Kingston Unitarian Fellowship
KUF
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Sunday, January 4 — Defiant Joy
As we begin 2026, a year that promises challenges we can already see coming, we begin by exploring one of resistance's most subversive practices: joy. The poet Jack Gilbert writes, ”We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless furnace of this world.” In systems designed to exhaust and dehumanize us, reclaiming our right to rest, pleasure, and gladness is rebellion. When we deny ourselves joy, we lessen our capacity to resist. When we burn out, systems that harm and oppress are the only winners. This first Sunday morning of the new year, we will explore: How do we practice resistance that sustains rather than destroys us? What if joy, rest, and pleasure aren't rewards for after the work, but are how we do the work today, tomorrow, and for the future?
(Rev. Beckett Coppola Speaking)
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Meet our Ministers and Chaplains
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Rev. Rebecca C. “Beckett” Coppola
Settled Minister
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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
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.