by admin | May 29, 2019 | garden, giving, Hospitality, LGBTQ, love, Love everyone, Millennials, Missions, PC(USA), Presbyterian, Presbyterian Campus Ministry, Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Senior, student blogger, ugrow, UKirk, UKirk at UTK, UTK
UKirk has a special place in my heart, and it really has been a home for me during my time at UT. You may have heard us call it a home over and over, but we keep saying it because it is true. I have made some of my best friends in this place. When I am at UKirk I know...
by admin | May 20, 2019 | Alumni, Coffee, Fundraising, giving, LGBTQ, love, Love everyone, Millennials, 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
When I took the position as Communications Coordinator here at UKirk, I knew part of my job would be fundraising and grant writing. I wasn’t intimidated, but I wasn’t completely confident either. I dabbled in fundraising some in a previous job as a youth director and...
by admin | May 7, 2019 | Coffee, giving, Hospitality, Love everyone, Millennials, PC(USA), Presbyterian, Presbyterian Campus Ministry, Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Senior, The Lord's Table, UKirk, UKirk at UTK, UPerk Coffee, UTK
In the next month, I will approach the day I’ve been looking forward to since I was a senior in high school: graduation day. Imagining my college graduation as a high school student, I dreamed I’d be graduating with a degree in biology or chemistry, plans to attend...
by admin | May 16, 2018 | All Are Welcome, Coffee, Current Events, Ferncliff Camp and Conference Center, garden, giving, Hospitality, LGBTQ, love, Millennials, Missions, PC(USA), Presbyterian, Presbyterian Campus Ministry, Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), safe space, UKirk, UKirk at UTK, UPerk, UPerk Coffee, UTK, Vienna Coffee Co., YAV, Young Adult Volunteer, Young Adult Volunteer Program
At UKirk UTK, we believe that every person, without qualification, should have the opportunity for God’s amazing love to be made known to them. We believe what God intends for the world is a reality in which people recognize God’s image in the other and value...
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 | Aug 18, 2017 | giving, love, Millennials, PC(USA), Presbyterian, Presbyterian Campus Ministry, Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), safe space, UKirk, UKirk at UTK, UTK
UKirk means the world to me. This place carried me through some of my toughest moments and difficult challenges and celebrated my biggest victories. I grew up in PC(USA) churches but when I came to UTK as a freshman I was open to being a part of other churches and...