By Silvi Pirn, Director of Youth Ministry I am happy to let you know our fall season for grades 7–12 is about to kick off in-person! I can't wait to welcome new people to the Youth Ministry family and cannot wait to see those who have not been here since spring! I have [...]
By Silvi Pirn On August 2, this year’s team of 11 youth and 2 adults set out for an unconventional, but deeply spiritual week outdoors for the annual Confirmation Wilderness Course. The Course has become a staple of KUC Youth Ministry summer programing. Each August, before fall sports tryouts begin, we take a [...]
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By Silvi Pirn Some time toward the end of last summer, I decided—or maybe it was God who decided for me—that the theme for this year’s IMPACT High School program would be “Pain.” Our high schoolers have been preparing to work in the Bahamas this year. Hurricane Dorian destroyed swaths [...]
By Silvi Pirn Take me by the hand;Lead me down the path of truth.You are my Savior, aren’t you?—Psalm 25:5There is no path more important for young people to find and follow than the one of God’s truth and purpose. Claire and I, your youth directors, are humbled and delighted to be here to [...]
Don’t be wishing you were someplace else with someone else. Where you are right now is God’s place for you. 1 Cor 7:17 (MSG) This is the first scripture I read to our IMPACT teens at last Sunday’s fall kick off, where over 70 high school youth attended. This verse bears repeating—and even memorizing. [...]
2019 Wilderness Confirmation Course by Silvi Pirn Several times last week I thanked our God for the unique tradition of a Confirmation Wilderness Course. I have talked to a lot of people who attend and lead at a lot of other churches and I have never heard of another church that takes [...]
By The Reverend Dr. Katie Snipes Lancaster If the smell of bacon reminds you of Jesus, then Claire Revord has been doing her job! We hired Claire last fall to work part time with Youth Ministry and among other things, she oversaw Sunday’s Breakfast Club menu. Now we’ve brought her on full time and [...]
By Silvi Pirn I am excited to share a glimpse of what is going on with our youth... Youth Sunday is May 19. Come listen to the sermons by this year’s high school seniors and honor the student and youth leaders who call Kenilworth Union Church [...]
By Silvi Pirn The next generation of young people has everything to do with the future of Kenilworth Union Church. While many mainline protestant churches like ours are experiencing “aging and shrinking”, Kenilworth Union may be in a unique position to capitalize on on its historically strong youth ministry to strengthen and grow our [...]