Dr. Sherri A. (Sam) Mason and Dr. Jeff Bloodworth

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 April is Embracing Possibility. On Sunday, “All is Not Lost” will include guest speakers Drs. Jeff Bloodworth and Sam Mason.

History is not merely a record of the past — it provides us perspective, allowing us to see that while our current challenges are real, they are rarely unprecedented. Weaving together their love for history and our planet, the two will use lessons from the recent past to help us navigate our present.

Jeff Bloodworth is a writer and professor of American political history in the School of Public Service and Global Affairs at Gannon University (Erie, PA). He has published widely on post-1960s liberalism and conservatism. He is currently midway through a biography of Speaker Carl Albert, who presided as Majority Leader during the 1960s and as Speaker during Watergate. Heartland Liberal is under contract with the University of Oklahoma Press. Bloodworth holds a Ph.D. in modern United States history from Ohio University’s Contemporary History Institute and a certificate in contemporary history from the University of Copenhagen. His book, Losing the Center: The Decline of American Liberalism 1968-1992 (University of Kentucky Press) was nominated for the Ellis W. Hawley and Frederick Jackson Turner awards.

Dr. Sherri A. Mason (aka “Sam”) was among the first to study the prevalence and impact of plastic pollution within freshwater ecosystems, with a focus on the Great Lakes. A chemist by training, she earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin and completed her doctorate at the University of Montana as a NASA Earth System Science scholar. Having risen through the typical academic ranks, she now serves as the Director of Project NePTWNE (a water quality and economic revitalization initiative) at Gannon University in Erie, Pa.

The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Northern Chautauqua strives to be a vibrant, welcoming, multigenerational, diverse community enlivened by the power of radical love. We are a congregation that nurtures acceptance, spirituality, and growth while guided by Unitarian Universalist Principles. We provide a place where people engage together through fellowship, celebration, social outreach, environmental action, and transformative justice.

For more information, visit www.uucnc.org, like the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/uucnc, or call 716-679-7944. The public is invited to attend.