Gathering for Sunday services in person and online, 10:15 am.
Thomas Edison once said, “We don’t know a millionth of one percent about anything.” Many UUs would agree, bringing a skeptical attitude to the supposed certainties of religion, psychology, and politics. We love to learn, and sometimes it seems as if the more we know, … read more.
Black residents are disappearing from Silicon Valley at an alarming rate, a trend driven by persistent disparities in housing, employment, and opportunity. As we examine the data and the lived experiences behind these numbers, it becomes clear—it’s no wonder these outcomes exist. Yet, amid these … read more.
Psychiatrist D. W. Winnicott writes that we often go about our lives with an attitude of compliance, as though the world is something to be fitted in with, demanding adaptation. The attitude of compliance tells us to put our dreams away in the back of … read more.
How do we say goodbye to a minister after 22 years? Come find out!
Worship led by: Revs. Cat Boyle, Lucy Bunch, Melissa Thomson, and Jen Dillinger along with Jane Chronis, Matt Rosin, and Mayo Tsuzuki
Special music: Veronika Agranov-Dafoe
If you prefer to join the community of … read more.
After almost 22 years as UUCPA’s Parish Minister, Amy gives her last sermon today, about something our society desperately needs nowadays. This something is a proven cure for isolation, apathy, anti-intellectualism, and the undermining of our democracy. What it provides is missing from most of … read more.
When the minister of the Unitarian Church in Prague, Czechoslovakia, the Rev. Norbert Čapek, introduced the Flower Celebration in 1923, he asked the people of the congregation to bring flowers, and after they gathered them into one beautiful display and blessed them, each took away … read more.
Everyone has one: yes, really. What’s the uncommon gift that has been granted to you? What will you do with it? Remember, “with great power comes great responsibility.”
If you’re not sure of what your superpower is, this service will help you discover it. And if … read more.
Can IQ be used as a measure of competence and intent? Does higher wealth correlate with higher IQs? Is an expert in math and business more or less intelligent than a drummer or an athlete? Are awareness and kindness measures of intelligence? Let’s unpack all … read more.
Join us as we celebrate 20 years of dancing the maypole at UUCPA. May Day is a holiday celebrating the vibrancy and creativity of spring, as well as a day of worker recognition and protest. In this service we will seek joy and purpose in … read more.
They’re unexpected, they’re awkward, they’re a spark of connection in an ordinary situation, they’re something that can make your day, they’re all of the above. They can be the smallest of small talk, or they can be the deepest interaction we’ll have all week. What … read more.