Squire Prince Dear God, loving father, and comforting mother, we come to say thank you God, for this amazing day, thank you God for work and play, thank you God for the sun and birds, we thank you for trees and for water, we thank you for all things. Lord we bring [...]
The Reverend Dr. William A. Evertsberg Almost the entire Hebrew Bible is singularly focused on the unique status of the Jewish tribe and the exclusive blessing God has reserved for it. The Jews are the chosen people. Israel is the favored nation. Canaan is the promised land. And Yahweh is the one true God. [...]
The Reverend Dr. William A. Evertsberg Gracious and Loving God—Father, Son, and Holy Ghost:Fall fast across our assembly this morning as Living, Life-Giving Spirit. Come to each of us even as you have come to these 38 young people who have committed themselves this morning to a lifetime of discipleship. We give you [...]
Children's Day Worship
Sunday, May 21, 10 a.m.
Sanctuary
We recognize the 3rd graders who have written scripture on their hearts.
By The Reverend Christine V. Hides We are delighted to recognize the milestones met by our third graders on Sunday, May 21 when those who have completed a year of memory work will receive their personalized Bibles, a Kenilworth Union Church tradition for over 80 years. What a great accomplishment! We [...]
An invitation from Katie Snipes Lancaster: Confirmation is a chrysalis, a cocoon, a season of change, transition, and transformation.
Sun. May 14, 10 a.m. Worship
The Reverend Christine V. Hides Holy God, Gracious Spirit, We approach you with hearts awakened by the spring flourishing. New life emerges from the much-maligned Midwest weather: Trillium, scented lilacs, and crabapples bursting with bloom, While overhead a great avian migration, Brings the first hummingbirds, and sandhill cranes to trumpet the news. [...]
The Reverend Dr. Katie Snipes Lancaster Come, great Spirit hear us pray. The grey sky and rain, the blue sky and crisp air, a reminder that just beyond the ordinary is an unfolding miracle: the crabapple, redbud, and magnolia tree taking sun and rain to “blossom on the threshold of abundance” (Denise [...]
The Reverend Dr. Katie Snipes Lancaster I carry now ten thousand prayers to your throne of grace: a thank you for the wide “flock of colours” (John O’Donohue) that folded night into day, a thank you for this staggering stretch of life received as gift, a thank you that on this day, we [...]
Eastertide Sermons
Sunday, May 14
IV: The Party I Refused to Attend