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On November 24, 2024, we held a UUCPA congregational meeting where members overwhelmingly approved completing the Campus Vision project with a total budget of $2,855,000.   At that time, we were planning to submit our plans to the City of Palo Alto Building Department for permit approval on December 1.  Unfortunately, the architectural pre-review took … Continue reading Campus Vision Project Update

Last year UUCPA agreed to co-sponsor St. Mark’s Episcopal Church’s speaker series on White Christian Nationalism and its threats to our communities. The final event in this series is coming up!  It will be held on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church at 7 PM. The speaker is Stanford Professor Kathryn Gin … Continue reading Upcoming Speaker Event – HEATHEN Religion and Race in American History at St. Mark’s

The Forum meets from 8:30 to 10 am on Sunday mornings. Here are the Forum topics for March 2025: The Forum meets both in-person and online via video conference.  On the second Sunday of each month, the in-person meeting is in the Fireside Room. On other Sundays it is in the church library. For online … Continue reading Forum Topics for March, 2025

Would you like to suggest a non-profit organization to be a Justice Partner in the coming fiscal year?  Each month UUCPA supports a social justice organization by donating one Sunday’s plate collection to that organization.  You are invited to propose organizations for inclusion in the FY25-26 Justice Partner program.   The Action Council generally prefers organizations that … Continue reading Requesting Justice Partner Nominations for FY25-26

Thanks to many of you, the Capital Campaign bank account is higher, anticipating the large invoices about to start rolling in for construction of our Campus Vision. Not only have donors been stepping up to fulfill their pledges to the halfway mark, now past on our timeline, but a strong cadre has agreed to pledge … Continue reading Capital Campaign Update

This Sunday presents two opportunities to resist oligarchy and defend democracy. You can make protest signs in Room 4/5 right after the service, and/or join the protest against Elon Musk at Tesla, 1-3 pm. For many other ways we’ve found to see this document created by the group that gathered on February 11.

Dear ones, we’ve probably all had our fill of these over the past three months: We need something better, and we’ll use our Dismantling White Supremacy space this Tuesday at 7:15 to create the conversation we need right now. We won’t do any dumping, venting, or ranting. Instead, we’ll share what we’re doing that we … Continue reading Weaving the Web: Feeling overwhelmed?

An important announcement Dear beloved UUCPA folks, With a heavy heart, but knowing that the time is right, I have decided to resign from my position at UUCPA, and move into semi-retirement, effective June 30. We will have served together for 22 years. What a lucky, blessed person I am to have had these years … Continue reading Weaving the Web – Rev. Amy Retirement Announcement

Judean Village Interest Meeting  2/2 11:30 AM Room A Ever want to go back in time? Well now you can! For three weeks in April, UUCPA CYRE is putting on Judean Village. And it takes a village! Come share your passion, or help with crafts like making flutes or looming wool as UUCPA goes back to the biblical times of … Continue reading Judean Village Interest Meeting, Feb 2 @ 11:30