News

News

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Kate Bowler writes in her Advent devotional, "In early America, especially in Irish and Appalachian communities, families placed a single candle in the window at Christmastime. To outsiders, it might have looked like decoration. But to those who knew, it was an open...

read more
Mark Your Calendars!

Mark Your Calendars!

We will have our first UKirk Virtual Gathering on Thursday, January 15th @ 2 pm Eastern/ 1 pm Central/ Noon Mountain/ 11 am Pacific. We will have time to hear about paid summer and year-long opportunities for students, and will be able to ask questions and learn more...

read more
How Can We Pray for You?

How Can We Pray for You?

During our End-of-Semester Virtual Gathering next Tuesday, December 16th at 2pm Eastern/1 pm Central/Noon Mountain/11 am Pacific, we spend time lifting up prayers for each other and our students from around the UKirk Network. If you have a prayer request you'd like...

read more
Congregational University Ministry Cohort Opportunity

Congregational University Ministry Cohort Opportunity

Is your congregation being called to reach out to your university neighbors - undergraduate or graduate students, alumni, faculty, staff, or administrators - but you are at a loss as to how to even discern where to start? Then the PC(USA)/UKirk Vinery Cohort might be...

read more
Will You Be at the 2026 Montreat College Conference?

Will You Be at the 2026 Montreat College Conference?

Want this year's cool UKirk sweatshirt?* Make plans to join UKirk National at our annual reception on January 3rd@3:30 pm for all campus ministers, chaplains, and adult leaders who are coming to this year’s conference! As a token of our appreciation for all the...

read more
The Manna Retreat at Montreat – A Weekend for Young Adults

The Manna Retreat at Montreat – A Weekend for Young Adults

According to The Defining Decade by psychologist Meg Jay, “eighty percent of life’s most defining moments take place by age thirty-five.” Translation: Being a young adult is hard. In an effort to support both young adults navigating the messiness of this time in their...

read more
End-of-Semester Gathering

End-of-Semester Gathering

Make plans to join other UKirk Network Ministers for our End-of-Semester Virtual Gathering on Tuesday, December 16th at 2pm Eastern, 1 pm Central, Noon Mountain and 11 am Pacific Time. We will gather for a time to connect, reflect on the semester, and pray for one...

read more
Are You Coming to the 2026 Montreat College Conference?

Are You Coming to the 2026 Montreat College Conference?

Make plans to join UKirk National at our annual reception on January 3rd@3:30 pm for all campus ministers, chaplains, and adult leaders who are coming to this year's conference! As a token of our appreciation for all the amazing work you do, we will be bringing some...

read more
Young Adult Opportunity

Young Adult Opportunity

YATC Sites are beginning to recruit for 2026-2027! If you are a young adult, or know one, who is interested in a transformative year of meaningful work, spiritual and vocational discernment, in intentional communities committed to a just world, join us on December 14,...

read more

Jobs

Associate Pastor, Youth/ Young Adults and Mission Outreach

We are seeking an Associate Pastor with the energy and calling to engage with middle schoolers, high schoolers, and young adults, as well as a drive to develop and build new missional outreach programs in our community. This candidate should possess the capacity to be...

read more

Director of Children and Youth Ministries

The Director of Children and Youth Ministries will work collaboratively with the Children and Youth Committee and other members of the congregation and staff to plan and implement a comprehensive program for children and youth that includes worship, study, fellowship,...

read more

Student Ministry Coordinator

Imagine living along the dazzling Gulf Coast of Florida, with easy access to sparkling beaches, a thriving arts scene, and exciting destinations like Disney and the Space Coast just a short drive away! Within this community is a church where people feel at home and...

read more