December 2025
December 7: On Grieving This Season
by Rev. Bethany Russell- Lowe
This Blue Holidays service will create space to honor the grief that many of us feel this season. The grief that lives alongside the joy and the peace, the cookies and the presents. We will sing -- a lot -- in this service as we lean into a Taize-style of worship, weaving our way through song and poetry for the hour together.
December 14: The Spiritual Practice of Waiting
by Rev. Bethany Russell-Lowe
What does the Christian season of Advent have to do with football in Buffalo? Come this Sunday and find out!
December 21: A Winter Solstice Hanukkah Christmas Story
by Rev. Bethany Russell-Lowe
Folks of all ages are welcome to help act out this story about three winter holy days by Kimberly Redd. No speaking required! And no costumes necessary -- we'll have some ready for people of all sizes! If desired, children and adults may choose to come dressed as their favorite animal to join the wonderful menagerie of animals central to the story.
December 24: Christmas Eve Service (8 pm)
by Rev. Bethany Russell-Lowe
Come join in this long-held UUCB tradition. This year's Christmas Eve service will feature choral pieces -- both traditional and new -- and the story of the birth of Jesus. Stay afterward for eggnog and cookies, hosted by the Women's Society.
December 28: Into the New Year
by Shaun Doyle and Fran Manly
We pause on the threshold between the old year, not quite passed away, and the new year, not yet quite here. Join us for our annual Fire Communion, as we reflect on what has been and what we hope will be, bid farewell to the old year, and release it.
