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Upcoming Online Services
Jan 31: The Life of the Mind, Rev. Joan Montagnes A reflective service that wanders through the hallways of imagination. Sometimes, when we open a door, we discover the completely unexpected. Jan 24: Showing Up for Each Others’ Mental Health, Click here for login information to use Zoom Webinar. Click HERE for past services on our church Youtube channel! 
We are a compassionate, thoughtful, and diverse religious community who nurture and challenge each other to deeper understanding, meaning and purpose in our lives. We use our hearts and our heads (and a good deal of humor) to make a difference not only in our lives, but the lives of those beyond our doors. Learn more about our beliefs, our services, and our history in the About Us tab.
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What Does it Mean to be a People of Imagination?
Let’s carve some time out of this dreary, isolating winter to use our imaginations. Let’s write poetry together! I am told this is a common exercise for writers and poets: take apart a poem and create something completely new. It’s easy:
Here’s how: Choose a relatively short poem Cross out every other line, Fill in the crossed-out lines with lines of your own. You can stop there, or if your imaginative juices are flowing, you can keep going! Take the new poem you’ve created, cross out the remaining original lines (leaving the ones you wrote) Fill in the crossed-out lines with new ones of your own, making it a completely original poem. Click here for an example! Try it! Use “Little Miss Muffet” or any other poem! Write a haiku! A sonnet! A six-line short story. Consider it an adventure for your imagination! Fun for the whole family! Send your finished poems to me (minister@buffalouu.org) and we will laminate them and hang them on the climbing tree in the garden. Together we will create an outdoor poetry gallery to brighten up the new year. Yours in faith and affection, Rev. Joan Montagnes 
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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.
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.
January Share-the-Plate: HOME (Housing Opportunities Made Equal)
HOME’s mission is to promote the value of diversity and to assure the people of WNY an equal opportunity to live in housing or communities of their choice. The only agency in WNY providing comprehensive services for victims of housing discrimination, HOME records and investigates reported incidents of discrimination, provides paralegal counseling, advocates to conciliate validated complaints or prepares cases for legal action, and offers emotional support for victims and their families. Despite the unprecedented challenges of 2020, HOME rose to even greater heights to serve Western New York. With UUCB’s support, we will be able to have an even more successful 2021. Here’s to a new year with new opportunities to serve our fellow Western New Yorkers!