John Sharp, Director of Operations Enter a new season together as we gather on this Homecoming Sunday for timeless tradition and a fresh era of church life. Come for Sunday school, the sermon, and song; stay after for food, fellowship, and a bubble performer at Family Fest! Invite neighbors, friends, and family to [...]
It is hard to comprehend the billions of stars overhead, but focus on one star, and the rest seem to come into view. When it comes to remembering the impact of September 11, 2001 on our nation and the world, we also find it hard to concentrate: so many billions of directions from [...]
Sign up for Daily Devotional email here. Click here to find past Joy devotionals. A little introduction to “...and then there was joy, a fall devotional.” The world always carries an ache, whether in our own bodies or our neighbors’ bodies. Some days we are more in tune with that ache than others. [...]
The Reverend Christine V. Hides When and where is Sunday school? Check in at 9:45 a.m. near the Schmidt Chapel. Sunday school will meet outdoors, weather permitting. Masks are required indoors. What should kids wear to church? Anything comfortable for outdoor play and occasional messy projects I need help with registration or have [...]
New Kenilworth Union Church Administrative Assistant Marie-Pierre LeBris (she also goes by M.P. her initials) is a native Californian and also lived for several years in New York city where she grew up on Manhattan’s Riverside drive and attended, along with her sister, the Lycée Francais, which is an all-French speaking private school [...]
Tyler Yost, Christine Hides, Greta Connor The Reverend Christine V. Hides What is “commissioning the confirmands”? Who will be my teachers for Third Grade Bible? Get answers to questions around these milestone years and more on Sunday, Sept.12! Watch as the 9th grade confirmands are commissioned at the 10 a.m. Worship in [...]
Please join Tuesday, September 21 at 6:30 p.m. in the Culbertson Room for The Miracle Worker.
The Back-to-School blessing was a joyful event! It was wonderful to see so many families we haven’t seen in a while. After hearing Rev. Christine’s message that all are welcome to gather around God’s table, kids tried out the Orff instruments, new to music ministry this year. Enjoy the picture gallery below, and if [...]
Photo Credit: Isabella Raynal The Reverend Dr. Katie Snipes Lancaster As we finish the summer sermon series on Psalm 23 and look to what's next, I can't help but notice that we're feeling called to that which roots us, grounds us, is foundational. Psalm 23 is the most celebrated of Psalms, so much [...]
Prayer by the Reverend Dr. Katie Snipes Lancaster delivered by Clare Nahrwold and Chris Ottsen, Guest Liturgists God, we are awake. The song of the birds. The song of the sun. The song of our friends. We are awake. Awake, we can trust. Awake, we can pray. Awake, we can offer [...]