by admin | Oct 22, 2019 | campus minister, Events, love, Love everyone, Millennials, Missions, News, PC(USA), Presbyterian, Presbyterian Campus Ministry, Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), safe space, Social Media, UKirk at UTK, UKirk branding, University of Tennessee, UPerk, UPerk Coffee, UTK
In the late spring our campus minister resigned to take a new call. With the timing of everything we knew we would not be able to have a new campus minister in place by the time the new school year started, but we were ready for the challenge. The Board of Directors...
by admin | Oct 16, 2018 | love, Millennials, PC(USA), Presbyterian, Presbyterian Campus Ministry, Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), safe space, UKirk, UKirk at UTK, UKirk branding, UTK
“When life is sweet, say thank you and celebrate. And when life is bitter, say thank you and grow.” – Shauna Niequist When I graduated high school, I looked back on the past four years, and I firmly believed that I had changed more in those four years than I would...
by admin | Sep 28, 2018 | All Are Welcome, Facebook, Instagram, Millennials, News, PC(USA), Presbyterian, Presbyterian Campus Ministry, Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), safe space, Social Media, Social Media Platforms, Twitter, UKirk, UKirk at UTK, UKirk branding, UPerk, UPerk Coffee, UTK
UKirk UTK has one of the most far-reaching Instagram pages in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and is a primary means of communication used to tell the many stories of life and ministry to our followers. We believe that if we are doing something well, it’s important to...
by admin | Jan 16, 2018 | ccm18, Current Events, Jan Edmiston, PC(USA), Presbyterian, Presbyterian Campus Ministry, Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), student blogger, thistle farms, UKirk, UKirk at UTK, UKirk branding, UTK
When Be Thou My Vision flashed across the screen of Anderson Auditorium, I gasped and whispered to my friends, “I actually know this one!” Coming from a loosely-religious family, most of the songs we’d sung throughout Montreat College Conference were unfamiliar to me....
by admin | Aug 17, 2017 | giving, Missions, Presbyterian, Presbyterian Campus Ministry, Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), UKirk, UKirk at UTK, UKirk branding, UTK
Why do I love UKirk and why am I on the board? These are great questions! The real question behind that question is, “why does a middle age woman serving a church full-time want more responsibility?” It seems that God has been working on my heart for quite some time...
by admin | Mar 24, 2017 | Changed Choices, CROSS Missions, Events, love, Millennials, Mission Trip, Missions, Myers Park, Presbyterian, Presbyterian Campus Ministry, Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Smaritan House, Spring Break, student blogger, UKirk, UKirk at UTK, UKirk branding, UTK
Over the first weekend of spring break, a few of my fellow UKirk friends and I travelled to Charlotte, NC—my hometown—to take part in a mini-mission trip through CROSS Missions. We arrived on a chilly Friday night and were immediately welcomed by Joel Tomkinson, who...
