What we’re about
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Please join us on our journey
We welcome everyone who seeks a religion guided by love, reason and conscience.
Respecting the worth and dignity of each individual, and treasuring what we learn from each person's unique experience, we welcome a diversity of ages, sexual orientations, races, gender identities, classes, abilities, theologies and religious heritages.
We are united not by a single creed, but by a covenant of mutual respect.
We encourage spiritual curiosity in our children and we eagerly continue that learning journey throughout our lives.
We are inspired by music and the arts, science and the beauty of the earth.
We are building a world that is more just, peaceful, and sustainable.
We support each other in community, building relationships with depth and caring concern.
If you also value doubt as well as commitment, are seeking truth and meaning, and want to be a part of a community where people care for each other and the world, join us!
We're part of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto (UUCPA).
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Meditation Group on Saturday: Online via ZoomLink visible for attendees
Meditation Group on Saturday
Date: Every Saturday
Time: 9-10:30 am
Location:On-Line
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 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. Leadership rotates among the members.The Zoom link is available from Susan Owicki - email susanowicki@uucpa.org by 9:00pm on Friday.
Thanks!
Susan - Sacred Text Reading Group (Saturday)Link visible for attendees
A twice-weekly online sacred text reading group. We meet on Saturdays, 4-5, and on Wednesdays, 12-1. All are wide open and you are welcome! Please note that the Zoom room now requires a password, so please drop an e-mail to sacred-text-reading+owner@uucpa.org to express interest.
What do we mean by a sacred text? Any text 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.
As Unitarian Universalists, we find these kinds of meanings everywhere, so the text itself might be from a so-called secular source, or from a religious canon, or something in-between.
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 text. Our practice usually follows one of these versions of Lectio Divina. The aims of the sessions are educational (learning something about the texts and traditions), spiritual/moral (discovering what the texts ask of us), and community-building (getting to know each other better).
The facilitator will post a version of the text in the chat for all to see. Everyone is welcome, as are your suggestions of future texts. Group members also take turns facilitating, if they want to try that role.>
To have check-in time, or if you are new and would like a brief orientation, arrive ten minutes early. And all are welcome to stay ten minutes after as well, for more getting-acquainted time.
How to join: First, e-mail sacred-text-reading+owner@uucpa.org, since you will need a password. Then:- Join this class from your Web browser:https://zoom.us/j/91019857324
- 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
- UUCPA Sacred Text Reading Group-WednesdayLink visible for attendees
A twice-weekly online sacred text reading group. We meet on Saturdays, 4-5, and on Wednesdays, 12-1. All are wide open and you are welcome! Please note that the Zoom room now requires a password, so please drop an e-mail to sacred-text-reading+owner@uucpa.org to express interest.
What do we mean by a sacred text? Any text 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.
As Unitarian Universalists, we find these kinds of meanings everywhere, so the text itself might be from a so-called secular source, or from a religious canon, or something in-between.
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 text. Our practice usually follows one of these versions of Lectio Divina. The aims of the sessions are educational (learning something about the texts and traditions), spiritual/moral (discovering what the texts ask of us), and community-building (getting to know each other better).
The facilitator will post a version of the text in the chat for all to see. Everyone is welcome, as are your suggestions of future texts. Group members also take turns facilitating, if they want to try that role.>
For check-in / getting-acquainted time, and for those who are new and want a brief orientation to the practice, the room will be open ten minutes before and ten minutes after the session.
How to join: First, e-mail sacred-text-reading+owner@uucpa.org, since you will need a password. Then:- Join this class from your Web browser: https://zoom.us/j/96865808923
- Join this class using the Zoom app: Meeting ID: 968 6580 8923
- Join this class by phone: +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 968 6580 8923
- Join this class by one-tap on mobile phones: +16699006833,,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.
- Meditation Group on Saturday: Online via ZoomLink visible for attendees
Meditation Group on Saturday
Date: Every Saturday
Time: 9-10:30 am
Location:On-Line
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 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. Leadership rotates among the members.The Zoom link is available from Susan Owicki - email susanowicki@uucpa.org by 9:00pm on Friday.
Thanks!
Susan
