Christmas Eve Service

Our Christmas Eve service will be a No-Rehearsal, Interactive Pageant for all ages. The traditional Christmas story contains some fun updates, and lots of singing.  Children can further assist by bringing simple costume pieces for angels and/or animals (perhaps a homemade halo, donkey ears or a duck bill)!  We will also have a few props … Continue reading Christmas Eve Service

Open Mic Service

Get ready to share, it can be music, poetry, a reading or anecdote, whatever you wish. Let’s close out the calendar year hearing from one another! Service will be in person and on Zoom.

Service led by Keren Tischler

Keren Tischler is a biologist, mushroom farmer and wonderer. She practices in the Zen Buddhist traditions of Thich Nhat Hahn and Upaya Zen Center, and happily dances in the field of Joanna Macy’s Work that Reconnects.

Forum

Forum will be by Zoom only.

Service led by Pastor Bucky Beach

Bucky Beach is a retired pastor from Good Shepherd Lutheran Church / Lutheran Campus Ministry. Ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in 1989, Bucky has lived in the Upper Peninsula since 1996, having moved here to be Chaplain at Suomi College / Finlandia. He served Good Shepherd in Houghton from 2003-2022.

Service led by Carol Grafford

Carol Grafford is a long-time friend of KUUF. She has followed the teaching of Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Zen Buddhist master, for over 20 years, and is lay-ordained in his Order. She is happy to share what she’s learned from Buddhism and from her own life.

Service led by Keren Tischler

Keren Tischler is a biologist, mushroom farmer and wonderer. She practices in the Zen Buddhist traditions of Thich Nhat Hahn and Upaya Zen Center, and happily dances in the field of Joanna Macy’s Work that Reconnects.

Forum

Forum will be by Zoom only.

Service led by Pastor Bucky Beach

Bucky Beach is a retired pastor from Good Shepherd Lutheran Church / Lutheran Campus Ministry. Ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in 1989, Bucky has lived in the Upper Peninsula since 1996, having moved here to be Chaplain at Suomi College / Finlandia. He served Good Shepherd in Houghton from 2003-2022.

Service led by Carol Grafford

Carol Grafford is a long-time friend of KUUF. She has followed the teaching of Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Zen Buddhist master, for over 20 years, and is lay-ordained in his Order. She is happy to share what she’s learned from Buddhism and from her own life.

Service led by Keren Tischler

Keren Tischler is a biologist, mushroom farmer and wonderer. She practices in the Zen Buddhist traditions of Thich Nhat Hahn and Upaya Zen Center, and happily dances in the field of Joanna Macy’s Work that Reconnects.

Forum

Forum will be by Zoom only.

Service led by Pastor Bucky Beach

Bucky Beach is a retired pastor from Good Shepherd Lutheran Church / Lutheran Campus Ministry. Ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in 1989, Bucky has lived in the Upper Peninsula since 1996, having moved here to be Chaplain at Suomi College / Finlandia. He served Good Shepherd in Houghton from 2003-2022.

Service led by Carol Grafford

Carol Grafford is a long-time friend of KUUF. She has followed the teaching of Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Zen Buddhist master, for over 20 years, and is lay-ordained in his Order. She is happy to share what she’s learned from Buddhism and from her own life.