First Presbyterian Church Palo Alto

First Presbyterian Church Palo Alto We are a progressive Christian community drawn together by God's inclusive love

Join us on Sundays on ZOOM!

8:30-9:30am Early Church on Zoom
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10:00-11:30am Community Worship on Zoom
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This Sunday June 7th.
06/01/2026

This Sunday June 7th.

05/31/2026
05/29/2026

Sermon from our Pastor Emeritus Rev. Diana Gibson. Sunday May 24th.

This Sunday May 31st.
05/28/2026

This Sunday May 31st.

05/20/2026

In this sermon from May 17th, 2026, Rev. Harris offers a path to ending domination and war. These are lofty goals and he begins by suggesting that we will be disappointed by the solution. The solution he offers is that people follow the Ten Commandments. Then he makes the case that in the Bible, the Ten Commandments are given as an alternative to systems of domination such as Pharoah’s enslavement of the Hebrew people. And the work of following them is not about just doing the minimum but examining the deeper principles underlying each one. If we can’t do that ourselves, can we really expect others to do it?

05/19/2026
05/11/2026

In this sermon from May 10th, 2026, Rev. Harris reflects on the story of Cain and Abel as a story about domination, and by extension hierarchy. Citing Octavia Butler he suggests that unchecked hierarchy is the disease that causes the symptom of war and the other evils of our time. This sermon is an introduction to next Sunday's sermon that suggests a path to ending hierarchy and therefore war.

Address

1140 Cowper Street
Palo Alto, CA
94301

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 3pm
Tuesday 1pm - 4pm
Wednesday 8am - 1pm
Thursday 10am - 3pm
Friday 10am - 3pm
Sunday 10am - 11:30am

Telephone

+16503255659

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