Kingston Unitarian Fellowship
KUF
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October 11 — The Grateful Heart That Speaks Up
Thanksgiving usually invites us to be grateful for what we have. This year, we will also ask what we owe to the people who made it possible to have it. In October of 1553, our spiritual ancestor Michael Servetus was burned at the stake in Geneva with John Calvin’s backing, for the crime of saying aloud what he believed to be true. Nearly five centuries later, we have the freedom to gather, question, and speak because people like him refused silence. We will hold gratitude and courage together, and ask what a thankful heart is called to say, and to protect, in a world where speaking up still has a cost. From there, we will consider how to speak when silence is easier, how to stay connected when fear says to retreat, and how to carry a grateful heart out into the world.
(Rev. Beckett Coppola Speaking)
Reminder: October 11th's service will be online-only -- we look forward to seeing everyone VIRTUALLY this Sunday, as we don’t have a physical location to gather this week!
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Updates and News
KUF Sunday Services — September & October 2026
KUF Sunday Services continue this Sunday at Lord Strathcona Public School, 251 McMahon Ave, right across the street from the KUF Building. We hope to see you there!
Important Info
We will meet in the gym at Lord Strathcona Public School. You can’t miss it as you enter the front doors.
Religious Exploration (RE) for the children will be provided in a classroom in the school starting this Sunday, September 20, 2026.
Parking is available in the school parking lot (just to the west of the school)
The school is accessible.
Zoom will be provided, but, given the challenges of the site, it may not be the quality that Zoomers have come to expect. Please be patient! We’ll be back to full strength when we return to the KUF building!
September & October Sundays Schedule: 10:30 am start to all services
Sept 20 – Lord Strathcona Public School - 251 McMahon Ave
Sept 27 – Lord Strathcona Public School
Oct 4 – Lord Strathcona Public School
Oct 11 – Holiday weekend – KUF Service will be on Zoom only
Oct 18 – Lord Strathcona Public School
Oct 25 – Lord Strathcona Public School
We will know in mid-October how the construction is progressing. Please stay tuned.
A huge thanks to the Building Committee for their work on the Renovations and to the Sunday Services Committee for their work to adjust to a whole new venue.
Thank you for being a part of the KUF community!
- Mara Shaw, President
About Us
We are a local multi-faith congregation centred around the value of radical inclusion! All are welcome, including 2SLGBTQIA+, atheists, and BIPOC folks! :)
Ceremonies
Looking to plan a wedding, memorial, naming celebration, or other ceremony? Our Lay Chaplains can help.
Meet our Ministers and Chaplains
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Rev. Rebecca C. “Beckett” Coppola
Settled Minister
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Rev. Beckett Coppola has served KUF since the fall of 2017. She is a fellowshipped and ordained Unitarian Universalist minister with an MDiv from Naropa University, and is inspired by many wisdom traditions while being deeply rooted in human relationship and intellectual pursuits. Rev. Coppola offers a calming presence, challenging and comforting sermons, and revels in ministry with all generations.
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Rev. Wendy Luella Perkins
Affiliated Community Minister
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Shoshanna Green
Lay Chaplain
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Mara Shaw
Lay Chaplain
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Susan Young
Lay Chaplain