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 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 | Aug 14, 2017 | campus minister, giving, Missions, PC(USA), Presbyterian, Presbyterian Campus Ministry, Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Senior, UKirk, UKirk at UTK, UTK
Back in May, when a torrent of emotions flowed as we said goodbye to our seniors, I returned to my office after attending a graduation ceremony to find a small, unassuming envelop that contained a letter and check slid under my door. Upon opening and reading the...
by admin | Apr 27, 2017 | Presbyterian, Presbyterian Campus Ministry, Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), safe space, Senior, UKirk, UKirk at UTK, UTK, Waiting
For as long as I can remember I have always been inspired by music, despite not having much talent for singing or playing an instrument I have always had a special fondness for the way music stirs the soul. The great thing about music is that there is a certain type...
by admin | Apr 20, 2017 | Prayer, Presbyterian, Presbyterian Campus Ministry, Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Senior, Sprituality, student blogger, UKirk, UKirk at UTK, UTK, Worship
The Examen is a daily prayer that St. Ignatius required the monks in his charge to perform. It involved looking back at your day and trying to find God in it, and then looking forward to your next day and praying about it. I wrote this Examen out for my ministry’s...
