The UniLu community mourns the death of Rachel (Marak) Pollari, beloved mother of Chris Pollari and mother-in-law of Ann Ferentz, on Tuesday, June 13, 2017. She died at the Belmont Manor Nursing Home, where she has resided for the past several years. Rachel was born on March 3, 1922 in Robinson, Kansas to Piermin J.…
On Sunday, June 4, 2017, UniLu will travel to St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, 239 Harvard Street, Central Square, Cambridge to join that congregation for the 10:30 worship service. There will be no 10:30 am service at UniLu that morning. As part of the service, the UniLu and St. Bart’s choirs will collaborate in a telling…
We mourn the death of Charlotte J. Kanouse, a longtime member of the UniLu community, on Tuesday, April 4, 2017. She was 93 years old. Charlotte was the beloved wife of the late Curwood Kanouse and the loving mother of the late Judy and Linda Kanouse. Charlotte attended University Lutheran with Judy in the 1990s.…
At its annual meeting on Sunday, January 29, 2017, University Lutheran Church took a significant step toward becoming a Sanctuary congregation.
On Sunday, November 13, 2016, UniLu members joined Harvard students of different faiths—Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Sikh, and Zoroastrian—for the Harvard Chaplains‘ annual Interfaith Meal Packing Event. The group packed 25,000 meals for food-insecure residents of local communities, which were then distributed to local charities through The Outreach Program. UniLu members also contributed more than…
The 2016 edition of the Inkspot, UniLu’s annual newsletter for members and alumni/ae, is now on its way to mailboxes across the world. This issue features Pastor Kathleen Reed’s reflection on “the witness trees of UniLu”; Pastor Kari Jo Verhulst’s reports on the Lutheran-Episcopal Ministry at MIT and on the new family-friendly service at UniLu,…
UniLu’s campus and community coordinator Jayms Battaglia, 2014-16 Harvard Divinity School intern Caston Boyd, and Pastor Kari Jo Verhulst are featured in a short film about Lutheran campus ministry released by LuMin, the Lutheran Campus Ministry Network · ELCA. The nine-minute film, which includes appearances by students and Lutheran campus ministers across the United States,…
On Wednesday, June 15, 2016, from 6 to 8:30 pm, space outside and inside the church will be open for remembering the victims of Orlando. From 6 to 8 pm there will places for sitting in silence, connecting in conversation, sharing refreshments, offering and listening to music, lighting candles, and creating a traveling memorial to…
Amy Kremer and Taylor McNeil write, “On Sunday, May 22, 2016 at 2 pm there will be a forum on human trafficking at the Arlington Town Hall (730 Massachusetts Ave.) There will be several speakers, including representatives from the Polaris Project, a leader in the global fight to eradicate modern slavery of all types, and…
We give thanks for the life of Helen M. Kukuk, who died on April 15, 2016. Helen was a longtime member of University Lutheran Church. She began attending while a student at the Massachusetts General Hospital School of Nursing, from which she graduated in 1954. Over the years, she served in many key leadership positions,…