Bring your favorite stuffies to church on April 28
Be sure to bring your favorite stuffies to church on Sunday if you would like them to attend the Stuffie Sleepover. Teddy bears, dinosaurs, sharks and every stuffie welcome! Pics throughout the week will be shared on this mailing list so friends can see your … read more.
Don’t Get Scammed!
It happens at least a couple of times a year, sometimes more. An email or phone call goes out, supposedly from someone at UUCPA–usually a minister–asking you to send money, or click on a link, or the like. And . . . it’s a scam.
Scammers … read more.
Cast your vote at the UUCPA Annual Meeting, April 21st
The Annual Meeting is on April 21, 12-2pm, in the Main Hall and on Zoom. We will be voting on the budget, justice partners, a bylaws amendment, and candidates for the Board, Nominating Committee, and General Assembly. Full agenda here.
Zoom links will be sent to voting-eligible members a week from the meeting. For those unable to attend, you may submit an absentee ballot (to be released by next week) or name a proxy by the day of the meeting.
To be eligible to vote, members must have made a contribution of record during the past 12 calendar months. You can verify your eligibility by emailing or calling the office.
Candidates for Board of Trustees:
Lisa Helmonds and Judy Lookabill
On agenda is a bylaws amendment regarding creating an exemption process to the contribution of record requirement for membership.
Spiritual Adventures In Parenting meets this Sunday, April 21, at 11:30am
Spiritual Adventures In Parenting, UUCPA’s group for parents of children between the ages of birth and tween, meets again this Sunday, April 21, from 11:30a.m.–12:30p.m., following the church service.
We’ll gather in the Fireside Room. Childcare will be provided.
We’ll share joys and challenges from the past month. We’ll also share our questions, insights, and surprises from reading pages 177–204 in the book Chaos,
Wonder,
and the Spiritual
Adventure of
Parenting.
***Please note: This month’s session overlaps with UUCPA’s Annual Meeting (which begins at 12:00p.m.). So, if you are a member of UUCPA, please be sure to fill out and return an absentee or proxy ballot. (Here are the instructions for doing so!) That way, your vote will be counted and help ensure a congregational quorum.***
To learn more, email spiritualparenting@uucpa.org.
Proposed Slate of Justice Partners for 2024-25
This year the Action Council is proposing the addition of two new partners, Peninsula Food Runners, nominated by Amy and Cal Finch, and There With Care, nominated by Ellen Flamen. They will replace Ada’s Cafe and California Interfaith Power and Light (CIPL).
Each month the Church … read more.
UUCPA 2022-2023 Annual Report
The 2022-2023 Annual Report is now available on the UUCPA website at uucpa.org/about-us/our-governance/#annual
Check out the UUCPA Bookstore
Recently acquired used books are shown in the image above.
Since 1955, the Book Store has opened on Sunday mornings in the Main Hall lobby. The store features books on spirituality, personal growth, religious education, and social action – many offered by the UUA publishers, Beacon … read more.
How Did We Get Here, Where Can We Go?: Understanding Israel/Palestine for Engagement
Update: the last four sessions will be by Zoom only
In the recent service about talking about Israel and Palestine, I asked you to write your hopes, fears, and questions about this heartbreaking issue. Dozens of people did—almost everyone in attendance—and what I and Rev. … read more.
Try out ushering!
With our head usher out on medical leave for a few more weeks, and lots of visitors continuing to come to UUCPA, the ushers are more important than ever. If you want to try it out just once, let me know. You’ll be paired with … read more.