Our Stories Unleashed

God At Work in Our Students

Last weekend more than 20 middle and high school students gathered to dive deeper into their relationships with Christ. Some came as life-long believers. Others arrived with no relationship with Christ. Our approach to reaching students at University Baptist Church is multifaceted, but we sum it up with the phrase: Grow, Grow, Go.   Grow in the Lord  Grow as a community  Go into the world  This specific event was made possible by the 10 leaders who spent some...

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Faith in the Unseen

Faith is a funny thing. Hebrews 11:1 explains faith as believing something we cannot see Yet I’ve found that, over time, my faith in God has become less of believing in the unseen and more of an experience of a pattern of faithfulness. I’ll try to explain. A friend once suggested to me that faith is kind of like sitting in a chair. We confidently take a seat because we have sat in chairs so many times and they have held us. What’s more, we have watched so many other people...

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Anticipation and Hope

Anticipation.  It means to expect, look forward to or to hope.  However, the more I reflect on this definition I realize that for many people, anticipation can bring a feeling of dread or concern rather than hope.  I wonder what your outlook is this morning?  As you head into 2022, do you anticipate this upcoming year to be better or worse than the year before? According to a recent report from Pew Research, 78% of Americans say they are dissatisfied with the...

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