FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH PALO ALTO, UCC
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  • Home
  • Worship
    • What to Expect
    • Choirs
  • Connect
    • Children's Ministries >
      • Vacation Bible School
    • Youth Ministries
    • Confirmation
    • Concert Series
    • Spring Musicals
    • Women's Retreat
    • Men's Retreat
    • Tuesday Fellowship
    • Artisans' Bazaar
  • About
    • FCCPA Features
    • Denomination
    • History & Governance
    • Our Newsletter
    • Calendar of Events
    • Staff
  • Serve
    • Outreach Ministries
    • Community Grants Committee
    • Hotel de Zink
    • ​Ecumenical & Interfaith Partners
    • Giving Tree
    • Shop Fair Trade
    • Bay Area Native Allies Project (BANAP >
      • Land Acknowledgements
      • Activities & Events
      • History Resources
      • Current News
      • Allies Taking Action
      • Environment
  • Watch/Listen
    • Worship Services
    • Messages
    • Past Events
  • Give
    • Stewardship >
      • A message from our Moderator
      • 2023-24 Asking Budget
      • Income and Expense Trends
      • Progress Toward our Goals
      • Estimated Giving Form
      • Give Your Time
      • Carrying Through
      • Committee Members
      • Update Contact Information
    • Ways to Give
    • Legacy Giving
    • Members
  • Rentals
    • Weddings >
      • Tours & Booking
      • Facility Info & Rental Fees
      • Planning Your Wedding
      • Wedding Photo Gallery
    • Concerts and Other Rentals >
      • Tours & Bookings
      • Event Gallery
    • Weddings, Concerts & Events FAQ's
    • Contact Us

Getting Involved 

at First Congregational Church of Palo Alto
There are many ways to become involved with our church family. You can greet, cook, visit, teach, study, sing, and/or pray. In addition to this website, another important source of information is the weekly electronic newsletter. Subscribe here. 

Activities

 Music and Drama  including Chancel Choir & ensembles, church band, spring musicals, Christmas pageant, concert series, community musical events
 
Children’s Ministries   including Backyard Sunday School, Vacation Bible School, First Congo Nursery School, Bibles for third graders, family fun nights, Evening in Bethlehem
 
Youth Ministries  including high school youth group, middle school youth group, summer service-learning trips, confirmation class
 
Serving Together   including church workdays, Homecoming Sunday luncheon and FCCPA Serves, Giving Tree, Fair Trade Sundays, learning about community needs and social justice issues, Congregational Chefs, and Memorial Receptions Committee
 
Adult Faith Formation    including Faith in Film, men's retreat, women's retreat, short-term classes on various topics, including the Bible
 
Socializing including Memoirs Writing Group and Tuesday Fellowship, which hosts the annual Christmas Tea and a book discussion group

Board and Committee Service both on elected boards and special task forces  
 
Deacons:
Welcome Sunday morning visitors
Visit members unable to attend church regularly; offer rides to members or guests who need them
Organize fellowship dinner groups
Contact members via birthday cards and flowers
Host fellowship receptions after church services (e.g. Sermon in Song ice cream truck, Christmas Eve, Easter)
Hold welcome receptions for new members and their sponsors
Publish a church photo directory
 
Education:
Work with Director of Children's Ministry including Backyard Sunday School
Youth group programs
Family Activities including Halloween pumpkin patch, Advent wreath making party, bingo party, Easter egg hunt, luncheons, potlucks
 
Outreach:
Hotel de Zink
Fair Trade
Downtown Food Closet and Clothes
FCCPA Giving Tree
Peace and Justice Task Force
Bay Area Native Allies Project
 
Trustees:
Finance Committee
Personnel Committee
Stewardship Committee
Buildings and Grounds Committee
Investment Committee
Community Grants Committee
Nominating Committee
 
Worship:
Read the scripture
Be an usher
Provide Altar flowers
Help serve communion

Welcome to
The First Congregational Church of Palo Alto
United Church of Christ

We are located off Embarcadero road near the 101 .....

Address
1985 Louis Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303

Office Hours: 9 AM to 3 PM 
closed for lunch 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
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We Hope To See You Soon!


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1985 Louis Road Palo Alto, CA 94303
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We gather as a church, welcoming people of all abilities, backgrounds, ethnicities, and those who are LGBTQ+, to become more aware of the love of God in our lives and to make real that love in the world through worshiping, serving humanity, and seeking to follow in the ways of Jesus.  

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