There is a lot going on at UUCPA.  Here is a brief listing of upcoming events.  For a more comprehensive list, please visit the calendar.

Upcoming Events for Children & Youth
Upcoming Adult Classes
Upcoming Music
Upcoming Newcomer/Visitor Events
Upcoming Group Meetings
Upcoming Justice Projects/Events
Upcoming Special Events
Upcoming Holiday Events
Upcoming Non-UUCPA Events

Upcoming Events for Children & Youth

Parents Night Out!

03/21/2026, 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm Room 4/5 (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)

Parents deserve a break! Let UUCPA take care of dinner and childcare while you go out on the town every fourth Saturday (holidays excluded), usually 5:00-8:00 pm. Age range to participate: 5 and up. Please RSVP so we can get an accurate headcount. (Can’t access the sign up? Email Rev. Cat and she’ll help you sign up and get on the mailing list.)

Do you have a high schooler who would like to be part of our childcare team for this event for community service hours and some change? Email Rev. Cat.


Sunday School for children and youth preK through grade 8

03/22/2026, 10:30 am - 11:30 am UUCPA (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)

Because we believe in learning by doing, a very important part of our religious education is participation, with all ages, in the first part of regular worship services. Then during Sunday school, young people learn and play with people their age. Feel free to ask Sunday school teachers what they did this week. If you would like to review curriculum materials that are not online, please contact Rev. Cat Boyle.

Reminders are sent via the weekly Sunday School Reminder email. If you didn’t get it, please email cyrecommittee@uucpa.org to get on our list.Find out more at: https://www.uucpa.org/learning/children-and-youth/sunday-morning-program-for-families/

 

 


All Ages Game Night

03/28/2026, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Room 4/5 (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)

Bring your favorite board game and snacks and learn a new one with your family and friends. Everyone welcome!

Questions?  Contact gamenight@uucpa.org.

Check out more family fun activities here.


Sunday School for children and youth preK through grade 8

03/29/2026, 10:30 am - 11:30 am UUCPA (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)

Because we believe in learning by doing, a very important part of our religious education is participation, with all ages, in the first part of regular worship services. Then during Sunday school, young people learn and play with people their age. Feel free to ask Sunday school teachers what they did this week. If you would like to review curriculum materials that are not online, please contact Rev. Cat Boyle.

Reminders are sent via the weekly Sunday School Reminder email. If you didn’t get it, please email cyrecommittee@uucpa.org to get on our list.Find out more at: https://www.uucpa.org/learning/children-and-youth/sunday-morning-program-for-families/

 

 


Sunday School for children and youth preK through grade 8

04/05/2026, 10:30 am - 11:30 am UUCPA (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)

Because we believe in learning by doing, a very important part of our religious education is participation, with all ages, in the first part of regular worship services. Then during Sunday school, young people learn and play with people their age. Feel free to ask Sunday school teachers what they did this week. If you would like to review curriculum materials that are not online, please contact Rev. Cat Boyle.

Reminders are sent via the weekly Sunday School Reminder email. If you didn’t get it, please email cyrecommittee@uucpa.org to get on our list.Find out more at: https://www.uucpa.org/learning/children-and-youth/sunday-morning-program-for-families/

 

 


Children and Youth Religious Education Committee meeting

04/09/2026, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)

Oversees and evaluates all children and youth programs; plans and carries out special events; organizes Baby Cafe; supports social justice projects that welcome children and youth; more generally, helps the wider congregation better meet the needs of families, children, and youth. Contact: cyrecommittee@uucpa.org. Chair: Edie Keating. Board Liaison: Rev. Cat Boyle


Sunday School for children and youth preK through grade 8

04/12/2026, 10:30 am - 11:30 am UUCPA (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)

Because we believe in learning by doing, a very important part of our religious education is participation, with all ages, in the first part of regular worship services. Then during Sunday school, young people learn and play with people their age. Feel free to ask Sunday school teachers what they did this week. If you would like to review curriculum materials that are not online, please contact Rev. Cat Boyle.

Reminders are sent via the weekly Sunday School Reminder email. If you didn’t get it, please email cyrecommittee@uucpa.org to get on our list.Find out more at: https://www.uucpa.org/learning/children-and-youth/sunday-morning-program-for-families/

 

 


All Ages Game Night

04/18/2026, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Room 4/5 (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)

Bring your favorite board game and snacks and learn a new one with your family and friends. Everyone welcome!

Questions?  Contact Rev. Cat.

Check out more family fun activities here.


Sunday School for children and youth preK through grade 8

04/19/2026, 10:30 am - 11:30 am UUCPA (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)

Because we believe in learning by doing, a very important part of our religious education is participation, with all ages, in the first part of regular worship services. Then during Sunday school, young people learn and play with people their age. Feel free to ask Sunday school teachers what they did this week. If you would like to review curriculum materials that are not online, please contact Rev. Cat Boyle.

Reminders are sent via the weekly Sunday School Reminder email. If you didn’t get it, please email cyrecommittee@uucpa.org to get on our list.Find out more at: https://www.uucpa.org/learning/children-and-youth/sunday-morning-program-for-families/

 

 


Parents Night Out!

04/25/2026, 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm Room 4/5 (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)

Parents deserve a break! Let UUCPA take care of dinner and childcare while you go out on the town every fourth Saturday (holidays excluded), usually 5:00-8:00 pm. Age range to participate: 5 and up. Please RSVP so we can get an accurate headcount. (Can’t access the sign up? Email Rev. Cat and she’ll help you sign up and get on the mailing list.)

Do you have a high schooler who would like to be part of our childcare team for this event for community service hours and some change? Email Rev. Cat.


Upcoming Adult Classes

ALJ Class Series - A Chosen Faith: An Introduction to Unitarian UniversalismALJ Class Series – A Chosen Faith: An Introduction to Unitarian Universalism

03/22/2026, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Fireside Room (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)

Upcoming Music

Sacred Harp Shape Note Singing

03/22/2026, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Fireside Room (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)

Join the democratic and inclusive American song tradition of Sacred Harp music, one of the oldest ongoing music traditions in the United States. Rolling Stone magazine talks about “the soaring magnificence of Sacred Harp.” National Public Radio calls it “full-body singing,” and radio station KALW says it’s a “communal experience.” Come find out for yourself. Beginners are always welcome, and loaner books are available.

Dates:               2nd & 4th Sunday every month

Time:                 2-4 pm

Location:         Fireside Room

Facilitator:       Palo Alto Sacred Harp singers

Contact:          sacredharp@uucpa.org

Registration:   Not required

Sacred-Harp Singing


Choir Practice

03/26/2026, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Main Hall (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)

Singers wanted! We can use singers on all parts. Don’t be shy – give us a try!

The UUCPA choir welcomes singers of all vocal backgrounds. We are looking for people:

  • Who love to sing with others and be inspired by the act of making live music
  • Who want to learn and perform a variety of musical styles, in many different languages
  • Who can join us in weekly rehearsals and Sunday morning worship

You don’t have to sight-read, but you should be able to understand a music score and to learn a part quickly after hearing it. Bruce makes pronunciation recordings to help us learn the text in languages other than English.

Date: Rehearsals – Thursday, 7-9 pm, and Sunday, 9:45 am; Performances – Sunday, 10:15 am, September to mid-Jun
Location: Main Hall
Facilitator: Bruce Olstad, Music Director (music-director@uucpa.org)

Contact: music@uucpa.org


By Your Side Singers

04/01/2026, 7:30 pm - 8:45 pm Hamaker Library (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)

You are welcome to sing with the By Your Side Singers, the 1st Wed of the month June – Aug, the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays during the rest of the year.


Choir Practice

04/02/2026, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Main Hall (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)

Singers wanted! We can use singers on all parts. Don’t be shy – give us a try!

The UUCPA choir welcomes singers of all vocal backgrounds. We are looking for people:

  • Who love to sing with others and be inspired by the act of making live music
  • Who want to learn and perform a variety of musical styles, in many different languages
  • Who can join us in weekly rehearsals and Sunday morning worship

You don’t have to sight-read, but you should be able to understand a music score and to learn a part quickly after hearing it. Bruce makes pronunciation recordings to help us learn the text in languages other than English.

Date: Rehearsals – Thursday, 7-9 pm, and Sunday, 9:45 am; Performances – Sunday, 10:15 am, September to mid-Jun
Location: Main Hall
Facilitator: Bruce Olstad, Music Director (music-director@uucpa.org)

Contact: music@uucpa.org


Choir Practice

04/09/2026, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Main Hall (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)

Singers wanted! We can use singers on all parts. Don’t be shy – give us a try!

The UUCPA choir welcomes singers of all vocal backgrounds. We are looking for people:

  • Who love to sing with others and be inspired by the act of making live music
  • Who want to learn and perform a variety of musical styles, in many different languages
  • Who can join us in weekly rehearsals and Sunday morning worship

You don’t have to sight-read, but you should be able to understand a music score and to learn a part quickly after hearing it. Bruce makes pronunciation recordings to help us learn the text in languages other than English.

Date: Rehearsals – Thursday, 7-9 pm, and Sunday, 9:45 am; Performances – Sunday, 10:15 am, September to mid-Jun
Location: Main Hall
Facilitator: Bruce Olstad, Music Director (music-director@uucpa.org)

Contact: music@uucpa.org


Upcoming Newcomer/Visitor Events

Nothing scheduled at this time.

Upcoming Group Meetings/Gatherings

Resonant Reading (Wednesday)-I want you to get mad—BealeResonant Reading (Wednesday)-I want you to get mad—Beale

03/25/2026, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)

An exploration of ideas, feelings, and our life experiences, using a different short reading as our springboard each time. The sessions are on Saturdays, 4-5, and on Wednesdays, 12-1. All are wide open and you are welcome to come twice a week or once in a while.
The participants over the years have found that the approach we take, and the respectful, affectionate community of inquirers in which we read and converse, are as important as the reading itself. While many small groups begin with a check-in, with a session only an hour long, Resonant Reading jumps right in to the conversation. Those who are frequently in the group get to know each other very well this way, and those who are new will soon find they are among friends.

Facilitators use a light hand, posting the reading in the chat and calling on whoever’s Zoom hand is up. Suggestions for readings* come from group members, who also take turns facilitating, if they want to try that role.

The reading for this session: Wednesday, March 25th

I don’t have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It’s a depression. Everybody’s out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel’s worth; banks are going bust; shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter; punks are running wild in the street, and there’s nobody anywhere who seems to know what to do, and there’s no end to it.
We know the air is unfit to breathe and our food is unfit to eat. And we sit watching our TVs while some local newscaster tells us that today we had fifteen homicides and sixty-three violent crimes, as if that’s the way it’s supposed to be!
We all know things are bad—worse than bad—they’re crazy.
It’s like everything everywhere is going crazy, so we don’t go out any more. We sit in the house, and slowly the world we’re living in is getting smaller, and all we say is, “Please, at least leave us alone in our living rooms. Let me have my toaster and my TV and my steel-belted radials, and I won’t say anything. Just leave us alone.”
Well, I’m not going to leave you alone.
I want you to get mad!
I don’t want you to protest. I don’t want you to riot. I don’t want you to write to your Congressman, because I wouldn’t know what to tell you to write. I don’t know what to do about the depression and the inflation and the Russians and the crime in the street.
All I know is that, first, you’ve got to get mad.
You’ve gotta say, “I’m a human being, goddammit! My life has value!”
So, I want you to get up now. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now and go to the window, open it, and stick your head out and yell,
“I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!!”
—Howard Beale from the movie Network (written by Paddy Chayefsky) 1976

How to join:

  • Join this class from your Web browser: https://zoom.us/j/96865808923, passcode 227385
  • Join this class using the Zoom app: Meeting ID: 968 6580 8923
  • Join this class by phone: 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 968 6580 8923
  • Join this class by one-tap on mobile phones: 6699006833,,96865808923#  (San Jose)
  • Phoning in, but not in the Bay Area?  Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/abL8clvIYT

This is the Zoom link for Wednesdays. For the Zoom link for Saturday, go to Calendar and click on a Saturday session.

Questions? Drop an e-mail to resonant-reading+owner@uucpa.org.

 

*This activity was formerly called “Sacred Text Reading.” That proved misleading–for one thing, more often than not our sources are secular–but it’s worth describing the qualities of a sacred text, which we still look for in the readings we choose. It is any reading that helps us to:

  • connect to something of supreme importance to us
  • feel more connected to other beings or to the universe
  • feel more intensely alive
  • align our lives with our values,
  • perceive or feel more deeply
  • be more fully and authentically ourselves.

Saturday MeditationSaturday Meditation

03/28/2026, 9:00 am - 10:30 am (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)

The Saturday morning meditation group welcomes all to join us on Zoom for meditation and conversation. Meditation time begins promptly at 9:10 and lasts for 40 minutes, including several short readings. Next, we share tea and conversation, talking about what is important to us in the moment – perhaps our response to the readings or something that is going on in our lives.

  • Dates: Every Saturday
  • Time: 9:00 – 10:30 am
  • Location: Online
  • Facilitator: Leadership is shared and rotates weekly
  • Contact: The Zoom link is available from Susan Owicki – email susanowicki@uucpa.org by 9:00 pm on Friday.

Come Meditate with Us!

Resonant Reading (Saturday)-End of the clockwork universe— EhrenreichResonant Reading (Saturday)-End of the clockwork universe— Ehrenreich

03/28/2026, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)

An exploration of ideas, feelings, and our life experiences, using a different short reading as our springboard each time. The sessions are on Saturdays, 4-5, and on Wednesdays, 12-1. All are wide open and you are welcome to come twice a week or once in a while.
The participants over the years have found that the approach we take, and the respectful, affectionate community of inquirers in which we read and converse, are as important as the reading itself. While many small groups begin with a check-in, with a session only an hour long, Resonant Reading jumps right in to the conversation. Those who are frequently in the group get to know each other very well this way, and those who are new will soon find they are among friends.

Facilitators use a light hand, posting the reading in the chat and calling on whoever’s Zoom hand is up. Suggestions for readings* come from group members, who also take turns facilitating, if they want to try that role.

The reading for this session: Saturday, March 28, 2026


The “new physics” was a mockery of the whole Cartesian, Newtonian edifice of knowledge … in which one thing inexorably leads to another and nothing is going to leap out and poke you in the eye. If the behavior of the smallest particles was indeterminable, then, in some way… everything else was up for grabs too. You could spend your whole life making precise measurements, plugging them into equations, repeating experiments, and never for one moment letting your mind drift toward the unseeable and incommunicable. You could be the most sober, straight-arrow scientist in the world, utterly intent on your work and immune to religion or fiction or whimsy—and still, what you’d finally see at the bottom of it all, in the highest-resolution photomicrograph or telescopic image, was a grinning monkey face staring back at you, the face of your own incurable ignorance, if you like, or the face of something infinitely alien.
Barbara Ehrenreich (2014), Living With a Wild God, p. 101.

 

How to join:

  • Join this class from your Web browser: https://zoom.us/j/91019857324, passcode 227385
  • Join this class using the Zoom app: Meeting ID: 910 1985 7324
  • Join this class by phone: 669 900 9128 US (San Jose), Meeting ID: 910 1985 7324
  • Join this class by on-tap on mobile phones: +16699009128,,91019857324# US (San Jose)
  • Phoning in, but not in the bay area?  Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/abL8clvIYT

This is the Zoom link for Saturdays. For the Wednesday Zoom link, go to the Calendar and click on a Wednesday session.

Questions? Drop an e-mail to resonant-reading+owner@uucpa.org.

 

*This activity was formerly called “Sacred Text Reading.” That proved misleading–for one thing, more often than not our sources are secular–but it’s worth describing the qualities of a sacred text, which we still look for in the readings we choose. It is any reading that helps us to:

  • connect to something of supreme importance to us
  • feel more connected to other beings or to the universe
  • feel more intensely alive
  • align our lives with our values,
  • perceive or feel more deeply
  • be more fully and authentically ourselves.

Resonant Reading (Wednesday)Resonant Reading (Wednesday)

04/01/2026, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)

An exploration of ideas, feelings, and our life experiences, using a different short reading as our springboard each time. The sessions are on Saturdays, 4-5, and on Wednesdays, 12-1. All are wide open and you are welcome to come twice a week or once in a while.
The participants over the years have found that the approach we take, and the respectful, affectionate community of inquirers in which we read and converse, are as important as the reading itself. While many small groups begin with a check-in, with a session only an hour long, Resonant Reading jumps right in to the conversation. Those who are frequently in the group get to know each other very well this way, and those who are new will soon find they are among friends.

Facilitators use a light hand, posting the reading in the chat and calling on whoever’s Zoom hand is up. Suggestions for readings* come from group members, who also take turns facilitating, if they want to try that role.

The reading for this session:

 

 

How to join:

  • Join this class from your Web browser: https://zoom.us/j/96865808923, passcode 227385
  • Join this class using the Zoom app: Meeting ID: 968 6580 8923
  • Join this class by phone: 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 968 6580 8923
  • Join this class by one-tap on mobile phones: 6699006833,,96865808923#  (San Jose)
  • Phoning in, but not in the Bay Area?  Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/abL8clvIYT

This is the Zoom link for Wednesdays. For the Zoom link for Saturday, go to Calendar and click on a Saturday session.

Questions? Drop an e-mail to resonant-reading+owner@uucpa.org.

 

*This activity was formerly called “Sacred Text Reading.” That proved misleading–for one thing, more often than not our sources are secular–but it’s worth describing the qualities of a sacred text, which we still look for in the readings we choose. It is any reading that helps us to:

  • connect to something of supreme importance to us
  • feel more connected to other beings or to the universe
  • feel more intensely alive
  • align our lives with our values,
  • perceive or feel more deeply
  • be more fully and authentically ourselves.

Campus WorkdayCampus Workday

04/04/2026, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm UUCPA (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)

  • Date:              Usually the 1st Saturday every month
  • Time:              9 am-Noon
  • Location:        UUCPA Campus
  • Contact:        Buildings and Grounds Committee (buildings-and-grounds@uucpa.org)

Consider making things even better by joining others at the monthly workday right here at UUCPA. There will be plenty of fine company. Come for some or all of the time. Projects might include painting some trim and kitchen cabinets, pruning shrubs, organizing closets, plus some jobs you may have in mind.

Saturday MeditationSaturday Meditation

04/04/2026, 9:00 am - 10:30 am (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)

The Saturday morning meditation group welcomes all to join us on Zoom for meditation and conversation. Meditation time begins promptly at 9:10 and lasts for 40 minutes, including several short readings. Next, we share tea and conversation, talking about what is important to us in the moment – perhaps our response to the readings or something that is going on in our lives.

  • Dates: Every Saturday
  • Time: 9:00 – 10:30 am
  • Location: Online
  • Facilitator: Leadership is shared and rotates weekly
  • Contact: The Zoom link is available from Susan Owicki – email susanowicki@uucpa.org by 9:00 pm on Friday.

Come Meditate with Us!

Resonant Reading (Saturday)Resonant Reading (Saturday)

04/04/2026, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)

An exploration of ideas, feelings, and our life experiences, using a different short reading as our springboard each time. The sessions are on Saturdays, 4-5, and on Wednesdays, 12-1. All are wide open and you are welcome to come twice a week or once in a while.
The participants over the years have found that the approach we take, and the respectful, affectionate community of inquirers in which we read and converse, are as important as the reading itself. While many small groups begin with a check-in, with a session only an hour long, Resonant Reading jumps right in to the conversation. Those who are frequently in the group get to know each other very well this way, and those who are new will soon find they are among friends.

Facilitators use a light hand, posting the reading in the chat and calling on whoever’s Zoom hand is up. Suggestions for readings* come from group members, who also take turns facilitating, if they want to try that role.

The reading for this session:

 

 

How to join:

  • Join this class from your Web browser: https://zoom.us/j/91019857324, passcode 227385
  • Join this class using the Zoom app: Meeting ID: 910 1985 7324
  • Join this class by phone: 669 900 9128 US (San Jose), Meeting ID: 910 1985 7324
  • Join this class by on-tap on mobile phones: +16699009128,,91019857324# US (San Jose)
  • Phoning in, but not in the bay area?  Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/abL8clvIYT

This is the Zoom link for Saturdays. For the Wednesday Zoom link, go to the Calendar and click on a Wednesday session.

Questions? Drop an e-mail to resonant-reading+owner@uucpa.org.

 

*This activity was formerly called “Sacred Text Reading.” That proved misleading–for one thing, more often than not our sources are secular–but it’s worth describing the qualities of a sacred text, which we still look for in the readings we choose. It is any reading that helps us to:

  • connect to something of supreme importance to us
  • feel more connected to other beings or to the universe
  • feel more intensely alive
  • align our lives with our values,
  • perceive or feel more deeply
  • be more fully and authentically ourselves.

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

04/05/2026, 11:45 am - 12:45 pm Fireside Room (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)

Small changes create big results! This in-person support group is designed for anyone looking to improve their quality of life through better sleep, nutrition, movement, and stress management. Whether you’re looking to boost your energy, prevent disease, or manage a chronic condition, we’ll explore science-backed strategies and real-life best practices from peers to help you feel your best.

Each session will focus on practical, easy-to-implement lifestyle changes that have been proven to enhance longevity and overall well-being—from improving gut health and reducing inflammation to learning how to get restorative sleep and build sustainable exercise habits. You’ll get expert insights and peer support in a welcoming community that makes the journey to wellness both achievable and enjoyable.

Join us to learn, connect, and thrive together!

This group now has 2 separate meeting times.  Both meetings will cover the same content, so we expect that group members will choose one or the other.  We meet first Sunday of the month.  

  • Time: First Sunday of every month EITHER:
  • OPTION 1 (in-person only): after church service around 11:45 am -12:45 pm
  • OPTION 2 (via-zoom only): 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Location for in-person group: UUCPA, Fireside Room (the room behind the coffee table) Note: Room subject to change.
  • Facilitator: Jin Lee, Ph.D and Rebecca Shapley
  • Questions: drjin_l@uucpa.org

Please fill out this google form if you are interested in joining us!

Thriving Together - A Health & Wellness Support Group (Online)Thriving Together – A Health & Wellness Support Group (Online)

04/05/2026, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)

Small changes create big results! This in-person support group is designed for anyone looking to improve their quality of life through better sleep, nutrition, movement, and stress management. Whether you’re looking to boost your energy, prevent disease, or manage a chronic condition, we’ll explore science-backed strategies and real-life best practices from peers to help you feel your best.

Each session will focus on practical, easy-to-implement lifestyle changes that have been proven to enhance longevity and overall well-being—from improving gut health and reducing inflammation to learning how to get restorative sleep and build sustainable exercise habits. You’ll get expert insights and peer support in a welcoming community that makes the journey to wellness both achievable and enjoyable.

Join us to learn, connect, and thrive together!

This group now has 2 separate meeting times.  Both meetings will cover the same content, so we expect that group members will choose one or the other.  We meet first Sunday of the month.  

  • Time: First Sunday of every month EITHER:
  • OPTION 1 (in-person only): after church service around 11:45 am -12:45 pm
  • OPTION 2 (via-zoom only): 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Location for in-person group: UUCPA, Fireside Room (the room behind the coffee table) Note: Room subject to change.
  • Facilitator: Jin Lee, Ph.D and Rebecca Shapley
  • Questions: drjin_l@uucpa.org

Please fill out this google form if you are interested in joining us!

First Monday Film Discussion Group

04/06/2026, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)

We gather via video conference on the first Monday of the month for an hour-long discussion of a movie we have chosen and each watched ahead of time. Group members add to the list of movies, the only strictures being that they must be available at no cost, for example on library sites such as Kanopy or Hoopla. (You might want to register with these services for ease of future viewing.) Then, each month, the group votes on the next movie.

Email Bruce England with any questions and to receive the video conference link.

Upcoming Justice Projects/Events

Nothing scheduled at this time.

Upcoming Special Events

UUCPA Pledge Drive Celebration

03/22/2026, 11:45 am - 1:30 pm UUCPA (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)

Our two-week pledge drive ends with special a Sunday services 22 followed by a reception on the patio with sweet and savory finger foods.

 


Sunday Service – Easter

04/05/2026, 10:30 am - 11:30 am UUCPA Main Hall & Online (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)

All Church & Community Family DanceAll Church & Community Family Dance

04/18/2026, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Main Hall (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)

Save the date, UUCPA! Our own Paul Kostka is bringing a Family Dance Party to the Main Hall on Saturday, April 18, 2–4 PM and we’d love to see you there!

This joyful, all-ages event is co-sponsored by BACDS Family Week and is open to everyone who loves to dance. Kids and families are especially welcome, but if you just love a good dance party, come on in! All dances will be taught and called.

Admission is free, though donations are warmly welcomed if you want to see this become a regular UUCPA tradition!

So what kind of dances might you expect at the community dance?  Easy-to-learn fun dances designed to get all ages up and dancing!  Dances that have been done in the past include:
Jump Jim Joe:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvAzqa4c8vE
Brandy Rump Bump:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG44_0XJbQk
Sasha:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OBKjTjI1NM
For more information see the attached flyer.
Bring your family, bring your friends, and bring your dancing shoes. See you on the dance floor!

 


UUCPA on the Growing Native Garden TourUUCPA on the Growing Native Garden Tour

04/19/2026, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm UUCPA (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)

Sunday, April 19, from 10-4 the UUCPA garden will be on the Growing Natives Garden Tour (as will a number of gardens on the Peninsula.

This is our best opportunity each year to bring the public into our  large native garden, hopefully inspiring more native gardening on the Peninsula, and sharing our values, especially with respect to the interdependent web. Can you help on Sunday, April 19, when the UUCPA Native Garden is on the regional Growing Natives Garden Tour?

We need volunteers for docent (some knowledge of natives preferred) and greeter. The shifts are 10-1 and 1-4 but do come early and stay a bit later as needed for overlap.

Contact Nancy Neff garden@uucpa.org.  Or visit on Mondays 10:00-12:00+ and do a little gardening with us!

To attend the tour, for insurance purposes please register at www.gngt.org (Of course UUCPA members may tour the UUCPA garden any time without registering.)


2026 Annual Meeting

04/26/2026, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm UUCPA (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)

The Annual Meeting is on April 26, 12-2pm, in the Main Hall and on Zoom. We will be voting on the budget, Justice Partners, and candidates for the Board, Nominating Committee, and General Assembly.
Zoom links will be sent to voting-eligible members a week from the meeting. For those unable to attend, you may submit an absentee ballot or name a proxy by the day of the meeting.

 

To be eligible to vote, members must have made a contribution of record during the past 12 calendar months or received an exemption from this requirement from the Senior Minister or President of the Board of Trustees. You can verify your eligibility by emailing or calling the office.

Email uucpa@uucpa.org if you think you should be able to vote but did not receive the link.

 

 


Upcoming Holiday Events

Sunday Service – Easter

04/05/2026, 10:30 am - 11:30 am UUCPA Main Hall & Online (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)

Upcoming Non-UUCPA Events

Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell (Ret.) - The Eleventh Commandment at St. Mark'sJudge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell (Ret.) – The Eleventh Commandment at St. Mark’s

03/22/2026, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)

COMMUNITY, FAITH, AND  JUSTICE

Please join us on March 22, 2026, for the next talk in a series offered to the community by St. Mark’s Episcopal Church and co-sponsored by [organization’s name or ‘a number of community justice and faith organizations’].

               Judge LaDoris Cordell (Ret.)

Former Superior Court Judge, Legal Commentator and Police Reform Advocate

“The Eleventh Commandment:

How Activism Has Been and Continues to be
Critical to the Preservation of Our Democracy”

2 p.m. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Parish Hall

600 Colorado Ave., Palo Alto

No charge for admission – donations appreciated. Please register at: tinyurl.com/march22speaker

The series explores various issues of social and racial injustice in America and seeks to define a path toward justice, healing, and reconciliation.  For more information on the series, its co-sponsors, and future speakers, please visit: tinyurl.com/stmarkseries.