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This Sunday kids and youth of all ages are invited to celebrate with us. We’ll have a Children’s Chapel about the season for kids and youth after the story. After the service, everyone is invited to come join us on the Thatcher Playground for the … read more.

Thank you! As of April 3rd, 105 of you — including 15 first-time pledgers! — have pledged a total of $472K toward our 2026-27 fiscal year pledge goal of $550K. We are so grateful for your generosity and commitment to this congregation.

That said, we still have a gap to close. Our current pledges leave us $78K short of our goal. If you haven’t yet made your pledge, now is a wonderful time — and we have some extra motivation to share:

A Special Matching Opportunity

A dedicated group of donors has pooled together a Matching Fund of $14,150 to encourage all of us to step up and together reach our goal. Here’s how it works:

• If you’ve already pledged: Any increase in your current pledge will be matched dollar-for-dollar, doubling the impact of your additional donation.
• If you haven’t yet pledged: Your entire pledge will be doubled!

Whichever group you’re in, we’re counting on you to help bring us over the finish line! And to help UUCPA judiciously plan its finances, it’s vital that you do so now.

Please join our generous Matching Fund donors — and the rest of our pledging community — by making or increasing your pledge today. Just send an email to pledge@uucpa.org with your pledge (or increase). Or you can fill in a pledge card (available at the office) and mail it in or drop it off at the church office mail slot at the library or just hand it to Jeff.

With gratitude,

Your UUCPA Stewardship Committee

Thank you to the munificent donors who created the Matching Fund (alphabetized by last name):
Heather & David Chen, Castor Fu & Thida Cornes, Lisa & Randy Helmonds, Linda Henigan & Greg Brail, Richard Heydt, Paula Hillard, Kristi Iverson, Edie Keating, Robert & Nancy Neff, Jack & Susan Owicki, David & Kathy Puryear, Elsa Schafer, Sven Thesen & Kate Kramer, Mayo Tsuzuki & Drew Lynch, and 3 generous anonymous donors.

Beloved UUCPA community,  A few of our newcomers at UUCPA are interested in forming a Chalice Circle to meet on 2nd and 4th Sundays after the service (12-1:30pm), starting in late April/early May. We need a few more folks to join them to form a group. … read more.

FOR YOUR SAFETY AT ALL TIMES, PLEASE RESPECT ANY BARRIERS AND SIGNAGE ON CAMPUS.

*NEW*

Construction continues next week. All current closures are still in effect. Please use caution near construction areas. 

CURRENT CLOSURE STATUS:

KITCHEN + CHOIR ROOM

*NEW*

The kitchen and choir room are closed … read more.

The Nominating Committee is pleased to present this year’s candidates for election to the Board of Trustees, the Ministerial Search Committee, the Nominating Committee itself, and for delegates to the General Assembly. The congregation will vote on these nominations at the Annual Meeting on Sunday … read more.

Heart and Home Women’s Shelter will be at UUCPA from March 8 through April 12. Sign up here to bring a dinner or to help serve dinner. 

Dinner Volunteer Shifts: 5:45pm to 7:30pm You will help serve dinner and clean up after. Go … read more.

The Forum meets from 8:45 to 10:15 am on Sunday mornings. Here are the Forum topics for April, 2026:

4/5 Report on No Kings Day – Dan Stofle

4/12 Share 2 or 3 riddles that you enjoy – Warren Schmidt

4/19 The power dilemma: can democracy survive in … read more.

Save the date, UUCPA! Our own Paul Kostka is bringing a Family Dance Party to the Main Hall on Saturday, April 18, 2–4 PM and we’d love to see you there This joyful, all-ages event is co-sponsored by BACDS Family Week and is open to everyone who loves to dance. … read more.

This is our best opportunity each year to bring the public into our  large native garden, hopefully inspiring more native gardening on the Peninsula, and sharing our values, especially with respect to the interdependent web. Can you help on Sunday, April 19, when the UUCPA Native Garden … read more.