Consult our online calendar tinyurl.com/caluucnc for upcoming events.

Current Health and Safety policy (replaces previous COVID policy)

Wednesday Evening Potlucks

5:45 PM at 222 Temple St, Fredonia NY
Doors open at 5:30 PM, and we aim to eat at 5:45.

Please bring a dish to pass, and please list the ingredients for anyone with dietary concerns.

Weekly themes are below. Themes are not mandatory, and interpretation is up to you; surprise us with an entree, side dish, beverage, or dessert of your choice. Please join us!

• October 28, 5:45 PM: Let’s gather with Halloween in mind. What’s a favorite dish that you associate with our favorite spooky holiday?
• November 4, 5:45 PM: Breakfast for Dinner!
• November 11, 5:45 PM: Italian Delights
• November 18, 5:45 PM: A Rainbow of Soups
• No potluck on Wednesday, November 25

There is a sign-up sheet on the back table for set-up and clean up duties. If you plan to attend, please plan to help out. Many hands make light work!

Chalice Circles

Religious Exploration experiences are offered for three multi-age groups:

• Elementary classes (grades K-4): Children will focus on the Shared UU Values. This group usually meets two Sundays each month at 10 AM, starting October 25.
• Coming-of-age classes (grades 5-8 or older): Please call Barb Albert to register and discuss scheduling, or use the Contact form on this website, and your message will be relayed.
• Teen/adult discussions are facilitated by Amy O’Connell and focus on topics chosen by participants. This group meets on the third Sunday of each month at 10 AM.

Care for young children is available during worship services. Questions? Speak with coordinator Janey Wagner, or use the Contact form on this website, and your message will be relayed.

Postcard Writing Campaign

Thanks to volunteers from UUCNC and the Chautauqua Action Team, the Green Sanctuary Team mailed about 600 get-out-the-vote postcards to voters in California, Texas, and North Carolina. The postcards were supplied by the Center for Common Ground, https://www.centerforcommonground.org/reclaim-our-vote, and the Progressive Turnout Project, https://turnoutpac.org/postcards/.

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Post-Thanksgiving Gathering

Celebrate Community Potluck
Friday, November 27, 4-7 PM
at 222 Temple St, Fredonia NY

UUCNC members and friends, and families and friends of all ages, are invited to relax and enjoy each other’s company rather than going shopping on “Black Friday” for things we don’t need. Let’s lift up and celebrate our beloved community rather than consumerism.

Bring your Thanksgiving leftovers or a favorite dish to share. Please list the ingredients for anyone with dietary concerns. Bring musical instruments, crafts, and games if you like, but most importantly, yourself.

Cheryl Ritch will open the building at 4 PM, and we will share dinner at 5 PM. This will be a very informal meal, but any assistance will be welcome.

Welcome a Guest at Your Table

For half a century and counting, the UU Service Committee has worked with faith communities across the country to bring their partners’ stories and experiences to your family table. The long-running Guest at Your Table program is a chance to learn about their partners’ work and support their shared efforts to advance human rights worldwide.

Guest at Your Table booklets and collection boxes/envelopes will be distributed starting Sunday, November 29, for use throughout the holiday season.

At our January 10 worship service we will collect your donations—checks payable to the UU Service Committee—or donate online any time, listing your congregation as the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Northern Chautauqua:
uusc.org/givetoguest

Women of Spirit

This spirituality group is for women high school age and older. Newcomers are always welcome. Meetings are usually held on a Friday evening near the end of each month, but in November Women of Spirit will participate in the all-congregation Post-Thanksgiving Gathering (see above) instead of holding a separate women’s meeting.

Contributions to support Naiara Violet in Colombia are appreciated.

Meetings are listed on the online calendar, tinyurl.com/caluucnc.