Rev. Dan’s Writing
From the Associate Minister of RE – Rev. Dan Harper
Campus Vision Project Update
On November 24, 2024, we held a UUCPA congregational meeting where members overwhelmingly approved completing the Campus Vision project with a total budget of $2,855,000. At that time, we were planning to submit our plans to the City of Palo Alto Building Department for permit approval on December 1. Unfortunately, the architectural pre-review took longer ...Upcoming Speaker Event – HEATHEN Religion and Race in American History at St. Mark’s
Last year UUCPA agreed to co-sponsor St. Mark’s Episcopal Church’s speaker series on White Christian Nationalism and its threats to our communities. The final event in this series is coming up! It will be held on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church at 7 PM. The speaker is Stanford Professor Kathryn ...Forum Topics for March, 2025
The Forum meets from 8:30 to 10 am on Sunday mornings. Here are the Forum topics for March 2025: 3/2 Great Decisions: U.S. Changing Leadership of the World Economy – David Puryear 3/9 Surviving political turmoil – Dick Duda (facilitator) 3/16 A short poem you wrote yourself or that you love – Sarah Doxiadis and Trisha Suppes 3/23 ...Requesting Justice Partner Nominations for FY25-26
Would you like to suggest a non-profit organization to be a Justice Partner in the coming fiscal year? Each month UUCPA supports a social justice organization by donating one Sunday’s plate collection to that organization. You are invited to propose organizations for inclusion in the FY25-26 Justice Partner program. The Action Council generally prefers organizations that are ...Capital Campaign Update
Thanks to many of you, the Capital Campaign bank account is higher, anticipating the large invoices about to start rolling in for construction of our Campus Vision. Not only have donors been stepping up to fulfill their pledges to the halfway mark, now past on our timeline, but a strong cadre has agreed to pledge ...