What Are the Upcoming Sunday Service Themes at KUF?

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Kingston Unitarian Fellowship (kuf.ca) organizes its Sunday services around a monthly theme, and the site's "Coming Up Online at KUF" section previews what each service will explore. For the current period, the featured service is October 18 — KUF Voices: Witnessing Courage, a multi-speaker gathering built on a single question: what is the greatest act of courage you've directly witnessed, and how did it change you? The service is described as part of an ongoing month on that theme, with the microphone turned over to several KUF members rather than a single speaker at the front of the room.

What the October 18 service involves

Instead of one voice delivering the message, several congregation members each share a few minutes reflecting on courage as they have actually seen it in someone's real life — not courage in the abstract, and not courage from a book or headline. The stated aim is to let the community's own stories "do the teaching."

If you want to join, the page provides two paths:

  • Attend Sunday Services Online — a link to the live online service.
  • Upcoming and Archived Sunday Services — a link to the full schedule and past recordings.

The site also lists separate entries for Ceremonies and Officiants and for This month's Theme, which is where the monthly theme framing is set out.

How the schedule is structured

Element What the site shows
Service format Monthly theme, with individual Sundays exploring it from different angles
October 18 service KUF Voices: Witnessing Courage — multiple member speakers
Access Online attendance link plus an upcoming/archived services page
Related pages Ceremonies and Officiants; This month's Theme

The page heading "KUF Sunday Services — October & November 2026" indicates the schedule covers services across October and November, so the October 18 theme should be read as one entry in a two-month block rather than the whole programme. The excerpt available does not itemize every date in that block, so the upcoming/archived services page is the reliable place to confirm later Sundays and any theme shifts.

Practical notes for planning a visit

  • Check the archived page for specifics. Because the site separates "Coming Up" from "Upcoming and Archived," the latter is the place to verify dates, speakers, and whether a service is online-only.
  • Expect a participatory format on themed Sundays. The October 18 description is explicit that the service is built from short member contributions, which is useful to know if you are deciding whether to attend live or watch a recording later.
  • Theme continuity matters. The service is framed as continuing "our month on this theme," so adjacent Sundays in the same month are likely to approach courage from other angles — worth checking if one topic interests you more than another.

Other current news on the site

The same "Updates and News" area announces that KUF is hiring a Religious Exploration Program Lead & Curriculum Coordinator: a part-time role of 12 hours per week at $30/hour, running September through June, with Sunday mornings required and some flexibility in other hours. The posting notes that children's and youth programming has been identified as a high priority following a congregational self-assessment, and that a major building renovation is underway. Candidates with backgrounds in education, child and youth ministries, or curriculum development are specifically invited. This is context rather than a service detail, but it explains why youth programming features prominently in KUF's current communications.

For the definitive list of what is coming up, use the "Upcoming and Archived Sunday Services" link on kuf.ca rather than relying on the homepage preview alone.