Bills Boosters to root on team Sunday

The Southern Tier Bills Booster Club will watch the Buffalo Bills vs. New England Patriots game on Sunday at the First Ward Falcon Club. Game time is 1 p.m. Chili will be provided and members may bring a dish to pass.

Santa coming to Forestville Saturday

FORESTVILLE — Santa Claus will be at the Forestville Fire Hall on Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. There will be hot cocoa, cookies and treats from Santa. Children can paint their own ornaments.

Dash for Cash tickets available

The Boys & Girls Club of Northern Chautauqua County is selling Dash for Cash tickets for the holidays. Grand prize is $2,000 with additional prizes of the night totaling $500. The drawing will be Wednesday, Dec. 17 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Northern Chautauqua Conservation Club, 1 N. Mullet St., Dunkirk. Only 500 tickets will be issued with a donation of $25. Those seeking tickets should call 716-785-1053

Poetry class set for today in Sinclairville

SINCLAIRVILLE — A Poetry Class & Workshop will be from 4 to 6 p.m. today. Join John Brantingham, professor emeritus of creative writing for a free poetry class and workshop. Brantingham will help participants write poetry and publish it in magazines. Students have published in The New Yorker, McSweeneys, and The Paris Review among other places. The class is completely free.

Following is a Poetry Reading with Poet, John Wheway at 6. The program is presented by author/educator Brantingham. Open to the community.

Both events are completely online (virtual). To register, email johnmbrantingham@gmail.com. In the subject line write, “Poetry Class”.

Visit the website at sinclairvillelibrary.org or call 716-962-5885 to register for any of our events.

Congregation sets Sunday service

The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Northern Chautauqua (UUCNC), located at 222 Temple St. in Fredonia, holds a Sunday Worship Service at 11am, 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 December is Choosing Hope. On Sunday, “You Can ‘KEEP’ Christmas!” with Rev. Ron Skowronski will be the topic.

There are two factions of folks who wish to be heard. One group would love it if we could experience “that holiday feeling” each and every day. The opposing group just cannot seem to “feel” it. Skowronski will share a reflection on how to make this holiday season a gift that keeps on giving for everyone. Spoiler alert: Understanding is the key.

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 about us, visit our website at www.uucnc.org, like our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/uucnc, or call at 716-679-7944.