Our Stories Unleashed

Renewal

Wednesday evenings, UBC hosts Renewal – a space for discipleship, healing, and recovery. Two years ago, this program helped me deal with the grief and depression that I had been living with for a very long time. Now I am walking through it again to deepen my walk with Christ and refine some areas that separate me from the hope and joy that Christ gives.  Our current focus is centered on belief in God with the premise that our beliefs influence our actions. One of the questions...

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Passionate Pursuit

Last week, our students went to youth camp at Riverbend Retreat Center in Glen Rose. Many of you joined us in praying for them – for their safety, for their fun, for their friendships with one another, and for their relationships with God.  This week, our kids will attend Vacation Bible School at UBC and learn all about God’s love for them. We’ll pray all week for them, too, to know and love God. One of my favorite prayers to know God comes from Psalm 119...

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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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