We are a people of covenant – making sacred promises of how we will be with one another and in relationship to the world. Let’s deepen our understanding of these holy connections.

Gandhi, whose birthday was 10/2, is credited with saying, “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” How are we “being” the change? Dare we think beyond our usual limits? (Today we will share the offering with Hearts & Hands.)

Inspired by Brian D. McLaren’s book, Faith After Doubt, we will explore our faith through the lens of doubt.

A bountiful harvest begins with careful cultivation. This service will include our traditional Water Ingathering celebration. Bring water that represents your inner and outer travels, or pour from the common Source as we celebrate the gift of Beloved Community.

On this Labor Day weekend, we are reminded of the actions and sacrifices that were made to benefit the greater good, and we pause to consider how the rampant individualism and consumer culture of the 21st century has changed us. How can we reclaim a larger vision?

Pruning, tending, watering and fertilizing… How will we grow the tree that is our beloved community.

In this time of pre-emergence from pandemic isolation, let us undertake the work of restoration and renewal.

We may look the way we did when we closed our doors to the pandemic in March 2020, but we are deeply changed by our individual journeys and our shared experiences.

This year the Buffalo Pride week activities will once again be virtual, due to Covid. As we celebrate yet another Pride Sunday in isolation and restriction, I wonder how that reality can make us even more compassionate and proactive allies in the LGBTQIA+ community.

East meets West as we seek insights from the 8-fold path of Buddhism and the expanded 8 principles of Unitarian Universalism. What are the
connections? How do we engage head, heart, and hands?