Speaker: Lisa Kynvi

February 16, I’d Say 99% Boy

Loving and raising a child who did, in fact, fall fairly “far from the tree” can be a humbling, baffling, and rewarding experience. The central theme of this sermon is our student minister Lisa Kynvi’s experiences raising her gender non-conforming, then transgender daughter, and her family’s experiences with a world that doesn’t quite know what to do with them. Music 9AM: UCM Choir 11AM: … Continue reading February 16, I’d Say 99% Boy

November 24, Bearing Witness: Reflections on a Retreat at Auschwitz

Earlier this month, our student minister, Lisa Kynvi, participated in a Bearing Witness retreat, run by Zen Peacemakers International, at the site of the death camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oświęcim, Poland. In this service she shares some of her reflections on this experience.  Music 9AM: Stephen Brown 11AM: UCM Choir Spiritual Exploration 9am and 11am: PreK-4th … Continue reading November 24, Bearing Witness: Reflections on a Retreat at Auschwitz