Imagine that, Tulsa to Re-emerge as a Site for Mission Teams
Information Meeting
Sun., March 21
Registration Deadline
Wed., March 31
Cats for Waterford Nursing Home
Silvi Pirn December 8–15, 2020 Caroling for Youth Ministry can't happen this year. It is especially important that the residents receive Love and Companionship. So we want to send them CATS from Kenilworth Union Chruch instead. Well—not real cats (I wish)—but these Companion Pets made by Joy for All are a close substitute for [...]
Fall Worship and Programing
Katie, Christine, and Silvi show us the new and different places that fall worship and programing are happening.
Fall Youth Ministry for Grades 7–12
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 [...]
Confirmation Wilderness 2020 Success!
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 [...]
Summer of Service: More Than a Hashtag
July–Sept.
Challenge Yourself
To Serve Others!
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 [...]
January Youth Update
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 [...]
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 Kenilworth Union
By Silvi Pirn We recently met with Jake Mulder to begin a plan for the future of Kenilworth Union Church. You may remember seeing the “Growing Young” assessment tool in March and early April. That title is deceiving. The assessment and how it helps our Church is less about “young” than it is [...]