We Are An Inclusive  Community

Where people of diverse spiritual perspectives gather to learn and grow together.  Where all ages, abilities, ethnicities, genders,  and sexual orientations are welcome.  Where kids have the freedom to discover who they are and who they wish to become.  Where passionate hearts stand on the side of love, justice, and peace. Where all spirits are invited to rise and expand in harmony with the earth.

Weekly Worship Services

Sundays at 10:15 am, in person and online

Sunday, June 21, 2026 – Soul Focus (6 of 6)

Soul Focus: “InSoulvent: The Costs of What’s Been Lost” (Part 6 of 6)

Rev. Peter continues his ongoing exploration of the soul and society.

Worship Leader: Rev. Peter Farriday

Special Music: Veronika Agranov-Dafoe, piano

If you prefer to join the community of those attending online, there are two options. … read more.

Next Worship Service

Sunday, June 21, 2026 – Soul Focus (6 of 6)

Soul Focus: “InSoulvent: The Costs of What’s Been Lost” (Part 6 of 6)

Rev. Peter continues his ongoing exploration of the soul and society.

Worship Leader: Rev. Peter Farriday

Special Music: Veronika Agranov-Dafoe, piano

If you prefer to join the community of those attending online, there are two options. … read more.

Upcoming Events

01 Jun

Justice Partner - Peninsula Food Runners

06/01/2026 - 06/30/2026
All Day
11 Jun
11 Jun

Choir Practice

06/11/2026
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Saturday Meditation

Saturday Meditation

06/13/2026
9:00 am - 10:30 am
Resonant Reading (Saturday)-The Round-Kunitz

Resonant Reading (Saturday)-The Round-Kunitz

06/13/2026
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Forum

Forum What will the world be like next year?

06/14/2026
8:45 am - 10:15 am
14 Jun

Sunday Service

06/14/2026
10:30 am - 11:30 am
14 Jun

UUCPA Summer Sunday School for All Ages

06/14/2026
10:30 am - 11:30 am
2nd Sunday Lunch

2nd Sunday Lunch

06/14/2026
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
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01 Nov
11/01/2021 - 11/30/2021    
All Day
The Justice Partner for November is Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) (new partner) SURJ Sacred Heart Chapter is based in San Jose and is part [...]
ARE Workshop: Opening the Great Window
11/01/2021    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Opening the Great Window: Catching a Glimpse of Your Larger Identity A Three-Part Workshop with Dr. Chris Schriner Mondays, October 25, November 1 & 8 [...]
Brown Bag Books: Dancing at the Rascal Fair
11/02/2021    
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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 [...]
02 Nov
11/02/2021    
7:15 pm - 9:00 pm
https://www.uucpa.org/about-us/our-governance/committees/
By Your Side Singers
11/03/2021    
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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, [...]
Tech Billionaires vs. the People's Needs and Rights
11/03/2021    
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
UUCPA Class: Tech Billionaires vs. the People's Needs and Rights Presenter: Chris Cassell Date: Wednesday Nov.3 Time: 7:30 to 9 In July 2021 Jeff Bezos [...]
Gardening @ UUCPA
11/04/2021    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
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 [...]
Gardening @ UUCPA
11/04/2021    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
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 [...]
Campus Workday
11/06/2021    
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Date:              Usually the 1st Saturday every month Time:              9 am-Noon Location:      [...]
Sacred Text Reading Group (J. S. Mill)
11/06/2021    
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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 [...]
Sacred Text Reading Group (Saturday)
11/06/2021    
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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 [...]
Forum - Mindfulness and how to get started
11/07/2021    
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Discussion Leaders - Kay Culpepper and Susan Owicki 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.
07 Nov
11/07/2021    
9:30 am - 10:30 am
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 [...]
07 Nov
11/07/2021    
9:30 am - 10:30 am
08 Nov
11/08/2021    
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
https://www.uucpa.org/about-us/our-governance/committees/
ARE Workshop: Opening the Great Window
11/08/2021    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Opening the Great Window: Catching a Glimpse of Your Larger Identity A Three-Part Workshop with Dr. Chris Schriner Mondays, October 25, November 1 & 8 [...]
White Folks Dismantling White Supremacy: Ending the Shame Cycle
We usually meet on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month. Please note that due to the holidays, in November and December there will [...]
White Folks Dismantling White Supremacy
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 [...]
10 Nov
11/10/2021    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Today's session is cancelled. We'll reschedule the Mill text for an upcoming Wednesday. Apologies for any inconvenience or disappointment!  --Amy   A twice-weekly online sacred [...]
10 Nov
11/10/2021    
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Membership & Growth Committee group generally meets on the second Wednesday at 6:30pm via Zoom.
Gardening @ UUCPA
11/11/2021    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
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 [...]
Gardening @ UUCPA
11/11/2021    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
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 [...]
11 Nov
11/11/2021    
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
https://www.uucpa.org/about-us/our-governance/committees/
2nd Friday Bridge Club
11/12/2021    
6:30 pm - 10:30 pm
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 [...]
13 Nov
11/13/2021    
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
We will gather on Saturday, November 13, at 11:30 a.m., to honor and remember Gisela Zebroski. Gisela was a member of UUCPA for many years [...]
Sacred Text Reading Group (Barbara Ehrenreich)
11/13/2021    
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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 [...]
Sacred Text Reading Group (Saturday)
11/13/2021    
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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 [...]
Forum -  Consciousness and freedom and meditation
11/14/2021    
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Discussion Leader: Robert Ruether 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.
14 Nov
11/14/2021    
9:30 am - 10:30 am
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 [...]
14 Nov
11/14/2021    
9:30 am - 10:30 am
15 Nov
11/15/2021    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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> [...]
17 Nov
11/17/2021    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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 [...]
By Your Side Singers
11/17/2021    
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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, [...]
Gardening @ UUCPA
11/18/2021    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
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 [...]
Gardening @ UUCPA
11/18/2021    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
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 [...]
Sacred Text Reading Group (Tolkien)
11/20/2021    
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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 [...]
20 Nov
11/20/2021    
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
South Bay Sanctuary Covenant, UUCPA’s Justice partner for October, invites us to Reconnect with El Salvador via a video update from partner communities in El [...]
Sacred Text Reading Group (Saturday)
11/20/2021    
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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 [...]
Forum - How to decide where to make donations
11/21/2021    
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Discussion Leader: Dave Joki 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.
21 Nov
11/21/2021    
9:30 am - 10:30 am
There is no Sunday school today.  Please attend the intergenerational service instead.  Childcare is available. Because we believe in learning by doing, a most important [...]
21 Nov
11/21/2021    
9:30 am - 10:30 am
UPLIFT Trans/Non-Binary Gathering Space
11/23/2021    
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA)'s LGBTQ and Multicultural Programs Office now hosts a monthly Trans/Non-Binary Gathering Space: UPLIFT! All trans/non-binary Unitarian Universalists, whether children, seniors, [...]
Dismantling White Supremacy
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 [...]
24 Nov
11/24/2021    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Your convener celebrates the Fooditarian religion, of which the day before Thanksgiving is a holy day. Its priests (of which she is one) dedicate themselves [...]
Gardening @ UUCPA
11/25/2021    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
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 [...]
Gardening @ UUCPA
11/25/2021    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
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 [...]
Sacred Text Reading Group (Quran, 5th Surah)
11/27/2021    
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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 [...]
Sacred Text Reading Group (Saturday)
11/27/2021    
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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 [...]
Forum -  Selection of Forum Discussion Topics for January
11/28/2021    
9:00 am - 10:15 am
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.
28 Nov
11/28/2021    
9:30 am - 10:30 am
There is no Sunday school today due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Because we believe in learning by doing, a most important part of our religious [...]
28 Nov
11/28/2021    
9:30 am - 10:30 am
01 Dec
12/01/2021 - 12/31/2021    
All Day
The Justice Partner for December is The California Clean Money Campaign. California Clean Money is dedicated to limiting the undue influence of money in politics [...]
01 Dec
12/01/2021    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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 [...]
01 Dec
12/01/2021    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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 [...]
Gardening @ UUCPA
12/02/2021    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
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 [...]
Gardening @ UUCPA
12/02/2021    
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
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 [...]
Campus Workday
12/04/2021    
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Date:              Usually the 1st Saturday every month Time:              9 am-Noon Location:      [...]
Sacred Text Reading Group (Tolstoy)
12/04/2021    
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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 [...]
Sacred Text Reading Group (Saturday)
12/04/2021    
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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 [...]
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
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.
05 Dec
12/05/2021    
9:30 am - 10:30 am
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 [...]
05 Dec
12/05/2021    
9:30 am - 10:30 am
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