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Our area, like most of the country, is in a mid-winter surge of airborne illness: RSV, COVID, and flu–plus the usual wintry mix of colds. People in crisis health situations like strokes are waiting days for hospital beds because the hospitals are so jammed with … read more.

Dear UUCPA folks,

Thank you so much for the wonderful welcome back on Sunday! It had felt quite odd to have the 20th anniversary of my arrival at UUCPA (August 15) slip past while I was on sabbatical, but before I left, Brooke and I had … read more.

January 7, 2024 will be our last Sunday of preschool – gr. 8 religious education for the 2023-2024 school year as it is now but fear not! Starting January 21, 2024, we will have two classes for religious education for children and youth at the … read more.

UUCPA Campus work morning on Saturday Morning, January 6, 9-12.

Join the Buildings, Grounds, and Garden team to improve UUCPA!

This month there is a door closer to install in the main hall, painting
along the edges of the benches in the main patio, and gardening.

Questions: Contact Robert Neff for questions about the workday.

— Robert Neff
robert@neffs.net

Poet. Skeptic. Thinker. Seeker. What do you hear when you quiet your mind, engage with your breathing, and wait for the whisper of your innermost voice? Maybe you have been meaning to try meditation with a group but haven’t taken the first step. Good news … read more.

The Forum meets from 8:30 to 10 am on Sunday mornings. Here are the Forum topics for January, 2025:

1/5 Energizing aging! Sarah Doxiadis and Trisha Suppes

1/12 How we use energy and generate power in America – Richard Heydt

1/19 World threats to democracy – Warren Schmidt

1/26  … read more.

I joined UUCPA 10 years ago where I gratefully found a family of like-minded people.  As a lifelong educator from classroom to administration and finally, in the educational nonprofit world, the value of serving others is deeply ingrained in me. Consequently, it has been a joy … read more.

The Forum meets from 8:30 to 10 am on Sunday mornings. Here are the Forum topics for January 2024:

01/07 The differences between the generations – Peri Plantenberg

01/14 The merits of silence – Warren Schmidt

01/21 A recent visit to the Falklands, S Georgia, and Antarctica — Trisha … read more.

A huge (and hugely belated) THANK YOU to everyone who helped build this year’s 118 holiday craft kits for children and adults living in LifeMoves’ transitional housing in Mountain View: enough for one kit for each child, each single adult, and each set of parents … 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.