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We are a compassionate, thoughtful, and diverse religious community who nurture and challenge each other to deeper understanding, meaning and purpose in our lives. We use our hearts and our heads to make a difference not only in our lives, but the lives of those beyond our doors.
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Upcoming Holiday Services:
Friday, December 20th 7:00pm: Winter Solstice Celebration
Sunday, December 22nd 10:30am: No Rehearse Christmas Pageant
Tuesday, December 24th 8:00pm: Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
Our newly adopted covenant
We, the members and friends of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo,
beginning with ourselves as we are, covenant together in love to
Celebrate and find joy in our diversity,
Honor our history and heritage while staying open to the future,
Be generous with our time and our treasure,
Strive for truth and justice within and beyond our congregation,
Relate to all who come here with kindness, respect and compassion,
Learn from one another, and
Honor the sacred in all its expressions.
When we fail, we will acknowledge our shortcomings,
make amends as we can, give and seek forgiveness,
and move forward again in love and community.
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We are embarking on an exciting journey to preserve and restore our beloved Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo. Our historic building, a cornerstone of our community since 1906, is in need of crucial repairs. We’ve secured a $250,000 grant from the National Fund for Sacred Places, but we need you help in raising the matching funds. Together, we can ensure our church remains a vibrant hub for generations to come. Learn more and help us Carry the Light Forward by supporting our capital campaign today! Click the image to learn more.
Upcoming Services
December 8: Breathing Lessons
By Rev. Cathy Harrington
Today is Bodhi Day, a defining event in the life of the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, when he experienced enlightenment. According to Paul Fleischman, a Teacher of vipassanā meditation, the Buddha taught non-violence, not pacifism. Rather than a theologian or a systems thinker, the Buddha was a liberator, a spiri¬tually attained practitioner and teacher of the path to nibbāna, freedom from hate, delusion and fear. His goal was to help as many beings as possible live in equa¬nimity, harmony and loving kindness.
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Services start at 10:30am unless otherwise posted.
December's Share the Plate Recipient:
WNY Mobile OPS
WNY Mobile Overdose Prevention Services Inc. is a local nonprofit 501c3 located in the heart of the East Side of Buffalo NY at 800 Sycamore Street. For the past six years, we have been providing mobile access to harm reduction training for more 7,500 individuals, families, schools, community and faith based organizations throughout all zip codes in Western New York in efforts to reduce opioid overdose deaths. We also provide mobile access to support people’s basic needs and referrals for medication-assisted treatment providers.
Our street outreach is conducted on an very small operating budget via our founder Rashone Scott-Williams’ personally owned 2015 Jeep Renegade, packed with a wagon full of Narcan kits, test strips for Fentanyl and Xylazine test strips, Covid tests, face masks and HIV/AIDS prevention supplies for distribution in Erie, Cattaraugus and Niagara counties.
We thank the Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo for selecting WNY Mobile OPS as a Share-the-Plate partner to expand access to harm reduction services for those without transportation to traditional preventive service agencies. Our nonprofit’s survival is based on establishing, building and maintaining trusted community partnerships that support opioid overdose prevention, recovery and access to treatment because “Saving Lives, Has Never Been Easier.”
