One service at 11 AM in Hobbs Hall.

What do Unitarian Universalists mean when we talk about shared ministry? Leadership of a congregation is bigger than any one person or position– so how do the roles, tasks, and processes of a congregation get distributed? Join us for this exploration of what it means to work together in service of the whole, in a ministry that invites us to share our unique gifts with the world.

Sunday Morning Schedule:

10:00 AM

Religious Education for Children and Youth

Facilitated Drop-In Small Reflection Groups for Adults

Location: Fessenden Hall

This Week’s Wondering Questions:

1. Do you have a wild idea– a new program or a group you’d like to share or create with our congregation? What would it take to make this new thing happen here?
2. What do you need to do to regain your faith in a future where we will all flourish together?

11:00 AM Service — meeting in Hobbs Hall and on Zoom

Led by Rev. Kristina Church with Worship Associate CLM Kathy Kerns

CLICK HERE to view or print the Order of Service.

One service at 11 AM in Hobbs Hall.

Join us for our annual end-of-year worship service and a century-old tradition known as the Flower Ceremony. Bring a flower from your garden, from the grocery store, or from the side of the road, as we celebrate the beauty and diversity of life together.

Sunday Morning Schedule:

10:00 AM

Religious Education for Children and Youth

Facilitated Drop-In Small Reflection Groups for Adults

Location: Fessenden Hall

This Week’s Wondering Questions:

1. If you had a personal crest, what flower would be on it as an emblem of your life? What about it speaks to you: its appearance, life cycle, survival strategy, something else? 
2. The writer Anais Nin said of her life, “The day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” Is there something in your life that wants to blossom? What do you need in order to take the risk?

11:00 AM Service — meeting in Hobbs Hall and on Zoom

Led by Rev. Kristina Church with DRE Colleen Thoele.

CLICK HERE to view or print the Order of Service.

One service at 11 AM in Hobbs Hall.

God was all over the place in the Old Testament, talking to people, creating miracles. . .  It seemed that he was very involved in people’s everyday lives. Then, he seemed to go away.  Where did he go?  As UUs, do we even acknowledge God?  If we do, how do we find him?  

Sunday Morning Schedule:

10:00 AM

Religious Education for Children and Youth

Facilitated Drop-In Small Reflection Groups for Adults

Location: Fessenden Hall

This Week’s Wondering Questions:

1. Have your beliefs around divinities (or any kinds of supernatural elements) changed over the course of your life? At this point in your journey, would you describe yourself as a theist (believer in a god or gods), a non-theist (don’t believe in a god or gods), or perhaps a mystical in-between (leaving space for the unknown or unknowable)?
2. When you are in need of life’s wisdom, is there a place you go to seek it? (Could be a person, a text, nature, or a sacred practice)

11:00 AM Service — meeting in Hobbs Hall and on Zoom

Led by Mike Hovancsek with Worship Associate Heidi Sumser.

CLICK HERE to view or print the Order of Service.

One service at 11 AM in Hobbs Hall.

It’s religious education Sunday and the kids are taking over the worship service! This morning we will hear the stories and songs of the children as we bridge our graduating seniors toward adulthood! Join us and share in the milestones of our youngest UUs. Following the service, you are invited to stay for refreshments as we dedicate our first RE garden project by planting Hobbs Goose Beans on the Hobbs Hall lawn!

Sunday Morning Schedule:

10:00 AM

Religious Education for Children and Youth

Facilitated Drop-In Small Reflection Groups for Adults

Location: Fessenden Hall

This Week’s Wondering Questions:

11:00 AM Service — meeting in Hobbs Hall and on Zoom

Led by Director of Religious Education, Colleen Thoele and the our UUCK Children and Youth.

CLICK HERE to view or print the Order of Service.

One service at 11 AM at Plum Creek Park, Pavilion #2

Led by Kevyn Breedon and Friends.

Awaken curiosity, connect with nature, and embrace your inner child in this outdoor worship service on the ministry of outdoor education and nature connection, complete with goofy campfire songs. Join us at Plum Creek Park, located just off Cherry St in Kent, for this service in the park followed by the church picnic.

What to Bring:

For the worship service:

• Lawn chairs (or blanket) to sit on for the service
• Sunscreen and hat as needed
• Insect repellent as needed

For the picnic:

• A dish to share & serving utensil
• Picnic tablecloth (optional – some will be provided)
• Your own place settings (plate/bowl/cup/flatware)
• Your own beverages (ice water will be provided)
• Any games you would like to invite others to play.

CLICK HERE to view or print the Order of Service.

Zoom will not be available for this service.

Come, celebrate with us as we move into the settled ministry between the Rev. Kristina Church and our church community. We’re having a party . . . and we want you there!

Join us in Hobbs Hall on Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 2:00 PM.

CLICK HERE for the Order of Service.

Not able to attend in person? Join us on Zoom. We request that everyone joining us by Zoom display your first and last name. Thank you!

So much in our world is out of balance, and calls out for our resistance. How can we combat the injustices around us? What strategies are most effective for achieving the goals of movements seeking to restore liberty, peace, and justice for all? Join us as we consider the place where our values, world history, and our own experiences meet to show us the way forward.

9:15 AM Service — meeting in the Church Sanctuary (in person only)

Led by Rev. Kristina Church with DRE Colleen Thoele.

Religious Education for Children and Youth

See the latest schedule and locations.

Facilitated Drop-In Small Reflection Groups for Adults

Location: Fessenden Hall

This Week’s Wondering Questions:

1. Do you think Unitarian Universalism is (or should be) a pacifist tradition? What (if anything) in our core values points to nonviolence as a way of life?
2. Martin Luther King, Jr. said that true peace is not merely the absence of tension, it is the presence of justice. How does nonviolent resistance fit in to this framework? Is there ever a time when it’s ok to fight back?

11:00 AM Service — meeting in Hobbs Hall and on Zoom

Led by Rev. Kristina Church with Worship Associate Dani Beale.

CLICK HERE to view or print the Order of Service.

Curious about how music, movement, and intention can center and ground us as a community? Join us for this service exploring the Dances of Universal Peace, a non-sectarian spiritual movement practice that draws from various religions, including Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Islamic, Jewish, and Indigenous traditions, as a vehicle for peace and joy. No dancing required and you can participate in whatever way feels right for your body!

9:15 AM Service — meeting in the Church Sanctuary (in person only)

Led by Rev. Kristina Church with DRE Colleen Thoele and Emily Hall, Dir. of Music Ministries.

Religious Education for Children and Youth

See the latest schedule and locations.

Facilitated Drop-In Small Reflection Groups for Adults

Location: Fessenden Hall

This Week’s Wondering Questions:

1. The Dances of Universal Peace bring together themes from world religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Are you curious to learn more about a particular religious tradition that you didn’t grow up with? What about it intrigues you and how could you discover more?
2. What does the idea of embodied prayer mean to you? Have you ever seen or experienced dance as a sacred art form?

11:00 AM Service — meeting in Hobbs Hall and on Zoom

Led by Rev. Kristina Church and Worship Associate Alicia Patrice.

CLICK HERE to view or print the Order of Service.

Our human lives are bounded and finite, no matter what we believe comes afterward. As we move along the path of life, how can we learn to accept and embrace the fact that someday we’ll be gone from here? What do we need to do to plan for the inevitable end of our story? Come join us as we honor the final turn in the Path of Life.

9:15 AM Service — meeting in the Church Sanctuary (in person only)

Led by Rev. Kristina Church with DRE Colleen Thoele and Emily Hall, Dir. of Music Ministries.

Religious Education for Children and Youth

See the latest schedule and locations.

Facilitated Drop-In Small Reflection Groups for Adults

Location: Fessenden Hall

This Week’s Wondering Questions:

1. Have you ever walked or traveled a labyrinth, gone on a pilgrimage, or engaged in any other kind of traveling movement as meditation? If not, would you like to someday? What about this practice awakens your curiosity?
2. If a crystal ball could reveal the time and circumstances of your death, would you want to know? How might having that knowledge transform the way you live your daily life?

11:00 AM Service — meeting in Hobbs Hall and on Zoom

Led by Rev. Kristina Church with Worship Associate Heidi Sumser.

CLICK HERE to view or print the Order of Service.

7:30 pm Wednesday, April 22nd in our Historic Sanctuary

Let’s celebrate and honor the only refuge we’ve ever known. Join us as we debut a new children’s book based on Peter Mayer’s beloved hymn of gratitude and wonder, Blue Boat Home. 

If you wish, please bring along any poetry or readings that inspire your love for our beautiful blue and green planet. We encourage everyone to bring a small token of the land or the sea (a rock, a flower, a shell, a piece of wood) to co-create an Earth Day alter. You can also just show up, and soak in the love and gratitude for our home, the Earth!

For those who would like an online option to celebrate Earth Day, please consider joining the UU Ministry for the Earth at 8 PM EST for their service. You must register in order to receive the Zoom link. CLICK HERE for more information.

What if we are more than what we see when we look in a mirror? Is there more to us that is yet to be discovered? A theory exists that answers these questions in the affirmative. What is that unseen part of you? Let’s imagine the possibilities of discovering the real you.

9:15 AM Service — meeting in the Church Sanctuary (in person only)

Led by Rev. Kristina Church with DRE Colleen Thoele.

Religious Education for Children and Youth

See the latest schedule and locations.

Facilitated Drop-In Small Reflection Groups for Adults

Location: Fessenden Hall

This Week’s Wondering Questions:

1. We’re told to live each day as if it were our last. But what if, instead, we lived each day as if it were our very first? What about life here on Earth would astonish us?
2. What if we’re built to have many lives in this lifetime of ours? What would shift for you if you knew we only become fully human by pursuing many possible selves, rather than just one?

11:00 AM Service — meeting in Hobbs Hall and on Zoom

Led by Randy Bish and Worship Associate Becky Cline.

CLICK HERE to view or print the Order of Service.

In Buddhism, the three refuges are honored and celebrated- the Buddha (the teacher), the Dhamma (the truth/wisdom), and the Sangha, which is the spiritual community. Together we will experience music as a refuge. Join us for a celebration of music and the many musicians who share their gifts and hold space in our spiritual community.

9:15 AM Service — meeting in the Church Sanctuary (in person only)

Led by Director of Music Ministries Emily Hall with Rev. Kristina Church

Religious Education for Children and Youth

See the latest schedule and locations.

Facilitated Drop-In Small Reflection Groups for Adults

Location: Fessenden Hall

This Week’s Wondering Questions:

1. What kind of music feels most grounding and centering for you? Is there a particular instrument or musical style that feels like “home” whenever you hear or play it?
2. Was there a time in your life when you “took refuge” in a song or a piece of music? What was it about the music or lyrics that offered you a sense of safety, calm, or peace?

11:00 AM Service — meeting in Hobbs Hall and on Zoom

Led by Director of Music Ministries Emily Hall

CLICK HERE to view or print the Order of Service.

One Service only at 11:00 AM — meeting in Hobbs Hall and on Zoom

Led by Rev. Kristina Church, Dir. of Religious Education Colleen Thoele, and Dir. of Music Ministries Emily Hall.

As we welcome Easter, let’s remember that faith and hope are seeds that germinate and take root in darkness. How can we learn the courage of the seed, and teach our hearts to rise again, despite the fear and despair all around us?

Today’s wondering questions:

• Is there someone who helped you find your way back to possibility when all doors felt closed? If you could thank them now, what would you say?
• The Easter story is about finding hope when all seems lost– it reminds us that we don’t know how stories end while we are still living them. What readings, practices, or ideas help you find hope when things seem desperate?

CLICK HERE to view or print the Order of Service.