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Worship Online with UU Palo Alto

You are invited to join the UU Church of Palo Alto for worship at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, Dec 26th. The UUFSC Worship Team will be taking a much needed break after these past few months of fast-paced, on-the-fly learning/adapting to leading worship over Zoom from the church campus.

Special Evening Service – Christmas Eve Service

The Worship Team is figuring out details for a special evening service on Dec 23rd– it may be outdoors, in person at the church or on zoom.  Please stay tuned for the final details! 

Incarnating Christmas

The Christian tradition teaches us to embody, to incarnate the divine, so embody we will! Join us for our multigenerational pageant of Margaret Brown’s Christmas in the Barn.  Worship leaders: Rev. Darcy, Haruko D, Brian W, Jude M, and Carol F.

We Survive Despair with Gratitude

The Unitarian Universalist Association’s President Rev Dr. Susan Frederick Gray offers a sermon on the power and necessity of gratitude to sustain us through despair.  Worship Leaders: Rev. Darcy, Sharon A, Todd W, Jorge T.

Joy is the Wellspring of Courage

UU ethicist Sharon Welch writes “Acts of respect, of courage, of resistance and transformation spring from a deep reservoir of vitality and joy.”  As we enter the darkest days of the calendar in the Northern Hemisphere, we remind ourselves that joy is more important than ever.  Worship leaders: Rev. Darcy, Leroy E, Haruko D, Jorge … Continue reading Joy is the Wellspring of Courage

Worship Online with UU Palo Alto

Worship Online with UU Palo Alto on Sunday, Nov. 28thYou are invited to join the UU Church of Palo Alto for worship at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 28th. The UUFSC Worship Team will be taking a much needed break after these past few months of fast-paced, on-the-fly learning/adapting to leading worship over Zoom from the church … Continue reading Worship Online with UU Palo Alto

Pomegranate and Persimmon

During these ambiguous days, we need to pay close attention to what truly and deeply nourishes us.  Across distance (most likely, depending on the level of community transmission-stay tuned!), we will participate together in a communion service. Please bring food and drink with you to your screen– pomegranates and persimmons recommended, but any food will … Continue reading Pomegranate and Persimmon

Transformation

When journalist Johann Hari needs to feel hope, he thinks of his friend Andrew Sullivan, who after being diagnosed with HIV in the early 1990’s (and believing he was soon to die), decided to write an outlandish book about something he thought he would never live to see. Except, he did.  Let us remember the … Continue reading Transformation

How to Live in the In-Between

It is nothing new that we have been living “betwixt and between” the familiar and the completely unknown. We have left the pre-pandemic world behind, while we are not yet sure of what comes next.  How do we live in the in-between?  Worship leaders:  Rev Darcy, Dee H., and Jorge T.  Tech Crew: Vic W … Continue reading How to Live in the In-Between

To Heal is to Remember

In a culture that works hard to pay minimal attention to death, even in midst of the mass death of a pandemic, we will honor our beloveds who have died. Worship leaders: Rev Darcy, Leroy E, and Dee H.