by admin | Dec 2, 2020 | Advent, Alumni, chosen family, Fundraising, giving, hope, love, Love everyone, PC(USA), Presbyterian, Presbyterian Campus Ministry, Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), UKirk, UKirk at UTK, University of Tennessee, UTK, Worship
A year and a half ago, I was celebrating the beginning of Advent in the UKirk basement in the traditional manner – ugly sweaters, smores on the fire, and endless Christmas cookies. Now, eighteen months later, I find myself in almost an entirely different life, working...
by admin | Jul 31, 2018 | Facebook, LGBTQ, love, Millennials, PC(USA), Presbyterian, Presbyterian Campus Ministry, Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), safe space, UKirk, UKirk at UTK, UTK
Dear Andy, First of all, I want to tell you to please, please, please cut your hair…you look like a cross between Ellen DeGeneres and Owen Wilson. Next, I want to give you some important advice as you start your college journey from the future (spooky). It’s...
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 17, 2017 | giving, Missions, Presbyterian, Presbyterian Campus Ministry, Presbyterian Church, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), safe space, UKirk, UKirk at UTK, UTK
When Rev. Steve Musick approached me in October 2014 about representing New Providence Presbyterian on the board at UKirk, I didn’t think I was qualified. I didn’t grow up in the Presbyterian church, nor did I participate in campus ministry when I was in college. What...
