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Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto

505 East Charleston Road
Palo Alto, CA 94306

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650-494-0541

uucpa@uucpa.org

We gather,
our different paths entwined,
to deepen our spiritual lives:
nourishing connection,
learning from each other,
caring for each other,
tending to our world.

Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto
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505 E Charleston Rd
Palo Alto
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    Hotel de Zink
    26 Sep
    09/26/2016    
    8:30 pm - 11:30 pm
    UUCPA
    • Justice
    Hotel de Zink
    Hotel de Zink is the name of a rotating homeless shelter that UUCPA participates in.  During the month of September, we provide 15 men or [...]
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    Thespians
    Thespians
    09/27/2016    
    7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
    Room 9
    • Adult
    • Learning
    • Ongoing Events
    Thespians
    Play Reading We sight-read a different play three times every month. The host provides scripts and we assign parts at the meetings. The group chooses [...]
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    Hotel de Zink
    27 Sep
    09/27/2016    
    8:30 pm - 11:30 pm
    UUCPA
    • Justice
    Hotel de Zink
    Hotel de Zink is the name of a rotating homeless shelter that UUCPA participates in.  During the month of September, we provide 15 men or [...]
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    Hotel de Zink
    28 Sep
    09/28/2016    
    8:30 pm - 11:30 pm
    UUCPA
    • Justice
    Hotel de Zink
    Hotel de Zink is the name of a rotating homeless shelter that UUCPA participates in.  During the month of September, we provide 15 men or [...]
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    Hotel de Zink
    29 Sep
    09/29/2016    
    8:30 pm - 11:30 pm
    UUCPA
    • Justice
    Hotel de Zink
    Hotel de Zink is the name of a rotating homeless shelter that UUCPA participates in.  During the month of September, we provide 15 men or [...]
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    Hotel de Zink
    30 Sep
    09/30/2016    
    8:30 pm - 11:30 pm
    UUCPA
    • Justice
    Hotel de Zink
    Hotel de Zink is the name of a rotating homeless shelter that UUCPA participates in.  During the month of September, we provide 15 men or [...]
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    "Pot of Gold" religious education conference at UUCPA
    01 Oct
    10/01/2016    
    9:00 am - 3:30 pm
    UUCPA - Main Hall
    • Learning
    CYRE
    On Saturday, Oct. 1, 9 am to 3:30 pm: Pot of Gold, the Pacific Central District religious education workshop, will be held at UUCPA. This [...]
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    Meditation
    Meditation
    10/01/2016    
    9:00 am - 10:30 am
    Room 6
    • Adult
    Meditation
      An ongoing meditation group that welcomes new members. We have a period of sitting meditation followed by readings and group discussion.   Contact:           Marilyn [...]
    More Info
    Campus Workday
    Campus Workday
    10/01/2016    
    9:00 am - 12:00 pm
    UUCPA
    • Adult
    Workday
    WORK DAYS Date:                 1st Saturday every month Time:                 9 am-Noon Location:         UUCPA Campus Contact:           Michael Plass (workday@uucpa.org)   Consider making things even better by joining [...]
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    First Sunday Sing Out
    First Sunday Sing Out
    10/02/2016    
    10:30 am - 11:00 am
    Patio
    • Adult
    • Music
    First Sunday Sing Out
    Come sing with us! We’ll sing favorite songs from the book Rise Up Singing. Anyone who likes to sing is welcome – and if you [...]
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    Environmental Crisis, Religious Education, and the Local Faith Community
    02 Oct
    10/02/2016    
    12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
    Fireside Room and Zoom
    • Adult
    • Classes
    • Learning
    ARE Fall 2016
    This workshop will be based on a paper that Rev. Dan Harper presented at the “Sacred Texts, Human Contexts” conference in May 2016, an interfaith [...]
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    Monthly Writing Group
    02 Oct
    10/02/2016    
    1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    Room 9
    • Adult
    Monthly Writing Group
    Interested in Writing? UUCPA's Writing Group invites you to join us. We begin by sharing a page or two of something we've written, sometimes on [...]
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    Brown Bag Books - Let Me be Frank With You (Fiction) by Richard Ford
    Brown Bag Books - Let Me be Frank With You (Fiction) by Richard Ford
    10/04/2016    
    12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
    Fireside Room
    • Adult
    • Learning
    • Ongoing Events
    Brown Bag Books
    The October selection is Let Me be Frank With You (Fiction) by Richard Ford. This is the story of Frank Bascombe (the protagonist in Ford’s [...]
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    Elder Journey
    04 Oct
    10/04/2016    
    1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
    Room 6
    • Adult
    • Learning
    • Ongoing Events
    • Seniors
    Elder Journey
      All elder members and friends of the UU community are welcome to attend – and you can define elder. One of our ministers leads [...]
    More Info
    Meditation
    Meditation
    10/08/2016    
    9:00 am - 10:30 am
    Room 6
    • Adult
    Meditation
      An ongoing meditation group that welcomes new members. We have a period of sitting meditation followed by readings and group discussion.   Contact:           Marilyn [...]
    More Info
    2nd Sunday Lunch
    2nd Sunday Lunch
    10/09/2016    
    12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
    Patio
    • Adult
    2nd Sunday Lunch
    Join us for home-cooked, nutritious, delicious food for a very reasonable donation. We go through the buffet line in the Fireside Room and eat in [...]
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    Sacred Texts and the Environmental Crisis
    09 Oct
    10/09/2016    
    12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
    Fireside Room and Zoom
    • Adult
    • Classes
    • Learning
      According to Prof. Mary Evelyn Tucker of Yale, an organizer of the renowned Forum on Religion and Ecology, the global environmental crisis “is not [...]
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    Discovering UUCPA
    Discovering UUCPA
    10/09/2016    
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
    UUCPA
    • Adult
    • Classes
    Discovering UUCPA
    Are you a new Unitarian Universalist? Considering UUism? Or well-acquainted with UUism, but new to UUCPA? This one-session class is offered every other month after [...]
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    Thespians
    Thespians
    10/10/2016    
    7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
    Room 9
    • Adult
    • Learning
    • Ongoing Events
    Thespians
      Play Reading We sight-read a different play three times every month. The host provides scripts and we assign parts at the meetings. The group [...]
    More Info
    Film Discussion Group
    Film Discussion Group
    10/11/2016    
    7:15 pm - 9:00 pm
    • Adult
    • Ongoing Events
    Film Discussion Group
      If you enjoy watching good films and would like the opportunity to discuss them with other people, we hope you will consider joining the [...]
    More Info
    2nd Friday Bridge Club
    2nd Friday Bridge Club
    10/14/2016    
    6:30 pm - 10:00 pm
    Fireside Room
    • Adult
    2nd Friday Bridge Club
    If you know how to play bridge, please join us at the Second Friday Bridge Club. We have a very friendly, casual game. You don't [...]
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    Meditation
    Meditation
    10/15/2016    
    9:00 am - 10:30 am
    Room 6
    • Adult
    Meditation
      An ongoing meditation group that welcomes new members. We have a period of sitting meditation followed by readings and group discussion.   Contact:           Marilyn [...]
    More Info
    Non-traditional Family Traditions for UU Families
    16 Oct
    10/16/2016    
    12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
    Fireside Room
    • Adult
    • Classes
    • Learning
    ARE Fall 2016
      What do you do when your family combines different ethnic and/or religious traditions? What do you do if you’re a Unitarian Universalist family who [...]
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    Friends of Poetry
    Friends of Poetry
    10/16/2016    
    1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    Room 9
    • Adult
    • Ongoing Events
    Friends of Poetry
      You might come just to listen and see what we’re about; or you might come with a poem you have long enjoyed or one [...]
    More Info
    Elder Journey
    18 Oct
    10/18/2016    
    1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
    Room 6
    • Adult
    • Learning
    • Ongoing Events
    • Seniors
    Elder Journey
      All elder members and friends of the UU community are welcome to attend – and you can define elder. One of our ministers leads [...]
    More Info
    Thespians
    21 Oct
    10/21/2016    
    1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
    Fireside Room and Zoom
    • Adult
    • Learning
    • Ongoing Events
    Thespians
    Play Reading We sight-read a different play three times every month. The host provides scripts and we assign parts at the meetings. The group chooses [...]
    More Info
    Meditation
    Meditation
    10/22/2016    
    9:00 am - 10:30 am
    Room 6
    • Adult
    Meditation
      An ongoing meditation group that welcomes new members. We have a period of sitting meditation followed by readings and group discussion.   Contact:           Marilyn [...]
    More Info
    4th Sunday Brunch
    4th Sunday Brunch
    10/23/2016    
    10:30 am - 11:00 am
    Patio
    • Adult
    4th Sunday Brunch
    Join us every 4th Sunday after the first service for brunch.  The usual fare includes waffles, hard boiled eggs, and fruit salad. Contact Edie if [...]
    More Info
    A Gynecologist Considers Women's Reproductive Rights, Choice, and Reproductive Justice
    23 Oct
    10/23/2016    
    12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
    Fireside Room
    • Adult
    • Classes
    • Learning
    ARE Fall 2016
    In this session, Dr. Hillard will describe her journey to becoming an obstetrician/gynecologist. In the late 1960s and early 70s, she was motivated by the [...]
    More Info
    Thespians
    Thespians
    10/25/2016    
    7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
    Room 9
    • Adult
    • Learning
    • Ongoing Events
    Thespians
    Play Reading We sight-read a different play three times every month. The host provides scripts and we assign parts at the meetings. The group chooses [...]
    More Info
    Green Sanctuary Fourth Friday Film
    28 Oct
    10/28/2016    
    7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
    Fireside Room
    • Adult
    • Green Sanctuary
    Green Sanctuary, GS Fourth Friday Film
    Films are shown on the fourth Friday of the month on a variety of topics and themes in the Fireside Room starting at 7:30 pm. Check out [...]
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    Meditation
    Meditation
    10/29/2016    
    9:00 am - 10:30 am
    Room 6
    • Adult
    Meditation
      An ongoing meditation group that welcomes new members. We have a period of sitting meditation followed by readings and group discussion.   Contact:           Marilyn [...]
    More Info
    Our Community's Most Vulnerable Children
    30 Oct
    10/30/2016    
    12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
    Fireside Room
    • Adult
    • Classes
    • Learning
    ARE Fall 2016
    The American Medical Association states, “A more vulnerable group does not exist than children removed from the custody of their parents and placed in foster [...]
    More Info
    Brown Bag Books - Notorious RBG: the Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
    Brown Bag Books - Notorious RBG: the Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
    11/01/2016    
    12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
    Fireside Room
    • Adult
    • Learning
    • Ongoing Events
    Brown Bag Books
    Selection: "Notorious RBG: the Life and TImes of Ruth Bader Ginsburg" (NF) by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik. (The authors)..."write powerfully about the progression of Ginsburg’s [...]
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    Elder Journey
    01 Nov
    11/01/2016    
    1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
    Room 6
    • Adult
    • Learning
    • Ongoing Events
    • Seniors
    Elder Journey
      All elder members and friends of the UU community are welcome to attend – and you can define elder. One of our ministers leads [...]
    More Info
    Hike Fremont Older Preserve
    05 Nov
    11/05/2016    
    9:00 am - 2:00 pm
    UU Fellowship of Redwood City
    Hike
    We’ll explore Fremont Older Preserve in the hills south of Cupertino. We’ll start from Stevens Creek County Park and hike up onto a ridge with [...]
    More Info
    Meditation
    Meditation
    11/05/2016    
    9:00 am - 10:30 am
    Room 6
    • Adult
    Meditation
      An ongoing meditation group that welcomes new members. We have a period of sitting meditation followed by readings and group discussion.   Contact:           Marilyn [...]
    More Info
    Campus Workday
    Campus Workday
    11/05/2016    
    9:00 am - 12:00 pm
    UUCPA
    • Adult
    Workday
    WORK DAYS Date:                 1st Saturday every month Time:                 9 am-Noon Location:         UUCPA Campus Contact:           Michael Plass (workday@uucpa.org)   Consider making things even better by joining [...]
    More Info
    Events on 09/26/2016
    26 Sep
    Hotel de Zink
    26 Sep 16
    Palo Alto
    Events on 09/27/2016
    Thespians
    Thespians
    27 Sep 16
    Palo Alto
    27 Sep
    Hotel de Zink
    27 Sep 16
    Palo Alto
    Events on 09/28/2016
    28 Sep
    Hotel de Zink
    28 Sep 16
    Palo Alto
    Events on 09/29/2016
    29 Sep
    Hotel de Zink
    29 Sep 16
    Palo Alto
    Events on 09/30/2016
    30 Sep
    Hotel de Zink
    30 Sep 16
    Palo Alto
    Events on 10/01/2016
    01 Oct
    "Pot of Gold" religious education conference at UUCPA
    1 Oct 16
    Palo Alto
    Meditation
    Meditation
    1 Oct 16
    Palo Alto
    Campus Workday
    Campus Workday
    1 Oct 16
    Palo Alto
    more...
    Events on 10/02/2016
    First Sunday Sing Out
    First Sunday Sing Out
    2 Oct 16
    Palo Alto
    02 Oct
    Environmental Crisis, Religious Education, and the Local Faith Community
    2 Oct 16
    Palo Alto
    02 Oct
    Monthly Writing Group
    2 Oct 16
    Palo Alto
    Events on 10/04/2016
    Brown Bag Books - Let Me be Frank With You (Fiction) by Richard Ford
    Brown Bag Books - Let Me be Frank With You (Fiction) by Richard Ford
    4 Oct 16
    Palo Alto
    04 Oct
    Elder Journey
    4 Oct 16
    Palo Alto
    Events on 10/08/2016
    Meditation
    Meditation
    8 Oct 16
    Palo Alto
    Events on 10/09/2016
    2nd Sunday Lunch
    2nd Sunday Lunch
    9 Oct 16
    Palo Alto
    09 Oct
    Sacred Texts and the Environmental Crisis
    9 Oct 16
    Palo Alto
    Discovering UUCPA
    Discovering UUCPA
    9 Oct 16
    Palo Alto
    more...
    Events on 10/10/2016
    Thespians
    Thespians
    10 Oct 16
    Palo Alto
    Events on 10/11/2016
    Film Discussion Group
    Film Discussion Group
    11 Oct 16
    Events on 10/14/2016
    2nd Friday Bridge Club
    2nd Friday Bridge Club
    14 Oct 16
    Palo Alto
    Events on 10/15/2016
    Meditation
    Meditation
    15 Oct 16
    Palo Alto
    Events on 10/16/2016
    16 Oct
    Non-traditional Family Traditions for UU Families
    16 Oct 16
    Palo Alto
    Friends of Poetry
    Friends of Poetry
    16 Oct 16
    Palo Alto
    Events on 10/18/2016
    18 Oct
    Elder Journey
    18 Oct 16
    Palo Alto
    Events on 10/21/2016
    21 Oct
    Thespians
    21 Oct 16
    Palo Alto
    Events on 10/22/2016
    Meditation
    Meditation
    22 Oct 16
    Palo Alto
    Events on 10/23/2016
    4th Sunday Brunch
    4th Sunday Brunch
    23 Oct 16
    Palo Alto
    23 Oct
    A Gynecologist Considers Women's Reproductive Rights, Choice, and Reproductive Justice
    23 Oct 16
    Palo Alto
    Events on 10/25/2016
    Thespians
    Thespians
    25 Oct 16
    Palo Alto
    Events on 10/28/2016
    28 Oct
    Green Sanctuary Fourth Friday Film
    28 Oct 16
    Palo Alto
    Events on 10/29/2016
    Meditation
    Meditation
    29 Oct 16
    Palo Alto
    Events on 10/30/2016
    30 Oct
    Our Community's Most Vulnerable Children
    30 Oct 16
    Palo Alto
    Events on 11/01/2016
    Brown Bag Books - Notorious RBG: the Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
    Brown Bag Books - Notorious RBG: the Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
    1 Nov 16
    Palo Alto
    01 Nov
    Elder Journey
    1 Nov 16
    Palo Alto
    Events on 11/05/2016
    05 Nov
    Hike Fremont Older Preserve
    5 Nov 16
    Redwood City
    Meditation
    Meditation
    5 Nov 16
    Palo Alto
    Campus Workday
    Campus Workday
    5 Nov 16
    Palo Alto
    more...
     

    Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto

    505 East Charleston Road
    Palo Alto, CA 94306

    Directions

    650-494-0541

    uucpa@uucpa.org

    We gather,
    our different paths entwined,
    to deepen our spiritual lives:
    nourishing connection,
    learning from each other,
    caring for each other,
    tending to our world.

    Meet Our Ministers

    Rev. Peter Farriday joins us for two years starting in August 2025 to help us discern our main needs and challenges, goals and desires, and together lay a solid foundation for the future, thriving with a new longer-term minister.

    Rev. Catherine (Cat) Boyle joined us in 2022. Embracing wonder, embracing curiosity and embracing life is her credo. Cat's background in theater shows up in her creativity in religious education, and infuses her worship with energy.

    Learn about all our ministers here.

    Justice Partner

    Justice Partner - United Effort

    The Justice Partner for September is United Effort

    United Effort helps homeless people find affordable housing and jobs, and access safety net programs every Saturday from 8:30-10:30 am, and every Wednesday from 8:00-9:00 am, as a complement to the meal, shower, and laundry programs at Hope’s Corner in Mountain View. They also provide job and computer literacy training.  United Effort is currently an all-volunteer organization.



    We gather on unceded, stolen land of the Tamien and Ramaytush people. We acknowledge these communities in the interest of truth and justice, awareness and gratitude. In order to dismantle the ongoing legacies of settler colonialism, we pledge to join the Tamien and Ramaytush people whenever they ask us for solidarity.
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