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“How shall we live? Be welcoming to all.”

Mechthild of Magdeburg

I learned today that the original meaning of the word “welcome” is “desirable guest.” What an interesting reversal!: that the reason we offer welcome to someone is because they are a desirable person to have as … read more.

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

02/04 Great Decisions – Climate technology and competition – Sarah Doxiadis 

02/11 Analyzing U.S. propaganda from an international perspective – Steven Mashin

02/18 Russia / Ukraine Conflict – Dick … read more.

Date change; immigration history

Dismantling White Supremacy continues to meet once a month but will now be meeting on the second Tuesday evening of each month, 7:15-8:45. The next session will be on Tuesday, February 13, and facilitated by Rev. Amy Zucker Morgenstern. More detailed information … read more.

We are moving along into the next phase of our Campus Vision Project, and we have exciting news–Randy Helmonds will be joining Sally as co-chair. 

Randy joined our effort last fall to supervise the newly-hired Owner’s Representative, and has been active in the church in other … read more.

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.