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Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto

505 East Charleston Road
Palo Alto, CA 94306

650-494-0541

uucpa@uucpa.org

We gather,
our different paths entwined,
to deepen our spiritual lives:
nourishing connection,
learning from each other,
caring for each other,
tending to our world.

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Afterlife Intimations

Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 10:30 am, Main Hall and OnlineRev. Peter Farriday

Spiritual traditions worldwide speak of people’s nonmaterial essence continuing beyond physical death. So in this season of Day of the Dead (native to Mexico) and the pagan holy day Samhain (now aka All Hallows Eve or Halloween), this service explores what may lie beyond this … read more.

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Resonant Reading (Saturday)-O ye who believe!-Quran 49.12 , 11/01/2025 at 4:00 PMALJ Class - Living Our Values: Allyship in Action , 11/02/2025 at 12:00 PMResonant Reading (Wednesday) , 11/05/2025 at 12:00 PM

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Standing for love, justice, and peace since 1865, we gather for worship, programs, events and more.

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Looking for a family-friendly volunteer activity?
Auction—Donations Welcome!
Autumn’s Turn: Remembering, Reflecting, and Giving Thanks — Rev. Peter Farriday
Action Council Recommended Event – THERE IS ANOTHER WAY: film & discussion, Nov 2
2025 Friendsgiving Event at LifeMoves, Nov 25
UUCPA Campus Closures during the Campus Vision Remodel
Family Service Project: Make & Deliver Sack Lunches: Saturday, Nov 8
Volunteer Opportunity: LifeMoves Craft Kit Project – Nov 16 (RSVP is requested)
Announcing New UUCPA Action Council Members!
Dioecious Coyote Bushes in Creekside Garden

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The Masks We Wear Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 10:30 am, Main Hall and Online
Spiritual Healthiness, or What Will We Swallow? Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:30 am, Main Hall and Online

Upcoming Events

Justice Partner - Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity

1 Nov 25 12:00 AM

Resonant Reading (Saturday)-O ye who believe!-Quran 49.12

1 Nov 25 4:00 PM

2 Nov 25 8:45 AM

Sunday School for children and youth preK through grade 8

2 Nov 25 10:30 AM

2 Nov 25 10:30 AM

Action Council Meeting

2 Nov 25 11:30 AM

Thriving Together - A Health & Wellness Support Group

2 Nov 25 11:30 AM

ALJ Class - Living Our Values: Allyship in Action

2 Nov 25 12:00 PM

2 Nov 25 1:00 PM

THERE IS ANOTHER WAY: film & discussion with filmmaker following

2 Nov 25 5:00 PM

Forum

The Forum is a drop-in public discussion group – everyone is welcome to join us from 8:45 - 10:15 am. Join our group by sending an email to forum-announce+subscribe@uucpa.org.

11/02/2025 - Forum - American policy in the Middle East (Great Decisions)

Future Forum topics can be found here.

Events for Children and Youth

Sunday School for children and youth preK through grade 8

2 Nov 25 10:30 AM

Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto

505 East Charleston Road
Palo Alto, CA 94306

650-494-0541

uucpa@uucpa.org

We gather,
our different paths entwined,
to deepen our spiritual lives:
nourishing connection,
learning from each other,
caring for each other,
tending to our world.

Meet Our Ministers

Rev. Peter Farriday joins us for two years starting in August 2025 to help us discern our main needs and challenges, goals and desires, and together lay a solid foundation for the future, thriving with a new longer-term minister.

Rev. Catherine (Cat) Boyle joined us in 2022. Embracing wonder, embracing curiosity and embracing life is her credo. Cat's background in theater shows up in her creativity in religious education, and infuses her worship with energy.

Learn about all our ministers here.

Justice Partner

Justice Partner - Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity

The Justice Partner for November is Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity

The Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity is a statewide California organization that connects clergy and people of faith to the work of social justice in Los Angeles County, the San Francisco Bay Area, and the Inland Valleys. They work to make the criminal justice system more just, and the immigration system fairer and more humane. In the last two years, IM4HI trained 1,500 people of faith to take leadership roles, engaged 140 congregations and partner organizations, and reached more than 35,000 people with a message of hope, love and resilience.

Here’s lots more information about the NEAT program, Nueva Esperanza Accompaniment Teams, with which UUCPA members have been active in the recent past.

Website: https://www.im4humanintegrity.org/

We gather on unceded, stolen land of the Tamien and Ramaytush people. We acknowledge these communities in the interest of truth and justice, awareness and gratitude. In order to dismantle the ongoing legacies of settler colonialism, we pledge to join the Tamien and Ramaytush people whenever they ask us for solidarity.

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