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  • Worship
    • What to Expect
    • Choirs
  • Connect
    • Children's Ministries >
      • Vacation Bible School
    • Youth Ministries
    • Confirmation
    • Concert Series
    • Friends of Music
    • Women/Non-Binary Retreat 2025
    • Men's Retreat 2025
    • Tuesday Fellowship
    • Pick-a-Party
  • About
    • Courtyard Project
    • FCCPA Features
    • Denomination
    • History & Governance
    • Our Newsletter
    • Calendar of Events
    • Staff
  • Serve
    • Outreach Ministries
    • Community Grants Committee
    • Hotel de Zink
    • ​Ecumenical & Interfaith Partners
    • Shop Fair Trade
    • Bay Area Native Allies Project (BANAP) >
      • The History of Thanksgiving
      • Land Acknowledgements
      • Education Resources
      • Activities & Events
      • History Resources
      • Current News & Events
      • Allies Taking Action
      • Environment
    • Mental Health Allies (MHA) >
      • Education
      • Local Resources
      • Books
      • National Observances
  • Watch/Listen
    • Worship Services
    • Messages
    • Past Events
  • Give
    • Stewardship >
      • A message from our Moderator
      • 2025-26 Asking Budget
      • Income and Expense Trends
      • Progress Toward our Goals
      • Estimated Giving Form
      • 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
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2023 Serves Volunteer Day
after the Homecoming Lunch

Sunday September 10, 2023, 12:00 PM-2:00 PM
Volunteer for Trail Maintenance!
​Donate Back to School clothes and empty backpacks!

Welcoming people of all ages to invest 2 hours for our second annual Serves Volunteer Day, organized by the FCCPA Outreach Board.   Following the success of our first Serves Day last year, we will work together to share our heads, hearts and hands on diverse projects at the church or offsite. The goal is to meet community needs, serving the incarcerated, unhoused, underserved and the environment at large. 

WE HAVE ONE PROJECT WITH OPENINGS FOR VOLUNTEERS!
​COME HIT THE TRAILS WITH US.
  

It’s easy, meaningful and fun. There’s something for everyone - children and adults -  whether seated at a table or digging in dirt. 
​Sign up now! Contact Serves Day Co-Leaders Lisa Daly or Nancy Peterson with questions.  

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DONATIONS We need donations for our
​Back to School projects.

NEW EMPTY BACKPACKS: for 6th-12th graders, plain or simple patterns (any color except red, blue or turquoise), and measuring 17-19 inches high.  Bring to church any Sunday or drop off at Church office by Sept. 8. We will fill the packs with school supplies on Serves Day.

NEW OR GENTLY USED CLOTHING: for students from pre-K to 12th grade.  Deliver clothing to church or drop in the wooden box in the Breezeway by Friday Sept. 8. We will sort the items on Serves Day.

THANK YOU!

 VOLUNTEER On-Site Projects at FCCPA

Mixing and packing 200 healthy Fair Trade organic snack mixes FULL!
  •  For clients of WeHOPE’s Dignity on Wheels mobile showers and laundry
  • Location: FCCPA kitchen
  • Team Leader: Loren Gordon
Click Here for info and to Sign Up


Assembling 100 Grief Packets for incarcerated people who lose a loved one and otherwise grieve alone FULL!
  • For the Correctional Institutions Ministry
  • Location: FCCPA Fellowship Room
  • Team Leader: Christine Jojarth
Click Here for info and to Sign Up

​Rotating Projects in the Social Hall -- FULL!
Team   Leaders:   Lisa Daly,   Noelle Queen   and   Colleen Gormley



  Packaging hygiene supplies

  • For clients of LifeMoves​

Organizing and stuffing Backpacks donated by the congregation 
​
  • For distribution by Family Giving Tree

 Organizing Back to School clothes 

  • For distribution by the Ecumenical Hunger Program

 Cutting and tying 4 no-sew fleece blankets

  • For children with Project Linus

VOLUNTEER Off-Site Projects - Meet at FCCPA

Weeding, pruning and mulching with Grassroots Ecology VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
  • At Byrne Open Space Preserve in Los Altos Hills
  • Team Leaders:   Elizabeth Moragne and   Sam Putney
Click here for info and to Sign Up
​

Preparing food bundles for those in in need FULL!
  • At Ecumenical Hunger Program, East Palo Alto
  • Team    Leader:   Alan Stivers
SIGN UP NOW! You will receive more information about your project soon.


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1985 Louis Road Palo Alto, CA 94303
​650-856-6662
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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