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's Temporary Move to Bergen Family Center Postponed. See Upcoming Events for Details

Upcoming Services

UUCP services are held at Flat Rock Brook Nature Center in Englewood N.J.

January 29: "Where Have You Been All of Your Life?" - Paul... - Regret, resentment, and rationalization about the past prevent us from living the...
February 5: A Home is Not a House - Deborah Pires - A home is not (necessarily) a house. What does it mean to be "home"?...
February 12: How To Grow Your Faith -- The Rev. Dr. Anthony P. Johnson - Beliefs are ideas a person holds about reality and truth. Whatever one’s set...

Minister's Column

Paul Simon has written an Advent hymn. (It’s on his new album, So Beautiful or So What.) There is a long history of Jewish pop songwriters creating great Christmas songs. Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” and Mel Tormé’s “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)” are just two examples.

Paul Simon’s “Waiting for Christmas Day” catches the spirit of the...

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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...

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