UU Church of Kent Ohio: Recent Episodes
UU Church of Kent Ohio
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Sunday, April 12, 2020
A virtual Easter service led by Rev. Steven Protzman, Colleen Thoele, and Hal Walker
Rev. Sarah York says: "Roll the stone away from in front of your hearts." She invites us to realize that parts of ourselves may be shut away, especially in this time of fear and anxiety. As we celebrate Easter with its many meanings and its promise that life ultimately triumphs over death, let us be open to Easter's invitation to open our hearts and live more fully.
Click here to view or download the Order of Service.
Sunday, April 5, 2020
A virtual service at 10 AM led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Worship Associate Heidi Emhoff Wood.
Bill Gates recently wrote a reflection on what the coronavirus is teaching us about life and the need to reprioritize. In this time when we are so aware of life's fragility and the truth that life is a precious gift, what really matters? We'll reflect together on what this time is teaching us about living and life's invitation to consider making some radical changes in our priorities for a more just, more loving world.
Click here to view or download a .pdf copy of the Order of Service.
Sunday, March 29, 2020
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A virtual service led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Worship Associate Camille Pavlicek-Fauser
In this difficult time where we are physically distanced from one another and we need to stay home to help lessen the spread of the coronavirus, how do we care for one another and stay connected? What lessons can we learn from this time that help us provide a safe haven for each other? Using a folk tale from Africa, we will reflect on the gifts of compassion, patience, and kindness that can help us through challenging times.
Click here to view or download the Order of Service.
Join us Sunday, March 22 at 10 AM for this virtual service hosted via Zoom Video Conferencing. The link to join the worship service can be found below.
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman and DRE Collen Thoele, and Worship Associate Elaine Bowen
The song "Rising Green" reminds us that the energy of the earth flows through us as well as through all of life and with it is the promise of a new day full of possibilities. We will gather as a community of all ages to welcome the return of spring and celebrate the Spring equinox with stories, songs, and rituals that invite us to join in the renewal of life.
Click here to download a copy of the Order of Service.
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Sunday, March 8, 2020
Led by Rev. Renee Ruchotzke and Worship Associate Rev. Steven Protzman
Underneath the surface of the world that many of us grew up in is another world, a world of interconnection, of beauty, and of resilience that we yearn for. How might Unitarian Universalists be partners with indigenous and other marginalized communities to live into transformed way of living that invites all of humanity to participate.
Additional participants this week were Hal Walker, Colleen Norris, and Sandy Bowers, Blaine and Vanessa Vesely.
Sunday morning services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 am with nursery care available during both services.
Sunday, March 1, 2020
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Worship Associate Heidi Wood
"Add your light to mine, and together we’ll shine." Hal Walker's words invite us to share our individual light with one another so that together we can share our light of hope and love with the world. In order to keep this light shining brightly, it is time once again for our annual pledge campaign in which we will ask you to generously share your money, time, and energy so that together we shine.
Other participants today were The Tone Chimers and Hal Walker with Saunis Parsons, Blaine Vesely, and Vanessa Vesely.
Sunday morning services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 with nursery care available during both services.
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Sunday, February 23, 2020
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Worship Associate Lori McGee
As Unitarian Universalists, we are held together by covenant, the promises we make to each other about how we will journey together as a people of many diverse theologies and ways of making meaning of life. But how do we actually live out our covenant? In preparation for our Covenant of Right Relations workshop today, this service will invite us to reflect on how we can interact with each other in ways that create a community of integrity, honesty, curiosity and spiritual growth.
Other participant today was the Kent Peace Choir.
Sunday morning services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 with nursery care available during both services.
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Sunday, February 16, 2020
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman
Christine Valters Paintner writes: "Perhaps this is life’s most exalted and exacting task, holding the hard edges against the soft wonder." After one of life's struggles or losses, in the face of adversity and the divisive times we find ourselves living in, how do we go on? This service will explore February's Soul Matters theme of resilience and invite us to reflect on how we not only survive life's difficult times but learn to thrive.
Other participants today were Worship Associate Dani Beale, RE Director Colleen Thoele, Allison Voneida (cello), Vanessa Vesely (piano), and Shirley Kiernan (violin).
Sunday morning services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 with nursery care available during both services.
Sunday, February 9, 2020
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Director of Religious Education Colleen Thoele
After careful research, we have discovered that there are four UU Hallows that can be used to make the world a better place. In honor of our Kent Hogwarts program, today as a community of all ages we will gather to learn about and find the four UU Hallows and figure out we can use them together. Be sure to bring your wands, your capes, your wisdom, compassion, and your curiosity for this interactive and adventurous service!
Participants today were Rev. Steven Protzman, RE Director Colleen Thoele, Hal Walker, and UUCK children.
Sunday morning services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 with nursery care available during both services.
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Sunday , February 2, 2020
Led by Rev. Christie Anderson and Worship Associate Randy Bish
“Hate cannot drive out hate, only light can do that. Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only love can do that.” This proclamation by Dr. Martin Luther King calls on us to employ unconditional love when trying to build bridges with those who hold values that oppose our own strongly held beliefs. We will explore true stories of incredible transformation resulting from the bestowing of love, rather than angry words or facts. Love is more than a cliché. It is a powerful force for social change if we have the strength and skills to manifest it.
Speakers today were Rev. Christie Anderson, Randy Bish, Brad Bolton, and Hal Walker.
Sunday morning services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 with nursery care available during both services.
Sunday, January 26, 2020
Topic: Building Task Force Report
Led by Vivien Sandlund, speakers also included Rev. Steven Protzman and Kathie Slater.
Click here to view the visioning video presented at the meeting.
The Town Hall meeting was recorded for those not able to attend. Listen below.
Sunday, January 26, 2020
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Worship Associate Elaine Bowen
Imbolc, also known as Candlemas, is the pagan festival that celebrates the coming of spring. In the Celtic tradition, this feast belongs to Brigid, the goddess of fire, poetry, childbirth and healing, who also made the first piece of cloth in Ireland and wove healing threads into it. As we await the return of spring, we will invoke Brigid's blessing to heal ourselves and our world and reflect on the golden threads of the web of life that connect all of us together.
Today's participants were - Rev. Steven Protzman, Worship Associate Elaine Bowen, RE Director Colleen Thoele and the Celtic Clan.
Sunday morning services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 with nursery care available during both services.
Sunday, January 19, 2020
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman, DRE Colleen Thoele, and Worship Associate Kathy Kerns
In his famous “I Have a Dream” speech Martin Luther King Jr. invoked the words of the Hebrew prophet Amos: “But let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever flowing stream.” We will gather as a community of all ages to honor the memory of Dr. King, to learn about the justice work our children and youth have chosen for this year, and to reflect on how we are all called to build a world where there is justice and peace.
Worship leaders today were Rev. Steven Protzman, Worship Associate Kathy Kerns, RE Director Colleen Thoele, Raylynn Rome, and the Golden Tones.
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Sunday, January 20, 2020
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman with Worship Associate Heidi Emhoff Wood
May Sarton wrote: "Now I become myself. It’s taken time, many years and places; I have been dissolved and shaken, worn other people’s faces." As we continue exploring January's Soul Matters theme of integrity, we'll reflect together on how seeking to live with integrity and creating greater wholeness within ourselves helps us become more fully ourselves. Our services will also include a naming ceremony that affirms and celebrates Kevyn Breedon's journey of becoming more fully themselves.
Other contributors today were Colleen Thoele, Kevyn Breedon, and Hal Walker.
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.
Sunday, January 5, 2020
Led by Worship Associates Kathy Kerns and Elaine Bowen
Rainer Maria Rilke says, "May what I do flow from me like a river, no forcing and no holding back, the way it is with children." One of the times we may feel in flow with how we want to live is when we feel we are living our life with integrity, when we feel we are acting in concert with our true selves. We invite you to come and hear members and friends, Elaine Bowen, Andrew Rome, Randy Bish, and Krsnaa Fitch share their thoughts on living with integrity.
Speakers today were Worship Associate Kathy Kerns, Worship Asociate Elaine Bowen, Colleen Thoele, Randy Bish, Elaine Bowen, Andrew Rome, Krsnaa Fitch, and Hal Walker.
Sunday morning services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.
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Sunday, December 29, 2019 one service at 10 AM only
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Worship Associate Camille Pavlicek-Fauser
Rev. Kathleen McTigue writes: "We stand at a threshold, the new year something truly new, still unformed, leaving a stunning power in our hands: What shall we do with this great gift of Time, this year?" As we stand at the threshold of a new year, through music, rituals and readings we will reflect on this opportunity before us and ask what we will do with the gift of a new year with its promise and possibility.
Other participant in today's service was Hal Walker.
One service at 10 AM will be offered with nursery care available.
Wednesday, December 24, 2019
One Night, One Star, One Child
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman with Worship Associates Elaine Bowen and Lori McGee
Rev. Victoria Safford writes: “Now is the moment of magic when an Eastern star beckons…to find an ordinary baby, born at midnight… and the baby’s cry makes people wonder as they wander through their lives what human love might really look like”. On this night as we welcome Christmas once again with joy and awe, we will tell stories and sing songs about the birth of a child who taught us what love really looks like.
On the podcast - Rev. Steven Protzman, Worship Associate Lori McGee, Worship Associate Elaine Bowen, Tone Chimers, Peace Choir.
Nursery care will be available for the 6:30 PM service only. Services will not be offered on Christmas Day.
Sunday, December 22, 2019 at 10 AM only
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Worship Associate Lori McGee
Donna Henes writes: “Lighting a light at the darkest time of the year is a pledge somehow. A promise. Such a small, symbolic gesture.” We will gather as a community of all ages to have a festival of light and rekindle the light of hope and possibility in our hearts and in our community with stories, songs and rituals that draw on some of the world’s light celebrations, including Solstice, Chanukah, Kwanzaa and Yule.
Join us for this all-ages service at 10 AM only with nursery care available during the service.
Podcast people: Rev. Steven Protzman, Worship Associate Elena Kline, Worship Associate Lori McGee.
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Sunday, December 15, 2019 Led
by DRE Colleen Thoele and Sandy Eaglen
This family friendly all-ages service will celebrate the stars! Through dance, song and story, the children of our beloved community will offer tales of Christmas magic and joy.
Sunday morning services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Worship Associate Heidi Emhoff Wood
Awe is the feeling we get when something vast challenges our understanding of the world. Feeling awe can be a powerful spiritual experience because as Paul Piff and Dacher Keltner say: "it imbues us with a different sense of ourselves, seeing ourselves as part of something larger." This service will invite us to reflect on awe and its power to help us grow spiritually by inspiring wonder and curiosity, reverence, kindness, and care for others and the world.
Sunday morning services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 with nursery care available during both services.
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Led by Kathy Kerns and Worship Associate Camille Pavlicek-Fauser
Taking care of the earth is an important and almost universally shared value. But taking care of the earth is also a spiritual challenge as it may require at times that we be intentional and change our behavior so that we feel our actions are in alignment with our values. This service considers how we can consider ways of "upping our game" in environmental stewardship, especially regarding plastic pollution and the environment.
Sunday morning services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 with nursery care available during both services.
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Sunday, November 17, 2019
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Worship Associate Lori McGee
Poet Mary Oliver once said: "Attention is the beginning of devotion." In her poem "Gratitude" Oliver poses eight questions that invite us to be fully present and to pay attention to the world around us. We will reflect on these eight questions as we explore November's theme of "Attention" and how attention is the heart of the spiritual life as well as an invitation to live more fully.
Sunday morning services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 with nursery care available during both services.
Sunday, November 10, 2019
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Worship Associate Elaine Bowen
Poet Judyth Hill invites us to "Wage peace", to use our breath and our ears and our hands and our hearts to not only actively work for peace, but to act as if peace is already a reality. As we thank and honor our veterans for their service to our country on this Veteran's Day, we will reflect on our sixth principle, the goal of world community with peace, liberty and justice for all.
Sunday morning services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.
Sunday, November 3, 2019
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Worship Associate Jennifer May
Commissioner Steven has turned on the Chalice Signal: calling all UU Superheroes! In honor of our Treats and Talents auction with its theme of "SUUperheroes" this year, this service will be an invitation to bring your UUnique superpower and join other “SUUperheroes”, including UU Woman and the Yellow Lantern of Justice, in the work of building community and creating justice and peace.
Sunday morning services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 with nursery care available during both services.
Sunday, October 27, 2019
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman with Worship Associate Camille Pavlicek-Fauser
"So long as we live, they too shall live, for they are now a part of us, as we remember them." The words of this Reformed Jewish prayer remind us that our loved ones live on in our hearts as long as we remember them. In keeping with the many spiritual traditions of remembrance during this time of the year, we will once again remember and honor our beloved dead with rituals and songs, love and tears.
Sunday morning services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 with nursery care available during both services.
Sunday , October 20, 2019
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Worship Associate Kathy Kerns
Unitarian Universalists often use the phrase "Beloved Community", a concept which was coined by Josiah Royce, who spoke of a community of memory and hope, and then enlarged by Martin Luther King Jr. How does this vision of the world challenge us as a community to respond to the fundamental human longing to belong and be loved? Following the second service, there will be a theme discussion group of the month’s Soul Matters theme of “Belonging”.
Sunday morning services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.
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Sunday, October 13, 2019
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman, Director of Religious Education Colleen Thoele, and Worship Associate Elena Kline
The apple, a symbol of autumn, has long been associated with the body, especially healing and good health, but it also represents spiritual gifts, including abundance, love, gratitude and generosity, that help us make our life's journey more meaningful. We will gather as a community of all ages to give thanks for life's many gifts and enjoy the taste of autumn with an apple communion. We will also commission and bless our musicians.
Sunday morning services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 with nursery care available during both services.
On Sunday, October 6 the UUCK Board of Trustees held a Town Hall Meeting to to review and discuss this years Congregational Goals. Below is an audio recording of the meeting for those who were not able to attend.
Click here to review the goals.
Sunday, October 6, 2019
Led by Lori McGee and Worship Associate Elaine Bowen
Yom Kippur is the holiest of days for the Jewish people. During Yom Kippur, Jews around the world will spend their days fasting, praying in atonement and repentance, and asking for forgiveness from God for wrong-doings over the past year. What can Unitarian Universalists learn from this centuries long tradition of atonement and new beginnings? This service will provide some insights to this high holy day and offer a ritual of atonement and beginning again in love.
Sunday morning services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 with nursery care available during both services.
Sunday, September 22, 2019
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman
How often do our expectations of ourselves, our lives, and one another and society's expectations of us get in the way of living more fully and authentically? As a community that is held together by covenant rather than creed, what can and should we honestly expect of each other? The service will explore various aspects of the month's Soul Matters theme of Expectation. Following the second service, there will be a theme discussion group in the sanctuary.
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.
Sunday, September 15, 2019
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman
Starhawk says: “We are all longing to go home to some place we have never been.” If Unitarian Universalism is to truly be a spiritual home, we need to both give and receive radical hospitality, offering to one another what we need to become more fully human and creating a place we have never been. During this service we will commission and bless our Religious Education teachers and leaders as we begin a new RE year.
Sunday morning services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 with nursery care available during both services.
Sunday, September 8, 2019
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Director of Religious Education Colleen Thoele
What is it the water remembers? What does water invite us to remember? As we return from our summer adventures bringing water and stories to share, this festive all ages service of water communion and ingathering invites us to bring our lives, our struggles, our hopes and our dreams to this community and join our lives together once again. Please bring a small amount of water for the water pouring ritual.
This Sunday we return to two services offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.
Sunday, September 1, 2019
Led by Lori McGee and Worship Associate Kathy Kerns
Based on the spiritual practice taught in "Living by Heart," a course that I will offer this church year, this service explores how poetry can be a doorway into prayer. Unitarian Universalists don't typically have memorized prayers as many other religions do. When I came to UUism, I missed this practice. "Living by Heart" offers a way to use memorized poems as a meditative and soulful substitute for traditional prayers.
This Sunday, one service at 10 AM will be offered with nursery care available during the service. On September 8 we return to two Sunday services at 9:45 and 11:30 AM.
Image by Adam Clay from Pixabay
Sunday, August 25, 2019
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Worship Associate Camille Pavlicek-Fauser
Four hundred years after the first ships carrying slaves arrived in the American colonies, we will reflect on America's long history of white supremacy culture, honor the contributions of African-Americans to our culture, and seek to find inspiration for our continued work of racial justice.
During this service we will also bless backpacks and other bags to affirm that we are with you in the spirit of love and care as a new school year begins.
Summer services are offered on Sunday mornings at 10:00 AM with nursery care available during the service.
Sunday, August 18, 2019 -- one service at 10 AM
Led by Kathy Walker and Saul Flanner
You have traveled to the UUCK in search of a new adventure. A mysterious invitation to take a road trip awaits you. Will you strike out on your own or bring along your family? How will you prepare for your journey? What will you learn about spiritual practice and family rituals along the way? Could there be other wonders to discover? You decide what happens next in this interactive service.
Summer services are offered on Sunday mornings at 10 AM with nursery care available during the service.
Sunday, August 11, 2019
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman with Worship Associate Kathy Kerns
This year at General Assembly, the annual meeting of the Unitarian Universalist Association, held in Spokane, Washington, attendees were invited to participate in the work of turning our denomination toward justice and greater inclusion. Rev. Steven will share highlights, experiences and learning from General Assembly, and invite us to lean into the work of helping our faith turn by being trim tabs, the small part of a very large ship that helps it turn.
Summer services are offered on Sunday mornings at 10:00 AM with nursery care available during the service.
Sunday, July 28, 2019 at 10:00 AM
Led by Kathy Kerns, CLM Candidate and Worship Associate Rev. Christie Anderson
Our Unitarian Universalist (UU) principles advocate respecting the inherent worthy and dignity of all people and showing compassion in human relations. Ideally, our congregations are inviting places for anyone who resonates to our principles. As a denomination, how are we doing with people who do not fit the UU stereotype? We will examine this question through the lens of social class, and consider the critique of some UU ministers that we are not welcoming to people from working class backgrounds.
Following the service, there will be an opportunity for discussion of the sermon topic. Anyone interested is welcome to attend. Kathy Kerns will lead a conversation in the annex (light snacks provided, feel free to bring a bag lunch).
Summer services are offered on Sunday mornings at 10 AM with nursery care available during the service.
Image by Gordon Johnson from Pixabay
Sunday, July 21, 2019 -- one service at 10 AM
Led by Joe Donatone with Worship Associate Rev. Steven Protzman
Seminarian Joe Donatone will share his reflections on the Pulse tragedy while examining how our Unitarian Universalist values can guide us through even the darkest of moments. Remaining liberal and religious in times of crisis can be challenging. Joe offers ways in which our values can sustain us, guide us, and inspire us to action.
Summer services are offered on Sunday mornings at 10 AM with nursery care available during the service.
Sunday, July 14, 2019
One service at 10 AM led by Mike Hovancsek with Worship Associate Elaine Bowen.
On this morning we’ll focus on seeing hope in the world by looking at the children in it.
Summer services are offered on Sunday mornings at 10 AM with nursery care available during the service.
Sunday, July 7, 2019
One service at 10 AM led by Nicole Penny and Worship Associate Lori McGee
The importance of prayer is discussed among many religions, but few help with how to pray. Often reading tarot cards as a practice or having the service done for a person is perceived as a way of looking towards the future. In this service we'll seek to explore prayer and how reading tarot cards can be a means to connect to the Universe and a tool for prayer for those who ask for guidance.
Summer services are offered at 10 AM on Sunday mornings with nursery care available during the service.
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 Considered."
The 5-member ensemble uses such instruments as the orutu (1-string fiddle), nyatiti (8-string lyre), oporo (cow horn), and asili (end-blown flute), and a variety of traditional percussion instruments, along with joyful traditional singing and dancing.
Summer Sunday service is offered at 10 AM with nursery care available during the service.
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.
Sunday, January 27, 2019
Sunday is the first of at least four Town Halls to be hosted by the Board of Trustees this year. We’ll meet in the Sanctuary following our 10 AM service to discuss the Congregational Goals. The discussion will focus on the Congregational Goals shared with you in the EnUUs on Wednesday, November 14, 2018. The included podcast is a recording of the entire meeting.
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Colleen Thoele with Worship Associate Rev. Christie Anderson
In his famous “I Have a Dream” speech Martin Luther King Jr. invoked the words of the Hebrew prophet Amos: “But let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.” As we begin the UUA Thirty Days of Love, this service for all ages will be an invitation to live out our faith in the next month as we work toward building a promised land where there is justice and peace.
One service at 10 AM followed by a congregational town hall meeting. Nursery care will be available during both the service and the meeting.
This service, originally planned for January 20, has been moved to Sunday, January 27.
One service at 10 AM
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Worship Associate Kathy Kerns
Parker Palmer writes: "I stand on the brink of everything. I’m old enough to know that the world can delight me, so my expectation is not of the world but of myself: Delight in the gift of life and be grateful." As we bid the old year farewell and we stand on the brink of a new year with its promise and possibilities, through songs, stories and rituals we will express our hopes for the new year.
Nursery care will be available during the service for children Pre-school age and younger.
Christmas services will be offered on Monday, December 24 only. Everyone is invited to attend. As we welcome Christmas once again, we will tell stories and sing songs about the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. Together we'll share the beauty and wonder of this special time with its promise that amid the struggles, problems, and suffering of life, all is calm and all is bright. Please note that we will not be offering nursery care on Christmas Eve this year. Since the introduction of our Young Family Friendly Service, we have found that families have not been using nursery care for these services. 4:30 PM -- Young Family Friendly Service Led by Director of Religious Education Coleen Thoele with Michelle Bores. This interactive service is designed especially for families with young children. 6:30 PM – All is Calm, All is Bright A family-friendly service led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Worship Associate Carolyn Schlemmer – Candle light service created with families in mind. The podcast is from this service. 8:30 PM – All is Calm, All is Bright An adult-oriented service led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Worship Associate Elaine Bowen – A meditative candle light service created with adults and older teens in mind.
One Service at 10:00 AM
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Worship Associate Christie Anderson
Victoria Safford writes: "At this time of year, during these darkening days, every ancient story that we have ever told from the solstice fire, to the lights of the menorah, to the advent candles -- whispers the same message: ‘The light will return, but you must go out and meet it.'" We will gather as a community of all ages to celebrate the Winter Solstice and its promise that the light will return.
Nursery care is available during the service for children preschool age and younger.
Led by Sandy Eaglen, Director of Religious Education Colleen Thoele with Worship Associate Rev. Steven Protzman
Our annual holiday family-friendly all ages service will celebrate the interdependent web of life through the magic of the Christmas season. Join us for a morning of storytelling and singing as our community weaves tales of peace, hope and love.
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.
Sunday, December 9, 2018
Led by Katie Grigg and Eric van Baars, Worship Associate
It’s the darkest time of year, and there seems to be so much despair, fear and darkness in the world. Let’s find out how to let in the light! Light holds great cultural and sacred significance in many of the world’s major religions,especially in the holiday season. We’ll pay homage to traditions and welcome new ways to usher light into the dark corners of our mind, and our world.
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.
Sunday, December 2, 2018
Rev.Steven Protzman with Worship Associate Lori McGee
In her poem "The Feast of Lights" Emma Lazarus speaks of the mystic lights as she tells the story of Hanukkah, the story of a military victory and the miracle of a sacred lamp that burned for eight days even though there was only enough oil for one day. As we tell this story, we celebrate the light burning in the human heart, a light that brings hope and possibility even in times of darkness and despair.
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 ans 11:30 AM with nursery care for Pre-school age and younger available during both services.
Sunday, November 25, 2018
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Worship Associate Carolyn Schelemmer
Kermit the Frog says: Yeah, well, I've got a dream too. It's about singing and dancing and making people happy. That's the kind of dream that gets better the more people you share it with." In honor of our Treats and Talents auction with its theme of "The Lovers, the Dreamers, and UUs " this year, this service will be a romp through Muppet theology about rainbows, lovers, dreamers, life, and Unitarian Universalism.
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.
Sunday, November 18, 2018
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman, Colleen Thoele and Worship Associate Elaine Bowen
In his song "Amazing Gratitude" Hal Walker sings: "The heart of the thing, the song I sing, and the prayer I pray is amazing gratitude". On this Sunday together as a community of all ages, we will celebrate Thanksgiving and renew our commitment to live with amazing gratitude and build the path of love by telling stories, singing songs, and creating a gratitude tree.
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care for children Pre-school and younger is available during both services.
Sunday, November 11, 2018
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman with Worship Associate Kathy Kerns
No matter how the election turns out, our country will still be a people divided by class, by race, by politics, by the idolatry of nationalism, by an "us versus them" mentality. In this post-election service, we will affirm that now more than ever our Unitarian Universalist message of love and hope, of inclusivity and diversity is needed to heal ourselves, our democracy and our world.
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.
Sunday, November 3, 2018
Led by Cal Frye
What is the purpose of the church? Is our task to heal ourselves, or society? How do we balance our desire for social justice with our need for the social hour between first and second service? And can we find the balance while still maintaining harmony and compassion within these walls? Courage, my friends! In the tension is our strength.
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.
Sunday, October 28, 2018
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Worship Associate Lori McGee
"So long as we live, they too shall live, for they are now a part of us, as we remember them." The words of this Reformed Jewish prayer remind us that our loved ones live on in our hearts as long as we remember them. In keeping with the many spiritual traditions of remembrance during this time of the year, we will once again remember and honor our beloved dead with rituals and songs, love and tears.
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.
Sunday, October 20, 2018
Led by Melissa Jeter and Worship Associate Rev. Steven Protzman
The Promise and the Practice of Our Faith Campaign is our opportunity to take the lead as a faith denomination in addressing our history of upholding white supremacy. Together, we can collectively work to dismantle it and amend a long broken promise to the Black Lives within our Association. Click here for more information on the Promise and the Practice Campaign for Black Lives Unitarian Universalist (BLUU).
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.
Sunday, October 14, 2018
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Worship Associate Lori McGee
Rev. Gordon McKeeman writes: "Ministry is a quality of relationship between and among human beings that beckons forth hidden possibilities." Ministry, once thought to be the work of ordained ministers, is the way we serve one another and the world. This service will invite us to reflect on shared ministry as a promise all of us make to live out our values as Unitarian Universalists for the benefit of the congregation and the greater community.
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.
Sunday, October 7, 2018
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Worship Associate Lisa Thiel
Martin Luther once said that even if he knew the world were going to end, he would still plant an apple tree. Today as we gather as a community of all ages to celebrate apple communion, we will give thanks for life's many gifts, be reminded that apples are a symbol of spiritual gifts, including abundance, love, gratitude and generosity, and find inspiration in the way an apple tree begins as a small seed.
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.
Sunday, September 30, 2018
Led by Scott Piepho and Worship Associate Lori Fatchet-McGee
The conversation among Unitarian Universalists about our churches and people of color tends to center on the advantages that racial diversity offers to our congregations. That frame tracks the general conversation in our society about issues like civil rights and immigration. The more important conversation is how we guarantee equal access to institutions, including UU churches, as a matter of fundamental justice.
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.
Sunday, September 23, 2018
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Worship Associate Kathy Kerns
Unitarian Universalism is one of America's best kept secrets. Even those who have heard of us don't know much about our religion. After a light hearted look at some of the common images and stereotypes people have of UUism, we'll explore the "elevator speech" to discover ways we can tell people about our faith and invite them to join us.
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.
Download Rev. Steven's sermon here (includes examples of elevator speeches)
Image credited to All Souls UU , Sioux Falls, SD
Sunday, September 16, 2018
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Worship Associate Eric van Baars
Humankind once believed that the equator defined the end of the world. Once this myth was proven untrue as navigators sailed beyond the equator, human progress occurred at an astonishing rate. What is possible when we challenge our myths as human beings and a congregation and invite our vision to awaken and guide toward who we can be? As part of the morning's worship time, we'll also commission and bless our Religious Education
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.
Ingathering Sunday, September 9, 2018
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Colleen Thoele with Worship Associate Elaine Bowen
As many streams come together to make a river, we come together to make a community. As we return from our summer adventures bringing water and stories to share, this festive multi-generational service of water communion and ingathering invites us to once again blend our lives together and renew our connections with each other. Please bring a small amount of water for the water communion ritual.
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.
Sunday, September 2, 2018
Led by Cal Frye and Worship Associate Carolyn Schlemmer
Step by step, the longest march can be won, and by union what we will can be accomplished still. Beyond the workplace, the message of collective labor calls us to join together, all of us, to accomplish what we will. From the Wobblies to the Welcoming Congregation, we are called to come together, for we are stronger, better together.
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.
Sunday, August 26, 2018
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman
On August 23, 1868, our church building was dedicated in the spirit of the Universalist message of love and to unite the community in justice, peace and compassion. As we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the building, tell stories from our history, and look to the promise of the future we begin together, we will reflect on what it means to be as, Rev. Kathleen McTigue says in reading #435 in Singing the Living Tradition, a "house of memory and hope".
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman with Worship Associate Carolyn Schlemmer
In the absence of a creed, dogma or doctrine, we bind ourselves to this community and to one another in service to our shared life and work through covenant, a promise to walk together towards the life we seek to lead. This service will explore the history of covenant in Unitarian Universalism, look at covenant as the heart of our UU theology, and invite us to reflect together on what it means to be a community of covenant.
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Worship Associate Lisa Thiel
As our adventure together begins, a new chapter in the long history of this congregation, who are we as kindred souls traveling together? As we prepare for the journey ahead of us, what will we put in our spiritual backpacks? What can we leave behind?
During this service we will also bless backpacks and other bags for students of all ages to affirm that we are with you in the spirit of love and care as a new school year begins.
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available for children preschool age and younger.
Led by Rev. Kristina Spaude
We live in a highly divided world, one where we are separated by politics, fear, the news media, and many other ways. It's hard to remember to look for points of connection and common experience sometimes. What if, in our interactions with others and ourselves, we focused on the relationship, thinking that it is in the relationship that the holy lives?
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during all services for children preschool age and younger.
Led by Kathy Kerns and Worship Associate Eric van Baars
Salvation is an old and important idea in Universalism, but does it have relevance today for our faith? This service is an opportunity to explore the meaning of salvation and to hear stories from people who were saved by Unitarian Universalism.
Sunday service is offered 10 AM with nursery care available for children Pre-school age and younger.
Led by Rev. Robin Landerman Zucker, Interim Minister, UU Church of Meadville (PA) with Worship Associate Lisa Thiel
Among the multitude of Hindu deities, there is a goddess named “Akhilandeshvari” - the “Never Not Broken Goddess.” She is anything but frail, though – she carries a trident and rides in on a crocodile! As humans, we are also “never-not-broken,” yet how do you relate to our brokenness? Do we despise it? Embrace it? Feel empathy for it? Want to soothe it? Experience its intense pathos and pain and seek to transform it? We’ll ride along with Akhillandeshvari, as we explore these questions through an Eastern spiritual lens. In this participatory service, we’ll also hear a classic Indian folk tale and engage with Rev. Robin in a ritual of healing.
Sunday service is offered 10 AM with nursery care available for children Pre-school age and younger.
Led by Elaine Bowen and Worship Associate Kathy Kerns
On this Sunday, leaders will share their reflections of General Assembly.
Sunday's service is offered at 10 AM with nursery care available during the service.
Led by Rev. Dave Clements and Worship Associate Carolyn Schlemmer
Secrets can be defined as those experiences, thoughts, sometimes feelings that we choose to keep from view or to talk about. There are some secrets that are by their very nature contain information whose authorized disclosure could endanger lives or security. But then there are those secrets that become “elephants in the room.” These can be questions, problems, solutions or issues that many people if not all know about but choose to ignore because to do otherwise could cause embarrassment, sadness or even trigger an argument. What happens when secrets become elephants in the room?
Sunday service is offered at 10 AM with nursery care available for preschool age and younger.
Led by Lori Fatchet-McGee with Worship Associate Elaine Bowen
This Sunday we will use poetry to focus on unity, peace, freedom, and hope; Independence Day; and democracy.
One service will be offered at 10 AM with nursery care available.
Led by Lisa Thiel and Friends
Let’s face it, change can be hard, and yet it is an absolutely unavoidable part of our existence. How can we deal with the upheavals in our lives with the most grace we can muster? In this special service, we will shake things up a bit in order to feel change, as well as hear personal stories of transformation from members and friends. Special guests include musician and author Margot Milcetich, classical cellist Kris Paggett, Saunis Parsons, Lori Fatchet-McGee, and Cal Frye.
Sunday service is offered at 10 AM with nursery care available during the service.
Led by Eric van Baars and Friends June is the month to celebrate "Dads and Glads", as we honor traditions of our UU heritage and the father figures who help shape our community. Please bring a stem or two of any flower that appeals to you with you to the service for our Unitarian Universalist Flower Ceremony.
Sunday service is offered at 10 AM with nursery care available during the service.
One service at 10 AM with Pet Blessings
Led by Lori Fatchet-McGee and Worship Associate Lisa Thiel
UPDATE: Due to rain, this service has been moved to the church building - NOT at Plum Creek Park. Please bring a picture of your pet for the blessing, rather than your actual pet.
On this Sunday, we’ll gather together for our annual service in the park and church picnic as we look at how pets bless our lives and other blessings around us.
Our annual Church Picnic will immediately follow our worship service and pet blessings.
Plan to bring the following:
Something to sit on - folding chairs or a blanket A dish to share Place settings for you and your family (plates, silverware, napkins, and cups) Beverages (the Church will supply ice water) Bring any games you might like to invite others to play.
For directions to Plum Creek Park, visit www.tinyurl.com/plumcreekpark
Led by Elaine Bowen and Worship Associate Cal Frye
On this Sunday we will look at blessings through a UU lens.
Sunday services will be offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.
Called by a unanimous vote by the Active Members of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Kent on May 27, 2018, the Rev. Steven Protzman began his ministry with us on August 1, 2018.
The Reverend Steven Protzman is a native Midwesterner and grew up in Missouri and Iowa. He holds an undergraduate degree in architecture from Iowa State University and his previous career was as a pipe organ designer for several major American organ builders. He is a 2009 graduate of United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, New Brighton, Minnesota and was ordained in 2010 at the First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis. Steven has served the Unitarian Universalist Society, Coralville, Iowa (previously the Unitarian Universalist Society of Iowa City, Iowa) since 2011 as its settled minister.
Steven is an outgoing extrovert who loves to socialize and meet new people. He is also passionate about nature, especially wolves, eagles and the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon, is an avid country western dancer, and enjoys gardening, the arts, hockey, good food of all kinds, architecture, and exploring new places. While in Iowa, he rediscovered the rugged beauty of southern Missouri and northern Arkansas and vacationed down there for several years, exploring caves, rivers, forests, springs and the natural beauty of that part of the country.
Steven believes in the power of Unitarian Universalism to transform people’s lives, to invite us to discover our fullest, most authentic selves, to guide us into deeper relationship with the Holy, and to challenge us to offer our lives in service to a world that needs the love and the gifts each of us has to share. If you would like more information about Rev. Steven, you can check out his website at http://www.uuministry.com/stevenprotzman The password: M2FK}JtsZ6
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman with Worship Associate Rev. Christie Anderson
In the hymn "Life Calls Us On", written by Rev. Kendyl Gibbons and Rev. Jason Shelton, the fourth verse says: "And the Spirit's gracious power dreams of good that yet shall be." After a week together of getting to know each other and dreaming and talking about possibilities for our shared ministry, we will reflect on our time together and who life calls us to be together in the years to come.
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with nursery care available during both services.
Led by Rev. Steven Protzman and Worship Associate Kathy Kerns The theme "Come Dance With Us" has guided your search committee in its journey of seeking your next settled minister. As we reflect on the similarities between ministry and dancing, both of which invite us to practice partnership, adaptability and creativity, intimacy and experimentation, today will be a day of celebration as we begin our dance of ministry together, and we say yes once again to the invitation to join in the dance of Life. Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with Nursery care available during both services.
Led by DRE Lily Rappaport, REC Colleen Thoele, Mary Leeson, Chair and the Religious Education Committee
This Sunday is Religious Education Sunday: Growing in Community. Everyone is invited to attend services in the Sanctuary in celebration of our children and youth. We will recognize our RE volunteers during both services and will have a special Bridging Ceremony for our graduating seniors during the 11:30 service.
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with Nursery care available for both services.
Led by Lisa Thiel and Worship Associate Jeff Marsh
"Just as fields need fallow time to improve the quality of soil and crops, we all need pause to foster healthy growth. But what gets in the way? What have we lost through our culture of busyness? And what can be done about it?
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with Nursery care available for both services.
Led by the Worship Arts Team
Our spiritual theme for the month of April is Emergence. This service will explore the ways we are emerging from who we were in the past into we who are in the now. How have we grown? What have we learned? Where are we headed? Please join us as we ponder these questions together.
Sunday services are offered at 9:45 and 11:30 AM with Nursery care available during both services.