Squire Prince, Director of Youth Ministry
Squire Prince officially accepted the full time position of Director of Youth Ministry. We are delighted that he will be with us long term...
Class of 2022—The Farewell Class
Silvi Pirn, Youth Minister Class of 2022. I love this class very much. They are my farewell class—the last group of high school seniors I will have celebrated here at Kenilworth Union Church since the mid -000s. On Sunday, May 15, 2022 we celebrated with what has been a church tradition for as [...]
IMPACT 2022 Theme: Division
Silvi Pirn In 2022 through meetings and activities, the IMPACT program invites high school youth to explore the theme of Division through the lens of our Christian faith. What divides us and keeps us divided? How do we know we are divided? How might God's love show us a way across division? I invite [...]
We Welcome Squire Prince as Part-time Youth Director at Kenilworth Union Church
Squire Prince is excited to be joining the KUC Youth Ministry Team. A native of Chicago’s Southside, Squire has been ministering since the young age of 11. In 2018 he graduated from Illinois College where he received his B.A. in Music and Theatre. During those long years, he served as Minister of Music, [...]
Pay Attention to the Pain
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 [...]
Thanking God For Every Hardship
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 [...]
“Growing Young” at 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 [...]
June 2018 Youth Update
IMPACT Cuba: simple truths where life is complicated By Silvi Pirn The last two weeks of June, two teams from Kenilworth Union Church took part in this year’s IMPACT mission trips to Cuba. As it is with IMPACT, each of us learned truths about ourselves and others and [...]
May 2018 Youth Update
By Silvi Pirn May is the last month of our program year—but there is still plenty going on with KUC Youth! Youth Sunday is May 20. Come listen to the Senior Sermons by this year’s high school seniors. The IMPACT high school mission team is making its final [...]