As part of our 300th anniversary celebration, we are welcoming three guest preachers to our pulpit who have held significant leadership positions in the United Church of Christ. Our guest preacher this week is the Rev. Kent Siladi. Kent is a visionary leader dedicated to fostering spiritual growth, community empowerment, and a sense of interdependence in the denominational setting.

Rev. Siladi served local Connecticut UCC congregations in Brookfield and North Guilford before accepting a call to Conference Ministry. He served as a Regional Minister on the historic Connecticut Conference staff (1997-2007), as Conference Minister of the Florida Conference (2007-2013), and returned to the historic Connecticut Conference in 2013 to serve as Conference Minister until 2020. He was one of the architects of a plan to merge the Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island Conferences to become the Southern New England Conference. From 2020 until his “semi-retirement” at the end of last year, Rev. Siladi was the Director of Philanthropy in the national UCC’s Office of Philanthropy, Technology, Identity and Communication. Currently, he serves as the part-time Pastor in Residence at the Congregational Church of New Canaan, CT.

Kent has visited FCC several times as part of the historic Connecticut Conference staff and is one of our dear friends. His unwavering dedication to serving others and fostering unity has earned him widespread admiration and respect across the United Church of Christ.