000—BUT only if UUCPA raises at least a matching $10,000 in new or increased pledges by 2 p.m. Sunday, April 27, at the end of the Annual Meeting. NOTE: This match is available only if we can achieve the full $10,000 in new or increased pledges by 2 p.m. on Sunday.
This incredible offer will be combined with additional expense cuts of $16,500 to achieve a deficit of $10,000. These budget details will be presented at Sunday’s Annual Meeting. The Finance Committee and the Board will continue to look for ways to close this deficit.
What You Can Do Now
Stop what you’re doing and send an email to pledge@uucpa.org with your new or increased pledge amount. Or, you can fill out your pledge card during the Annual Meeting on Sunday, April 27, 12 noon – 2 p.m. And feel free to bring your checkbook to the meeting, too.
Thank you, Kay and Byron, for this inspirational gift! I look forward to seeing everyone at 12 noon at Sunday’s Annual Meeting.
In faith,
Mayo Tsuzuki, Board President
The UUCPA Budget Town Hall Meeting was held on April 13 (see below). The presentation from the meeting can be found here.
Ever wonder how your financial contributions add up and fuel our mission as you have 2nd Sunday lunch? Come to the Main … read more.
Over the past six weeks, we were honored to host the Heart and Home program at UUCPA, providing meals and shelter for 15 women. Heartfelt thanks to everyone who contributed meals and supported the effort. Special appreciation to our congregation, staff, and main hall … read more.
Help Canopy plant 15 trees in south Palo Alto’s Ramos park neighborhood on April 12, 9 am to 1 pm. Register here by April 1 (indicate you are coming from UUCPA on the reg form). Join folks … read more.
For this week’s update on our annual 25-26 pledge drive, we continue to move toward our budget goal of $540k that will support all the expenses for the staff and programs. To date 109 members (a fair amount of new members) have pledged $417k, … read more.
The Nominating Committee is pleased to present this year’s candidates for election to the Board of Trustees, to the Nominating Committee itself, and for delegates to the General Assembly. The congregation will vote on these nominations at the Annual Meeting on Sunday April 27.
For the … read more.
Based on a previous congregational endorsement of public financing of election campaigns, on behalf of California Clean Money Campaign I (Nancy Neff) am asking the Board to approve the following at the March 26 Board meeting:
UUCPA endorses Senate Bill 42 (SB 42), the California Fair … read more.