Uu Church Of Kent Ohio

Sunday, June 30, 2019 Led by Hal Walker, Mike Hovancsek and "Kenge Kenge" There has been a major change in our plan for this Sunday morning's service.  A wonderful group of musicians from Kenya are in town for the week and they are looking forward to joining us and leading our Sunday morning service.Please join Hal Walker, Mike Hovancsek and “Kenge Kenge” in a very special and unique worship service this Sunday morning at 10:00 am.  Kenge Kenge Orutu System isa unique Nairobi-based group whose music draws on the traditional roots of the Luo people of western Kenya, giving ancient songs new life by infusing them with the spirit of benga, Kenya's indigenous popular music form. Since its formation in 1998, Kenge Kenge (whose name means "a fusion of small, exhilarating instruments") has performed on five continents, at such venues and festivals as Lincoln Center, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the American Folk Festival, WOMAD, WOMEX, the Rainforest World Music Festival, and NPR's "All Things Cons

Sunday, June 23, 2019 One service at 10 AM Led by Christopher Dum and Worship Associate Rev. Christie Anderson The United States incarcerates more people than any country in the world.  Our criminal justice policies have created and exacerbated deep divisions in human relations.  Because 90% of people will eventually leave prison, it is important that we recognize the inherent worth and dignity of every person returning to society.  Using the creative work of incarcerated writers and artists as the readings and sermon, this service will create connections between the incarcerated and those on the outside. Summer worship services are offered on Sunday mornings at 10 AM. Nursery care is available during all services.

Sunday, June 16, 2019 One service at 10 AM Led by Rev. Steven Protzman with Worship Associate Lori McGee Is there such a thing as the gay agenda?  Do GLBTQ people want “special rights”?  Is UUCK a “gay church” as some people have described it?  As our quest for truth continues and we celebrate Pride Sunday, the real gay agenda will be revealed and with it, Unitarian Universalism's agenda:  to promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person and continue our work to create a world free from bigotry and hatred. Summer worship if offered at 10 AM on Sunday mornings. Nursery care is available during the service.

UU Church of Kent vigil in support of a woman's right to choose. Sunday, June 2, 2019 Led by Rev. Steven Protzman As Unitarian Universalists, we do not agree on the issue of abortion but our first principle calls us to affirm the right of every woman to make their own choices about their bodies and their families.  Our faith also calls us to work toward a compassionate society where children are wanted and loved, and welcomed into of a safe community where we care for their needs.  This service will examine what it means to be Pro Faith, Pro Family, Pro Choice. One service at 10 am with nursery care available.

Sunday, May 26, 2016 Led by Cal Frye and Worship Associate Kathy Kerns Memorial Day may be one of the most personal of our American holy days.  It is born out of the human need to make sense of life and death.  To make meaning out of what we have been given and what we will do with it; to remember all those sons and daughters who did their duty, regardless if they wanted to or not.  To Remember. One Sunday service at 10 AM with nursery care available.

Sunday, May 19, 2019 Led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Worship Associate Eric van Baars Once again we gather to do the work of this covenantal community through worship and our annual meeting.   Together we will reflect on who we’ve been this past year, how UUCK has been living out our mission to inspire love, seek justice, and grow in community, and dream about who we might be in the years to come, holding before us a vision of the Beloved Community. ***One service at 9:45 am followed by social hour.  Congregational Annual Meeting at 11:30 am and an all congregation potluck to follow. Nursery care will be available for both the Sunday service at 9:45 AM and the Annual Meeting which will follow.

Sunday, May 12, 2019 Led by Rev. Steven Protzman, DRE Colleen Thoele, and Worship Associate Lisa Thiel What do the flowers have to teach us about life? As a community of all ages, we will gather for our annual celebration of flower communion. This tradition, created by Norbert Capek in Czechoslovakia in 1923, invites us to see the beauty all around us in each other and in the world and to learn from the flowers. Please bring cut flowers to share for this festive service. Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.

Sunday, April 28, 2019 Led by Music Director Hal Walker and Worship Associate Rev. Christie Anderson In our annual Music Sunday, we will explore a variety of expressions of Peace through music. Music Director Hal Walker, worship associate Christie Anderson, the UU church of Kent Peace Choir, the Fallow Time Folk orchestra and the Tone Chimers will lead the congregation in a Sunday morning celebration of the musical pulse that is so prominent in our community and our world.  The tone chimers will debut a large work for handbells and solo violin called “Peace in our Time” by Cathy Moklebust which includes three movements, with each movement based on a quote by Mother Teresa, Mohandas Gandhi, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.

Sunday, April 21, 2019 Rev. Steven Protzman and Director of Religious Education Colleen Thoele with Worship Associate Eric van Baars The hymn "A Promise through the Ages Rings" says that: "a green shoot always, always springs, and something always, always sings", affirming life's resilience and ability to renew itself. On this Easter Sunday, we will gather as a community of all ages to welcome new members, to sing and rejoice together as we hear Easter's message of hope and possibility, and to celebrate Earth Day. Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.

Led by Lisa Thiel and Worship Associate Cal Frye Descartes may have done humanity a disservice with his axiom, 'I think therefore I am,' keeping us all in our heads. Today we will explore living from the heart as an essential part of the path toward wholeness. Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.

Sunday, April 7, 2019 Led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Worship Associate Kathy Kerns Unitarian Universalists are proud to be labeled heretics (from the Greek word hairesis, which means "to choose").  We are a people who choose- we choose what we believe, knowing that truth and meaning are not fixed or final, but that new understanding and new revelation is always possible.  In this Auction service purchased by Carol Gould, we will explore what it means to be a people who choose.   Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.

Sunday, March 31, 2019 Led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Worship Associate Carolyn Schlemmer There has been a lot of news lately about the struggle for full inclusion of LGBTQ people in faith communities continues, including the Methodist Church’s debate about marriage equality and LGBTQ clergy. To complete our month’s Soul Matter theme of journey, we will reflect on the call of Unitarian Universalism to create a spiritual oasis free from bigotry and hate where everyone is welcome, including LGBTQ people and others who have been denied a place at life's table. Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.

Sunday, March 24, 201 Led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Director of Religious Education Colleen Thoele As a community of all ages, on this Sunday we will rejoice and celebrate the arrival of spring with stories and songs. As we welcome the spring and its optimism and we watch as the world around us comes to life once more with renewed energy and the promise of warm days and things growing and blooming, we are invited to find the spirit of the child within us, a spirit that finds wonder and wants to grow just like the seeds in the ground. Sunday services of offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.

By John Duncan (1866-1945) - http://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/full.php?ID=27479, Public Domain Sunday, March 17, 2019 Led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Worship Associate Elaine Bowen In honor of St. Patrick's Day, we will explore the feminine aspect of the Divine by celebrating Brigid, who is both the mother goddess and a saint of Ireland. With songs, stories, and rituals, we will reflect on Brigid's journey from goddess of fire, poetry, childbirth and healing, to patron saint of scholars and poets, midwives, babies, and travelers, and invoke her healing power and wisdom for our own life journeys. Sunday services of offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care during both services.

Sunday, March 10, 2019 Led by Chris Crass and Worship Associate Rev. Steven Protzman As the veils continue to fall and the horrors of white supremacy, sexual assault, and systemic oppression are exposed and challenged through social justice movements like Black Lives Matter, MeToo, and the struggles for immigrant, reproductive and LGBTQ rights, we must nourish our hearts, minds, bodies and souls to continue to rise, to meet the day with love and courage, to live our values in our congregation, communities and country.  Join us for a social justice revival service to help nourish us in these times. Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.

Sunday, March 3, 2019 "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." --Laozi in the Tao Te Ching.  Every journey, of course, must begin at the beginning but why is that beginning so often the hardest part?  What keeps our feet rooted in place?  This service will explore the ways we can overcome the difficulties of that first step. Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.

Sunday, February 24, 2019 Led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Worship Associate Camille Pavlicek-Fauser James Baldwin says: "It is rare indeed that people give... One can give nothing whatever without giving oneself." As we begin our annual Budget campaign, we will ask you once again to continue generously sharing your gifts of money, time, and your unique self with all your skills, talents and passions so that together we can continue to be a vital, vibrant congregation that offers many opportunities for each of us to grow and to serve others. Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.

Sunday, February 17, 2019 Led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Worship Associate Elaine Bowen There’s a saying that goes: “In God we trust. All others we polygraph.” In this age where fake news, divisive politics, and increasing alienation has led to what author Robert Morley calls a “crisis of trust” in our leaders, our government, our institutions, and each other, what does it mean for us to be a community of trust? How might Unitarian Universalism inform the larger conversation about trust and accountability? Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.

Sunday, February 10, 2019 Led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Director of Religious Education Colleen Thoele In honor of our Kent Hogwarts program, today as a community of all ages we will gather with our wands, our wisdom, our compassion and our seven principles to battle four horcruxes- immigration, hunger, racism, and climate change using the greatest magic of all- love.  This Sunday will also be a special collection for NICE, Kent Neighborhood Community and Enrichment, a community organization that helps struggling students with lunch debt and other fees. Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.

Sunday, February 3, 2019 Led by Kathy Kerns and Worship Associate Carolyn Schlemmer Prayer is a practice of people around the world, in diverse cultural contexts.  What might be the meaning of prayer for Unitarian Universalists?  This service will explore different meanings of prayer.   Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.