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Welcome to University Baptist Church (UBC). Located adjacent to the University of Minnesota, we are linked with the University community and beyond to the greater Twin Cities. An intentional focus on inclusiveness, peacemaking, and social justice guides our worship and ministries. Fine music is integral to our worship, with varied ensembles for self-expression. Our affiliations are not only American Baptist but across denominations.... all are welcome here. We are intrigued and captured by the challenge and the whimsy of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, while seeking to live out this Good News in our individual and collective lives.
Our mission at UBC is: - to be a loving and inclusive community
- seeking faith, joy and action
- nurtured by the biblical traditions, the teachings of Christ, and God's continuing revelation.
Our congregation includes all ages from varied walks of life. These multi-talented, dedicated participants greatly enhance the life and ministries of UBC. Please browse through the website to learn more about UBC, our ministries, programs and educational opportunities. Better yet, come and visit us in person. We'd like to get to know you. For more information about UBC or anything on this website, please contact the
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Lenten Letter-Writing Campaign |
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During Lent, UBC is joining with the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America (BPFNA) in continuing our
letter writing campaign for the banana workers of the Nemagon Camp in Managua, Nicaragua. Having just returned from Nicaragua this last January, the delegation (from UBC: Pastor Doug Donley, Kim, Amanda, and Rebecca Donley, Jean Lubke, Katie Corey, Shirley Roy, and Deidre Druk; from New York: Rev. Richard Myers and Beth Myers) can speak about the devastation that the people of the camp live with daily. In January, we requested to meet with them, to follow up our 2008 visit. We witnessed their weariness and their feelings of extreme helplessness in the face of years of repeated litigation that has not helped them. That evening, we shed tears for them and felt the immediacy of their needs that we, so far, have not been able to fill.
Please click here to download the letters at the Baptist Peace Fellowship website and send them out in support.
For More Information:
BPFNA website: http://bpfna.org
Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com
Search: WE PROTEST POISON Become a FB friend and stand with us in solidarity for the banana workers!
Bananas Against Nemagon-BAN:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=20805532692
NicaNet June 3, 2009 “Something Smells bad in Los Angeles Nemagon ruling! http://www.nicanet.org/?p=705&print=1
NicaNet Nicaraguan News Publication: http://www.nicanet.org/
YouTube Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wD7WRLD5ok
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First Lady Michelle Obama's Project on Childhood Obesity |
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This week Michelle Obama announced her plans to tackle the childhood obesity epidemic. If you want to know more about this go to www.letsmove.gov. There will be tools added to this site in the Spring to assist families to improve their health. Right now, there is information about what they are doing to get started. In addition, I want to challenge the people of UBC to join Mrs. Obama and the President in getting our country more active. If you go to www.presidentschallenge.com you can sign up for the President's Challenge awards. You log in activities and gain points to win awards. There are a variety of levels in which to begin challenging yourself to be more active. The basic challenge is to log at least 30 minutes for adults and 60 minutes for children of activity per day for 5 days a week. I signed up and challenge everyone to sign up to support our President and his wife to get this country moving toward overall better health. Within the challenge you can join groups. If enough of us are doing it, I'll start a group you can join. Let me know if you sign up. Jay McKibbins;
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March Mission Offering: America for Christ gifts support Christ-centered ministries that are transforming lives across the United States and Puerto Rico from addressing Children in Poverty initiatives and resettling refugees violently driven from their homelands to providing evangelism training, developing discipleship resources and leading ministry workshops and conferences. Your generous gift to the America for Christ Offering will help us reach our goal of $2,010,000 and continue to make a difference in our communities.
Special Fellowship Fund Offering Each communion Sunday (first Sunday of the month) UBC collects a special offering for persons who come to us with personal and immediate need. These needs are met by the gifts you place in the Fellowship Fund Offering boxes at the front and side doors of the sanctuary each communion Sunday. Thank you for all the ways you care.
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