by admin | Apr 22, 2020 | All Are Welcome, coronavirus, Earth Day, Events, garden, love, Missions, PC(USA), Presbyterian, Presbyterian Campus Ministry, Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), safe space, student blogger, ugrow, UKirk, UKirk at UTK, University of Tennessee, UTK, Virtual Ministry, Wilderness
One of my all time favorite hymns is “In the Garden,” and I often find myself humming the tune as I work in the UGrow garden at UKirk. The song opens with the line “I come to the garden alone,” and as I hummed that verse while gardening last week I couldn’t help...
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 | Dec 2, 2016 | garden, Presbyterian, Presbyterian Campus Ministry, Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), safe space, student blogger, ugrow, UKirk, UKirk at UTK, UKirk branding, UTK
Isn’t it frustrating how at some point in college you realize your mother really was right all along? All those tid bits of advice that at the time felt like nagging, turns out they were actually valuable insights into the cycles and seasons of our lives. As some of...
