University Christian Church

What can the story of the Magi, these “odd,” star-gazing wanderers, who follow a rising star to Bethlehem, teach us about God? About who God reveals himself to? About how and where God shows up? Much, for the one humble enough and curious enough to go looking.

Listen to fifteen brave and bold sharers tell us how they’ve experienced God’s goodness this year. All the time, God is good!

The Apostle Paul exhorts, “Rejoice always,” (1 Thessalonians 5:16) but what does this mean? And how do we do it? Daniel asks us to consider joy in the light of our Christian faith: what joy is (and isn’t); what can get in the way of experiencing joy; and how we might practice joy in ongoing, sustainable, life-giving ways.

Before we have peace on earth, we must have peace with God. Peace with God, is the foundation of our peace with others and with ourselves. We're joined by friends from Calvary Missionary Baptist Church this morning to consider together what it means to be recipients of Christ's peace, that which surpasses understanding.

Advent is a season of waiting. Waiting. Waiting. The challenge of Advent is learning how to let the waiting produce something beautiful in us. Perhaps, a deeper faith? Perhaps, a greater hope? This morning, Tyler weaves together the poetry of Shel Silverstein, the drama of Mark’s gospel, and parts of his own personal journey to help us hope more boldly in the Kingdom of God—that which is close at hand, that which will one day come in fullness when Christ returns. Come, Lord Jesus.

What does it mean to be people with sexuality? This week, we broaden our understanding of the word “sexuality,” (its more than “who can do what with whom!”) then take a closer look at Paul’s first epistle to the Thessalonians to glean what we can from the apostle’s teaching with regard to living in ways that honor God, honor ourselves, and honor one another. Follow along with us.

What does it mean to be made in the image of God? It means we are incarnational. It means we are called to vocations. It means we are made for community. It means we have sexuality. Dive into Genesis 1 & 2 with us this morning.

Striving to become a Jesus-shaped church requires us to pursue unity in the midst of disagreement. Today, we return to Romans 14 to explore how we go about living this out.

To be reconciled in the body of Christ requires us to forgive when we’ve been hurt. But how? This morning, we take a closer look at Romans 14/15 to see what we can glean from the Apostle Paul as it relates to finding unity after (and within) the experience of pain.

How do we find commonality? This morning, we look at Paul’s first letter to the church in Corinth to discover what the Apostle suggests ought to be of first importance in our work towards unity.