One service only at 10:30 AM led by Cal Frye and Worship Associate Carolyn Schelemmer
Resolve, verb. To decide to follow a course of action; to solve; to separate a thing into constituent parts; to reduce to more elementary form; to release a thing from its bonds; to put an end to, finish, settle, cancel, nullify; to transform discord into concord. (from the Oxford English Dictionary)
Nursery care will be available during this service.
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We have lovely services planned for Christmas Eve. Enjoy stories, carols, fabulous music and candlelight all in honor of the babe born in Bethlehem and the unconditional love toward all lives that he taught.
10:30 AM A morning service led by Lori Fatchet-McGee with Nursery care will be available during the service. Podcast is from this service.
4:30 PM A service created especially with young families in mind, led by Director of Religious Education Lily Rappaport and our Religious Education Coordinator Colleen Thoele. (Nursery care is not available during this service.)
6:30 PM A family-friendly service led by Rev. Renee Ruchotzke with Worship Associate Elaine Bowen (Nursery care is not available during this service.)
8:30 PM An adult oriented service led by Rev. Renee Ruchotzke with Worship Associate Elaine Bowen (Nursery care is not available during this service.)
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We invite you to a special holiday service designed for those for whom the holidays might be difficult. If you have undergone a difficult loss, transition, or life change, you are not alone.
Please join us at 7 PM on Wednesday, December 20 for this short, simple service of music, meditation, and candle lighting.
Led by Director of Religious Education Lily Rappaport and Religious Education Coordinator Colleen Thoele
All Aboard the Polar Express! All ages are invited to our annual holiday service to hear the timeless classic, “The Polar Express” about a young skeptic who embarks on a magical journey to the North Pole and learns about friendship, bravery and the spirit of Christmas.
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with Nursery care available during both services.
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Led by Rev. Tim Temersen, from the UU Church of Akron, with Worship Associate Lisa Thiel
Although residing at the center of very different religious traditions, Jesus of Nazareth and Siddhartha Gautama shared a deep commitment to compassion and peace. Today we will draw on the their teachings to explore the meaning of compassion and the close connection between cultivating compassion in one’s own life and living with compassion in the world.
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with Nursery care available during both services.
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Led by the Worship Arts Team
This service will offer different perspectives on how we can find hope in difficult times.
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with Nursery care available during both services.
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Led by Drew Frantz and Worship Associate Elaine Bowen
Take a break from negative news and views about how the world is today, and allow yourself the gift of envisioning the world we want to create—in ourselves, our community, and society at large.
Guest speaker Andrew Frantz, Ministerial Intern at the UU Fellowship of Wayne County in Wooster, leads the service.
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with Nursery care available during both services.
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Led by the Worship Arts Team and Worship Associate Carolyn Schlemmer
Children, youth, and adults are invited to celebrate together at this multigenerational service.
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with Nursery care available during both services.
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Led by Rev. Keith Kron with Worship Association Lori Fatchet-McGee, along with Rev. Rod Thompson
Miracles are always in the making at the Van Gogh Cafe in Flowers, Kansas: the small restaurant, housed in a renovated theater, has “magic enough to last forever in its walls.” Readers will share the wonder of 10-year-old Clara and her father Marc, the cafe’s owner, as they witness a series of serendipitous occurrences involving stranded sea gulls, aged film stars, magic muffins, lost pets and mysterious travelers. As effective as Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s charms at curing all manner of ills, the enchanted cafe instills faith and good will in its patrons.
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with Nursery care available during both services.
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Led by Guest Leader Rabbi David M. Horowitz with Worship Associate Cal Frye
This time of the year brings holidays both to the Jewish community and to the people of America celebrating our “thanksgiving.” The question is, for what are we really grateful?
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with Nursery card available during both services.
Led by Jeff Marsh and Worship Associate Lisa Thiel
Before the 20th century the experience of death was part of everyday life. Most medical care including terminal care occurred at home. Since the advent of large hospitals the experience has become more like a medical procedure shrouded in secrecy. This has had the adverse effect of making discussion of topics surrounding death one that many people are unaccustomed to and uncomfortable with.
In 2010, a movement began in England to openly discuss topics pertaining to death in a relaxed and engaging atmosphere. They are called “Death Café’s.” People are invited to gather and share their thoughts, concerns and stories in a free-ranging conversation while sharing coffee or tea and, as is the custom, Cake. The movement has grown to over 20 countries and there have been hundreds in the U.S.
This service will delve into our own reluctance to face and discuss our own mortality and lessons learned about embracing life from those who are facing imminent death. It will offer options for how to involve the one’s you love into the plan for your own end-of-life.
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with Nursery care available during both services.
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Led by Caron Carnahan, CLM Candidate
“The prophetic liberal church is the church in which persons think and work together to interpret the signs of the times in light of their faith, to make explicit through discussion the epochal thinking that the times demand. The prophetic liberal church is the church in which all members share the common responsibility to foresee the consequences of human behavior (both individual and institutional), with the intention of making history in place of being merely pushed around by it.” ~ James Luther Adams, The Prophethood of All Believers
The Unitarian Universalist Association selected Paul Rasor’s, Reclaiming Prophetic Witness: Liberal Religion in the Public Square to be its Common Read for 2014-15. Timely when written, and perhaps more so now, the author addresses head-on our UU tendency to avoid using religious references in our social justice work. This service will share the book’s premise that engaging in social witness through the lens of our UU principles and spirituality is as powerfully important as using evidence- and reason-based argument to support our beliefs in the public arena.
Please note that this will not be a time to debate public policy nor politics. It will be a time to discern how your ethics, your religion and your spirituality will help you in your social justice work. We celebrate each other’s inherent worth and dignity and nurture a free and responsible search for truth and meaning for all!
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with Nursery card available during both services.
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Led by Mike Hovancsek and Worship Associate Lisa Thiel
This service challenges the conflict-based logic that is constantly being forced on us (e.g. liberals vs. conservatives, red state vs blue state…).
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 & 11:30 AM with Nursery care available during both services.
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Led by Rev. Christie Anderson with Worship Associate Carolyn Schlemmer
What distinguishes participation in a church compared to participation in a civic organization? We will explore the diverse reasons why we attend church and reflect upon what the UU Church of Kent means to us personally.
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with Nursery care available during both services.
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Led by Lori Fatchet-McGee and Worship Associate Elaine Bowen
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with Nursery care available during both services.
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