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The winter holidays are here and many of our favorite holiday events are happening at UUCPA: Holiday Bake Sale, Caroling, Concerts, No-Rehearsal Christmas Pageant, and Winter Solstice and Christmas Eve Services. Members, friends, and visitors to the church are welcome to come together in community.

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Every year UUCPA collects new items and financial donations for the Opportunity Center’s Holiday Faire.  This year Undie Sunday will take place from Monday, December 1 through Sunday, December 14.  

How to make donations

In-kind donations

Donation boxes for new in-kind items will be available in the lobby on two Sundays:  December 7 and 14.  

Donations of any items from the list below … read more.

Our Justice Partner for for December is Colectivo Acción Latina de Ambiente (ALA), a space for non-hetero conforming Latinos and Latinas who speak Spanish. Colectivo ALA serves as an incubator for new Latino leaders. Programs include regular social/support meetings, an annual retreat, … read more.

The Forum meets from 8:45 to 10:15 am on Sunday mornings. Here are the Forum topics for December 2025:

12/7 How Holiday Celebrations Change as We Move Through Life – Sarah Doxiadis

12/14 AI beyond ChatGPT – Michael Abramson

12/21 Our Remembrances of Christmas – Sarah Doxiadis

12/28 Discussion … read more.

The SciFi/Fantasy group’s next meeting is December 17, 7-8:00, on Zoom. We’ll discuss the novel “Gateway”  by Frederik Pohl. A Scifi classic (the first novel in the HeeChee saga)
The link on the UUCPA website (SciFi_Dec_Link) has the Zoom information. All are … read more.

This regular announcement describes the current closures and cautions on campus, as construction begins on our Campus Vision remodel project . Current status on closures can also be found here on the church website.

FOR YOUR SAFETY AT ALL TIMES, PLEASE … read more.

Our 2025 Undie Sunday campaign is now underway!  Each year we donate items requested by the LifeMoves Opportunity Center for their Holiday Faire for their unhoused clients.  This is especially important this year because the Opportunity Center is closed due to damage from a water … read more.

On Saturday, December 6, at 4 PM, in the Main Hall, the UUCPA Adult Choir presents “In Winter’s Glow: Songs of Joy and Wonder”—with music that will take you back, warm your heart, and tickle your funny bone and special guests Melissa Sondhi, soprano, and Michael Kuo, … read more.

Starting January 25, 2026 during our usual Sunday School time (10:45 AM-11:45 AM), UUCPA is offering K-1 and 4-6 OWL classes.  “Our Whole Lives” (OWL) for elementary students is a comprehensive sexuality education curriculum.  It is a comprehensive, values-based program designed to provide age-appropriate information on topics like human development, relationships, and … read more.