Doug Yeomans with the Rev. Frances Manly.

The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Northern Chautauqua (UUCNC), located at 222 Temple Street in Fredonia, holds a Sunday worship service at 11 a.m., both at their physical location and on Zoom.

For those wishing to join us virtually, please visit https://tinyurl.com/caluucnc. Click on “Worship Service” on the date you are attending and scroll down for the Zoom link. For those attending the in-person service, please follow the driveway and park in the lower lot behind the building. Handicapped parking is located between the two buildings and directly behind the second building.

The theme for November is Repair. On Sunday, the topic is “Hard Times” with Rev. Frances Manly and Doug Yeomans.

What shall we do when our world seems to be breaking up around us? When democracy, truth, civility, justice, and respect are all threatened, and there seems little or nothing any of us can do to change things. Where do we find hope? How do we stay centered enough to do the little we can? Doug and Fran will wrestle with these questions in words and music. Maybe we’ll even find some answers.

The Rev. Frances Manly is Minister Emerita of the First UU Church of Niagara in Niagara Falls, NY. She is currently an active member of the UU Church of Buffalo, where she serves on the Worship Associates Ministry Team, facilitates a memoir writing group, and preaches occasionally.

Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Doug Yeomans has been a member of the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame since 2004 and was recently inducted into the East Aurora Music Hall of Fame. He plays a hybrid style including blues, bluegrass, rock and roll, and country with influences from jazz and beyond. He performs regularly throughout Western New York in venues ranging from churches to clubs, has toured nationally with Broadway shows, and composed and performed the music for “A Lesson Before Dying” at the Studio Arena Theatre.

The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Northern Chautauqua strives to be a vibrant, welcoming, multigenerational, diverse community enlivened by the power of radical love. For more information, visit the website at www.uucnc.org or call at 716-679-7944.