August 2024
This month, we ask ourselves, what does it mean to be a people of abundance?
August 4: Make Yourself Comfortable! Rest as Resistance
By Kristina Church
We live in a fast-paced society that glorifies productivity and lauds busy-ness. Let's explore the transformative potential of relaxation and rest. How can we resist the pull of Grind Culture, and give our bodies and spirits the restoration they need? Beyond individual action to community care, how can we vision and move towards a culture that provides people enough space for lives made whole through rest, work, and play?
August 11: Giving Catholicism Some Grace
By Shaun Doyle
So many UUs are recovering Catholics. Is it time we cut the Catholic Church some slack and acknowledge that there is beauty to be found in much of what they do?
August 18: Transformative Presence
By Hy Carrel
A safe and trusting container can catalyze change in each of us. How do we find the courage and resolve to be the person we are called to become? By entering spaces that are safe to express ourselves, to make mistakes, and to learn from the perspectives of other people's lived experiences, we enable transformation in ourselves.
Bio: Hy trained for 5 years with Faithful Fools and then returned to Buffalo in 2019, serving in homeless services before starting Kind Fools as a program of Community Canvases, an arts nonprofit that builds community in WNY. Kind Fools promotes healing by facilitating spaces of deep witness, expression, and listening.
Bio: Hy trained for 5 years with Faithful Fools and then returned to Buffalo in 2019, serving in homeless services before starting Kind Fools as a program of Community Canvases, an arts nonprofit that builds community in WNY. Kind Fools promotes healing by facilitating spaces of deep witness, expression, and listening.
August 25: Retelling Scarcity and Finding Abundance
By Rabbi Jonathan Freirich
Traditional stories and an untraditional reading of abundance. A way out of scarcity and into abundance will require more than a change of mindset, we will probably need to update our system of living in the world. “Good thoughts” will not be enough - let’s find ways forward together.
This month, we ask: What does it mean to be a people of renewal?
Our Vision
We gather in loving community, creating a shared vision of compassion and dignity for all,
to radically transform the world in which we live.
We gather in loving community, creating a shared vision of compassion and dignity for all,
to radically transform the world in which we live.
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Buffalo, NY 14222
716-885-2136
Sunday Services are at 10:30
Buffalo, NY 14222
716-885-2136
Sunday Services are at 10:30