Sunday Celebration August 9th and Peace Soup Sunday – Featuring the Pebble Hill Peace Award with Rev. Gary Culp – Awardee, Kevin Aster Young
by Gary Schoenberg | Aug 7, 2026 | Announcements
Pebble Hill Interfaith Church of Doylestown will be presenting the Harold and Alma Abel Peace Award on Sunday, August 9th, 2026 to Kevin Aster Young at the Sunday morning celebration at 10:30 AM. Rev. Gary Culp, visiting former Coordinating Minister of Pebble Hill Interfaith Church, will be presenting the Peace Award to Kevin, orginated during his tenure in 1985. The award recognizes individuals who embody the spirit of peace and social justice and actively work towards a more harmonious world within their communities and beyond.
Kevin Aster Young is a Bucks County, PA-based artist, educator, and activist. He is best recognized for his community-based artwork celebrating Black history and his former role as co-founder and co-lead of the Bucks County Anti-Racism Coalition. A breakdown of his professional and community biography includes:
Community Activism: He served as a co-founder and co-lead for the Bucks County Anti-Racism Coalition and co-founded Doylestown Youth4Unity. He has organized and spoken at various local political, social justice, and voter registration rallies across the suburbs of Philadelphia.
Public Art & Advocacy: In 2025, he collaborated with 16 different local organizations and faith institutions to create a giant, interactive artwork depicting the Juneteenth flag. Titled “Forward Backward Together Forward (160 Years),” the piece was notably displayed at Doylestown’s Mercer Museum during its Juneteenth celebration. After the event, the artwork has been showcased at Pebble Hill Church in Doylestown on a temporary basis. Young is working on finding a permanent home for the piece.
Young has stated, art, to him, “plays an important role in remembering history in a ‘visceral’ way, especially the history of slavery and Black Americans’ struggle for racial justice and racial equity in the United States”. As per Pebble Hill Interfaith’s tradition, Peace Soup Sunday will take place at 12 noon following the presentation of the Peace Award at the Sunday morning Celebration on August 9th.
Photo Caption: The Juneteenth Flag art piece titled “Forward Backward Together Forward (160 Years),” with Kevin Aster Young
Join us at 10:30 a.m. in the Red Barn or on Zoom!
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