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Weekly Worship Services

Sundays at 10:15 am, in person and online

Sunday, July 5, 2026

Worship Leader: Gary Rosin

Worship Associate: Matt Rosin

Special Music: Thomas Shoebottom, cello/piano

If you prefer to join the community of those attending online, there are two options. One, join the service via Zoom bit.ly/uucpa_service_1030am_v3. To get the passcode, email sundayservice@uucpa.org or call UUCPA’s outgoing voicemail message, 650-494-0541. … read more.

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Next Worship Service

Sunday, July 5, 2026

Worship Leader: Gary Rosin

Worship Associate: Matt Rosin

Special Music: Thomas Shoebottom, cello/piano

If you prefer to join the community of those attending online, there are two options. One, join the service via Zoom bit.ly/uucpa_service_1030am_v3. To get the passcode, email sundayservice@uucpa.org or call UUCPA’s outgoing voicemail message, 650-494-0541. … read more.

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Upcoming Events

01 Jun

Justice Partner - Peninsula Food Runners

06/01/2026 - 06/30/2026
All Day
Forum

Forum Topic Selection for August

06/28/2026
8:45 am - 10:15 am
Library
28 Jun

Sunday Service

06/28/2026
10:30 am - 11:30 am
UUCPA Main Hall & Online
28 Jun

UUCPA Summer Sunday School for All Ages - making lego chalices

06/28/2026
10:30 am - 11:30 am
UUCPA
28 Jun

4th Sunday Brunch

06/28/2026
11:15 am - 11:45 am
Patio
Growing with intention: how data is helping us welcome and connect-Hybrid Meeting

Growing with intention: how data is helping us welcome and connect-Hybrid Meeting

06/28/2026
11:45 am - 1:00 pm
Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto
28 Jun

Sacred Harp Shape Note Singing

06/28/2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Fireside Room
Indivisible Palo Alto Plus Democracy Forum: Who’s Watching? Safeguarding Our Privacy

Indivisible Palo Alto Plus Democracy Forum: Who’s Watching? Safeguarding Our Privacy

06/28/2026
3:00 pm - 5:30 pm
First Presbyterian Church Palo Alto
01 Jul

Justice Partner - Peninsula Interfaith Climate Action (PICA)

07/01/2026 - 07/31/2026
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Hotel de Zink
26 Sep
09/26/2016    
8:30 pm - 11:30 pm
UUCPA
Hotel de Zink is the name of a rotating homeless shelter that UUCPA participates in.  During the month of September, we provide 15 men or [...]
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Thespians
Thespians
09/27/2016    
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Room 9
Play Reading We sight-read a different play three times every month. The host provides scripts and we assign parts at the meetings. The group chooses [...]
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Hotel de Zink
27 Sep
09/27/2016    
8:30 pm - 11:30 pm
UUCPA
Hotel de Zink is the name of a rotating homeless shelter that UUCPA participates in.  During the month of September, we provide 15 men or [...]
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Hotel de Zink
28 Sep
09/28/2016    
8:30 pm - 11:30 pm
UUCPA
Hotel de Zink is the name of a rotating homeless shelter that UUCPA participates in.  During the month of September, we provide 15 men or [...]
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Hotel de Zink
29 Sep
09/29/2016    
8:30 pm - 11:30 pm
UUCPA
Hotel de Zink is the name of a rotating homeless shelter that UUCPA participates in.  During the month of September, we provide 15 men or [...]
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Hotel de Zink
30 Sep
09/30/2016    
8:30 pm - 11:30 pm
UUCPA
Hotel de Zink is the name of a rotating homeless shelter that UUCPA participates in.  During the month of September, we provide 15 men or [...]
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"Pot of Gold" religious education conference at UUCPA
01 Oct
10/01/2016    
9:00 am - 3:30 pm
UUCPA - Main Hall
On Saturday, Oct. 1, 9 am to 3:30 pm: Pot of Gold, the Pacific Central District religious education workshop, will be held at UUCPA. This [...]
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Meditation
Meditation
10/01/2016    
9:00 am - 10:30 am
Room 6
  An ongoing meditation group that welcomes new members. We have a period of sitting meditation followed by readings and group discussion.   Contact:           Marilyn [...]
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Campus Workday
Campus Workday
10/01/2016    
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
UUCPA
WORK DAYS Date:                 1st Saturday every month Time:                 9 am-Noon Location:         UUCPA Campus Contact:           Michael Plass (workday@uucpa.org)   Consider making things even better by joining [...]
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First Sunday Sing Out
First Sunday Sing Out
10/02/2016    
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Patio
Come sing with us! We’ll sing favorite songs from the book Rise Up Singing. Anyone who likes to sing is welcome – and if you [...]
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Environmental Crisis, Religious Education, and the Local Faith Community
02 Oct
10/02/2016    
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Fireside Room and Zoom
This workshop will be based on a paper that Rev. Dan Harper presented at the “Sacred Texts, Human Contexts” conference in May 2016, an interfaith [...]
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Monthly Writing Group
02 Oct
10/02/2016    
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Room 9
Interested in Writing? UUCPA's Writing Group invites you to join us. We begin by sharing a page or two of something we've written, sometimes on [...]
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Brown Bag Books - Let Me be Frank With You (Fiction) by Richard Ford
Brown Bag Books - Let Me be Frank With You (Fiction) by Richard Ford
10/04/2016    
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Fireside Room
The October selection is Let Me be Frank With You (Fiction) by Richard Ford. This is the story of Frank Bascombe (the protagonist in Ford’s [...]
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Elder Journey
04 Oct
10/04/2016    
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Room 6
  All elder members and friends of the UU community are welcome to attend – and you can define elder. One of our ministers leads [...]
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Meditation
Meditation
10/08/2016    
9:00 am - 10:30 am
Room 6
  An ongoing meditation group that welcomes new members. We have a period of sitting meditation followed by readings and group discussion.   Contact:           Marilyn [...]
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2nd Sunday Lunch
2nd Sunday Lunch
10/09/2016    
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Patio
Join us for home-cooked, nutritious, delicious food for a very reasonable donation. We go through the buffet line in the Fireside Room and eat in [...]
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Sacred Texts and the Environmental Crisis
09 Oct
10/09/2016    
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Fireside Room and Zoom
  According to Prof. Mary Evelyn Tucker of Yale, an organizer of the renowned Forum on Religion and Ecology, the global environmental crisis “is not [...]
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Discovering UUCPA
Discovering UUCPA
10/09/2016    
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
UUCPA
Are you a new Unitarian Universalist? Considering UUism? Or well-acquainted with UUism, but new to UUCPA? This one-session class is offered every other month after [...]
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Thespians
Thespians
10/10/2016    
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Room 9
  Play Reading We sight-read a different play three times every month. The host provides scripts and we assign parts at the meetings. The group [...]
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Film Discussion Group
Film Discussion Group
10/11/2016    
7:15 pm - 9:00 pm
  If you enjoy watching good films and would like the opportunity to discuss them with other people, we hope you will consider joining the [...]
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2nd Friday Bridge Club
2nd Friday Bridge Club
10/14/2016    
6:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Fireside Room
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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Meditation
Meditation
10/15/2016    
9:00 am - 10:30 am
Room 6
  An ongoing meditation group that welcomes new members. We have a period of sitting meditation followed by readings and group discussion.   Contact:           Marilyn [...]
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Non-traditional Family Traditions for UU Families
16 Oct
10/16/2016    
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Fireside Room
  What do you do when your family combines different ethnic and/or religious traditions? What do you do if you’re a Unitarian Universalist family who [...]
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Friends of Poetry
Friends of Poetry
10/16/2016    
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Room 9
  You might come just to listen and see what we’re about; or you might come with a poem you have long enjoyed or one [...]
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Elder Journey
18 Oct
10/18/2016    
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Room 6
  All elder members and friends of the UU community are welcome to attend – and you can define elder. One of our ministers leads [...]
More Info
Thespians
21 Oct
10/21/2016    
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Fireside Room and Zoom
Play Reading We sight-read a different play three times every month. The host provides scripts and we assign parts at the meetings. The group chooses [...]
More Info
Meditation
Meditation
10/22/2016    
9:00 am - 10:30 am
Room 6
  An ongoing meditation group that welcomes new members. We have a period of sitting meditation followed by readings and group discussion.   Contact:           Marilyn [...]
More Info
4th Sunday Brunch
4th Sunday Brunch
10/23/2016    
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Patio
Join us every 4th Sunday after the first service for brunch.  The usual fare includes waffles, hard boiled eggs, and fruit salad. Contact Edie if [...]
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A Gynecologist Considers Women's Reproductive Rights, Choice, and Reproductive Justice
23 Oct
10/23/2016    
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Fireside Room
In this session, Dr. Hillard will describe her journey to becoming an obstetrician/gynecologist. In the late 1960s and early 70s, she was motivated by the [...]
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Thespians
Thespians
10/25/2016    
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Room 9
Play Reading We sight-read a different play three times every month. The host provides scripts and we assign parts at the meetings. The group chooses [...]
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Green Sanctuary Fourth Friday Film
28 Oct
10/28/2016    
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Fireside Room
Films are shown on the fourth Friday of the month on a variety of topics and themes in the Fireside Room starting at 7:30 pm. Check out [...]
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Meditation
Meditation
10/29/2016    
9:00 am - 10:30 am
Room 6
  An ongoing meditation group that welcomes new members. We have a period of sitting meditation followed by readings and group discussion.   Contact:           Marilyn [...]
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Our Community's Most Vulnerable Children
30 Oct
10/30/2016    
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Fireside Room
The American Medical Association states, “A more vulnerable group does not exist than children removed from the custody of their parents and placed in foster [...]
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Justice Partner - South Bay Sanctuary Covenant
01 Nov
11/01/2016 - 11/30/2016    
All Day
The Justice Partner for November is South Bay Sanctuary Covenant South Bay Sanctuary Covenant (SBSC) is an interfaith, non-partisan organization of churches and individuals in [...]
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Brown Bag Books - Notorious RBG: the Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Brown Bag Books - Notorious RBG: the Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
11/01/2016    
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Fireside Room
Selection: "Notorious RBG: the Life and TImes of Ruth Bader Ginsburg" (NF) by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik. (The authors)..."write powerfully about the progression of Ginsburg’s [...]
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Elder Journey
01 Nov
11/01/2016    
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Room 6
  All elder members and friends of the UU community are welcome to attend – and you can define elder. One of our ministers leads [...]
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Hike Fremont Older Preserve
05 Nov
11/05/2016    
9:00 am - 2:00 pm
UU Fellowship of Redwood City
We’ll explore Fremont Older Preserve in the hills south of Cupertino. We’ll start from Stevens Creek County Park and hike up onto a ridge with [...]
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Meditation
Meditation
11/05/2016    
9:00 am - 10:30 am
Room 6
  An ongoing meditation group that welcomes new members. We have a period of sitting meditation followed by readings and group discussion.   Contact:           Marilyn [...]
More Info
Campus Workday
Campus Workday
11/05/2016    
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
UUCPA
WORK DAYS Date:                 1st Saturday every month Time:                 9 am-Noon Location:         UUCPA Campus Contact:           Michael Plass (workday@uucpa.org)   Consider making things even better by joining [...]
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Forum - Whom Do You Trust for Your Information?
06 Nov
11/06/2016    
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Fireside Room
Topic: Whom Do You Trust for Your Information? Discussion led by: Rudy Posch The Forum meets from 9:00 to 10:15 Sunday mornings in the Fireside [...]
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First Sunday Sing Out
First Sunday Sing Out
11/06/2016    
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Patio
Come sing with us! We’ll sing favorite songs from the book Rise Up Singing. Anyone who likes to sing is welcome – and if you [...]
More Info
UUCPA OWL K-1 and 4-6 Parent Information Meeting
06 Nov
11/06/2016    
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Room 4/5
This winter, UUCPA will offer the class Our Whole Lives (OWL): Sexuality Education for Kindergarten to Grade 1 (ages 5 - 7) and Grades 4 [...]
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Events on 09/26/2016
26 Sep
Hotel de Zink
26 Sep 16
Palo Alto
Events on 09/27/2016
Thespians
Thespians
27 Sep 16
Palo Alto
27 Sep
Hotel de Zink
27 Sep 16
Palo Alto
Events on 09/28/2016
28 Sep
Hotel de Zink
28 Sep 16
Palo Alto
Events on 09/29/2016
29 Sep
Hotel de Zink
29 Sep 16
Palo Alto
Events on 09/30/2016
30 Sep
Hotel de Zink
30 Sep 16
Palo Alto
Events on 10/01/2016
01 Oct
"Pot of Gold" religious education conference at UUCPA
1 Oct 16
Palo Alto
Meditation
Meditation
1 Oct 16
Palo Alto
Campus Workday
Campus Workday
1 Oct 16
Palo Alto
Events on 10/02/2016
First Sunday Sing Out
First Sunday Sing Out
2 Oct 16
Palo Alto
02 Oct
Environmental Crisis, Religious Education, and the Local Faith Community
2 Oct 16
Palo Alto
02 Oct
Monthly Writing Group
2 Oct 16
Palo Alto
Events on 10/04/2016
Brown Bag Books - Let Me be Frank With You (Fiction) by Richard Ford
Brown Bag Books - Let Me be Frank With You (Fiction) by Richard Ford
4 Oct 16
Palo Alto
04 Oct
Elder Journey
4 Oct 16
Palo Alto
Events on 10/08/2016
Meditation
Meditation
8 Oct 16
Palo Alto
Events on 10/09/2016
2nd Sunday Lunch
2nd Sunday Lunch
9 Oct 16
Palo Alto
09 Oct
Sacred Texts and the Environmental Crisis
9 Oct 16
Palo Alto
Discovering UUCPA
Discovering UUCPA
9 Oct 16
Palo Alto
Events on 10/10/2016
Thespians
Thespians
10 Oct 16
Palo Alto
Events on 10/11/2016
Film Discussion Group
Film Discussion Group
11 Oct 16
Events on 10/14/2016
2nd Friday Bridge Club
2nd Friday Bridge Club
14 Oct 16
Palo Alto
Events on 10/15/2016
Meditation
Meditation
15 Oct 16
Palo Alto
Events on 10/16/2016
16 Oct
Non-traditional Family Traditions for UU Families
16 Oct 16
Palo Alto
Friends of Poetry
Friends of Poetry
16 Oct 16
Palo Alto
Events on 10/18/2016
18 Oct
Elder Journey
18 Oct 16
Palo Alto
Events on 10/21/2016
21 Oct
Thespians
21 Oct 16
Palo Alto
Events on 10/22/2016
Meditation
Meditation
22 Oct 16
Palo Alto
Events on 10/23/2016
4th Sunday Brunch
4th Sunday Brunch
23 Oct 16
Palo Alto
23 Oct
A Gynecologist Considers Women's Reproductive Rights, Choice, and Reproductive Justice
23 Oct 16
Palo Alto
Events on 10/25/2016
Thespians
Thespians
25 Oct 16
Palo Alto
Events on 10/28/2016
28 Oct
Green Sanctuary Fourth Friday Film
28 Oct 16
Palo Alto
Events on 10/29/2016
Meditation
Meditation
29 Oct 16
Palo Alto
Events on 10/30/2016
30 Oct
Our Community's Most Vulnerable Children
30 Oct 16
Palo Alto
Events on 11/01/2016
01 Nov
Justice Partner - South Bay Sanctuary Covenant
1 Nov 16
Brown Bag Books - Notorious RBG: the Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Brown Bag Books - Notorious RBG: the Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
1 Nov 16
Palo Alto
01 Nov
Elder Journey
1 Nov 16
Palo Alto
Events on 11/05/2016
05 Nov
Hike Fremont Older Preserve
5 Nov 16
Redwood City
Meditation
Meditation
5 Nov 16
Palo Alto
Campus Workday
Campus Workday
5 Nov 16
Palo Alto
Events on 11/06/2016
06 Nov
Forum - Whom Do You Trust for Your Information?
6 Nov 16
Palo Alto
First Sunday Sing Out
First Sunday Sing Out
6 Nov 16
Palo Alto
06 Nov
UUCPA OWL K-1 and 4-6 Parent Information Meeting
6 Nov 16
Palo Alto

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