Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo

Our Vision

We will gather in loving community, creating a shared vision of compassion and dignity for all, to radically transform the world in which we live.

Our Mission

The Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo is a compassionate, thoughtful, and diverse religious community that nurtures and challenges itself to deeper understanding, meaning, and purpose.

WE GATHER through worship, music, education, intersectional ministries, and service.
WE INSPIRE each other in love and mutual respect to further our individual and collective spiritual journey.
WE TRANSFORM through our combined talents, and in coalition with other progressive organizations, in service to anti-racist anti-oppressive movements.

  • Provide a safe space to support and enhance a spiritually fulfilled congregation by offering creative, powerful, and diverse worship services.
  • Celebrate our multi-generational congregation with learning, leadership, laughter, and love by celebrating fully as a congregation.
  • Demonstrate a commitment to repair and renovate our spaces to provide a safe, accessible, nurturing, and sustainable physical space and grounds for our congregation and visitors.
  • Promote the power of community and respect for intersectional approaches to faith so that all feel welcome to be our better selves.
  • Provide a safe space to support and enhance a spiritually fulfilled congregation by offering creative, powerful, and diverse worship services.
  • Celebrate our multi-generational congregation with learning, leadership, laughter, and love by celebrating fully as a congregation.
  • Demonstrate a commitment to repair and renovate our spaces to provide a safe, accessible, nurturing, and sustainable physical space and grounds for our congregation and visitors.
  • Promote the power of community and respect for intersectional approaches to faith so that all feel welcome to be our better selves.
  • Strengthen our connections to other congregations in a safe space to foster a bold change in our lives and lay the foundation for action.
  • Create a congregation of faith, love, and trust that shows up, supports, and encourages families and across all communities in a spiritual setting.
  • Use the history of our church to approach community and social justice action together as an ENTIRE congregation to focus our energy on the health of our church, our community, and our world.
  • Provide responsive ministries to care for our own community as well as our surrounding communities in need.