Rev. Dan’s Writing
From the Associate Minister of RE – Rev. Dan Harper
Meet a Board Member – Barbara Smith-Thomas!
Did you know that our community is led by an all-volunteer Board of Trustees that meets monthly? Anyone is welcome to attend our meetings and learn how UUCPA is governed. In an effort to make the Board more accessible to the entire community, we will feature one Board member each month in our weekly update ...Sign up for a shift at the interfaith booth at the Silicon Valley Pride Festival Aug 24-25!
Silicon Valley Pride is coming up in one week! UUCPA is once again part of an informal group of faith organizations that organize and staff an interfaith welcome booth at the festival each year. We need volunteers! Sign up here to help set up or break down the booth or take a shift during the festival itself. If ...Neighboring Faiths for Adults is Coming
Every couple of years, the program for the Purple Class (middle-school-age) is a mix of experiential and discussion-based learning called Neighboring Faiths. They visit several faith communities over the course of the year, attending the service and talking with a leader of the community afterwards. For a couple of weeks beforehand, they learn about that ...Volunteer to Teach RE!
We are recruiting teachers and advisors for the fall. Want to teach but never have done it before? Taught for a long time ago and would like to teach again? Do you want to lead a short-term project instead of an entire class for next year? Reach out to Cat to learn more at revcat@uucpa.orgAttention UUs of color: DRUUMM Bay Area meeting info
The work of organizing BIPOC Unitarian Universalists through Diverse Revolutionary Unitarian Universalist Multicultural Ministries (DRUUMM) Bay Area continues to grow in leaps and bounds! At the Spring Retreat in May at First UU Oakland, over 30 people attended, representing 15 congregations, over three time zones, coming together to do the work of building beloved community ...