Fall 2019 - Spring 2020
We meet at 11 AM at the John Ash Community Center, 112 N. Barry St., Olean, NY
2019
September 15 - WATER COMMUNION led by Rosanna Bonfilio. Bring the water you collected from special places over the summer or use some of the symbolic water we will have on hand to share and connect.
October 6 - FROM GRASS ROOTS TO FUNGAL NETWORKS and 10th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION led by Rev. Renee Ruchotzke. Using what she learned on her sabbatical about Permaculture, our UUA Primary Contact will share her insights about how lessons from nature can inform how we can live out our vision of Beloved Community. This will be followed by coffee hour from noon to 1 and a celebration (food, music, other festivities) from 1:00 - 3:00. The traditional gift for 10th anniversary is aluminum or tin, so you are invited to bring canned goods for donation to The Olean Food Pantry.
October 20 - Writing with Love: Post cards/letters of support to elementary school students in El Paso, Texas and Holiday Cards for those Experiencing Incarceration led by Corinne Potter.
Followed by our ANNUAL MEETING led by Rosanna Bonfilio.
November 3 - "Shout!" - Football as Religion led by John Snodgrass.
I'll be talking about elements of religion (a sacred day of the week, rituals, clothing, foods, etc) and how, for many Americans, the religious impulse is stronger during a football game than during a church service.
November 17 - Gratitude - which will include a Ted Talk video by Louis Schwartzberg led by Rosanna Bonfilio
December 1 - CHALICA led by Sadie Jay-Edwards and possibly Wila - followed by POT LUCK
December 15 - led by Corinne Potter
2020
January 5 - led by Bonnie Kennedy
January 19 - GATHERING LEADER NEEDED
February 2 - GATHERING LEADER NEEDED
February 16 - LUMINESCENCE led by Sadie and Wila Jay-Edwards. Luminescence celebrates that which makes Unitarian Universalism distinctive. In this holiday, we celebrate the light that shines within each of us. We honor our Unitarian Universalist faith for allowing us to pursue spirit with reason. We express our commitment to the principles that guide us and to actions that transform the world. And we celebrate the freedom our faith provides toward seeking our own personal truths
March 1 - led by Bonnie Kennedy
March 15 - led by Mary James
April 5 - led by Nancy Setters Jay-Edwards
April 19 - led by Rosanna Bonfilio
May 3 - GATHERING LEADER NEEDED
May 17 - GATHERING LEADER NEEDED
June 7 - led by John Snodgrass
June 21 FLOWER COMMUNION led by Sadie and Nancy Jay-Edwards
We meet at 11 AM at the John Ash Community Center, 112 N. Barry St., Olean, NY
2019
September 15 - WATER COMMUNION led by Rosanna Bonfilio. Bring the water you collected from special places over the summer or use some of the symbolic water we will have on hand to share and connect.
October 6 - FROM GRASS ROOTS TO FUNGAL NETWORKS and 10th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION led by Rev. Renee Ruchotzke. Using what she learned on her sabbatical about Permaculture, our UUA Primary Contact will share her insights about how lessons from nature can inform how we can live out our vision of Beloved Community. This will be followed by coffee hour from noon to 1 and a celebration (food, music, other festivities) from 1:00 - 3:00. The traditional gift for 10th anniversary is aluminum or tin, so you are invited to bring canned goods for donation to The Olean Food Pantry.
October 20 - Writing with Love: Post cards/letters of support to elementary school students in El Paso, Texas and Holiday Cards for those Experiencing Incarceration led by Corinne Potter.
Followed by our ANNUAL MEETING led by Rosanna Bonfilio.
November 3 - "Shout!" - Football as Religion led by John Snodgrass.
I'll be talking about elements of religion (a sacred day of the week, rituals, clothing, foods, etc) and how, for many Americans, the religious impulse is stronger during a football game than during a church service.
November 17 - Gratitude - which will include a Ted Talk video by Louis Schwartzberg led by Rosanna Bonfilio
December 1 - CHALICA led by Sadie Jay-Edwards and possibly Wila - followed by POT LUCK
December 15 - led by Corinne Potter
2020
January 5 - led by Bonnie Kennedy
January 19 - GATHERING LEADER NEEDED
February 2 - GATHERING LEADER NEEDED
February 16 - LUMINESCENCE led by Sadie and Wila Jay-Edwards. Luminescence celebrates that which makes Unitarian Universalism distinctive. In this holiday, we celebrate the light that shines within each of us. We honor our Unitarian Universalist faith for allowing us to pursue spirit with reason. We express our commitment to the principles that guide us and to actions that transform the world. And we celebrate the freedom our faith provides toward seeking our own personal truths
March 1 - led by Bonnie Kennedy
March 15 - led by Mary James
April 5 - led by Nancy Setters Jay-Edwards
April 19 - led by Rosanna Bonfilio
May 3 - GATHERING LEADER NEEDED
May 17 - GATHERING LEADER NEEDED
June 7 - led by John Snodgrass
June 21 FLOWER COMMUNION led by Sadie and Nancy Jay-Edwards
