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University Christian Church, affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), embodies Christ's love in Austin, TX. They prioritize inclusive worship, service, and spiritual growth, extending grace to all, irrespective of differences. With an open invitation, they foster faith and community, encouraging encounters with the Divine and joyful engagement with Christ.
University Christian Church News
1M ago
Sunray Cat (for UCC Austin) (2024)
A Public Art Installation by Billy Joe Miller
Unveiling on Saturday March 23rd, 5:00-7:00 pm
AUSTIN, TX– This March, Billy Joe Miller and University Christian Church (UCC) will unveil a new semi-permanent outdoor artwork consisting of a sculptural installation and an original landscape design. Miller’s sculpture is an abstract deconstructed arch fabricated from powder-coated aluminum, created in response to the themes of sanctuary and transformation. His landscape design features native plants. Located on church grounds in front of the mid ..read more
University Christian Church News
2M ago
Dear UCC Community,
Thanks to the generosity of this congregation, I was able to begin my studies in the Doctor of Ministry program at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary in January 2024. When I shared with the Personnel Committee about my acceptance to the program back in September, I also shared with them some of the reasons I have for pursuing this additional education.
Primarily, I am hoping to strengthen my ministry and benefit UCC in its mission to “actively live out the love of Jesus through thoughtful worship, compassionate service, and spiritual growth.” I’m enrolled in the study ..read more
University Christian Church News
5M ago
Advent 2023 at UCC
God, who created time and exists beyond it, is busy within, around, and beyond our human experience of time. This series invites reflection on how people experience time, the urgency surrounding the imminent day of the Lord, and how God uses our experience to meet us, challenge us, bless us, shape us, and call us into holy endings and new beginnings. (From Barn Geese Worship)
Advent Worship Series: Out of Time — Sundays, 11:00 a.m.
Advent this year will look a little different! Our theme is Out of Time from Barn Geese Worship, and we are observing an expanded Advent, which ..read more
University Christian Church News
6M ago
Dear UCC Community,
Back at the end of August, the UCC Leadership (board members, elders, deacons, & trustees) took time at our annual retreat to brainstorm and discern our congregation’s priorities for the next year. While we are already living into these priorities, many of them will fully take shape in 2024. Look for more details soon on one of the bulletin boards, or you can click here to see the full document.
As the people gathered at the retreat prayerfully listened to where the Spirit is leading us to respond to the needs of our communities over the next year, multiple themes emerg ..read more
University Christian Church News
6M ago
Dear ones,
Lately, we've had multiple farewells to loved ones who have been a part of our community, including Rev. Chelsea McCutchin as our Minister of Education and Community Engagement. While we are excited for her in her new call to Trinity Church, with her departure, we find ourselves in another time of transition. There has been quite a bit of that over the last few years; more than enough to last us for a while. It is hard to say goodbye to people we've shared so much life with, and we need to make sure to honor feelings of grief and discomfort when changes happen.
The Associate Ministe ..read more
University Christian Church News
1y ago
At UCC we embrace expansive, welcoming love and wholeness in a fragmented world. In order to bring this message into our community, the Endowment for Creative Ministry Program Committee focused on commissioning a work of art that represents this vision. The Program Committee is presently composed of Susan Cassano, Ron Martin, Cody Summerville, Nancy Bessent, Zach Kilborn, Ron Boerger, and Megan Peglar. We reviewed submissions from over 20 artists, narrowed it down to three intensive interviews, and then to one outstanding artist.
We chose Billy Joe Miller, an interdisciplinary artist from Sant ..read more
University Christian Church News
1y ago
Palm Sunday: April 2, 11 a.m.: Join us for a special worship service, when we will journey from sharing in the jubilant palm processional to hearing the entirety of the story of Jesus’ arrest, crucifixion, and death.
Maundy Thursday: On April 6 at 7 p.m., we'll remember Jesus' commandment to love one another, entering into a holy time of watching and waiting.
Easter Day: Breakfast, Egg Hunt, Worship, and Floral Cross Photos
Easter Day is Sunday, April 9, and it will be a full, joyous day at UCC! Join us for any or all of the day's festivities.
Please join us for ..read more
University Christian Church News
1y ago
Dear ones,
Back in the fall at the annual leadership retreat, current board members, deacons, and elders discerned our congregation's priorities for the year. These particular three top emphases emerged that they might guide us in our ministry together for a time such as this (emerging from the worst of the pandemic, finding a new normal, responding to a changed world). These priorities have been influencing how we plan fellowship events and work projects, respond to various needs, cooperate and organize with our neighbors, and reach out to friends, visitors, and strangers. We imagined how we ..read more
University Christian Church News
1y ago
YOU ARE INVITED to Christmas Eve with UCC
Concert
Saturday, December 24, 5:30 p.m.Come enjoy some holiday music before the Christmas Eve service.
Both the concert and the worship service will be in the sanctuary.
Worship
Saturday, December 24, 6:00 p.m.
Let us celebrate the birth of Christ! At this service, we will sing, pray, listen to scripture, share Communion, and light candles to give thanks for the hope, peace, joy, and love of Christ ..read more
University Christian Church News
1y ago
Dear UCC,
Lately, my morning prayer time has included reading blessings by Irish poet John O'Donohue from his book To Bless the Space Between Us. It's a lovely collection of prayers that offer encouragement, connection, and wisdom. In the book's introduction, he writes that the "quiet light that shines in every heart. . . .is what illuminates our minds to see beauty, our desire to seek possibility, and our hearts to love life. . . . Though suffering and chaos befall us, they can never quench that inner light of providence." The blessings are wide-open enough for folks of any religious traditio ..read more