by admin | Feb 6, 2020 | All Are Welcome, beatitudes, campus minister, commumion, Love everyone, PC(USA), Presbyterian, Presbyterian Campus Ministry, Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Sprituality, UKirk, UKirk at UTK, University of Tennessee, UTK
Blessed are the college students In brick buildings and behind computer screens Those with a trust fund and those on financial aid Those in their first year, those finishing a fifth, and all the spaces in-between For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are the...
by admin | Dec 10, 2019 | commumion, Hospitality, LGBTQ, love, Love everyone, Missions, PC(USA), Presbyterian, Presbyterian Campus Ministry, Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), safe space, UKirk, UKirk at UTK, University of Tennessee, UTK
When I was in college I took a writing class in which we had to read a book on the topic of writing. One of the options was Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird. I chose this book without really knowing anything about it or the author. I never could have foreseen that this...
by admin | Nov 1, 2019 | All Are Welcome, Baptism, Baptism Promise Keepers, Baptismal Promises, commumion, giving, LGBTQ, love, Love everyone, PC(USA), Presbyterian, Presbyterian Campus Ministry, Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), safe space, UKirk, UKirk at UTK, University of Tennessee, UPerk, UPerk Coffee, UTK
I get asked a lot, “Why is UKirk so important to you?” For starters, I’m on the board for UKirk at the University of Tennessee and get to see first hand this amazing ministry. My job is to help support and encourage the staff and students here and make sure we are...
by admin | Oct 16, 2017 | commumion, Current Events, Facebook, love, politics, Presbyterian Campus Ministry, Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), The Lord's Table, UKirk, UKirk at UTK, UTK
This may come as a surprise to some folks, but I am a big Garth Brooks fan. Not the weird Chris Gaines alter ego phase, but, for the most part, if Garth Brooks sang it, I like it. One of my favorite Garth Brooks songs is The Dance, a song that discusses the painful...
by admin | Aug 19, 2017 | Baptism Promise Keepers, Baptismal Promises, commumion, giving, love, Missions, PC(USA), Presbyterian, Presbyterian Campus Ministry, Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), safe space, UKirk, UKirk at UTK, UTK
My husband, children and I became Presbyterians in August of 2001 when we joined Washington Presbyterian Church here in Knoxville. Steve Musick was pastoring Washington at the time and was the campus minister at Ukirk. My husband was working at the zoo at the time,...
by admin | Nov 14, 2016 | commumion, Current Events, election, politics, Presbyterian, Presbyterian Campus Ministry, Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), presidential election, safe space, The Lord's Table, UKirk, UKirk at UTK, UKirk branding, UTK
I keep coming back to this. And my Lord I have so many essays to write and here I am doing this. I’ll be brief. So last week I went to a discussion about religion in politics held by the PCUSA ministry and a non-denominational one. Two different ministries with...
