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Weekly Worship Services

Sundays at 10:15 am, in person and online

Sunday, July 19, 2026

This service offers a message of encouragement, and evidence based hope, about our country and the world; with a simple method of growing the emotional balance and resilience we will need in times of great change.

Worship Leader: David Nielsen

Worship Associate: Mayo Tsuzuki

Special Music: Aurora Singers

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Next Worship Service

Sunday, July 19, 2026

This service offers a message of encouragement, and evidence based hope, about our country and the world; with a simple method of growing the emotional balance and resilience we will need in times of great change.

Worship Leader: David Nielsen

Worship Associate: Mayo Tsuzuki

Special Music: Aurora Singers

If … read more.

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Upcoming Events

01 Jun

Justice Partner - Peninsula Food Runners

06/01/2026 - 06/30/2026
All Day
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
All Day
Resonant Reading (Wednesday)—Emily Dickenson, Poems: Third Series

Resonant Reading (Wednesday)—Emily Dickenson, Poems: Third Series

07/01/2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Campus Workday

Campus Workday

07/03/2026
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
UUCPA
Resonant Reading (Saturday)—William Stafford, The Way It Is

Resonant Reading (Saturday)—William Stafford, The Way It Is

07/04/2026
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Forum

Forum Tipping points in your life

07/05/2026
8:45 am - 10:15 am
Library
05 Jul

UUCPA Summer Sunday School for All Ages

07/05/2026
10:30 am - 11:30 am
UUCPA
Thriving Together - A Health & Wellness Support Group (in-person)

Thriving Together - A Health & Wellness Support Group (in-person)

07/05/2026
11:45 am - 12:45 pm
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Setup for Annual Yard & Used Books Sale
01 Aug
08/01/2016    
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
UUCPA - Main Hall
Time to clean out your closets, garages, junk rooms, sheds, and any- where else you stash things you don’t really want any more. The sale [...]
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Setup for Annual Yard & Used Books Sale
02 Aug
08/02/2016    
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
UUCPA - Main Hall
Time to clean out your closets, garages, junk rooms, sheds, and any- where else you stash things you don’t really want any more. The sale [...]
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Setup for Annual Yard & Used Books Sale
03 Aug
08/03/2016    
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
UUCPA - Main Hall
Time to clean out your closets, garages, junk rooms, sheds, and any- where else you stash things you don’t really want any more. The sale [...]
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Setup for Annual Yard & Used Books Sale
04 Aug
08/04/2016    
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
UUCPA - Main Hall
Time to clean out your closets, garages, junk rooms, sheds, and any- where else you stash things you don’t really want any more. The sale [...]
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Annual Yard & Used Books Sale
05 Aug
08/05/2016    
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
UUCPA - Main Hall
Time to clean out your closets, garages, junk rooms, sheds, and any- where else you stash things you don’t really want any more. The sale [...]
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Annual Yard & Used Books Sale
06 Aug
08/06/2016    
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
UUCPA - Main Hall
Time to clean out your closets, garages, junk rooms, sheds, and any- where else you stash things you don’t really want any more. The sale [...]
More Info
Meditation
Meditation
08/06/2016    
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
08/06/2016    
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 - Why Do We Accept Endless War?
07 Aug
08/07/2016    
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Fireside Room
Topic: Why Do We Accept Endless War? - Dick Duda The Forum meets from 9:00 to 10:15 Sunday mornings in the Fireside Room. Everyone is [...]
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First Sunday Sing Out
First Sunday Sing Out
08/07/2016    
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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Monthly Writing Group
07 Aug
08/07/2016    
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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Thespians
Thespians
08/08/2016    
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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Elder Journey
09 Aug
08/09/2016    
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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Film Discussion Group
Film Discussion Group
08/09/2016    
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
08/12/2016    
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
08/13/2016    
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
Choral Workshop
13 Aug
08/13/2016    
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
UUCPA - Main Hall
Do You Like To Sing?  Are you thinking about joining the choir? Or would you just like to brush up on your vocal skills? Then join the [...]
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Forum - How to Tax the Super-Rich
14 Aug
08/14/2016    
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Fireside Room
Topic: How to Tax the Super-Rich – Cecil Bridges The Forum meets from 9:00 to 10:15 Sunday mornings in the Fireside Room. Everyone is welcome [...]
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CYRE Teacher Training
14 Aug
08/14/2016    
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Room 4/5
We will offer two training sessions for returning, new and interested CYRE teachers. Have you considered teaching, but are curious to know more? Come to [...]
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2nd Sunday Lunch
2nd Sunday Lunch
08/14/2016    
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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Thespians
19 Aug
08/19/2016    
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 [...]
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Meditation
Meditation
08/20/2016    
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
Forum - How Will AI/Robots Transform Society?
21 Aug
08/21/2016    
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Fireside Room
Topic: How Will AI/Robots Transform Society? Bob Ohlmann The Forum meets from 9:00 to 10:15 Sunday mornings in the Fireside Room. Everyone is welcome to [...]
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Ancient Texts for a New Age
21 Aug
08/21/2016    
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Fireside Room
More interesting if taken together, but each session stands alone, so it is also fine to attend one and not the other. Led by sabbatical [...]
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Friends of Poetry
Friends of Poetry
08/21/2016    
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
23 Aug
08/23/2016    
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
Thespians
08/23/2016    
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 [...]
More Info
Green Sanctuary Fourth Friday Film
26 Aug
08/26/2016    
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
08/27/2016    
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
Sacred Harp All-Day Singing
Sacred Harp All-Day Singing
08/27/2016    
9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Fireside Room
  Join the democratic and participatory American song tradition of Sacred Harp singing. NPR calls it “full-body singing,” Rolling Stone describes the sound as a [...]
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Visit San Antonio Masjid
27 Aug
08/27/2016    
10:45 am - 12:15 pm
Hatemi Masjid
We will meet at 10:45 am in the church parking lot and carpool to the Masjid. We will tour the masjid and our hosts will [...]
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Forum - October Topic Selection
28 Aug
08/28/2016    
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Fireside Room
Topic: Discussion of Matters of Current Local, National, and International Interest, and Selection of Forum Discussion Topics for October The Forum meets from 9:00 to 10:15 Sunday [...]
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4th Sunday Brunch
4th Sunday Brunch
08/28/2016    
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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Ancient Texts for a New Age
28 Aug
08/28/2016    
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Fireside Room
More interesting if taken together, but each session stands alone, so it is also fine to attend one and not the other. Led by sabbatical [...]
More Info
Hotel de Zink
01 Sep
09/01/2016    
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
02 Sep
09/02/2016    
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 [...]
More Info
Meditation
Meditation
09/03/2016    
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
09/03/2016    
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 [...]
More Info
Humanists at UUCPA
03 Sep
09/03/2016    
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Fireside Room
This meeting features social time, a potluck, 20-minute presentation and all-peer discussion. We usually have more than 15 attendees. Topics are selected by the group [...]
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Forum - How I Have Been Profoundly Stirred by Music, Art, and Literature
04 Sep
09/04/2016    
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Fireside Room
Topic:  How I Have Been Profoundly Stirred by Music, Art, and Literature – Martha Greene The Forum meets from 9:00 to 10:15 Sunday mornings in [...]
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First Sunday Sing Out
First Sunday Sing Out
09/04/2016    
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
Monthly Writing Group
04 Sep
09/04/2016    
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 [...]
More Info
Events on 08/01/2016
01 Aug
Setup for Annual Yard & Used Books Sale
1 Aug 16
Palo Alto
Events on 08/02/2016
02 Aug
Setup for Annual Yard & Used Books Sale
2 Aug 16
Palo Alto
Events on 08/03/2016
03 Aug
Setup for Annual Yard & Used Books Sale
3 Aug 16
Palo Alto
Events on 08/04/2016
04 Aug
Setup for Annual Yard & Used Books Sale
4 Aug 16
Palo Alto
Events on 08/05/2016
05 Aug
Annual Yard & Used Books Sale
5 Aug 16
Palo Alto
Events on 08/06/2016
06 Aug
Annual Yard & Used Books Sale
6 Aug 16
Palo Alto
Meditation
Meditation
6 Aug 16
Palo Alto
Campus Workday
Campus Workday
6 Aug 16
Palo Alto
Events on 08/07/2016
07 Aug
Forum - Why Do We Accept Endless War?
7 Aug 16
Palo Alto
First Sunday Sing Out
First Sunday Sing Out
7 Aug 16
Palo Alto
07 Aug
Monthly Writing Group
7 Aug 16
Palo Alto
Events on 08/08/2016
Thespians
Thespians
8 Aug 16
Palo Alto
Events on 08/09/2016
09 Aug
Elder Journey
9 Aug 16
Palo Alto
Film Discussion Group
Film Discussion Group
9 Aug 16
Events on 08/12/2016
2nd Friday Bridge Club
2nd Friday Bridge Club
12 Aug 16
Palo Alto
Events on 08/13/2016
Meditation
Meditation
13 Aug 16
Palo Alto
13 Aug
Choral Workshop
13 Aug 16
Palo Alto
Events on 08/14/2016
14 Aug
Forum - How to Tax the Super-Rich
14 Aug 16
Palo Alto
14 Aug
CYRE Teacher Training
14 Aug 16
Palo Alto
2nd Sunday Lunch
2nd Sunday Lunch
14 Aug 16
Palo Alto
Events on 08/19/2016
19 Aug
Thespians
19 Aug 16
Palo Alto
Events on 08/20/2016
Meditation
Meditation
20 Aug 16
Palo Alto
Events on 08/21/2016
21 Aug
Forum - How Will AI/Robots Transform Society?
21 Aug 16
Palo Alto
21 Aug
Ancient Texts for a New Age
21 Aug 16
Palo Alto
Friends of Poetry
Friends of Poetry
21 Aug 16
Palo Alto
Events on 08/23/2016
23 Aug
Elder Journey
23 Aug 16
Palo Alto
Thespians
Thespians
23 Aug 16
Palo Alto
Events on 08/26/2016
26 Aug
Green Sanctuary Fourth Friday Film
26 Aug 16
Palo Alto
Events on 08/27/2016
Meditation
Meditation
27 Aug 16
Palo Alto
Sacred Harp All-Day Singing
Sacred Harp All-Day Singing
27 Aug 16
Palo Alto
27 Aug
Visit San Antonio Masjid
27 Aug 16
Palo Alto
Events on 08/28/2016
28 Aug
Forum - October Topic Selection
28 Aug 16
Palo Alto
4th Sunday Brunch
4th Sunday Brunch
28 Aug 16
Palo Alto
28 Aug
Ancient Texts for a New Age
28 Aug 16
Palo Alto
Events on 09/01/2016
01 Sep
Hotel de Zink
1 Sep 16
Palo Alto
Events on 09/02/2016
02 Sep
Hotel de Zink
2 Sep 16
Palo Alto
Events on 09/03/2016
Meditation
Meditation
3 Sep 16
Palo Alto
Campus Workday
Campus Workday
3 Sep 16
Palo Alto
03 Sep
Humanists at UUCPA
3 Sep 16
Palo Alto
Events on 09/04/2016
04 Sep
Forum - How I Have Been Profoundly Stirred by Music, Art, and Literature
4 Sep 16
Palo Alto
First Sunday Sing Out
First Sunday Sing Out
4 Sep 16
Palo Alto
04 Sep
Monthly Writing Group
4 Sep 16
Palo Alto

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