It can be very hard to be a latecomer to a point of view. As people like Rep. Liz Cheney have discovered, you not only anger the people with whom you used to agree, but you don’t get a lot of love from your new allies either. They’re less likely to say “Better late than never” than “What took you so long?” Yet if we are committed to honest self-examination and the changes that it can inspire, don’t we need to support people when they try to change? Today we’ll look at how that might work, whether in the intimacy of a family dinner or a setting as public as Congress.
Feb 28 9:00 am - Forum - Selection of Forum Discussion Topics for April
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Events This Week
Children & Youth
Registration required to participate in children and youth programs. In-person programs also require a release form on file to comply with county and UUCPA Board COVID rules.
So far our returning pledgers have collectively increased their pledge amounts by more than 5%. (That’s great!) However, pledges have been coming in at a lower rate than in recent years. Please submit your pledge as soon as possible so that the finance committee ... read more.
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 ... read more.
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 ... read more.
Religion and Social Change: Black, Feminist, Mujerista, and Womanist Theologies of Liberation. Wed, April 14 at 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Like Latin American Catholics who amplified the liberatory teachings of Jesus for their circumstances, theologians and activists from marginalized groups have used religion as a tool for ... read more.
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.
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 ... read more.
TODAY 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
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Unison Benediction
Go out into the world in peace,
Be of good courage,
Hold fast to what is good,
Return no one evil for evil,
Strengthen the faint-hearted,
Support the weak,
Help the suffering,
Rejoice in beauty,
Speak love with word and deed,
Honor all beings.