The winter holidays are here and many of our favorite holiday events are happening at UUCPA: Holiday Bazaar, Caroling, Aurora Singers Concert, No-Rehearsal Christmas Pageant, Winter Solstice, and Christmas Eve. Members, friends, and visitors to the church are welcome to come together in community.
Every year UUCPA collects NEW underwear, socks, gloves, and such for the Opportunity Center’s Holiday Shoppe. This year Undie Sunday will run from November 18 to December 10, 2023.
How to make donations
In-kind Donations
Donations of any items from the list below will be accepted at … read more.
The Forum meets from 8:30 to 10 am on Sunday mornings. Here are the Forum topics for December 2023:
12/03 Putting AI to use: General Discussion — Dick Duda
12/10 New World Order (Which Countries Lead the World?) — Warren Schmidt
12/17 Republican Congressional Governance for 2024 — Bob … read more.
The auction was held on November 4, 2023, and while the bidding is over, there are still post-auction buying opportunities! Open spots in services and parties are open for purchase.
Check it out at auctria.events/uucpa2023auction. Click Catalog in the top right menu bar. (Register with your email address and a … read more.
OWL for children in grades K-1 and 4-6 will start in January 2024. If you have yet to register your child for OWL, please do so here. Select whichever OWL as the class. Any questions can be directed to Rev. Cat (… read more.
Did you hear Rev. Deborah Lee, Executive Director of Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity (IM4HI), speak in the service on November 5? She gave a very inspiring sermon on how people could help the migrants and refugees coming to the U.S. The Action Council would … read more.
Spiritual Adventures In Parenting, UUCPA’s group for parents of children between the ages of birth and tween, meets again on Sunday, November 19, from 11:30a.m.–12:30p.m., following the church service.
We’ll gather in the Fireside Room. Childcare will be provided.
We’ll share joys and challenges from the past month. We’ll also share our questions, insights, and surprises from reading pages 37–64 in the book Chaos,
Wonder,
and the Spiritual
Adventure of
Parenting.
To learn more, email spiritualparenting@uucpa.org.
The next session of the Dismantling White Supremacy group will take place this coming Tuesday, November 14, 7:15-8:45 on Zoom. Since Thanksgiving is fast approaching, in this session we will explore the roots of the Doctrine of Discovery** and how it continues to affect indigenous people up to today. We will also talk about what really happened at the “original Thanksgiving dinner” and what we can do to recognize the true history when we gather this year with our families and friends.
** The Doctrine of Discovery began with a papal bull issued by Pope Alexander VI in 1493 and was used by Europeans to justify their exploitation of indigenous peoples.
If you would like to attend this session and are not subscribed to the email list, please email dismantlingwhitesupremacy+subscribe@uucpa.org. Zoom information for the session will be sent to this list prior to November 14. We welcome new attendees at any time!
Hello SciFi/Fantasy Fans,
Our next meeting is November 15, 7-8:30, on Zoom. We’ll discuss the movie “Her” (2013).
From IMDB: “In a near future, a lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need. …”
This link on the UUCPA website (SciFi_11_15) has the Zoom information.
At the end of the meeting, we will choose a movie or video for our February meeting.
Contact: Jane Chronis (scifi+owner@uucpa.org)