UKIRK STORIES
Presbyterian News Service
One of the things the Rev. Gini Norris-Lane has come to know at a deeper level in the last month is the importance and power of community.
According to a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report, “Mental Health & COVID-19,” one in four people aged 18-24 has seriously considered death by suicide in the last 30 days.
The eventual idea to provide Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) congregations with a video worship service for use after Easter this year came to the Rev. Katie Barrett Todd in the playroom of her house, which is just above the garage.
When Jesse Hernandez arrived at Texas State University four years ago, he and a friend began looking for campus ministries.
There are innumerable differences between Morrison Presbyterian Church and UKirk WCU, but one overriding similarity is the sense of loss due to the pandemic.
UKIRK STORIES
Abby Couvillon
Abby Couvillon is graduating in May, 2020, from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a B.S. in Computer Science with a minor in Leadership Studies. She will be working for Publicis Sapient after graduation.. While at Georgia Tech, she has been a part of...
Lauren Claxton
Lauren Claxton is graduating from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in May, 2020, with Journalism and Electronic Media major. She is from Knoxville, Tennessee, and will be attending graduate school in the Fall. She says about her time at UKirk UTK, “I am so...
Ramzi Hdija
Ramzi Hdija is graduating in May, 2020, from the Georgia Institute of Technology with an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering degree. While at Georgia Tech, he has been a part of Westminster Christian Fellowship on campus. Jon Keyser, the campus minister at...
Kylee Norris
Kylee Norris is a senior nursing major from Winchester, Tennessee, and has been a part of UKirk UTK during her time at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. She says, "UKirk provided me with a constant reminder of God's presence throughout my college experience,...
Andy Ackerman
Andy Ackerman is a Mathematical Science major from Clemson, South Carolina. During his time at Clemson University, he has been a part of the Clemson Presbyterian Student Association, a UKirk campus ministry of Fort Hill Presbyterian Church and Foothills Presbytery....
UKIRK Changed My Life
UKIRK Changed My Life