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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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  • Jan Rosin

    Jan Rosin

    Board of Trustees
  • Gloria Geller

    Gloria Geller

    Committee on Ministry
  • Stephen Kampmeier

    Stephen Kampmeier

    General Assembly Delegates
  • Sarah Doxiadis

    Nominating Committee
  • Gary Rosin

    Gary Rosin

  • David Puryear

    David Puryear

    Board of Trustees
  • Arhan Dutta

    Arhan Dutta

    Board of Trustees
  • Steve Ludington

    Steve Ludington

    Board of Trustees
  • Robert Neff

    Robert Neff

    Board of Trustees
  • Joe Moonan Walbran

    Joe Moonan Walbran

    Archived
  • Liam Mina

    Liam Mina

    SecretaryBoard of Trustees
  • Karen Skold

    Karen Skold

    General Assembly Delegates
  • Jesse Schwab

    Jesse Schwab

    Committee on Ministry
  • Trisha Suppes

    Trisha Suppes

    Nominating Committee
  • Nadine Kaplanov

    Nadine Kaplanov

  • Jennifer Wang

    Jennifer Wang

  • Rev. Peter Farriday

    Interim Minister starting August 2025Ministry, Parish Ministry650-494-0541 x26
  • Autri Dutta

    Autri Dutta

  • Marilyn Stoddard

    Marilyn Stoddard

  • Kim Carlson

    Kim Carlson

  • Esa Jacobi

    Esa Jacobi

  • Jeralyn Moran

    Jeralyn Moran

    Social JusticeArchived
  • Mo Jebian

    Mo Jebian

    Archived
  • Mayo Tsuzuki

    PresidentBoard of Trustees
  • Enrique Infante

    Enrique Infante

    SextonOperations
  • Rev. Catherine Boyle

    Assistant Minister of Religious EducationChildren and Youth, Ministry, Parish Ministry650-494-0541 x28, Room B
  • Heather Chen

    CommunicationsBoard of Trustees
  • Kevin Ma

    Archived
  • Joanna Ragsdale

    Joanna Ragsdale

    CYREArchived
  • Buzz Frahn

    VP FacilitiesArchived
  • Randy Helmonds

    Randy Helmonds

    Archived
  • Greg Brail

    ChairCommittee on Ministry
  • Linda Henigin

    Nominating Committee
  • Judy Lookabill

    Adult Learning JourneyBoard of Trustees
  • John Wright

    Archived
  • Lisa Helmonds

    MembershipArchived
  • Paula Hillard

    Adult Religious Education PortfolioArchived
  • Megan Fazio

    Planning PortfolioArchived
  • Weijia Cheng

    Weijia Cheng

    ChairArchived
  • Elsa Schafer

    Elsa Schafer

    Nominating Committee
  • Tina Kochel

  • Vani Raja Hansen

  • Brooke Bishara

    PresidentArchived
  • Maria Almli

    Maria Almli

    Denominational ConcernsArchived
  • Dave Joki

    Dave Joki

    PlanningArchived
  • Gregg Williams

    Small GroupsArchived
  • Emma Grant-Bier

    Emma Grant-Bier

    Children/Youth REArchived
  • Geoff Ivison

    Geoff Ivison

    Archived
  • Castor Fu

    Castor Fu

    Archived
  • Cathy Gale

    Cathy Gale

    Archived
  • Liz Esbenshade

    Liz Esbenshade

    Archived
  • Brian Weller

    Brian Weller

    Archived
  • Olivia Ramberg-Gomez

  • Ed Haertel

    Chair
  • Mark Williams

    Mark Williams

    SecretaryArchived
  • Maricia Scott

    Nominating Committee
  • Sharon Cu

  • Kevin Crane

    VP FinanceBoard of Trustees
  • Maria Hernandez

    Maria Hernandez

    Child care provider for infants and toddlers (Room 7/8)Child Care Providers
  • Sally Ahnger

    Co-President, Staff RelationsArchived
  • Jim Basiji

    MembershipArchived
  • Kay Brown

    TreasurerEx-Officio Member
  • Joe Bailey

    Committee on Ministry
  • Barbara Smith-Thomas (she/her)

    Asst Treasurer for InvestmentsEx-Officio Member
  • Mark Erickson

    VP FinanceArchived
  • Lorraine Kostka

    VP Facilities, Adult REArchived
  • Jeb Eddy

    NewcomersArchived
  • Robert Byrom

    PlanningArchived
  • Thida Cornes

    CommunicationsArchived
  • Geetha Rao

    PoliciesArchived
  • John Kostka

    Children/Youth REArchived
  • Audrey Erbes

    Small GroupsArchived
  • Kristi Iverson

    Social JusticeArchived
  • Rev. Stefanie Etzbach-Dale

    Community MinisterCommunity Ministry, Ministry
  • BJ Wishinsky

    Membership Engagement CoordinatorPrograms(650) 494-0541 ext. 24
  • Grecia Uribe

    Grecia Uribe

    RE AssistantArchived(650) 494-0541 x28
  • Jaleh Samai

    Child care provider for Rainbow Chasers (ages 3 and up, Room 2/3)Archived
  • Pari Mahjoubina

    Child care provider for Rainbow Chasers (ages 3 and up, Room 2/3)Archived
  • Josefina Celaya

    Josefina Celaya

    Child care provider for infants and toddlers (Room 7/8)Archived
  • Pamela Palmer

    Child care provider for infants and toddlers (Room 7/8)Archived
  • Daisy de Salvidar

    Child care provider for infants and toddlers (Room 7/8)Archived
  • Antonia de Salvidar

    Child care providers for infants and toddlers (Room 7/8)Child Care Providers
  • Andre Fleet

    Small GroupsArchived
  • Barb Greve

    Religious Education AssistantArchived(650) 494-0541 x28 (starting Nov. 1)
  • Edie Keating

    VolunteersArchived
  • Jay Fowler

    Jay Fowler

    Custodian/SextonArchived
  • Rev. Scotty McLennan

    Community Minister - RetiredArchived
  • Rev. Jen Dillinger

    Community MinisterCommunity Ministry, Ministry
  • Rev. Melissa Thomson

    Community MinisterCommunity Ministry, Ministry
  • Hong Bui

    Hong Bui

    Religious Education Assistant Archivedext. 23
  • Veronika Agranov-Dafoe

    AccompanistMusic, Programs
  • Bruce Olstad

    Music DirectorMusic, Programs
  • Debra Heinz

    Debra Heinz

    Office Administrative Assistant/FacilitiesArchivedext. 24
  • Jeff Cashdollar

    Congregational AdministratorOperationsext. 22
  • Rev. Mary Mckinnon Ganz

    Sabbatical MinisterArchived(650) 494-0541
  • David Chen

    Archived
  • Rafael Gomez

    Archived
  • Bill Hilton

    Bill Hilton

    Archived
  • Harrison Frahn

    Harrison Frahn

    Children & Youth REArchived
  • Fred Buelow

    Fred Buelow

    TreasurerArchived
  • Rev. Amy Zucker Morgenstern

    Parish MinisterArchived650-494 0541 x26, Room D
  • Rev. Daniel Harper

    Associate Minister of Religious EducationArchived(650) 494-0541 ext. 28
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12:00 PM - Sacred Text Reading Group (Wed.)
7:00 PM - Board of Trustees Meeting
7:30 PM - By Your Side Singers
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10:00 AM - Gardening @ UUCPA
10:00 AM - Gardening @ UUCPA
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9:00 AM - Campus Workday
4:00 PM - Sacred Text Reading Group (Tolstoy)
4:00 PM - Sacred Text Reading Group (Saturday)
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9:00 AM - Forum - From the Opium War to the creation of People's Republic of China (1839 -1949)
9:30 AM - Sunday School for children and youth preK through grade 8
9:30 AM - Sunday Service
more...
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12:00 PM - Brown Bag Books: The Eight Master Lessons of Nature
7:15 PM - CYRE Committee Meeting
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12:00 PM - Sacred Text Reading Group (John W. Gardner)
6:30 PM - Membership and Growth Committee Meeting
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10:00 AM - Gardening @ UUCPA
10:00 AM - Gardening @ UUCPA
12:30 PM - Adult Religious Education Committee Meeting
more...
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6:30 PM - 2nd Friday Bridge Club
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10:00 AM - Celebration of the Life of Nancy Westerfield
4:00 PM - Sacred Text Reading Group (Van Gogh)
4:00 PM - Sacred Text Reading Group (Saturday)
more...
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9:00 AM - Forum - Are we in Cold War 2 with China?
9:30 AM - Sunday School for children and youth preK through grade 8
9:30 AM - Sunday Service
more...
13
7:00 PM - Finance Committee Meeting
14
7:15 PM - White Folks Dismantling White Supremacy
15
12:00 PM - Sacred Text Reading Group (Pirkei Avot, the Talmud)
7:00 PM - Sci Fi / Fantasy Discussion Group: The Space Between Worlds
7:30 PM - By Your Side Singers
16
10:00 AM - Gardening @ UUCPA
10:00 AM - Gardening @ UUCPA
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4:00 PM - Sacred Text Reading Group (Rilke)
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9:00 AM - Forum - A history of the last 30 years of UUCPA in pictures
9:30 AM - NO Sunday School for children and youth preK through grade 8
9:30 AM - Sunday Service
more...
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7:00 PM - Buildings and Grounds Committee Meeting
21
7:00 PM - Winter Solstice Ceremony
22
12:00 PM - Sacred Text Reading Group (Rilke)
7:00 PM - No Board of Trustees Meeting
23
10:00 AM - Gardening @ UUCPA
10:00 AM - Gardening @ UUCPA
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25
4:00 PM - NO Sacred Text Reading Group today
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9:00 AM - Forum - Selection of Forum Discussion Topics for February
9:30 AM - NO Sunday School for children and youth preK through grade 8
11:00 AM - Sunday Service
more...
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12:00 PM - Sacred Text Reading Group (Whitman)
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10:00 AM - Gardening @ UUCPA
10:00 AM - Gardening @ UUCPA
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4:00 PM - Sacred Text Reading Group (Emerson)
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Sacred Text Reading Group (Wed.)
01 Dec
12/01/2021    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Zoom meeting, Wednesday Sacred Text
  • Adult
ARE, Spiritual practice
A twice-weekly online sacred text reading group. We meet on Saturdays, 4-5, and on Wednesdays, 12-1. All are wide open and you are welcome! Using [...]
More Info
Board of Trustees Meeting
01 Dec
12/01/2021    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
  • Board of Trustees
  • Committee Meetings
Board
Board meetings are held every fourth Wednesday of the month at 7:00 pm; due to the holidays, our November and December meetings are merged into [...]
More Info
By Your Side Singers
By Your Side Singers
12/01/2021    
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
  • Choir
  • Music
By Your Side Singers
By Your Side Singers is UUCPA’s pastoral care choir, founded in 2016. In small groups, we visit and sing for any church member or friend, [...]
More Info
Gardening @ UUCPA
Gardening @ UUCPA
12/02/2021    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
UUCPA
  • Adult
  • Learning
  • Ongoing Events
  • Small Groups
Gardening
Every Thursday our garden volunteers maintain our beautiful and educational native garden, whether it's planting, pruning, weeding or other tasks.  We keep 6 feet apart [...]
More Info
Gardening @ UUCPA
Gardening @ UUCPA
12/02/2021    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
UUCPA
  • Adult
  • Learning
  • Ongoing Events
  • Small Groups
Gardening
Every Thursday our garden volunteers maintain our beautiful and educational native garden, whether it's planting, pruning, weeding or other tasks.  We keep 6 feet apart [...]
More Info
Campus Workday
Campus Workday
12/04/2021    
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
UUCPA
  • Adult
  • Learning
  • Ongoing Events
  • Small Groups
Workday
Date:              Usually the 1st Saturday every month Time:              9 am-Noon Location:      [...]
More Info
Sacred Text Reading Group (Tolstoy)
Sacred Text Reading Group (Tolstoy)
12/04/2021    
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
  • Adult
  • Classes
  • Learning
  • Small Groups
ARE, Online
A twice-weekly online sacred text reading group. We meet on Saturdays, 4-5, and on Wednesdays, 12-1. All are wide open and you are welcome! Using [...]
More Info
Sacred Text Reading Group (Saturday)
Sacred Text Reading Group (Saturday)
12/04/2021    
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
  • Adult
  • Classes
  • Learning
  • Small Groups
ARE, Online
A twice-weekly online sacred text reading group. We meet on Saturdays, 4-5, and on Wednesdays, 12-1. All are wide open and you are welcome! Using [...]
More Info
Forum - From the Opium War to the creation of People's Republic of China (1839 -1949)
Forum - From the Opium War to the creation of People's Republic of China (1839 -1949)
12/05/2021    
9:00 am - 10:15 am
  • Forum
  • Small Groups
Forum
Discussion Leader Jai Cho If group gatherings are still not allowed, the Forum will meet via online video conference.  The link will be emailed to members of forum-announce@uucpa.org. If you aren’t already in that group (or if you aren’t sure), please request to join by 9 pm Saturday evening for the next day’s meeting info by sending an email to forum-announce+subscribe@uucpa.org.
More Info
Sunday School for children and youth preK through grade 8
05 Dec
12/05/2021    
9:30 am - 10:30 am
UUCPA
  • Children
  • Children & Youth
  • Elementary
  • Learning
  • Sunday School
Because we believe in learning by doing, a most important part of our religious education is participation, with all ages, in the first part of [...]
More Info
Sunday Service
05 Dec
12/05/2021    
9:30 am - 10:30 am
UUCPA
  • Worship Services
Sunday Service
More Info
Brown Bag Books: The Eight Master Lessons of Nature
Brown Bag Books: The Eight Master Lessons of Nature
12/07/2021    
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Fireside Room
  • Adult
  • Learning
  • Ongoing Events
Brown Bag Books
The Brown Bag Books group meets year-round, except in July and August. Many attendees bring their lunches, and everyone brings a sense of humor. Monthly [...]
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CYRE Committee Meeting
07 Dec
12/07/2021    
7:15 pm - 9:00 pm
  • Committee Meetings
CYRE Committee
https://www.uucpa.org/about-us/our-governance/committees/
More Info
Sacred Text Reading Group (John W. Gardner)
08 Dec
12/08/2021    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Zoom meeting, Wednesday Sacred Text
  • Adult
ARE, Spiritual practice
A twice-weekly online sacred text reading group. We meet on Saturdays, 4-5, and on Wednesdays, 12-1. All are wide open and you are welcome! Using [...]
More Info
Membership and Growth Committee Meeting
08 Dec
12/08/2021    
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
  • Committee Meetings
Membership and Growth, Online
Membership & Growth Committee group generally meets on the second Wednesday at 6:30pm via Zoom.
More Info
Gardening @ UUCPA
Gardening @ UUCPA
12/09/2021    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
UUCPA
  • Adult
  • Learning
  • Ongoing Events
  • Small Groups
Gardening
Every Thursday our garden volunteers maintain our beautiful and educational native garden, whether it's planting, pruning, weeding or other tasks.  We keep 6 feet apart [...]
More Info
Gardening @ UUCPA
Gardening @ UUCPA
12/09/2021    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
UUCPA
  • Adult
  • Learning
  • Ongoing Events
  • Small Groups
Gardening
Every Thursday our garden volunteers maintain our beautiful and educational native garden, whether it's planting, pruning, weeding or other tasks.  We keep 6 feet apart [...]
More Info
Adult Religious Education Committee Meeting
09 Dec
12/09/2021    
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
  • Committee Meetings
Adult Religious Education Committee
https://www.uucpa.org/about-us/our-governance/committees/
More Info
2nd Friday Bridge Club
2nd Friday Bridge Club
12/10/2021    
6:30 pm - 10:30 pm
  • Adult
  • Learning
  • Ongoing Events
  • Small Groups
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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Celebration of the Life of Nancy Westerfield
11 Dec
12/11/2021    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Memorial
Please join me, Nancy's children and grandchildren, and her many friends and other family on Saturday, December 11, at 10 a.m., as we give thanks [...]
More Info
Sacred Text Reading Group (Van Gogh)
Sacred Text Reading Group (Van Gogh)
12/11/2021    
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
  • Adult
  • Classes
  • Learning
  • Small Groups
ARE, Online
A twice-weekly online sacred text reading group. We meet on Saturdays, 4-5, and on Wednesdays, 12-1. All are wide open and you are welcome! Using [...]
More Info
Sacred Text Reading Group (Saturday)
Sacred Text Reading Group (Saturday)
12/11/2021    
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
  • Adult
  • Classes
  • Learning
  • Small Groups
ARE, Online
A twice-weekly online sacred text reading group. We meet on Saturdays, 4-5, and on Wednesdays, 12-1. All are wide open and you are welcome! Using [...]
More Info
Forum - Are we in Cold War 2 with China?
Forum - Are we in  Cold War 2 with China?
12/12/2021    
9:00 am - 10:15 am
  • Forum
  • Small Groups
Forum
Discussion Leader Dick Duda If group gatherings are still not allowed, the Forum will meet via online video conference.  The link will be emailed to members of forum-announce@uucpa.org. If you aren’t already in that group (or if you aren’t sure), please request to join by 9 pm Saturday evening for the next day’s meeting info by sending an email to forum-announce+subscribe@uucpa.org.
More Info
Sunday School for children and youth preK through grade 8
12 Dec
12/12/2021    
9:30 am - 10:30 am
UUCPA
  • Children
  • Children & Youth
  • Elementary
  • Learning
  • Sunday School
Because we believe in learning by doing, a most important part of our religious education is participation, with all ages, in the first part of [...]
More Info
Sunday Service
12 Dec
12/12/2021    
9:30 am - 10:30 am
UUCPA
  • Worship Services
Sunday Service
More Info
Finance Committee Meeting
13 Dec
12/13/2021    
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  • Committee Meetings
Finance Committee, Online
https://www.uucpa.org/about-us/our-governance/committees/
More Info
White Folks Dismantling White Supremacy
White Folks Dismantling White Supremacy
12/14/2021    
7:15 pm - 8:45 pm
  • Action Council
  • Adult
  • Classes
  • Justice
  • Learning
  • Small Groups
WhiteDismantling
We meet on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month. If you would like to attend this session and are not subscribed to the [...]
More Info
Sacred Text Reading Group (Pirkei Avot, the Talmud)
15 Dec
12/15/2021    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Zoom meeting, Wednesday Sacred Text
  • Adult
ARE, Spiritual practice
A twice-weekly online sacred text reading group. We meet on Saturdays, 4-5, and on Wednesdays, 12-1. All are wide open and you are welcome! Using [...]
More Info
Sci Fi / Fantasy Discussion Group: The Space Between Worlds
15 Dec
12/15/2021    
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • Adult
  • Classes
Books, Sci Fi Fantasy
“A punk album, presenting a world where even our possibilities are colonized. I loved every twisting minute of it." (Alex White, author of A Big Ship [...]
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By Your Side Singers
By Your Side Singers
12/15/2021    
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
  • Choir
  • Music
By Your Side Singers
By Your Side Singers is UUCPA’s pastoral care choir, founded in 2016. In small groups, we visit and sing for any church member or friend, [...]
More Info
Gardening @ UUCPA
Gardening @ UUCPA
12/16/2021    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
UUCPA
  • Adult
  • Learning
  • Ongoing Events
  • Small Groups
Gardening
Every Thursday our garden volunteers maintain our beautiful and educational native garden, whether it's planting, pruning, weeding or other tasks.  We keep 6 feet apart [...]
More Info
Gardening @ UUCPA
Gardening @ UUCPA
12/16/2021    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
UUCPA
  • Adult
  • Learning
  • Ongoing Events
  • Small Groups
Gardening
Every Thursday our garden volunteers maintain our beautiful and educational native garden, whether it's planting, pruning, weeding or other tasks.  We keep 6 feet apart [...]
More Info
Sacred Text Reading Group (Rilke)
Sacred Text Reading Group (Rilke)
12/18/2021    
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
  • Adult
  • Classes
  • Learning
  • Small Groups
ARE, Online
A twice-weekly online sacred text reading group. We meet on Saturdays, 4-5, and on Wednesdays, 12-1. All are wide open and you are welcome! Using [...]
More Info
Forum - A history of the last 30 years of UUCPA in pictures
Forum - A history of the last 30 years of UUCPA in pictures
12/19/2021    
9:00 am - 10:15 am
  • Forum
  • Small Groups
Forum
Discussion Leader - Eric Bier If group gatherings are still not allowed, the Forum will meet via online video conference.  The link will be emailed to members of forum-announce@uucpa.org. If you aren’t already in that group (or if you aren’t sure), please request to join by 9 pm Saturday evening for the next day’s meeting info by sending an email to forum-announce+subscribe@uucpa.org.
More Info
NO Sunday School for children and youth preK through grade 8
19 Dec
12/19/2021    
9:30 am - 10:30 am
UUCPA
  • Children
  • Children & Youth
  • Elementary
  • Learning
  • Sunday School
There is no Sunday school today.  We hope you will attend one of the intergenerational, No-Rehearsal Christmas Pageant services at either 9:30 or 11 am. [...]
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Sunday Service
19 Dec
12/19/2021    
9:30 am - 10:30 am
UUCPA
  • Worship Services
Sunday Service
More Info
Buildings and Grounds Committee Meeting
20 Dec
12/20/2021    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
  • Committee Meetings
Buildings and Grounds, Online
UUCPA Buildings and Grounds Committee Meeting 7:00  - 8:30.  3rd Monday evening. Discuss projects and upkeep for the UUCPA Campus. Contacts:  Building and Grounds Committee <buildings+grounds@uucpa.org> [...]
More Info
Winter Solstice Ceremony
21 Dec
12/21/2021    
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  • Holidays
  • Worship Services
More Info
Sacred Text Reading Group (Rilke)
22 Dec
12/22/2021    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Zoom meeting, Wednesday Sacred Text
  • Adult
ARE, Spiritual practice
A twice-weekly online sacred text reading group. We meet on Saturdays, 4-5, and on Wednesdays, 12-1. All are wide open and you are welcome! Using [...]
More Info
No Board of Trustees Meeting
22 Dec
12/22/2021    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
  • Board of Trustees
  • Committee Meetings
Board
No meeting tonight. Usually, Board meetings are held every fourth Wednesday of the month at 7:00 pm, but in November and December we combine them [...]
More Info
Gardening @ UUCPA
Gardening @ UUCPA
12/23/2021    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
UUCPA
  • Adult
  • Learning
  • Ongoing Events
  • Small Groups
Gardening
Every Thursday our garden volunteers maintain our beautiful and educational native garden, whether it's planting, pruning, weeding or other tasks.  We keep 6 feet apart [...]
More Info
Gardening @ UUCPA
Gardening @ UUCPA
12/23/2021    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
UUCPA
  • Adult
  • Learning
  • Ongoing Events
  • Small Groups
Gardening
Every Thursday our garden volunteers maintain our beautiful and educational native garden, whether it's planting, pruning, weeding or other tasks.  We keep 6 feet apart [...]
More Info
NO Sacred Text Reading Group today
NO Sacred Text Reading Group today
12/25/2021    
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
  • Adult
  • Classes
  • Learning
  • Small Groups
ARE, Online
Merry Christmas! See you next Wednesday, 12-1, or Saturday, 4-5.
More Info
Forum - Selection of Forum Discussion Topics for February
Forum - Selection of Forum Discussion Topics for February
12/26/2021    
9:00 am - 10:15 am
  • Forum
  • Small Groups
Forum
If group gatherings are still not allowed, the Forum will meet via online video conference.  The link will be emailed to members of forum-announce@uucpa.org. If you aren’t already in that group (or if you aren’t sure), please request to join by 9 pm Saturday evening for the next day’s meeting info by sending an email to forum-announce+subscribe@uucpa.org.
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NO Sunday School for children and youth preK through grade 8
26 Dec
12/26/2021    
9:30 am - 10:30 am
UUCPA
  • Children
  • Children & Youth
  • Elementary
  • Learning
  • Sunday School
There is no Sunday school today.  Hope to see you next week! Because we believe in learning by doing, a most important part of our [...]
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Sunday Service
26 Dec
12/26/2021    
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
UUCPA Main Hall & Online
  • Worship Services
Sunday Service
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Sacred Text Reading Group (Whitman)
29 Dec
12/29/2021    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Zoom meeting, Wednesday Sacred Text
  • Adult
  • Classes
  • Learning
  • Small Groups
ARE, Spiritual practice
A twice-weekly online sacred text reading group. We meet on Saturdays, 4-5, and on Wednesdays, 12-1. All are wide open and you are welcome! Using [...]
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Gardening @ UUCPA
Gardening @ UUCPA
12/30/2021    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
UUCPA
  • Adult
  • Learning
  • Ongoing Events
  • Small Groups
Gardening
Every Thursday our garden volunteers maintain our beautiful and educational native garden, whether it's planting, pruning, weeding or other tasks.  We keep 6 feet apart [...]
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Gardening @ UUCPA
Gardening @ UUCPA
12/30/2021    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
UUCPA
  • Adult
  • Learning
  • Ongoing Events
  • Small Groups
Gardening
Every Thursday our garden volunteers maintain our beautiful and educational native garden, whether it's planting, pruning, weeding or other tasks.  We keep 6 feet apart [...]
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Sacred Text Reading Group (Emerson)
Sacred Text Reading Group (Emerson)
01/01/2022    
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
  • Adult
  • Classes
  • Learning
  • Small Groups
ARE, Online
A twice-weekly online sacred text reading group. We meet on Saturdays, 4-5, and on Wednesdays, 12-1. All are wide open and you are welcome! Using [...]
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Events on 12/01/2021
01 Dec
Sacred Text Reading Group (Wed.)
1 Dec 21
01 Dec
Board of Trustees Meeting
1 Dec 21
By Your Side Singers
By Your Side Singers
1 Dec 21
Events on 12/02/2021
Gardening @ UUCPA
Gardening @ UUCPA
2 Dec 21
Palo Alto
Gardening @ UUCPA
Gardening @ UUCPA
2 Dec 21
Palo Alto
Events on 12/04/2021
Campus Workday
Campus Workday
4 Dec 21
Palo Alto
Sacred Text Reading Group (Tolstoy)
Sacred Text Reading Group (Tolstoy)
4 Dec 21
Sacred Text Reading Group (Saturday)
Sacred Text Reading Group (Saturday)
4 Dec 21
Events on 12/05/2021
Forum - From the Opium War to the creation of People's Republic of China (1839 -1949)
Forum - From the Opium War to the creation of People's Republic of China (1839 -1949)
5 Dec 21
05 Dec
Sunday School for children and youth preK through grade 8
5 Dec 21
Palo Alto
05 Dec
Sunday Service
5 Dec 21
Palo Alto
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Events on 12/07/2021
Brown Bag Books: The Eight Master Lessons of Nature
Brown Bag Books: The Eight Master Lessons of Nature
7 Dec 21
Palo Alto
07 Dec
CYRE Committee Meeting
7 Dec 21
Events on 12/08/2021
08 Dec
Sacred Text Reading Group (John W. Gardner)
8 Dec 21
08 Dec
Membership and Growth Committee Meeting
8 Dec 21
Events on 12/09/2021
Gardening @ UUCPA
Gardening @ UUCPA
9 Dec 21
Palo Alto
Gardening @ UUCPA
Gardening @ UUCPA
9 Dec 21
Palo Alto
09 Dec
Adult Religious Education Committee Meeting
9 Dec 21
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Events on 12/10/2021
2nd Friday Bridge Club
2nd Friday Bridge Club
10 Dec 21
Events on 12/11/2021
11 Dec
Celebration of the Life of Nancy Westerfield
11 Dec 21
Sacred Text Reading Group (Van Gogh)
Sacred Text Reading Group (Van Gogh)
11 Dec 21
Sacred Text Reading Group (Saturday)
Sacred Text Reading Group (Saturday)
11 Dec 21
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Events on 12/12/2021
Forum - Are we in  Cold War 2 with China?
Forum - Are we in Cold War 2 with China?
12 Dec 21
12 Dec
Sunday School for children and youth preK through grade 8
12 Dec 21
Palo Alto
12 Dec
Sunday Service
12 Dec 21
Palo Alto
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Events on 12/13/2021
13 Dec
Finance Committee Meeting
13 Dec 21
Events on 12/14/2021
White Folks Dismantling White Supremacy
White Folks Dismantling White Supremacy
14 Dec 21
Events on 12/15/2021
15 Dec
Sacred Text Reading Group (Pirkei Avot, the Talmud)
15 Dec 21
15 Dec
Sci Fi / Fantasy Discussion Group: The Space Between Worlds
15 Dec 21
By Your Side Singers
By Your Side Singers
15 Dec 21
Events on 12/16/2021
Gardening @ UUCPA
Gardening @ UUCPA
16 Dec 21
Palo Alto
Gardening @ UUCPA
Gardening @ UUCPA
16 Dec 21
Palo Alto
Events on 12/18/2021
Sacred Text Reading Group (Rilke)
Sacred Text Reading Group (Rilke)
18 Dec 21
Events on 12/19/2021
Forum - A history of the last 30 years of UUCPA in pictures
Forum - A history of the last 30 years of UUCPA in pictures
19 Dec 21
19 Dec
NO Sunday School for children and youth preK through grade 8
19 Dec 21
Palo Alto
19 Dec
Sunday Service
19 Dec 21
Palo Alto
more...
Events on 12/20/2021
20 Dec
Buildings and Grounds Committee Meeting
20 Dec 21
Events on 12/21/2021
21 Dec
Winter Solstice Ceremony
21 Dec 21
Events on 12/22/2021
22 Dec
Sacred Text Reading Group (Rilke)
22 Dec 21
22 Dec
No Board of Trustees Meeting
22 Dec 21
Events on 12/23/2021
Gardening @ UUCPA
Gardening @ UUCPA
23 Dec 21
Palo Alto
Gardening @ UUCPA
Gardening @ UUCPA
23 Dec 21
Palo Alto
Events on 12/25/2021
NO Sacred Text Reading Group today
NO Sacred Text Reading Group today
25 Dec 21
Events on 12/26/2021
Forum - Selection of Forum Discussion Topics for February
Forum - Selection of Forum Discussion Topics for February
26 Dec 21
26 Dec
NO Sunday School for children and youth preK through grade 8
26 Dec 21
Palo Alto
26 Dec
Sunday Service
26 Dec 21
Palo Alto
more...
Events on 12/29/2021
29 Dec
Sacred Text Reading Group (Whitman)
29 Dec 21
Events on 12/30/2021
Gardening @ UUCPA
Gardening @ UUCPA
30 Dec 21
Palo Alto
Gardening @ UUCPA
Gardening @ UUCPA
30 Dec 21
Palo Alto
Events on 01/01/2022
Sacred Text Reading Group (Emerson)
Sacred Text Reading Group (Emerson)
1 Jan 22
 

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.

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 - Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)

The Justice Partner for February is Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)

SURJ Sacred Heart Chapter is based in San Jose and is part of a national network of groups and individuals organizing white people for racial justice. There are over 150 SURJ chapters and affiliates nationwide. Through community organizing, mobilizing, and education, SURJ moves white people to act as part of a multi-racial majority for justice, with passion and accountability.  Accountability means being in relationship with and taking direction from people of color and working on the issues that matter most to accountability partners, organizations run by people of color.

Website: www.surjatsacredheart.org

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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