In a story about a San Francisco collection of LGBTQ+ family stories on the KQED website, the picture book “Operation Marriage” by FPC Palo Alto member and children’s author Cynthia Chin-Lee is featured. “Operation Marriage” is based on the real-life FPC Palo Alto story about the Merkle-Raymond family’s decision to get married during the narrow…
On August 16, about 24 people came to our monthly Sustainability Lunch, community plant-based potluck. We had several plant-based quiches made from tofu or Just Eggs (a vegan egg substitute), kale salads, hummus, pita, desserts, and special food from Rise Against Hunger prepared by Melissa Kirven. In June our church packed 10,000 meals for RiseAgainstHunger.org…
It is with gratitude and excitement that First Presbyterian Church Palo Alto is welcoming Rev. Tom Harris to pastor our faith community. We thought you might like to learn a little bit more about him and his family. Tom grew up on the barrier islands off the east coast of Central Florida where his first…