A monthly prayer service on the evening of the 11th of each month, offering a time of quiet multifaith prayers for peace and justice and strength for the journey.

THERE IS ANOTHER WAY: film & discussion with filmmaker following Sunday, Nov 2, 5-7pm First Congregational Church of Palo Alto 1985 Louis Rd, Palo Alto  Fellowship Room (in building off Embarcadero) This documentary tells the story about a group of visionary peacemakers who refuse to surrender to violence and injustice....

World Peace Day Sing Along! Sunday, Sept 21: the U.N. International Day of Peace @ 2pm  Mitchell Park ‘Sunken Bowl’ Multi-Purpose Area* The gathering was beautiful!! With gratitude to ProBono for everything they do, click here for photos from the event. On the U.N. International Day of Peace let’s sing...

Palestinian Aziz Abu Sarah and Israeli Maoz Inon spoke in Palo Alto on June 15, 2025 at Congregation Etz Chayim and Spark Church. Both men have had close family members killed in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and yet they believe that peace is possible, and are committed to work toward that...

Voices for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons (part of the United Religions Initiative) wondered… When a former Secretary of State, a former Secretary of Defense, several United States Ambassadors, a famous physicist, and a few friends pray each month for the elimination of nuclear weapons, it raises lots of...

Holi is a Hindu rite of Spring that commemorates both the changing seasons and the struggle for love and justice in dark times. While Holi was in March, may this prayer offers all of us inspiration.(Learn more about the Hindu stories mentioned in this prayer on this post from the...

Quakers (Society of Friends) “We are not for names, nor men, nor titles of Government,nor are we for this party or against the other…but we are for justice and mercy and truth and peace and true freedom,that these may be exalted in our nationand that goodness, righteousness, meekness, temperance, peace,and unity with...

You are invited to read this thought-provoking reflection by Rabbi Amy Eilberg, a member of the MVPJ Steering Committee, printed in full in “Forward” on October 15, 2024: A colleague recently reminded me that during the Vietnam War, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel told a journalist that he could not pray because whenever...

Prayer of Mothers for Life and Peace by Sheikha Ibtisam and Rabbi Tamar Elad-Appelbaum

As people committed to work for peace and justice, the war in Ukraine calls to our hearts, minds and lives. Our Ukrainian siblings are suffering, and need our prayers, contributions, and action. While we may not know exactly how to respond most faithfully to such suffering and violence, we cannot...