Our story

Uchurch

A number of people at MidAmerica Nazarene University’s campus shared a story. Some were united by classes, others by works of service, and still others by simply living within close proximity to one another.

A number of people struggled with connecting to a church. Some people were disillusioned with their past church experience. Some students connected spiritually with those they lived with and desired to give purpose to what they were doing already. Many desired an intentional space to authentically express their faith.

Uchurch developed from these desires and convictions. We share the values of honoring God, genuinely expressing our faith, sharing the Lord’s Super and living sacrificially in our world.

One way we learn to live sacrificially is by our offering. Each gathering we present the needs known by the community. All the money collected is given to help meet the needs in a small way.

Whenever people gather together, they bring their whole selves, the good and ugly. In Christian community, we submit to the Spirit’s process of refining us. This year we are committing to providing a place of spiritual hospitality, looking at how we connect with the story of God and His Church, and embracing the mission of God. We will recount God’s work in the world and find our place in His epic story.

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From the very beginning, God has been telling an epic story. With a breath and a word, He formed the cosmos to be the grand setting for his Divine drama. He placed humans in the middle of it all, and invited us to steward the gift of life – to explore His dynamic world of goodness, beauty, and truth.

Even when the drama took a turn toward chaos, God didn’t scrap it all. He set forth his plan to restore the entire cosmos and bring it back to singing harmony. And he started to reverse the tragedy with a small group of peculiar people, a people who would infect the world with God’s blessing. He met them at their point of struggle, delivered them from captivity, and led them on a journey toward freedom. As His people crossed into the Promised Land, God began to reveal that His plan was wider and deeper than they could have imagined. He desired to redeem every corner and crevice of the cosmos.

God’s intentions intersected with His people’s choices, sometimes in brilliant harmony and sometimes in clashing dissonance. When His people abandoned their covenant relationship, God sent prophets to draw his people back to Him.  Even in the midst of exile, God sent a word of hope through His prophets. He was up to a new thing, a promised Messiah to deliver them from their descent back into darkness. The people of God held their breath in anticipation. Then, in a forgotten corner of the Roman Empire, God came on the scene as one of us. And this time it would change everything…