Upcoming Services
April 5, 10:30am: To Free the Prisoners, Rev. Joan Montagnes
Spring and the celebration of Passover lend new meaning to these days of confinement. A season of growth and a story of self-determination provide lessons while we sit in quarantine.
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April 5, 10:30am: To Free the Prisoners, Rev. Joan Montagnes
Spring and the celebration of Passover lend new meaning to these days of confinement. A season of growth and a story of self-determination provide lessons while we sit in quarantine.
We are using a Zoom webinar format for our services. Click here for login information to use Zoom.
What does it mean to be People of Liberation?
What a great question as we perch on what seems to be the beginning of a long pandemic siege. How can we continue to dismantle systems of oppression, while we search for our own liberation when we are quarantined?
Injustice will not wait for us while we stock up on toilet paper. Power abuses will not relax while we maintain our distance. Economic inequity and climate destruction will not take a vacation while we hunker down in the safety of our homes.
This is the season of spring, Passover and Easter. All celebrations of liberation – new life emerging from winter’s grip, enslaved people seizing their freedom, the sacred surviving death.
This is not a time for sleep. It is a time for letter writing, emails, generosity and advocacy. An election is coming. The usual foodbanks and shelters are crowded. Many of those who were living paycheck to paycheck before covid-19 now have no paycheck at all. Our neighbors are more vulnerable than ever poverty, discrimination, and illness.
If you are wondering how you can help, all you need to do is read the newspaper to find something to do. Call a friend, have a conversation, decide on an issue that is bothering you, and think up what organization needs your help to address the issue.
You can make a difference in this world. This is a time to grow. This is a time to push out and up from the earth clod. It is time to bud and blossom, bringing new vibrancy to your heart and to our community. That's what it means to be a People of Liberation.
Yours in faith and affection, Joan
What a great question as we perch on what seems to be the beginning of a long pandemic siege. How can we continue to dismantle systems of oppression, while we search for our own liberation when we are quarantined?
Injustice will not wait for us while we stock up on toilet paper. Power abuses will not relax while we maintain our distance. Economic inequity and climate destruction will not take a vacation while we hunker down in the safety of our homes.
This is the season of spring, Passover and Easter. All celebrations of liberation – new life emerging from winter’s grip, enslaved people seizing their freedom, the sacred surviving death.
This is not a time for sleep. It is a time for letter writing, emails, generosity and advocacy. An election is coming. The usual foodbanks and shelters are crowded. Many of those who were living paycheck to paycheck before covid-19 now have no paycheck at all. Our neighbors are more vulnerable than ever poverty, discrimination, and illness.
If you are wondering how you can help, all you need to do is read the newspaper to find something to do. Call a friend, have a conversation, decide on an issue that is bothering you, and think up what organization needs your help to address the issue.
You can make a difference in this world. This is a time to grow. This is a time to push out and up from the earth clod. It is time to bud and blossom, bringing new vibrancy to your heart and to our community. That's what it means to be a People of Liberation.
Yours in faith and affection, Joan
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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. Visitors are always welcomed to our worship services!
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. Visitors are always welcomed to our worship services!
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.
April Share the Plate: The Justice Ministry at the church has decided to dedicate the April Share-the-Plate to the Campaign for Alternatives to Isolated Confinement (CAIC). Since 2012, CAIC has been committed to ending the torture of solitary confinement in NY state. Motivated by the reality that this issue harms not only the thousands of people held in solitary currently, but families, communities, and society, the Western NY chapter of CAIC engages in public education, advocacy, and activism with the goal of criminal justice reform. Its proposed bill HALT (Humane Alternatives to Long-Term) Solitary Confinement is at a crucial point, with a majority of supporters in both the assembly and senate. To learn more and get involved, email info@wnycaic.org.