Calendar – Detail
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
Coming of Age Orientation
09/12/2026 - 09/13/2026, 5:00 pm - 10:00 am (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)
This weekend we are hosting the Coming of Age Orientation Overnight. Contact Rev Cat for details (revcat@uucpa.org)
Sunday School for children and youth preK through grade 8
09/13/2026, 10:30 am - 11:30 am UUCPA (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)
This Sunday:
- Red Class (preschool-kindergarten) and Orange Class (grades 1-3): Beginnings and the way UUs use lighting the chalice to begin in sacred space.
- Purple Class (grades 4-7) takes off on Spaceship Earth and gets ready to explore the universe.
- Church picnic happens after service in Mitchell Park.
The Senior High Youth Group has their first meeting this Sunday at 6:30-8:00 pm in Room 10. Students 9 – 12th grade in high school and friends are welcome to the kickoff bonfire for Senior High Youth Group. We’ll make smores, play games, and celebrate our first meeting together.
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.
All Ages Game Night
09/19/2026, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Fireside Room (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!
Game Nights happen every third Saturday August 2026 through May 2027 except for December, Fireside Room 6-9 pm
Questions? Contact gamenight@uucpa.org
Sunday School for children and youth preK through grade 8
09/20/2026, 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.
Parents Night Out!
09/26/2026, 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm Room 4/5 (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)
Parents’ Night Out
every fourth Saturday August 2026 until May 2027 except for November and December, Room 4-5 5-8 pm
Sunday School for children and youth preK through grade 8
09/27/2026, 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.
Sunday School for children and youth preK through grade 8
10/04/2026, 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.
Sunday School for children and youth preK through grade 8
10/11/2026, 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.
All Ages Game Night
10/17/2026, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Fireside Room (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!
Game Nights happen every third Saturday August 2026 through May 2027 except for December, Fireside Room 6-9 pm
Questions? Contact gamenight@uucpa.org
Sunday School for children and youth preK through grade 8
10/18/2026, 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.
Upcoming Adult Classes
Starting Point: A Group for Newcomers
09/27/2026, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Room 6 (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)
Are you new or newish to the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto? Want to deepen your connection with the congregation but aren’t sure how? Or want to gain clarity about what it means to be a UU? If so, Starting Point is for you.
We will meet on four Sundays (Sep 27, Oct 11, Oct 25, Nov 8), after the church service from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. in Room 6. There’ll be time to share about ourselves, get to know each other, and learn through fun and thought-provoking interactive activities.
Snacks and childcare will be provided.
Note that anyone is welcome—no matter how long you’ve been coming to UUCPA. If you are interested, we encourage you to register and attend. Here’s the form to register: 2026 Fall Starting Point Registration
–Gloria Geller and Jenny Robertson
Starting Point: A Group for Newcomers
10/11/2026, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Room 6 (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)
Are you new or newish to the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto? Want to deepen your connection with the congregation but aren’t sure how? Or want to gain clarity about what it means to be a UU? If so, Starting Point is for you.
We will meet on four Sundays (Sep 27, Oct 11, Oct 25, Nov 8), after the church service from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. in Room 6. There’ll be time to share about ourselves, get to know each other, and learn through fun and thought-provoking interactive activities.
Snacks and childcare will be provided.
Note that anyone is welcome—no matter how long you’ve been coming to UUCPA. If you are interested, we encourage you to register and attend. Here’s the form to register: 2026 Fall Starting Point Registration
–Gloria Geller and Jenny Robertson
Starting Point: A Group for Newcomers
10/25/2026, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Room 6 (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)
Are you new or newish to the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto? Want to deepen your connection with the congregation but aren’t sure how? Or want to gain clarity about what it means to be a UU? If so, Starting Point is for you.
We will meet on four Sundays (Sep 27, Oct 11, Oct 25, Nov 8), after the church service from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. in Room 6. There’ll be time to share about ourselves, get to know each other, and learn through fun and thought-provoking interactive activities.
Snacks and childcare will be provided.
Note that anyone is welcome—no matter how long you’ve been coming to UUCPA. If you are interested, we encourage you to register and attend. Here’s the form to register: 2026 Fall Starting Point Registration
–Gloria Geller and Jenny Robertson
Starting Point: A Group for Newcomers
11/08/2026, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Room 6 (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)
Are you new or newish to the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto? Want to deepen your connection with the congregation but aren’t sure how? Or want to gain clarity about what it means to be a UU? If so, Starting Point is for you.
We will meet on four Sundays (Sep 27, Oct 11, Oct 25, Nov 8), after the church service from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. in Room 6. There’ll be time to share about ourselves, get to know each other, and learn through fun and thought-provoking interactive activities.
Snacks and childcare will be provided.
Note that anyone is welcome—no matter how long you’ve been coming to UUCPA. If you are interested, we encourage you to register and attend. Here’s the form to register: 2026 Fall Starting Point Registration
–Gloria Geller and Jenny Robertson
Upcoming Music
Sacred Harp Shape Note Singing
09/13/2026, 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
By Your Side Singers – Practice
09/16/2026, 7:30 pm - 8:45 pm Hamaker Library (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)
Join us for warm, welcoming small-group singing of beloved songs from our hymnals and other sources. In our practice sessions, we sing together and develop our skills for singing for others on a pastoral care visit. No registration required. New and seasoned singers both welcome.
Choir Practice
09/17/2026, 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
Harmonic Circle
09/20/2026, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)
Date: 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sundays monthly
Time: usually from 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Location: usually the McFadden Patio in the warmer months or room 4-5 in winter
Contact: harmoniccircle@uucpa.
Registration: Not required
In response to divisive U.S. politics, we want more harmony and community in our lives. Music-making leads to harmony, and builds community!
We have our own songbook with 230+ songs, and you are also welcome to bring songs to share. We do everything from simple unison singing, to four-part harmony. We sing old songs and new songs, and occasionally a song one of us wrote. We go around the circle, and each person gets to choose a song. We’ll try to sing anything you choose, but it will go better if you can sing and/or play the song for us. We love it if you teach us harmony parts for your song.
We’re a supportive singing community, and we do our best to make everyone sound great. We welcome instruments, too. Bring your guitar, ukulele, autoharp, mandolin, fiddle, keyboard, or any other instrument that goes well with singing.
Choir Practice
09/24/2026, 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
Getting to Know UU – Newcomer Gathering at the UUCPA Picnic
09/13/2026, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Mitchell Park, Palo Alto (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)
Are you relatively new to UUism and/or UUCPA? Or just interested in deepening your UU knowledge and connections? Either way, at our annual picnic on Sept. 13 please get your food, then Get to Know UU as others get to know you!
Rev. Peter Farriday facilitates this informal get-together that offers a chance to learn more about Unitarian Universalism and UUCPA, hear from others about their spiritual journeys and why they’re exploring—or have chosen—UUCPA as their spiritual home, and discuss any related questions or musings with Rev. Peter – and with some special mystery guests!
No RSVP is needed. At the picnic Peter will announce that it’s assembling, and we’ll find a quite spot. Depending on the number of participants it might run about 45-75 minutes, but you’re free to come for whatever time you have. “Childcare in the Park” will be provided.
While Getting to Know UU is geared toward relative newcomers, again anyone is welcome. And since every gathering is a little different, if you attended on June 14 you can certainly join this one as well.
Rev. Peter—and again those special mystery guests—very much hope to see you there!
Starting Point: A Group for Newcomers
09/27/2026, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Room 6 (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)
Are you new or newish to the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto? Want to deepen your connection with the congregation but aren’t sure how? Or want to gain clarity about what it means to be a UU? If so, Starting Point is for you.
We will meet on four Sundays (Sep 27, Oct 11, Oct 25, Nov 8), after the church service from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. in Room 6. There’ll be time to share about ourselves, get to know each other, and learn through fun and thought-provoking interactive activities.
Snacks and childcare will be provided.
Note that anyone is welcome—no matter how long you’ve been coming to UUCPA. If you are interested, we encourage you to register and attend. Here’s the form to register: 2026 Fall Starting Point Registration
–Gloria Geller and Jenny Robertson
Starting Point: A Group for Newcomers
10/11/2026, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Room 6 (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)
Are you new or newish to the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto? Want to deepen your connection with the congregation but aren’t sure how? Or want to gain clarity about what it means to be a UU? If so, Starting Point is for you.
We will meet on four Sundays (Sep 27, Oct 11, Oct 25, Nov 8), after the church service from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. in Room 6. There’ll be time to share about ourselves, get to know each other, and learn through fun and thought-provoking interactive activities.
Snacks and childcare will be provided.
Note that anyone is welcome—no matter how long you’ve been coming to UUCPA. If you are interested, we encourage you to register and attend. Here’s the form to register: 2026 Fall Starting Point Registration
–Gloria Geller and Jenny Robertson
Starting Point: A Group for Newcomers
10/25/2026, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Room 6 (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)
Are you new or newish to the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto? Want to deepen your connection with the congregation but aren’t sure how? Or want to gain clarity about what it means to be a UU? If so, Starting Point is for you.
We will meet on four Sundays (Sep 27, Oct 11, Oct 25, Nov 8), after the church service from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. in Room 6. There’ll be time to share about ourselves, get to know each other, and learn through fun and thought-provoking interactive activities.
Snacks and childcare will be provided.
Note that anyone is welcome—no matter how long you’ve been coming to UUCPA. If you are interested, we encourage you to register and attend. Here’s the form to register: 2026 Fall Starting Point Registration
–Gloria Geller and Jenny Robertson
Starting Point: A Group for Newcomers
11/08/2026, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Room 6 (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)
Are you new or newish to the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto? Want to deepen your connection with the congregation but aren’t sure how? Or want to gain clarity about what it means to be a UU? If so, Starting Point is for you.
We will meet on four Sundays (Sep 27, Oct 11, Oct 25, Nov 8), after the church service from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. in Room 6. There’ll be time to share about ourselves, get to know each other, and learn through fun and thought-provoking interactive activities.
Snacks and childcare will be provided.
Note that anyone is welcome—no matter how long you’ve been coming to UUCPA. If you are interested, we encourage you to register and attend. Here’s the form to register: 2026 Fall Starting Point Registration
–Gloria Geller and Jenny Robertson
Upcoming Group Meetings/Gatherings
Resonant Reading (Wednesday)
09/16/2026, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)
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.
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.
Sci-Fi / Fantasy Discussion Group
09/16/2026, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)
The Sci-Fi and Fantasy Discussion Group was meeting via Zoom before it was cool! Lovers of science fiction and fantasy, at UUCPA and beyond, have been getting together online to talk about books, movies, and television episodes chosen by the group, every other month since early 2019. Past books include The Broken Earth Trilogy (N. K. Jemisin), The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (Robert Heinlein), Parable of the Sower (Octavia Butler), The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin), Red Moon (Kim Stanley Robinson); past television and movies include Arrival, Blink (Doctor Who), Serenity and The Train Job (Firefly), and The Day the Earth Stood Still.
September 16, 2026, 7-8:00, Zoom as usual.
We’ll discuss the 2023 movie “Relax, I’m from the Future” (1 hr, 32 mins)
From Rotten Tomatoes:
*Relax, I’m From the Future is the feature debut of writer/director Luke Higginson, and is based on his TIFF-featured 2013 short film of the same name. Self-described as a “dirtbag time travel comedy”, Relax stars the comedic absurdist genius, Rhys Darby. Darby leads as the stuck-in-the-past protagonist but in this case, his “past” is present-day Toronto.
available in libraries, Hoopla, and Amazon.
At the end of the meeting, we will choose a movie for our November 18 meeting.
The meeting method: via Zoom, 7-8:30 p.m.
- Dates: Third Wednesdays
- Time: 7-8:30 pm
- Location: Online
- Facilitator: Bill Hackenberger (scifi+owner@uucpa.org)
- Registration: Not required
Join the meeting via Zoom: Link
- Meeting ID: 924 4906 7832
- Passcode: 825590
Dial by your location •
- +1 669 444 9171 US
- +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
Find other upcoming dates on the web page.
Saturday Meditation
09/19/2026, 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)
09/19/2026, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)
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.
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.
Seasoned Souls – Group for Older Adults
09/20/2026, 11:45 am - 1:00 pm Room 10 (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)
Some things take time to age, like fine wine and wonderful cheese. If you are a “seasoned soul” and want to find camaraderie and support and discuss the challenges, opportunities, and transformations we encounter as we age, please join us!
We are a group of seasoned souls 60+ years young who meet the third Sunday of each month, from 11:45 a.m.–1:00 p.m., following the church service. Room 10. The group will be facilitated by Jan Rosin and Kathy Puryear.
Questions? Email seasonedsouls@uucpa.org
Spiritual Adventures in Parenting
09/20/2026, 11:45 am - 12:45 pm Fireside Room (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)
If you are a parent to a child between the ages of birth through high school, we invite you to join UUCPA’s monthly parent group, Spiritual Adventures In Parenting!
We meet on the third Sunday of each month, from 11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m., following the church service. Childcare is provided, and families can choose to have lunch together afterward if they wish.
Together, we:
- Explore the spiritual dimensions and meaning of our parenting and
- Cultivate deep connections with one another.
The group is facilitated by fellow UUCPA parent Matt Rosin.
To find out more, email spiritualparenting@uucpa.org.
Parent Groups page:
Resonant Reading (Wednesday)
09/23/2026, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)
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.
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 Meditation
09/26/2026, 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)
09/26/2026, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)
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.
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)
09/30/2026, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)
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.
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.
Upcoming Justice Projects/Events
Upcoming Special Events
All Church Picnic – Mitchell Park
09/13/2026, 11:30 am - 2:00 pm Mitchell Park, Palo Alto (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)
The UUCPA Annual Picnic is September 13th! Lunch will be provided at Mitchell Park after the service. All are welcome, we hope you’ll join us!
Sign up here if you can help with picnic setup, cleanup, or by bringing a dessert.
Where: At Mitchell Park (behind UUCPA) – East Meadow Group site
When: Sunday, September 13 after service is out (~11:30/11:45 am). Walk on over via the pedestrian bridge or drive over.
What: Lunch, socializing, and maybe some games (frisbee?). Rev. Peter Farriday will host “Getting to Know UU” during the picnic at the park.
Getting to Know UU – Newcomer Gathering at the UUCPA Picnic
09/13/2026, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Mitchell Park, Palo Alto (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)
Are you relatively new to UUism and/or UUCPA? Or just interested in deepening your UU knowledge and connections? Either way, at our annual picnic on Sept. 13 please get your food, then Get to Know UU as others get to know you!
Rev. Peter Farriday facilitates this informal get-together that offers a chance to learn more about Unitarian Universalism and UUCPA, hear from others about their spiritual journeys and why they’re exploring—or have chosen—UUCPA as their spiritual home, and discuss any related questions or musings with Rev. Peter – and with some special mystery guests!
No RSVP is needed. At the picnic Peter will announce that it’s assembling, and we’ll find a quite spot. Depending on the number of participants it might run about 45-75 minutes, but you’re free to come for whatever time you have. “Childcare in the Park” will be provided.
While Getting to Know UU is geared toward relative newcomers, again anyone is welcome. And since every gathering is a little different, if you attended on June 14 you can certainly join this one as well.
Rev. Peter—and again those special mystery guests—very much hope to see you there!
UUCPA All-Church Dance
09/19/2026, 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Main Hall (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)
Put on your dancing shoes and join us at the UUCPA Square Dance!
- Date: September, 19 2026
- Time: 7-10 PM
- Location: UUCPA Main Hall
Light Snacks/Drinks will be served.
UUCPA Annual Auction
11/14/2026, 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm UUCPA Main Hall & Online (Add to calendar: Google, iCal, webcal)
Each year in November, the church auctions goods and services at a wonderful party with live music, dancing, food (heavy hors d’oeuvres, balloon lady, live auction for the kids, silent and live auction for everyone!)
See uucpa.org/whats-happening/all-church-auction/ for the latest details.