Our Stories Unleashed

Enjoying Life Together

Summer offers many of us a change of pace and routine. Families adjust their activities around breaks from school and enjoy vacations together. Kids attend camps. Many church members participate in mission trips. Long days afford us more time outside in the evenings to catch up with neighbors. Our work continues, but our schedules shift with the season. You know what all this means? A great opportunity to share meals together! We’ve talked a lot at UBC about using the dinner table...

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Honest Conversation

My youth group took a summer mission trip to help a church with Vacation Bible School and outreach to local migrant workers. As teenagers, we learned a lot that week about leadership, service, dignity, and God’s love for all His people. We also learned a bit about ourselves. My friend Alison went with our youth group that week. Alison and I had been close friends for years and our families attended church together. We loved spending time together. We started having problems that week...

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Living in Community

The past few years, one of the things on my bucket list has been to see the giant sequoia trees at the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. These majestic trees can grow 350 feet tall. They are massively huge and strong. Yet their strength isn't from deep roots. Their strength comes from the many trees around them. Unable to survive alone.... ever, they grow in "tribes" or communities giving each of the trees around them strength and support.    The body of Christ is like that...

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