University Ministries is celebrating 60 years of sending college students on summer mission trips. Read about the countries they keep going back to, plus stories of past Deputees from each decade of the program.
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Celebrating the way God invites us into relationships.
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“When we heard about Lenten small groups and the Love Your Neighborhood projects, we were excited to find exactly what we were looking for—a way to meet people, grow our faith, and serve the community.”
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On January 12, 2013, Ray Suarez asked an important question in the course of his PresbyFest talk: Why are you here? When the rest of the country has largely moved on, why do you stick around?
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For decades, folks from around UPC have embraced internationals and demonstrated Christ’s love for them in tangible ways.
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UPC has a long history of partnering with a variety of nonprofit organizations that meet people where they are and lend a hand where needed. Here’s a snapshot of just three such organizations.
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“[Mr.] Bhang is the [kind of] teacher that when I’m having a bad day I can get advice and talk to him. I can trust him with that,” Andre said.
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I believe God uses seemingly disparate experiences to thread and thrum our life with meaning, and Ramy’s story is further evidence of his hand.
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“In 1993, Asha Kiran (“Ray of Hope”) School was born—the perfect place to share her hope in Jesus Christ and her passion for children with special needs.”
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In November, the 10am Kindergartners responded to the call to embrace UW by making 100 cards and gift bags for students going into finals.
“In 1993, Asha Kiran (“Ray of Hope”) School was born—the perfect place to share her hope in Jesus Christ and her passion for children with special needs.”
On July 26, 2012, our lovely CFM interns gathered at the Welcome Kiosk ready to scour the building for items on the 2012 UPC Times Scavenger Hunt.
Kate Mitchum, cinnamon-roll baker and the instigator of the first annual Neighborhood Christmas Party, says she “always hoped I’d grow up to be ‘Mrs. Claus.’” She’s well on her way.
On June 28, 2010, two hundred Elementary Day Campers partnered with Children of the Nations to package 6,954 meals for children in Malawi, Africa.
Possibly the greatest item to hit the annual Youth Mission & Ministry auction this year was an elegant evening of playing dress-up and eating fancy foods for a group of lucky bidders.
On St. Patrick’s Day, 64 members of the YMM community–youth, parents, sponsors, and staff–spread out across Seattle to participate in their first annual Love Your City event.
Longtime UPC member, Kelly Pook, tells the story of how God called her to use her unique resources for ministry.
“Working with street youth, I constantly encounter stories that just shatter all familiar categories,” said Tyler Bauer, Program Manager at Street Youth Ministries (SYM).
University Ministries is celebrating 60 years of sending college students on summer mission trips. Read about the countries they keep going back to, plus stories of past Deputees from each decade of the program.
“When I got to Bangalore, I told Rita James, the principal of Asha Kiran and my host mother, that I wanted to be an occupational therapist. Right away she gave me the opportunity to work with three boys. It was frustrating, rewarding, confusing, and insightful.”
“The beauty of seeing God work through these children had little to do with what they said or any life-altering conversation I had. Rather, it was communicated in the subtle, discreet actions that allowed me to see God’s love in a way I had never experienced before.”
“I signed up for Deputation out of a desire to serve God wherever. At one point we even did street outreach in Dublin (read: open-air preaching—yikes!).”
“To be an orphan is to be marked, whether by your parents’ choice or not, as unwanted. But for those kids, someone cared enough about them to take them in, feed them, clothe them, and educate them, and that’s very hopeful.”
Janie Stuart interviews a university student to get a window into the “young minds” of today.
“I never had a negative reaction from telling someone that I would pray for them. In fact, the only reactions I ever got were ones of graciousness and thanks.”
“The church in Korea is so committed to Christian practices. I mean, I like church—I am a seminary student—but when is brunch and football?”
Twice now in the last two years, a group from UPC has gone to a community near Lima, Peru, called Catorce de Febrero. In this community, they have been a part of the ministry of Food for the Hungry, which is doing work in the area of leadership development, of helping people work with questions [...]
Located at 415 Westlake Ave N in South Lake Union, just blocks away from Amazon headquarters, the neighborhood around Union’s meeting place is rapidly growing. Rent is steep, but the congregation . . . has found God has provided what they’ve needed to be a part of the neighborhood.
In Marilynne Robinson’s book, _When I Was a Child I Wrote Books_, she thoughtfully states, “Community, at least community larger than the immediate family, consists very largely of imaginative love for people we do not know or whom we know very slightly.”
On January 12, 2013, Ray Suarez asked an important question in the course of his PresbyFest talk: Why are you here? When the rest of the country has largely moved on, why do you stick around?
For decades, folks from around UPC have embraced internationals and demonstrated Christ’s love for them in tangible ways.
“The church in Korea is so committed to Christian practices. I mean, I like church—I am a seminary student—but when is brunch and football?”
The Kiev Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (KSOC) is part of Music Mission Kiev, a ministry founded by Roger and Diane McMurrin, former Presbyterian choir directors from Florida. On their first visit to Kiev, Ukraine, in 1992, they formed a choir to perform Handel’s Messiah. During the Soviet era, Christian-based music had been suppressed. The response [...]
The words that we sing and speak, enact in sacrament, or embody in art during worship do more than teach us the language of faith, they also transform us to embody the hope of Jesus Christ in the world.
How do you forgive in the face of abandonment, poor health, and family hardship?
“When we heard about Lenten small groups and the Love Your Neighborhood projects, we were excited to find exactly what we were looking for—a way to meet people, grow our faith, and serve the community.”
This year, we’re following the story of a Ballard-based small group. Click here to see what this group is up to!
In the latest installment of the Small Group Journal, one member discussed Christmas traditions.
Take a look into just a few of the places where we, as a UPC family, are called to share hope in Christ.
This group has been such an incredible blessing to me. Having people who are praying for me, who I can call when I need help moving, or to go on a walk with, or to grab dinner with is so fun.
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