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

Next Worship Service

Upcoming Events

01 Jun

Justice Partner - Peninsula Food Runners

06/01/2026 - 06/30/2026
All Day
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
Getting to Know UU

Getting to Know UU

06/14/2026
11:45 am - 12:45 pm
14 Jun

Sacred Harp Shape Note Singing

06/14/2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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UPLIFT Trans/Non-Binary Gathering Space
09/28/2021    
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, [...]
Special White Folks Dismantling White Supremacy: SURJ Sacred Heart
09/28/2021    
7:15 pm - 8:45 pm
Announcing a special meeting of the Dismantling White Supremacy group led by one of our Social Justice Partners, SURJ Sacred Heart.  All are welcome! Care [...]
(NEW!) Sacred Text Reading: Wednesday
09/29/2021    
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 [...]
Strategies of the Civil Rights Movement: Lessons for Our Time
09/29/2021    
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Wednesdays September 29 & October 6, 2021, 7:30 to 9:00 pm Zoom link (more ways to connect below) Presenter: Mary Lou Finley Strategies of the Civil Rights Movement: Lessons [...]
Gardening @ UUCPA
09/30/2021    
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
09/30/2021    
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 [...]
01 Oct
10/01/2021 - 10/31/2021    
All Day
The Justice Partner for October is South Bay Sanctuary Covenant. SBSC is an interfaith, non-partisan organization of churches and individuals in the Bay Area. The [...]
Campus Workday
10/02/2021    
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Date:              Usually the 1st Saturday every month Time:              9 am-Noon Location:      [...]
Sacred Text Reading Group
10/02/2021    
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)
10/02/2021    
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  - Mystery walls in the East Bay hills
10/03/2021    
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Discussion Leader Ann Zeise 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.
03 Oct
10/03/2021    
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 [...]
03 Oct
10/03/2021    
9:30 am - 10:30 am
Brown Bag Books: First Mothers
10/05/2021    
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 [...]
05 Oct
10/05/2021    
7:15 pm - 9:00 pm
https://www.uucpa.org/about-us/our-governance/committees/
06 Oct
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
10/06/2021    
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, [...]
Strategies of the Civil Rights Movement: Lessons for Our Time
10/06/2021    
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Wednesdays September 29 & October 6, 2021, 7:30 to 9:00 pm Zoom link (more ways to connect below) Presenter: Mary Lou Finley Strategies of the Civil Rights Movement: Lessons [...]
Gardening @ UUCPA
10/07/2021    
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
10/07/2021    
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 [...]
2nd Friday Bridge Club
10/08/2021    
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 [...]
Sacred Text Reading Group
10/09/2021    
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)
10/09/2021    
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 [...]
09 Oct
This meeting features social time, a potluck, a 20-minute presentation, and an all-peer discussion. We usually have more than 15 attendees. Topics are selected by [...]
Forum - Space debris – low orbit
10/10/2021    
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Discussion Leader: Sarah Doxiadis 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.
10 Oct
10/10/2021    
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 [...]
10 Oct
10/10/2021    
9:30 am - 10:30 am
11 Oct
10/11/2021    
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
https://www.uucpa.org/about-us/our-governance/committees/
White Folks Dismantling White Supremacy
We meet on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month. On Tuesday, October 12, Barbara Schonborn will lead us in a discussion of some [...]
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 [...]
13 Oct
10/13/2021    
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Membership & Growth Committee group generally meets on the second Wednesday at 6:30pm via Zoom.
Secular Buddhism for UUs?
10/13/2021    
7:00 pm - 8:15 pm
Secular Buddhism for UUs? Presenter Drew Oman Wednesday, October 13⋅7:00 – 8:15pm What might Secular Buddhism have to say to Unitarian Universalists? In this class [...]
Gardening @ UUCPA
10/14/2021    
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
10/14/2021    
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 [...]
14 Oct
10/14/2021    
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
https://www.uucpa.org/about-us/our-governance/committees/
Sacred Text Reading Group: Alice Munro
10/16/2021    
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)
10/16/2021    
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 Identity Politics Took Over the Republican Party
10/17/2021    
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.
17 Oct
10/17/2021    
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 [...]
17 Oct
10/17/2021    
9:30 am - 10:30 am
18 Oct
10/18/2021    
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> [...]
20 Oct
10/20/2021    
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 [...]
20 Oct
10/20/2021    
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Does this dashing young actor look familiar? Would you believe Leslie Nielson, of later Naked Gun fame? In our October movie, he has a more [...]
By Your Side Singers
10/20/2021    
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
10/21/2021    
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
10/21/2021    
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 (Connected Discourses 1.71)
10/23/2021    
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)
10/23/2021    
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 - When are we lonely, when do we connect?
10/24/2021    
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.
24 Oct
10/24/2021    
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 [...]
24 Oct
10/24/2021    
9:30 am - 10:30 am
ARE Workshop: Opening the Great Window
10/25/2021    
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 [...]
UPLIFT Trans/Non-Binary Gathering Space
10/26/2021    
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 [...]
27 Oct
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 [...]
27 Oct
10/27/2021    
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Board meetings are held every fourth Wednesday of the month at 7:00 pm. Meetings are open to all, but the schedule is always tight, so [...]
Gardening @ UUCPA
10/28/2021    
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
10/28/2021    
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 (Jung)
10/30/2021    
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)
10/30/2021    
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 December
10/31/2021    
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.
31 Oct
10/31/2021    
9:30 am - 10:30 am
There is no Sunday school today.  Feel free to attend the Remembrance Service at 9:30 or 11 am instead. Because we believe in learning by [...]
31 Oct
10/31/2021    
9:30 am - 10:30 am
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30 Sep 21
Palo Alto
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30 Sep 21
Palo Alto
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Gardening @ UUCPA
7 Oct 21
Palo Alto
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7 Oct 21
Palo Alto
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11 Oct
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Gardening @ UUCPA
14 Oct 21
Palo Alto
Gardening @ UUCPA
14 Oct 21
Palo Alto
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21 Oct 21
Palo Alto
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21 Oct 21
Palo Alto
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Gardening @ UUCPA
28 Oct 21
Palo Alto
Gardening @ UUCPA
28 Oct 21
Palo Alto
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