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

Current Health and Safety policy (replaces previous COVID policy)

Wednesday Evening Potlucks

5:30 PM at 222 Temple St, Fredonia NY

Doors open at 5:15 PM, and we aim to eat at 5:30. 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!

• September 23: This is Great American Pot Pie Day! All offerings are welcome, but especially pot pies!
• September 30: Today is Stromboli Day! Again, all dishes are welcome, but any attempts at Stromboli will be extra-welcome!
• October 7: Today is National Pumpkin Seed Day. Can you work some pumpkin seeds into your dish for tonight’s potluck?
• October 14: Tonight’s theme is Autumn Colors. Let’s try to bring dishes that coordinate well with the beauty of the changing leaves around us!
• October 21: It’s National Apple Day! Can you bring a savory or sweet dish featuring apples?
• October 28: Let’s gather with Halloween in mind. What’s a favorite dish that you associate with our favorite spooky holiday?

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!

Sing for Unity

Sunday, September 20, 2 PM
at 222 Temple St, Fredonia NY

Invite your friends and family!

Sing for Unity invites everyone around the world to participate, in connection with the United Nations International Day of Peace, as we create a sound wave of hope, unity, peace, and global community that travels across time zones. 

Cheryl Ritch will print song lyric sheets. If you have songs you would like us all to sing together, please give Cheryl the songs by Sunday, September 13, so she can make copies for everyone.

Get-out-the-vote Postcards

Our Green Sanctuary Team has shifted focus for Fall 2026, from purely environmental actions to efforts to get out the vote in midterm elections. It’s critical that candidates who support environmental regulation are elected, especially after the recent rollback of many federal environmental protections. Additionally, gerrymandering has led to voter suppression in many areas.

The Green Sanctuary Team has obtained postcards from the Center for Common Ground to remind voters about Election Day, and volunteers from our congregation are needed to write messages and addresses on postcards to and apply stamps. 

Reclaim Our Vote campaigns are non-partisan campaigns that focus on getting out the vote in states or districts with large numbers of Black voters for important state-wide and federal races. Our goal is to mobilize voters to make their voices heard in elections. ~ Center for Common Ground, https://www.centerforcommonground.org/postcards  

For those who would like to take some postcards home to write, postcards and instructions are available in packets of 20-25 on the Social Action table at the back of the sanctuary.

A Get-Out-The-Vote postcard-writing gathering is planned for Sunday, September 20, after the worship service and before the 2 PM Sing for Unity event. Lunch will be served, courtesy of the Green Sanctuary Team. Additional postcard-writing events will be scheduled for early October, as postcards are to be mailed by October 13.

Chalice Circles

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

• Elementary classes (grades K-4): Children will focus on shared UU values. This group meets two Sundays per 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, starting October 18.

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.