The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Palisades is an intentionally diverse, anti-racist, welcoming community of faith. We believe that love, truth, and compassion are common needs that unify all people regardless of race, sex, gender expression, sexuality or religion.  It is our diversity and our commitment to work for social justice, which enriches and ennobles our faith and inspires us to learn more about each other and act for the good and wellbeing of one another and the larger community.


UUCP is temporarily meeting at Bergen Family Center at 44 Armory St., Englewood during construction at Flat Rock Brook

Upcoming Services

UUCP services are temporarily held at Bergen Family Center in Englewood N.J.

May 20: “Are You a Unitarian or a Universalist?” — Michael S.... - Fifty years ago, the American Unitarian Association and the Universalist Church of...

May 27: "God, Particles, and That Weird Quantum Stuff",... - Scientists at the CERN nuclear research facility tell us that they are on the...

Minister's Column

I was on 34th Street in Manhattan when I saw the nearly-block-long line of police cars with lights flashing. It has long been the policy of the New York Police Department to put caravans of cars with lights flashing and sirens screaming on the streets, for the sole purpose of reminding the public that the NYPD is watching, i.e., to intimidate us. The NYPD's violent reactions to peaceful occupiers are part of the strategy of intimidation...

President's Message

“Eleven O’clock on Sunday mornings is the most segregated time in the life of our nation. "These profound words of the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. still hold true. Since 1989 the members and friends of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Palisades have challenged that premise by establishing and sustaining an intentionally diverse, multi-cultural anti-racist community of faith. Gay and lesbian persons and all people of good will are welcome to full participation. We believe that the things that...