Services are held on the first and third Sunday of each month (except summer) at 11 AM on the lower level (elevator available) of the First Presbyterian Church on 3rd St. in Allegany. Hospitality follows each services.
Speakers and other events (social gatherings and UU functions) are also listed below.
2013
January
Tues. 1st Dish to pass - Corinne Potter
6tth Service: Sadie Jay Edwards - The Disability Community
20th Service: Rev. Tim Bancroft - The Prophets for Our Time: Martin Luther King and Abraham Joshua Heschel
February
Fri. 1st Dish to pass - Rosanna Bonfilio 6 PM
3rd Service: Marti Tillinger - Love Beyond Valentine's Day
17th Service: Rev. Tim Bancroft - Transforming Love: Resisting the Brutality of 21st Century Life
March
Fri. 1st Dish to pass - (cancelled due to illness)
3rd Service: Rosanna Bonfilio - An Athiest's Perspective on Easter
17th Service - Barbara Dyskant - This Little (really Big) Light of Mine
April
Mon. 1st Dish to pass - (cancelled due to no host)
7th Service: Joann McAndrew - Mental Health Association In Cattaraugus County
21st: Pancake Breakfast with members of the First Prebyterian Church of Allegany at 10 AM
21st Service: Karen Dau, Historian of the First Universalist Church in Rochester - Old Universalism in Cattaraugus County
DISTRICT ASSEMBLY 2013 Out of Bounds: Moving Beyond Our Boundaries April 26-27, 2013 Niagara Falls, NY
This year's District Assembly is a joint effort with the Ohio-Meadville District and the St. Lawrence District. District Assembly will take place April 26-27, 2013 at the Niagara Falls Convention Center, Niagara Falls, NY. The Rev. Peter Morales, UUA President is the keynote speaker. His keynote address is titled Breaking Down Walls. Gould Lecturer is Rev. Douglas Taylor, speaking on Polity, Pine Trees and Process Theology. Sixteen workshops will be offered in two time slots covering an array of topics important to congregational life. CERG (Central East Regional Group) staff are attending as workshop presenters and to answer questions by members about CERG services and resources. Social Justice activities have been scheduled as part of Friday night's events. Bridging of both the OMD and SLD seniors will be a part of the closing ceremonies on Saturday. The schedule, workshop descriptions and youth caucus information are available at http://www.sld.uua.org/conggrowth/districtassembly.html The full 16 page brochure is available at http://www.sld.uua.org/conggrowth/2013/DABrochure13.pdf Online registration is available at https://ohiomeadville.wufoo.com/forms/z7q6x7/
May
Wed. 1st Dish to pass - Rosanna Bonfilio's home
5th Service: Marti Tillinger - Flower Communion - everyone please bring a flower to put on the alter and we will each take another one home
19th Service: Rev. Bancroft - Life's Journey of Wisdom in a Secular Age Reflections on the Writings of Charles Taylor
June
Sat. 1st Dish to pass - Sadie Jay-Edwards family home
2nd Service: Mary Plonka and Sue John Blacksnak - Unseen Tears: The Impact of Native Am Residential Boarding Schools in Western NY
After Services: Our Future Funshop
16th Service: Rev. Tim Bancroft -
After Services: Our Future Funshop
June 19-23 General Assembly - information on www.uua.org
July
Sunday 21st Dish to Pass picnic at Debbie Loveless'
July 31- Aug. 4 UULTI By The Lake & Goldmine Youth Leadership School
August
15-17 St. Lawrence District Board/Leaders Retreat
Sunday 18th cancelled (picnic)
September
15th Service: Corinne Potter - Water Communion
Steering Committee after hospitality (cancelled)
28th SLD Leadership Day at May Memorial in Syracuse, NY
October
Tues. 1st Dish to pass - Home of Nancy, Willa, and Sadie Jay-Edwards
6th Service: Rosanna Bonfilio - Humanism
20th Service: Sadie Jay-Edwards will lead a discussion on the 7 principals and what they mean to us in our daily lives
Steering Committee after hospitality
November
Fri. 1st Dish to pass - Rosanna Bonfilio
3rd Service: Local Sustainable Community with Lois Hilton and Amy Moore
17th Service: PLEASE NOTE SERVICE WILL BE AT 2 PM TODAY
Rev. Michelle George Yates The G-word - Certainly November isn't the only time of the year we are thankful, but perhaps being torn between a comfy 1st-world lifestyle and the latest life crisis we don't get much time for Gratitude. Yet, it might be this particular form of Reverence that may be the key to happiness and your spiritual practice.
Steering Committee after hospitality
December
Sun. 1st Dish to pass - Home of Nancy, Willa, and Sadie Jay-Edwards
1st Service: Sadie Jay-Edwards - CHALICA (starts 1st Mon. in Dec.)
15th Service: Rosanna Bonfilio - Spritiual Disaster Preparedness
Steering Committee after hospitality
Tues. 1st Dish to pass - Corinne Potter
6tth Service: Sadie Jay Edwards - The Disability Community
20th Service: Rev. Tim Bancroft - The Prophets for Our Time: Martin Luther King and Abraham Joshua Heschel
February
Fri. 1st Dish to pass - Rosanna Bonfilio 6 PM
3rd Service: Marti Tillinger - Love Beyond Valentine's Day
17th Service: Rev. Tim Bancroft - Transforming Love: Resisting the Brutality of 21st Century Life
March
Fri. 1st Dish to pass - (cancelled due to illness)
3rd Service: Rosanna Bonfilio - An Athiest's Perspective on Easter
17th Service - Barbara Dyskant - This Little (really Big) Light of Mine
April
Mon. 1st Dish to pass - (cancelled due to no host)
7th Service: Joann McAndrew - Mental Health Association In Cattaraugus County
21st: Pancake Breakfast with members of the First Prebyterian Church of Allegany at 10 AM
21st Service: Karen Dau, Historian of the First Universalist Church in Rochester - Old Universalism in Cattaraugus County
DISTRICT ASSEMBLY 2013 Out of Bounds: Moving Beyond Our Boundaries April 26-27, 2013 Niagara Falls, NY
This year's District Assembly is a joint effort with the Ohio-Meadville District and the St. Lawrence District. District Assembly will take place April 26-27, 2013 at the Niagara Falls Convention Center, Niagara Falls, NY. The Rev. Peter Morales, UUA President is the keynote speaker. His keynote address is titled Breaking Down Walls. Gould Lecturer is Rev. Douglas Taylor, speaking on Polity, Pine Trees and Process Theology. Sixteen workshops will be offered in two time slots covering an array of topics important to congregational life. CERG (Central East Regional Group) staff are attending as workshop presenters and to answer questions by members about CERG services and resources. Social Justice activities have been scheduled as part of Friday night's events. Bridging of both the OMD and SLD seniors will be a part of the closing ceremonies on Saturday. The schedule, workshop descriptions and youth caucus information are available at http://www.sld.uua.org/conggrowth/districtassembly.html The full 16 page brochure is available at http://www.sld.uua.org/conggrowth/2013/DABrochure13.pdf Online registration is available at https://ohiomeadville.wufoo.com/forms/z7q6x7/
May
Wed. 1st Dish to pass - Rosanna Bonfilio's home
5th Service: Marti Tillinger - Flower Communion - everyone please bring a flower to put on the alter and we will each take another one home
19th Service: Rev. Bancroft - Life's Journey of Wisdom in a Secular Age Reflections on the Writings of Charles Taylor
June
Sat. 1st Dish to pass - Sadie Jay-Edwards family home
2nd Service: Mary Plonka and Sue John Blacksnak - Unseen Tears: The Impact of Native Am Residential Boarding Schools in Western NY
After Services: Our Future Funshop
16th Service: Rev. Tim Bancroft -
After Services: Our Future Funshop
June 19-23 General Assembly - information on www.uua.org
July
Sunday 21st Dish to Pass picnic at Debbie Loveless'
July 31- Aug. 4 UULTI By The Lake & Goldmine Youth Leadership School
August
15-17 St. Lawrence District Board/Leaders Retreat
Sunday 18th cancelled (picnic)
September
15th Service: Corinne Potter - Water Communion
Steering Committee after hospitality (cancelled)
28th SLD Leadership Day at May Memorial in Syracuse, NY
October
Tues. 1st Dish to pass - Home of Nancy, Willa, and Sadie Jay-Edwards
6th Service: Rosanna Bonfilio - Humanism
20th Service: Sadie Jay-Edwards will lead a discussion on the 7 principals and what they mean to us in our daily lives
Steering Committee after hospitality
November
Fri. 1st Dish to pass - Rosanna Bonfilio
3rd Service: Local Sustainable Community with Lois Hilton and Amy Moore
17th Service: PLEASE NOTE SERVICE WILL BE AT 2 PM TODAY
Rev. Michelle George Yates The G-word - Certainly November isn't the only time of the year we are thankful, but perhaps being torn between a comfy 1st-world lifestyle and the latest life crisis we don't get much time for Gratitude. Yet, it might be this particular form of Reverence that may be the key to happiness and your spiritual practice.
Steering Committee after hospitality
December
Sun. 1st Dish to pass - Home of Nancy, Willa, and Sadie Jay-Edwards
1st Service: Sadie Jay-Edwards - CHALICA (starts 1st Mon. in Dec.)
15th Service: Rosanna Bonfilio - Spritiual Disaster Preparedness
Steering Committee after hospitality
