With more and more people being vaccinated in California, the state government is moving towards reopening. So what about reopening plans for UUCPA?
First and foremost, reopening plans for adult programs will be different from programs for children and teens under age 16. Until we have a vaccine for those under age 16, I’m expecting we’ll ...
UUCPA’s ecology camp will run from June 15 to July 2 this year. The group for rising gr. 3-6 (this year’s gr. 2-5) had just one opening as of April 8, but there’s still plenty of room in the middle school group (rising gr. 7-9, this years. gr. 6-8). You can register online here:https://ecojusticecamp.org/rates/
Come one, come all this Sunday, April 11th at noon, to learn more about how UUCPA’s finances are looking for the year ahead. See the numbers and ask your questions before voting on the budget at the congregational meeting on April 25th.
Attendance is easy: we will be on the same zoom link as the ...
Wednesday, April 14, 7:30-9, Amy will be leading the first in a 2-class series on liberation theologies that may interest you. She taught a class on liberation theology/ies two years ago, but realized upon preparing materials for the class, that to do justice to the topic would take at least two or three sessions. ...
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The Forum meets from 9:00 to 10:15 Sunday mornings in the Fireside Room. Here are the topics for May, 2021:
5/2 Blanket immunity for religious organizations – Bill Hilton
5/9 What does it mean to be an American? – Dick Duda
5/16 Nuclear power to reduce greenhouse gas emissions – Bob Greene
5/23 Regenerative Agriculture to address climate change ...
The Justice Partner for April 2021, as chosen by the congregation at the annual meeting, is Community Health Awareness Council (CHAC). CHAC provides mental health services for schools and families in Mountain View, Sunnyvale and Los Altos.
On Sunday, April 25, Marsha Deslauriers, the Executive Director, will speak in the service about CHAC, and the ...
April 3, 2021 was a productive campus workday. The team was: Chris Cassell, Dave Joki, Jaralyn Moran, Paul and John Kostka, and Robert and Nancy Neff
Highlights:
About half the parking lot was swept up, including large piles of pine needles along the exit drive. Picked up under the redwoods out front. Looks better!
Fencing was constructed along the exit ...
The popular videos for kids that have been appearing in this year’s worship services are all online. Originally, the videos were posted to YouTube, but now that YouTube is adding more ads, all videos will gradually be migrated to Vimeo, an ad-free video hosting service. To help you find your favorite videos, there’s now a ...
People Magazine has published a piece on our neighbor, sometime caterer, and Justice Partner, Ada’s Cafe. Check it out for some familiar faces!
Ada’s Cafe is attached to Mitchell Park Library, a lovely stroll through the park from UUCPA. Their hours are reduced during COVID, but take-out and patio service are still available Wednesday – Saturday ...
Google Tips and Tricks Class meets Tues, Apr 6
Death Cafe meets Wed, Apr 7
Each month the Church supports a social justice organization by donating one Sunday’s plate collection. The UUCPA Action Council reviewed the current program, considered current and proposed causes nominated by congregants, and decided on this slate of organizations to present to the congregation for approval at the Annual Meeting on April 25.
Factors that were given ...
Campus Workday, Sat, Apr 3 @ 9 am
UUCPA folks sent thousands of postcards and letters to voters over the past several months to strengthen our democracy. Folks on our Caring Network who enjoyed doing that in groups organized a similar gathering in January and are doing it again on Saturday, April 3, 2:30-3:30. We’ll get together online and enjoy each other’s company ...
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When we meet in person, we encourage folks to put pronoun stickers on their nametags and share their pronouns when they introduce themselves at greeting time at the beginning of the Sunday service. Neither of those works via Zoom–but Zoom has another, very simple way to share your pronouns.
If you have a Zoom account:
Sign on ...
Religious Questions in Art II class meets Wed, Mar 31 @ 7:30 pm
UUCPA’s Jen Dillinger and Amy Zucker Morgenstern will be hosting a Death Cafe on Wednesday, April 7 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. A Death Cafe is a group-directed discussion of death, an open-ended conversation with no agenda or themes. It is a discussion group rather than a grief support or counseling session. All are ...
The annual meeting of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto will be held on Sunday, April 25, at 12:30pm. The meeting will be held on Zoom. Members who have made a recorded financial contribution within the last 12 months will be eligible to vote and will receive a passcode to join the meeting. The meeting will also be live-streamed ...
The Board of Trustees watches public health recommendations to evaluate which in-person activities are safe. In order to ready the congregation to resume in-person Sunday services when the Board gives the green light, we have convened the Hybrid Services Task Force. The task force met for the first time this week and is now divided ...
In accordance with the Church Bylaws, the Nominations Committee is pleased to announce its candidates for Board of Trustees and Nominating Committee. The election will be part of the Annual Meeting of UUCPA, which starts shortly after the worship service (approximately 12:30 pm) on April 25, 2021 via Zoom.
Candidates for the Board of Trustees:
Megan Fazio
Lisa Helmonds
Paula Hillard
Candidates ...
New fencing to keep out marauding Easter bunnies?
No, just the next step in adding temporary fencing around the UUCPA campus to discourage free-range and sometimes vociferously maskless passersby (really, passers-through) during the pandemic. Sunday services are online for now, but we still have staff, preschool children, and shelter guests on campus.
CYRE thanks Buildings & Grounds and ...
As set forth in our Bylaws, the Committee on Ministry (CoM) is responsible for supporting and monitoring the health of UUCPA’s total shared ministry. Any church member can contact any CoM member with questions or concerns. This may be especially helpful if there is a conflict that involves the ministers. In addition to helping mediate ...
Dear UUCPA folks, about a year ago, as we were moving UUCPA activities online, the Adult Religious Education Committee asked if I would offer a new class, perhaps on Saturday afternoons. Over the previous few years, several of our folks had been creating spaces for sharing openly about our spiritual experiences, practices and longings, and ...
White Folks Dismantling White Supremacy Meets Tues, Mar 23 @ 7:15 pm
Humanism III Class Meets Wed, Mar 24 @ 7:30 pm
The Forum meets from 9:00 to 10:15 Sunday mornings in the Fireside Room. Here are the topics for April, 2021:
4/4 Current Migrations throughout the World – Sarah Doxiadis
4/11 Merits and Demerits of Meritocracy – Susan Owicki
4/18 What Did We Learn from Our Parents? – Bob Greene & Kay Culpepper
4/25 Discussion of Matters of Current Local, ...
This Monday, Monday, March 15, 2021, 7-9 on Zoom, we’ll continue our series of videos on Transgender Inclusion in Congregations. We’ll watch and discuss the fifth video: “The Role of Culture in Trans Exclusion.” Being inclusive of trans people isn’t just about bathrooms and language—it’s about the cultural values that live under the surface and ...
Getting Things Done with Google Workspace , taught by Megan Fazio meets Tuesdays March 16 and April 6, 7-8:30pm on Zoom.
Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) provides a rich set of tools for working with a variety of content. The tools make it easy to create, manage, and share documents within an organization, and many of our ...
Happy Easter! Sorry – no egg hunt at church this year. We wish everyone a wonderful Easter anyway! We invite you to join us for a family check in before the service – say hi to Reverend Amy and to other families – and yes show us your favorite easter egg (unless you already ate ...
Did you move, get a new phone number, add an e-mail address . . . ? Let us know at directory@uucpa.org and we’ll update your information in the UUCPA directory.
The Heart and Home Women’s Shelter at UUCPA still needs a few volunteers to be Dinner Coordinators on 3 Thursdays (including this Thursday!), and also to do laundry on 4 Saturdays. Please sign up at https://www.hhcollab.org/volunteer.Thank you for your help!Beth Sherman
UUCPA Folk,
Many hands make light work. Please join the B&G crew and other volunteers for the March work day.
Saturday, March 6, 9-12
Other tasks:
Install Front Fencing – ~ 250 feet. Use the new fence post hammer!
Check the walkway lights. (Put a shade over the sensor, to force them on.
Remove dirt next to wood all around the base ...
Each month the Church supports a social justice organization by donating one Sunday’s plate collection to the organization. Nominations and support for existing partners for the 2021-22 FY should be sent to the action council (email actioncouncil@uucpa.org or phone an action council member) before Sat, Mar 6.
Congregants are invited to propose organizations for inclusion in the program. ...
Healing the DIvideSunday, 3/7 1:00 to 2:30 pm on ZoomAt our meeting on Sunday, March 7 at 1 pm, we’ll watch the documentary The Reunited States.
Here’s the trailer and a brief synopsis:
At a time when America is ripping apart at the seams, The Reunited States is a powerful and urgent documentary that follows some unsung heroes on the difficult journey of ...
UUCPA’s application for a safe parking permit was accepted for review by the city on February 25. A response to this request, which would enable us to hose four vehicles each night, is expected in less than 30 days. After the city’s response comes a public comment period that can be contentious and lengthy, although ...
UUCPA’s Ecojustice Camp returns this year! Learn more about this fun outdoors camp: www.ecojusticecamp.org. Questions? contact camp directors Dan Harper or Lorraine Kostka. Online registration at the camp Web site.
The Brown Bag Books group has chosen the following books for the Spring of 2021:
April: “Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood” by Trevor Noah (Non-Fiction)
May: “A Long Petal of the Sea A Novel” by Isabel Allende (Fiction)
June: “Caste: The Origins of our Discontents” by Isabel Wilkerson (Non Fiction)
Please join us via ...
Friends, we will have been online and largely shut up in our homes for one year this month. In the service on March 14, I’d like to share what we have experienced, learned, mourned, and hoped for during this past year. Will you take a couple of minutes to tell me?
This is a very short ...
The nominating committee is currently seeking nominations for: is searching for interested members of the congregation to represent UUCPA as voting delegates at the UUA General Assembly (100% virtual from June 23-27) and the Pacific Central District Assembly (date yet to be announced). If you are interested in connecting with other Unitarian Universalists from outside of our congregation and want ...
Getting Things Done with Google Workspace taught by Megan Fazio
Tuesday March 2 and March 16 7-9pm on Zoom
Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) provides a rich set of tools for working with a variety of content. The tools make it easy to create, manage, and share documents within an organization, and many of our UUCPA documents are ...
Religious Questions in Art by Rev. Amy Zucker Morgenstern (A two class Series)Art I Wed, March 3, 2021 at 7:30 – 9 pmAmy will begin with a close look at two to three works of modern/contemporary art and we’ll dig into the religious and spiritual questions they raise and the responses they propose. Likely artists: Mark Tansey, ...
Dear UUCPA Campers.
Our hosts at Bass Lake for the past many years, Skylake Yosemite Camp, cannot host a UUCPA family camp weekend this summer. We also don’t feel that we can organize a weekend around a new camp location for UUCPA this summer given the continued uncertainty.
We will keep in touch with Skylake and look for a way to ...
If you’ve been by the church lately, you may be wondering why it has sprouted bright orange vinyl fencing.
While we like to be welcoming, passersby have been wandering through the campus during the pandemic, picnicking near the preschoolers while the children play outdoors (sometimes within six feet), and peeking through the Main Hall windows at ...
Saturday, Feb. 27 at 2 pm! If you missed it when UUCPA presented Doug Tallamy’s fascinating slides and talk, here’s another chance, courtesy of San Jose UU’s. I will participate in the Q&A session after the talk. -Nancy Neff
Protecting Biodiversity at Homehttps://zoom.us/j/99953910212?pwd=dVlDaXpOcm1CQTZiMjhhVVVJTjJGQT09
You won’t want to miss this! Nurturing and protecting our lovely world ...
Dear UUCPA folks,
Today is an infamous anniversary, reminding us that the impulse to scapegoat the momentarily vulnerable is not new. On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 imprisoning Americans of Japanese descent. There was no more logic in the idea that Japanese-Americans were agents of the Japanese army than that ...
In this session we will listen to a brief interview with Layla Saad, the author of a book called Me and White Supremacy. After the interview we will discuss our reactions to what we heard, then spend time talking about how we might bring some of what we are learning to the larger UUCPA congregation.
The Zoom ...
The women’s winter shelter will be resident at UUCPA from Feb 21 to April 5 and is in need of volunteers to organize and serve dinner to shelter participants one day a week for those six weeks. Having a designated dinner coordinator is one way we are ensuring the safety of everyone at the shelter, ...
