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Helping with membership growth and engagement isn’t only about greeting and outreach. Behind-the-scenes tasks are essential, and two areas where help is needed are entering new information into UUCPA’s Realm database as it arrives, and updating the website (which runs on WordPress). If you can … read more.

Judean Village is looking for weavers, bakers, cooks, craftspeople and more. If you have a skill and a hankering to share it with RE (religious education), please email Rev. Cat. It will be held from 4/16-5/7. You do not have to … read more.

Be a part of the service with your whole family! We are looking for families who want to help light the chalice for Sunday service. It could include just the lighting part or the complete lighting and reading from the pulpit. Email … read more.

Take the night off and let UUCPA do the childcare. Join us on the playground at UUCPA for fun and games while go hunting for a pot of gold. Pizza provided. Donations accepted. Email revcat@uucpa.org with questions.

Make sure your clocks make the change to Daylight Savings Time this Sunday morning, March 12, 2023, or you will be very late to UUCPA!

Luckily, you’d still be on time for Second Sunday Lunch. But you also don’t want to miss … read more.

Sayings about the past and the future are all over the map. Some exhort us not to dwell on the past (“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future”–John F. Kennedy) … read more.

Despite the cold, the weather and even a few plumbing issues on campus, Second Sunday Lunch goes on! Please join us for a hot meal on a cold day! Sunday, March 12, 11:30.

Edie Keating and the Kitchen Team 🙂

BIPOC at UUCPA? Mark your calendars for April 4 meetup

DRUUMM (Diverse Revolutionary Unitarian Universalist Multicultural Ministries) is gathering members of the global majority together at First Unitarian Church of Oakland next month, April 4, 6-8 pm.

In related news, if you’d like to create a gathering of BIPOC at UUCPA and would like support for making it happen, talk to Amy, John, or Cat.

The Forum meets from 8:30 to 10 am on Sunday mornings. Here are the Forum topics for April 2023:

4/2 Surprise! Sharing all the stuff we’ve been accumulating – Sarah Doxiadis and general discussion

4/9 What’s to See in Modern Art?  Kay Culpepper and Rob Ruether.

4/16 Will psychedelics … read more.

I hope you can join me for an all-ages activity after the service this Sunday. I discovered this practice a year ago and I love the way it brings together art, care for the wider world, and just plain fun social time. Last time, the ages ranged from seven to 80+ and we learned a lot of jokes and riddles as we painted our designs. – – Amy