{"id":5957,"date":"2016-10-19T21:34:33","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T04:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/?p=5957"},"modified":"2016-10-20T17:19:10","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T00:19:10","slug":"south-palo-alto-faith-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danielharper.org\/yauu\/2016\/10\/south-palo-alto-faith-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"South Palo Alto faith communities"},"content":{"rendered":"

For our “Neighboring Faith Communities” class for middle schoolers,<\/a> I continue to think about ways to communicate the incredible religious diversity in our area. My latest effort: a map that shows faith communities in South Palo Alto, an area roughly bounded by U.S. 101 on the northeast, Oregon Expressway on the northwest, El Camino Real on the southwest, and San Antonio Rd. on the southeast. (I did go a little past these arbitrary boundaries to include some additional faith communities.)<\/p>\n

The map below shows the approximate boundaries of the area I researched, a rectangle about 2 miles by 2-1\/2 miles. Our faith community, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto (UUCPA), is circled in red. All the faith communities shown are within about a half hour’s walk of our congregation. You can click on this map to go to an interactive map on Mapquest (I’ve also embedded the Mapquest map at the very end of this post).<\/p>\n

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Below is the list of the 35 faith communities I found in this area. I suspect I missed some; if you can identify other faith communities in this area, please let me know about it in a comment. (Updated 10\/20\/16 based on Erp’s comment.) <\/p>\n

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South Palo Alto faith communities<\/strong><\/p>\n

Faith communities in the area bounded roughly by U.S. 101, Oregon Expwy, El Camino Real, and San Antonio Rd. Listed in the following order: Unitarian Universalist; Orthodox and Catholic; Mainline Protestant; other Christian; Jewish; Muslim; Buddhist; New Religions and miscellaneous.<\/p>\n

Unitarian Universalist:<\/em><\/p>\n

Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto
\n505 E Charleston Rd Palo Alto, CA 94306-4247<\/p>\n

Christian: Catholic and Orthodox:<\/em><\/p>\n

Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Church
\n3475 Ross Rd Palo Alto, CA 94303-4412<\/p>\n

St. Thomas Aquinas Parish: Our Lady of the Rosary
\n3290 Middlefield Rd Palo Alto, CA 94306-3046<\/p>\n

Christian: Mainline Protestant:<\/em><\/p>\n

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
\n600 Colorado Ave Palo Alto, CA 94306-2510<\/p>\n

Grace Lutheran Church
\n3149 Waverley St Palo Alto, CA 94306-2902<\/p>\n

Lord’s Grace Christian Church
\n1101 San Antonio Rd Mountain View, CA 94043-1002<\/p>\n

Covenant Presbyterian Church
\n670 E Meadow Dr Palo Alto, CA 94306-3627<\/p>\n

First Christian Church of Palo Alto
\n2890 Middlefield Rd Palo Alto, CA 94306-2521<\/p>\n

St. Andrews United Methodist Church
\n4111 Alma St Palo Alto, CA 94306-4546<\/p>\n

University AME Zion Church
\n3549 Middlefield Rd Palo Alto, CA 94306-3632<\/p>\n

First Baptist Church of Palo Alto
\n305 N California Ave Palo Alto, CA 94301-4105<\/p>\n

Palo Alto Friends Meeting
\n957 Colorado Ave Palo Alto, CA 94303-3802<\/p>\n

Other Christian:<\/em><\/p>\n

Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints (Stanford 3rd Ward)
\n3865 Middlefield Rd Palo Alto, CA 94303-4718<\/p>\n

Abundant Life Christian Fellowship
\n2440 Leghorn St Mountain View, CA 94043-1612<\/p>\n

Vive Church (C3 Silicon Valley)
\nmeets in Jewish Cultural Center,
\ncorner of Charleston and San Antonio Rds, Palo Alto<\/p>\n

Central Chinese Christian Church
\n801 San Antonio Rd Palo Alto, CA 94303-4618<\/p>\n

Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall
\n4243 Alma St Palo Alto, CA 94306-4642<\/p>\n

True North Church
\n1057 E Meadow Cir Palo Alto, CA 94303-4231<\/p>\n

Peninsula Bible Church
\n3505 Middlefield Rd Palo Alto, CA 94306-3632<\/p>\n

Bridgeway Church
\n2490 Middlefield Rd Palo Alto, CA 94301-4028<\/p>\n

The Highway Community
\n3373 Middlefield Rd Palo Alto, CA 94306-3049<\/p>\n

Palo Alto Vineyard Church
\n4000 Middlefield Rd Palo Alto, CA 94303<\/p>\n

The Father’s House
\n3585 Middlefield Rd Palo Alto, CA 94306-3632<\/p>\n

Cornerstone Community Church
\n701 E Meadow Dr Palo Alto, CA 94303-4438<\/p>\n

Jewish:<\/em><\/p>\n

Chabad Greater South Bay (Chabad-Lubavitch)
\n3070 Louis Rd Palo Alto, CA 94303-3952<\/p>\n

Congregation Emek Baracha
\n4102 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA 94306-4003<\/p>\n

Congregation Etz Chayim
\n4161 Alma St Palo Alto, CA 94306-4546<\/p>\n

Keddem Congregation (high holidays and large gatherings)
\nmeets in Kehillah Jewish High School,
\n3900 Fabian Way Palo Alto, CA 94303-4546<\/p>\n

Muslim:<\/em><\/p>\n

Anjuman-e-Jamali masjid
\n998 San Antonio Rd Palo Alto, CA 94303-4917<\/p>\n

Buddhist:<\/em><\/p>\n

Palo Alto Buddhist Temple
\n2751 Louis Rd Palo Alto, CA 94303-3651<\/p>\n

Silicon Valley Shambala Meditation Center
\n2483 Old Middlefield Way Mountain View, CA 94043-2316<\/p>\n

New Religious Movements and Other:<\/em><\/p>\n

Unity Palo Alto
\n3391 Middlefield Rd Palo Alto, CA 94306-3049<\/p>\n

First Church of Christ, Scientist
\n3045 Cowper St Palo Alto, CA 94306-2402<\/p>\n

Ananda Church of Self Realization
\n2171 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA 94306-1540<\/p>\n

Scientology Palo Alto
\n3505 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA 94306-2806<\/p>\n