April-June, 1949 \u2014 Rev. Lon Ray Call*,<\/a> extension minister from the American Unitarian Association
1949-72 \u2014 Rev. Felix Danford “Dan” Lion*, minister
1961-1962 \u2014 Rev. Darrall Roen “Bud” Repp*, assistant minister
1965-1968 \u2014 Rev. Mike Young, assistant minister
1971-1977 \u2014 Rev. Dr. Ron Hargis*, minister of religious education
1972-1973 \u2014 Rev. Sidney Peterman*, interim minister
1973-1990 \u2014 Rev. William R. “BJ” Jacobsen*, parish minister
1990-1991 \u2014 Rev. Sam Wright,* interim minister
1991-2001 \u2014 Rev. Ken Collier, minister
1998-2000 \u2014 Rev. Dr. Til Evans*,<\/a> interim minister of religious education
2000-2007 \u2014 Rev. Darcey Laine, minister of religious education
2001-2003 \u2014 Rev. Kurt Kuhwald, interim minister
2003-present \u2014 Rev. Amy Zucker Morgenstern
2007-2009 \u2014 Rev. Eva Ceskava, interim minister of religious education
2009-present \u2014 Rev. Dan Harper, assistant\/associate minister of religious education
* Deceased<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Religious Educators<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
1948-1949 \u2014 Religious Education Committee run program in cooperation with Palo Alto Friends Meeting 1951 \u2014 “Mrs. Harry Lewis” is choir director 1947 \u2014 In April, congregation begins holding Sunday evening meetings<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1948 \u2014 Congregation moves meeting time to Sunday mornings 1949 \u2014 Religious education (RE) enrollment is 25 children<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1950 \u2014 Services are held at the Palo Alto Community Center 1951\/52 \u2014 Robert Harrison runs the Sunday school as a volunteer<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1952 \u2014 Due to growth there are two sessions of Sunday school 1953\/54 \u2014 Religious Education Committee is in charge of the Sunday school 1954\/55 \u2014 Religious Education Committee is in charge of the Sunday school 1955\/56 \u2014 Eve Wilder volunteers as Superintendent of Religious Education 1956\/57 \u2014 Religious Education Committee is in charge of the Sunday school 1957\/58 \u2014 Marion Murphy is part-time paid Superintendent of Religious Education 1958 \u2014 C. Sargent Hearn becomes the first full-time paid religious educator, assisted by his wife Virginia 1959 \u2014 Florence Sund becomes the Director of Religious Education; from 1955-1959 she was DRE in Rockford, Ill. 1960 \u2014 RE enrollment is 561 1961 \u2014 RE enrollment is 600<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1962 \u2014 RE enrollment peaks at over 600 1963 \u2014 This year and next, some children transfer to the Sunnyvale Fellowship, relieving some pressure on PAUC\u2019s Sunday school 1964 \u2014 Ernee Chester becomes Youth Choir Director 1965\/66 \u2014 PAUC member Meredith Whitaker is “acting DRE” 1966 \u2014 RE enrollment is 480 1967 \u2014 RE enrollment is 575 1968 \u2014 RE enrollment is 409 1969 \u2014 RE enrollment is 260 1970 \u2014 PAUC hosts an alternative high school, called “Lothlorien High School” 1971 \u2014 Congregation establishes Ellen Thacher Children’s Center, a day care center for ages 2.9 to 7 years, named after the recently deceased Ellen Thacher; 1\/4 of the children receive financial assistance 1972 \u2014 Playground built for Thacher Center, with help from PAUC members, Lothlorien students, and Thacher parents 1973 \u2014 The RE Committee brings in Til Evans of the Starr King School for the Ministry to lead an all-day workshop 1974 \u2014 \u201cBaby Bust\u201d means fewer children, and RE enrollment continues to drop 1975 \u2014 Ernee Chester, Youth Choir Director, resigns 1976 \u2014 A Junior High class is reactivated this year 1977 \u2014 Ron Hargis resigns at the end of the year 1978 \u2014 Religious education enrollment rises to 100 1979 \u2014 PAUC again offers a preschool class in Sunday school 1980 \u2014 DRE Mary Brau adds \u201cexecutive officer\u201d of the entire church to her duties 1981 \u2014 An intergenerational breakfast is held on Easter Sunday<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1982 \u2014 Sandy Price, an experienced DRE from Oak Park, Ill., becomes DRE for one school year while temporarily living in the area 1983 \u2014 Mary Katherine Haynes becomes DRE 1984 \u2014 Intergenerational activities include two family potluck breakfasts, “Trick or Treat for UNICEF,” and Christmas carol party <\/p>\n\n\n\n 1985 \u2014 Donna Bookbinder is temporary DRE 1986 \u2014 RE enrollment is 54 1987 \u2014 Educational goals developed in a fall retreat: increase involvement of kids in church, religious literacy, plant the seed of lifelong UUs 1988 \u2014 RE enrollment is 80 1989 \u2014 Senior High teens host an all-church supper and some after-church lunches 1990 \u2014 RE enrollment is 125 1991 \u2014 RE enrollment is 90 1992 \u2014 Three paid child care workers provide care each Sunday 1993 \u2014 Enrollment is 120, classrooms are crowded 1994 \u2014 The Religious Education Committee for children and youth, and the Adult Religious Education Committee merge to form a Lifespan Religious Education Committe<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1995 \u2014 RE enrollment is 140, with growth in youngest ages, infants through preschoolers: the peak of the Millennial generation 1996 \u2014 Intergenerational events include folk singer Jim Stevens, 4:30 p.m. Christmas Eve service, Easter egg hunt for gr. preK-2 1997 \u2014 RE enrollment drops to 125 1998 \u2014 Edith Parker completes ministerial training, under UUA rules is not allowed to continue serving as inister at UUCPA, and so resigns 1999 \u2014 RE enrollment is 135 2000 \u2014 In January, UUCPA adds a second worship service on Sunday morning 2001 \u2014 Sunday school begins to include regular social justice projects 2002 \u2014 Capital campaign includes renovation of classrooms<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2003 \u2014 Board of Trustees implements a child protection policy<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2004 \u2014 The Senior High Youth Group and Rev. Darcey Laine, along with youth from the Redwood City UU Fellowship, install the first labyrinth at UUCPA<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2005 \u2014 Time of children’s classes is changed from 11:00 to 9:30 a.m. 2006 \u2014 Family Chapel Services are held, led by volunteers<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2007 \u2014 Darcey Laine resigns, as her family wants to relocate to upstate New York 2008 \u2014 <\/p>\n\n\n\n 2009 \u2014 Congregation hires Rev. Dan Harper as assistant minister of religious education 2010 \u2014 With the help of church consultant Alice Mann, UUCPA sets goal of \u201cadding the next 50 people\u201d as measured by average annual attendance 2011 \u2014 New fenced-in play area installed in front of Thacher School\u2019s playground 2012 \u2014 UUCPA\u2019s \u201cOWL\u201d comprehensive sexuality education program welcomes non-UU families, as a community outreach program 2013 \u2014 Children are invited to participate in planning the new front garden<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2014 \u2014 Religious education enrollment peaks at 135 (highest since 1999) 2015 \u2014 First year of Ecojustice Camp day camp 2016 \u2014 RE enrollment is 116 2017 \u2014 RE enrollment is 105<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2018 \u2014 RE enrollment is 105 2019 \u2014 About 30% of enrolled children and youth are non-white<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2020 \u2014 COVID cause state-wide shutdown, on March 15 youth group and all classes move online 2021 \u2014 In February, the two in-person classes are able to resume once again For the 75th anniversary of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto Religious professionals Ministers 1947-49 \u2014 Rev. Nat Lauriat*, minister of First Unitarian Church in San Jose, spends a few hours each week in Palo AltoApril-June, 1949 \u2014 Rev. Lon Ray Call*, extension minister from the American Unitarian Association1949-72 \u2014 Rev. Felix Danford “Dan” Lion*, minister1961-1962 … Continue reading “More Palo Alto Unitarian Universalist time lines and lists”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[120],"class_list":["post-11333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bay-area-calif","tag-unitarian-universalist-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11333"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11339,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11333\/revisions\/11339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
1950\/51 \u2014 John Durr, Superintendent of Religious Education
1951\/52 \u2014 Robert Harrison
1952\/53 \u2014 Evelyn Borthwick, Supervisor of Church School
1953-1955 \u2014 Religious Education Committee is in charge of the Sunday school
1955\/56 \u2014 Eve Wilder volunteers as Superintendent of Religious Education
1956\/57 \u2014 Religious Education Committee is in charge of the Sunday school (no one volunteers to be Superintendent)
1957\/58 \u2014 Marion Murphy, Superintendent of Religious Education (first paid religious educator, part-time)
1959\/59 \u2014 C. Sargent Hearn, Director of Religious Education (DRE) (first F\/T paid religious educator)
1959-1965 \u2014 Florence Sund, DRE
1965\/66 \u2014 Meredith Whitaker, Acting DRE
1966-1969 \u2014 Clarice Gault, DRE
1969-1971 \u2014 Virginia Stephens and Ellen Thacher, Co-DREs
1971-1977 \u2014 Rev. Dr. Ron Hargis, Minister of Religious Education (MRE)
1977-1979 \u2014 Dr. Robert Donmoyer<\/a> and June Yennie-Donmoyer,<\/a> Co-DREs
1979-1983 \u2014 Mary Brau, DRE
1982\/1983 \u2014 Sandy Price, (Interim) DRE
1983-1985 \u2014 Mary Katherine Haynes, DRE
1985 \u2014 Donna Bookbinder, “temporary DRE”
1985-1988 \u2014 Jean Blackburn Conner, DRE
1988-1998 \u2014 Edith Parker, DRE
1998-2000 \u2014 Rev. Dr. Til Evans,<\/a> Interim MRE
2000-2007 \u2014 Rev. Darcey Laine, MRE
2007-2009 \u2014 Rev. Eva Ceskava, Interim MRE
2009-present \u2014 Rev. Dan Harper, Assistant\/Associate MRE<\/p>\n\n\n\nMusic Directors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
1952 \u2014 Marion Conley is choir director
1955 \u2014 In December, Emma Lou “Timmy” Allen becomes choir director
1963 \u2014 Stanford professor Dr. Arthur P. Barnes<\/a> becomes choir director
1965 \u2014 Miriam Wain is choir director
1966 \u2014 Arthur P. Barnes<\/a> returns as choir director
1976 \u2014 Colleen Magee Snyder become choir director
1982 \u2014 Joan McMillen becomes choir director
1985 \u2014 Karl R. Schmidt becomes choir director
1989 \u2014 Sheridan Schroeter becomes music director
1992 \u2014 Alva Henderson becomes music director
2001 \u2014 Michael Gibson becomes music director
2004\/05 \u2014 Choir members Kathy Parmentier and Mayo Tsuzuki direct the choir
2005 \u2014 Henry Mollicone<\/a> becomes choir director
2011 \u2014 Bruce Olstad becomes music director<\/p>\n\n\n\nChildren and Youth Religious Education Programs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
1940s-1950s<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
1948 \u2014 In the spring, “Mrs. Cleaveland provided child care for the very young in her yard and different mothers took turns as sitters.”
1948 \u2014 In the fall, first Sunday school classes held jointly with the Friends (Quakers). “There are three Friends and three Unitarians, all mothers of the children, who take turns [as teachers] for a month at a time. The children range in age from two and a half to ten and are divided into three groups for instruction.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1950 \u2014 RE enrollment is 40
1950\/51 \u2014 John Durr is Superintendent of Religious Education; he volunteers while in his last year of theological school<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1952\/53 \u2014 Evelyn Borthwick is volunteer Supervisor of Church School; Marion Conley is Superintendent of the 11:00 a.m. church school
1952 \u2014 RE enrollment is 150<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1953 \u2014 RE enrollment is 180<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1954 \u2014 RE enrollment is 215<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1955 \u2014 RE enrollment is 310<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1956 \u2014 RE enrollment is 400+, with waiting lists for gr. 6 and under
1956 \u2014 7th, 8th, and 9th grade classes meet in five nearby homes<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1957 \u2014 RE enrollment is 530
1957 \u2014 Rae Bell begins serving as children\u2019s choir director<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1958 \u2014 RE enrollment is 461
1958 \u2014 First Sunday services are held in new building<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1959 \u2014 RE enrollment is 500+
1959 \u2014 A spin-off group from PAUC becomes the Unitarian Fellowship of Redwood City<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n1960s<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
1960 \u2014 “Attendance has dropped off a bit, partially because of the Redwood City Fellowship exodus”; 25 PAUC members plus a number of PAUC children transferred to Redwood City
1960 \u2014 The Student Council, elected from the Sunday school, disburses $1,100 [$9,750 in 2020 dollars] collected from the Sunday school collection, including funding for the patio installation<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1962 \u2014 There are three Sunday sessions to accommodate the Sunday school \u2014 the 8:45 early morning forum, and the regular 10:00 and 11:30 services \u2014 plus a Wednesday evening session with a family service
1962 \u2014 Sunnyvale UU Fellowship<\/a> is spun off from PAUC<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1963 \u2014 Due to lack of classroom space, 5 classes are held in nearby homes
1963 \u2014 For the second straight year, PAUC membership “is at a standstill”
1963 \u2014 Programs for children and teens include 3 sessions of Sunday school, midweek family service, Junior Unitarian Youth (gr. 7-9), Liberal Religious Youth (gr. 10-12), children’s choir, youth choir; committees and staff include DRE, Youth Director, Religious Education Committee, Youth Activities Committee, and Student Council<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1964 \u2014 Continued growth of Sunnyvale and Redwood City UU Fellowships means no waiting list to get into PAUC’s Sunday school
1964 \u2014 Liberal Religious Youth stage “Our Town,” give $50 of the proceeds [$425 in 2020 dollars] to oppose California Proposition 14,<\/a> which would legalize racial discrimination in housing<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1965 \u2014 In addition to fun activities, Junior Unitarian Youth (gr. 7-9) have discussions on “Death and the Hereafter” and “Does Unitarianism Promote High Moral Standards?”
1965 \u2014 Nationwide, Unitarian Universalism stops growing and begins declining around about 1965<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1966 \u2014 Junior Unitarian Youth (gr. 7-9) sell UNICEF cards, raising $1,000 [$8,900 in 2020 dollars] for UNICEF
1966 \u2014 Clarice Gault hired as new Director of Religious Education, indicates she will stay no more than 3 years<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1967 \u2014 Former DRE Meredith Whitaker is chair of RE Committee
1967 \u2014 RE committee and the DRE see “a need for in our church educational programing”
1967 \u2014 An experimental Thursday night mid-week service provides innovative programming for children<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1968 \u2014 Liberal Religious Youth or LRY (gr. 10-12) stage Jean-Paul Sartre’s play “No Exit”
1968 \u2014 “LRY membership has soared” up to 80 people on the mailing list, up to 35 attending meetings<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1969 \u2014 Due to falling adult attendance and religious education enrollment, congregation goes down to two services per Sunday
1969 \u2014 Clarice Gault resigns, indicates she sees problems withe PAUC
1969 \u2014 Virginia Stephens and Ellen Thacher become co-DREs<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/paloaltocre.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/1968-circa-crafts.jpeg?w=1024\")
<\/a>1970s<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
1970 \u2014 Congregation votes to form a nonprofit corporation to run Lothlorien; in the mean time, Lothlorien is run by PAUC
1970 \u2014 Ron Garrison, a Stanford student, hired as \u201cYouth Minister\u201d
1970 \u2014 Rae Bell resigns as children\u2019s choir director, after 13 years
1970 \u2014 Room 8 is a ceramics room, with potter’s wheels
1970 \u2014 Program is “based on a freer, experience-centered situation” which children and teachers like, but parents want more”content”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1971 \u2014 Congregation hires Rev. Dr. Ron Hargis as minister of religious education, on a two-year contract basis
1971 \u2014 Two types of Sunday school programs are offered, “one experience-oriented, one subject-oriented”
1971? \u2014 Nonprofit corporation to run Lothlorien is formed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1972 \u2014 Dan Lion resigns; Ron Hargis becomes sole minister until Rev. Sidney Peterman arrives in the fall as interim minister
1972 \u2014 Ron Garrison resigns after congregation declines to make his position full time, with youth and community education responsiblities
1972 \u2014 RE enrollment is 250<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1973 \u2014 PAUC offers About Your Sexuality course (precursor to the current Our Whole Lives comprehensive sexuality education course for gr. 7-9)
1973 \u2014 A grant from Samuel Untermeyer makes it possible for 6th and 7th graders to talk with astronaut Edgar Mitchell<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1974 \u2014 A grant from Samuel Untermeyer makes it possible for 6th and 7th graders to participate in an art project for an afternoon with innovative artist Ruth Asawa<\/a>
1974 \u2014 “Nursery leader Cindy Cray noted that the decline in the birth rate has certainly affected the number of children in the nursery”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1975 \u2014 Sargent Hearn, former DRE, is serving on the Religious Education Committee<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1976 \u2014 Monthly intergenerational potlucks are held<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1977 \u2014 RE enrollment drops to about 50
1977 \u2014 Children are in the Main Hall service several times this year
1977 \u2014 June Yennie-Donmoyer and Bob Donmoyer become co-DREs in September<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1978 \u2014 LRY (the youth group) has 30 members
1978 \u2014 First annual \u201cmini-vacation\u201d at Bass Lake
1978 \u2014 Monthly “All Church Community Activities” include a square dance, a picnic, and a dinner with Mexican cuisine<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1979 \u2014 Mary Brau becomes DRE
1979 \u2014 RE enrollment is 92, with 70 in Sunday school, and 12 in LRY (Liberal Religious Youth, the youth group)
1979 \u2014 For the hour before Sunday school, children may go to the Clay Room, the Reading Room, or the Games and Crafts Room<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/paloaltocre.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/1978-circa-re-class.jpeg?w=1024\")
<\/a>1980s<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
1980 \u2014 Nationwide, after a decade and a half of decline, Unitarian Universalism begins to grow at about 1% per year
1980 \u2014 RE enrollment drops to 75<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1982 \u2014 Clay room activities at 10:00 a.m. (before Sunday school and the service) continue to be popular
1982 \u2014 Junior Choir is revived, sings once a month when children are in the first part of the service<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1983 \u2014 Small but active youth group with paid part-time youth advisor<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1985 \u2014 Jean Blackburn Conner becomes DRE in November
1985 \u2014 No program for teens this year<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1986 \u2014 Child care is available year-round on Sundays; one paid staffer assisted by teen and parent volunteers<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1987 \u2014 Easter breakfast and egg hunt<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1988 \u2014 Edith Parker becomes Director of Religious Education
1988 \u2014 RE Committee seeks ways to encourage more participation by high school aged teens<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1989 \u2014 RE brochure lists the Halloween Parade<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/paloaltocre.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/1986-halloween-party.jpeg?w=1024\")
<\/a>1990s<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
1990 \u2014 Children continue to attend the first part of the worship service once a month before leaving for their classes
1990 \u2014 Both the senior high group and the junior high group are active<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1991 \u2014 Main Hall is often 80-90% full on Sunday mornings; Ken Collier first proposes double sessions<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1992 \u2014 Intergenerational activities include a Seder Summer Solstice sunrise celebration, and a Winter Solstice celebration<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1993 \u2014 After a hiatus, a Junior Choir starts up again
1993 \u2014 DRE Edith Parker serves as resource person for the new UU congregation forming in Fremont<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1995 \u2014 UUCPA provides financial and moral support to the new UU congregation in Fremont<\/a>, with no apparent effect on RE enrollment<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1996 \u2014 RE enrollment is 147<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1997 \u2014 Congregation sees enough growth in adult membership to consider adding a second minister
1997 \u2014 New safety policy requires two adults in each classroom, though implementation was difficult at first<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1998 \u2014 UUCPA hires Rev. Til Evans as interim minister of religious education, to serve with Ken Collier
1998 \u2014 Ellen Thacher Preschool is now part of Palo Alto Community Child Care
1998 \u2014 Intergenerational events include a games program in September
1998 \u2014 Til Evans reports that the lack of dependable and consistent space for religious education programs is the greatest lack facing the program<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1999 \u2014 Behavioral problems in classrooms lead to the development of a behavioral covenant
1999 \u2014 Inspired by Til Evans, the Lifespan RE Committee marshals support in the congregation for adding a second permanent minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/paloaltocre.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/11\/1997-senior-high-youth-group.jpeg?w=1024\")
<\/a>2000s<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
2000 \u2014 Rev. Darcey Laine is called as minister of religious education; Rev. Ken Collier announces his resignation a few months later
2000 \u2014 RE enrollment is 64<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2001 \u2014 Rev. Darcey Laine spends significant time “supporting the parish ministry transition”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2005 \u2014 With Rev. Amy Zucker settled in as the new parish minister, Rev. Darcey Laine is able to re-focus her attention on children and youth<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2007 \u2014 Rev. Eva Ceskava becomes interim minister of religious education<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2009 \u2014 Joe Chee, doctoral candidate in educational technology, starts CYRE blog for teacher engagement and training
2009 \u2014 Children and Youth Religious Education Committee moves key documents to the cloud
2009 \u2014 Nationwide, Unitarian Universalism begins small annual decline that continues to the present<\/p>\n\n\n\n2010s<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
2010 \u2014 Second Sunday Lunch begins, children and teens welcomed from the beginning
2010 \u2014 Joe Chee produces Sunday school teacher podcasts
2010 \u2014 Youth group makes a service trip to New Orleans<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2011 \u2014 Coming of Age class cooks, serves, and eats dinner with Hotel de Zink for the first time<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2012 \u2014 Navigators program is organized at UUCPA, a scouting program welcoming all genders and LGBTQIA+ persons
2012 \u2014 UUCPA begins publishing Sunday school curriculums online<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/paloaltocre.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/12\/2013-childrenandjane-1.jpeg?w=1024\")
<\/a>
2014 \u2014 Sunday school \u201cEcojustice class\u201d installs first rain barrel at UUCPA<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2015 \u2014 Youth group makes a service trip to Belize, under the direction of Anne Frahn<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2016 \u2014 Membership and Growth Committee reports that UUCPA is halfway to the goal of adding 50 people, as measured by average annual attendance<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2018 \u2014 Congregation considers removing the word \u201cChurch\u201d from its name, with strong support from high school students who become members so they can vote on this issue
2018 \u2014 Mr. Barb Greve becomes religious educator while Dan Harper is on sabbatical; Greve is also volunteering as co-moderator of the UUA<\/p>\n\n\n\n2020s<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
2020 \u2014 In September, two small in-person classes begin (Ecojustice class and OWL gr. 7-9), outdoors, masked, and physically distanced
2020 \u2014 In late November, another lockdown closes in-person classes<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2021 \u2014 In June, three-week COVID-safe Ecojustice Camp welcomes 16 campers, makes $12,000 for the congregation
2021 \u2014 In September, in-person classes resume for preschool and up, with online options available<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"