from Bruce Knoth, UU Fellowship of Redwood City, California “This is the most energy I have felt at church in a long time. And I don’t just mean since the pandemic, I mean in a really long time!” That’s what Cyndi said during coffee hour. The room bustled with people

November 2022 Dear Chalice Lighter, The Winter 2022-23 PCD Chalice Lighter proposal comes from three congregations: The UU Church in Livermore, Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists, and Unitarian Universalists of Petaluma. The PCD board has agreed to augment the amounts brought in from your Chalice Lighter donations. If you have been a monthly donor, we

The Pacific Central District Annual Business Meeting 2022 will take place Saturday June 11, 2022, 1PM PT/10AM HT on Zoom. Over the past year, your District Board has been in frequent, long, intense, and deep conversations with UUA staff and volunteer leaders throughout our movement. Let us share what we are learning,

November 2021 Dear PCD Chalice Lighter, This is your notification of the PCD Winter Chalice Lighters call, benefitting Sierra Foothills UU (SFUU) in Auburn, CA. SFUU was founded in 1982 by 15 people and since then has been serving people from all over Placer and the surrounding counties who are

Dear Pacific Central District Friends, How are you loving yourself, each other, and the world? As we enter into the last quarter of Gregorian calendar year 2021, I hope your connection to what sustains us all is strong. I hope you know and feel that you are loved. For some

July 2021 Dear PCD Chalice Lighter, The Unitarian Universalists of Petaluma have purchased their first permanent home as of May 31, 2021. They intend to nurture a vibrant UU presence in the historical district of downtown Petaluma. Their new church home was built in 1901 by the First Congregational Church

Community Conversations Continue Thank you to the twenty-four people who registered or showed up for the conversation on “Church 2.0” with board member Clovice Lewis. Clovice provided us with a framework for examining the broad and long-term contexts in which we will be making decisions on how to be a

Friends, Following Black History Month and nearing the one-year anniversary of the beginning of coronavirus shutdowns in the United States, I hope you are finding enough calm and enough clarity to carry you through your days. Personally, I lost two uncles this season, and at this particular moment I am

The Spring 2021 Chalice Lighter call for the Pacific Central District will be devoted to the Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley (UUCB). They write: “The mission of UUCB is to create a loving community, inspire spiritual growth, and encourage lives of integrity, joy, and service. We begin that commitment with

Dear Chalice Lighter, The Winter 2020 Chalice Lighter Call for the Pacific Central District will be devoted to the UUA Disaster Relief Fund. Many members of congregations in the PCD, as well in other districts of the Pacific Western Region, have been affected by the wildfires that have raged through