Journeying with college students as they follow Christ.
OUR MISSION
The Mission of UKirk is to connect and empower those who lead, support, and advocate for collegiate and higher education ministries. Specifically, the vision is to:
Encourage and enable relationships between PCUSA and Cumberland Presbyterian campus, congregational, and chaplain ministries.
Promote the sharing of resources, models, and best practices.
Coordinate and facilitate events for collegiality and continuing education.
Advocate and interpret the mission of collegiate and higher education ministry to the church, encouraging prayer, participation and support.
Connect with other PCUSA or church-related ministries.
Welcome to the UKirk Network Registration. Although all PCUSA and PCUSA associated ministries are automatically considered part the UKirk Network, each ministry must register (or re-register) to be recognized by the Office of Collegiate Ministry and the UKirk Network, regardless of your branding status.
UKIRK DAILY
UKirk Daily is an app that offers two Biblical passages and a prayer. It was created to encourage collegiate students and young adults to develop a regular practice of connecting with God through listening (reading) and speaking (prayer). In both it’s design and interface, it really couldn’t be more simple.
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Today is the last day to register for our first Sabbath in a Box retreat! Check your email or our profile for the registration link.
Thanks to our partners in the Presbyterian Mission Agency’s @officeofchristianformation, one of these packets should have recently landed at every @pcusa presbytery’s HQ! There’s some general Christian Formation info, a few UKirk goodies, and a list of ways you can connect to a UKirk-network ministry near you. PLUS there’s a card telling you about our just-released worship resources for College and Young Adult Sunday! Whether or not you celebrate following the @pcusa calendar on August 8, this resource includes liturgy, hymn suggestions, and sermon starters for an entire worship service centered around 1 Kings 19:4-8. Written by Jasmine K. Evans, MDiv of @faithpointfellowship and Rev. L British Hyrams of @pcmnccu! The downloadable PDF is available at ukirk.org.
Happening in just a couple hours (and every Tuesday through July)! Find out how to join at the link in our bio.
Join with other UKirk leaders around the country in our first ever Sabbath retreat, Thursday, June 24, 2021. For $25, you will receive a retreat guide, materials, and special supplies that will help you experience sabbath rest and reflection at home, in your office, or at a place of your choice. Scholarships are available.
The deadline to sign up is Friday, June 18, 2021, so your materials can get to you in time for the retreat. To sign up click link in bio.
Join the Leadership Lab today at 2:30PM! For more info on how to join and schedule go to link in bio.
Did you know that all board and committee members are also invited to the Leadership Lab mini-retreat next Tuesday? Find the schedule and more answers to FAQ's by clicking the link in our bio!
NEW UKirk National Network Newsletter is out now!
Learn about our summer online Leadership Labs (first one starting May 25), Virtual Sabbath Retreat, College & Young Adult Sunday, and SO MUCH MORE!!!
Make sure you check it out and become a subscriber! Link in bio.
Our summer series, Leadership Lab: What Campus Ministers Need to Know, kicks off on May 25th at 1 pm EST with a keynote and conversation with Mark Elsdon from @preshouse author of “We Aren’t Broke,” and two workshops. Put it on your calendars! Find out more in the @ukirknational newsletter coming this week!
Have any students or young adults you know interested in seminary? Memphis Theological Seminary is hosting a virtual College and Young Adult Week June 1-3. To register go to www.tinyurl.com/YoungAdultWeek
Check out UKirk Greensboro Virtual Easter service!
"We are recording virtual services and making them available to congregations across the nation, and to date more than 50 congregations in 25 states have used our services. We have one general service, one Christmas service, and we are currently working on a third for after Easter. The students record in their own spaces and we edit together a full service for congregations to use plug-in-play. It’s become a great marketing tool for UKirk greensboro and UKirk campus ministry nationally, a fantastic fundraiser for us, and a wonderful way to showcase our students’ gifts." Katie Barrett Todd
https://linktr.ee/ukirkgso
“I’m excited for all of the resources/speakers that will help me diversify our curriculum!” Rev. Max Hill
UKirk and NEXT Church are offering all UKirk-network ministries a discounted rate of $150 for a Group Subscription which include recordings that are plug-in ready with broken down clips and discussion guides for you to use.
To purchase the GROUP SUBSCRIPTION, request scholarship support, and to sign up for the LIVE Event go to link in bio or visit
https://ukirk.org/event/ukirk-and-next/
"The subscription option offered to UKirk campus ministers for the Next Church national gathering content is an easy yes for me. For about the price of a single guest speaker honorarium you get access to all of the workshops even after the fact. It's a small investment that will pay dividends for students and leaders in our ministry over the next year and beyond." Neil Myer
UKirk and NEXT Church are offering all UKirk-network ministries a discounted rate of $150 for a Group Subscription which include recordings that are plug-in ready with broken down clips and discussion guides for you to use.
To purchase the GROUP SUBSCRIPTION, request scholarship support, and to sign up for the LIVE Event go to (link in bio)
https://ukirk.org/event/ukirk-and-next/
"I can't wait to hear Lenny Duncan because my students and I read Dear Church together, and with the subscription we will all be able to take our reading even further with the video and discussion guide."
UKirk and NEXT Church are offering all UKirk-network ministries a discounted rate of $150 for a Group Subscription which include recordings that are plug-in ready with broken down clips and discussion guides for you to use.
To purchase the GROUP SUBSCRIPTION, request scholarship support, and to sign up for the LIVE Event go to link in bio.
I'm excited UKirk is making the subscription to the Next Church National Gathering accessible for campus ministers! This will make it possible to learn from the workshops and keynotes on a timetable that works for me. I'll also be able to share the recordings and draw from pre-made study guides for conversations with my colleagues and students. Though I'm bummed to not be able to sit with my UKirk friends from across the country in person this year, I'm grateful UKirk will still be enriching my National Gathering experience.
UKirk and NEXT Church are offering all UKirk-network ministries a discounted rate of $150 for a Group Subscription which include recordings that are plug-in ready with broken down clips and discussion guides for you to use.
To purchase the GROUP SUBSCRIPTION, request scholarship support, and to sign up for the LIVE Event go to https://ukirk.org/event/ukirk-and-next/ (link in bio)
Find our UKirk Lenten Resource on our website. Link in bio!
A UKirk Lenten digital resource will be available on February 3, 2021, just in time for Ash Wednesday.
It will include a session for each week of Lent beginning on Ash Wednesday, with a scripture passage, spiritual discipline, discussion questions for both group conversations and personal reflection, as well as ways to engage the passage creatively. We hope it will be flexible enough for groups or individuals to use during the season.