Special Events

SAVE THE DATE: Friday, December 22, 2023 YOUTH LOCK-IN AT UNIVERSITY CHURCH CONTACT INFO & RSVP Tiant Holloway, Youth Pastor: Tiant@universitychurchchicago.org Pastor Julian DeShazier: Julian@universitychurchchicago.org Phone: 773-966-2547 Holiday Greetings! Consider this an INVITATION for the youth at your church to our 9th Annual LOCK-IN being held at UNIVERSITY CHURCH on Friday, December 22, 2023. The […]

On Saturday, July 20, University Church is hosting a Family Resource Day located at 5655 S. University. This is not your regular block party, but an indoor and outdoor event connecting local residents with healthcare service providers, presentations on financial wellness and mental health, assistance to immigrant populations, and youth services. Children will also have […]

The all-church retreat is coming! This year’s retreat, March 10-12, begins Friday at 8:00 pm and lasts through lunch Sunday (about 2:00 pm). We’ll head to our usual favorite retreat spot at Tower Hill Camp and Retreat Center in Sawyer, Michigan, about 1.5 hours from Chicago. What to expect? Time to socialize with others, enjoy Lake […]

The mission of Camp Create is to enhance exceptionally well rounded, confident, and fun citizens of the world!! We are excited to spend the summer with you and your camper! To register for the camp, please click here to begin the enrollment process. Question? Please email the camp co-director at campcreateuc@gmail.com. Here’s to an amazing summer! Jarren S. Camp […]

University Church and Music Director, Charles Hayes present Our Quarterly Concert Series on Sunday, February 8, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. Sopranos Dorothy Canady, Joyce Carter and Sandra Leconte are the featured artists. A reception will follow the concert.

Chicago Metamorphosis Orchestra Project (ChiMOP) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to affecting positive social change in under-served communities with limited access to the arts by providing a safe and fun environment for children to make music and pursue excellence together with peers and positive adult role models. ChiMOP offers community youth orchestra programming and instrumental […]

On December 4th, Vimary Couvertier-Cruz, Tangie Purvis, JC Wilson, Jene Colvin, and Johnny Kline were part of a performance called Mourning Has Broken, a multi-media, interactive play in three acts. Set in current-day Chicago, it seeks to address and ameliorate, i.e., “metabolize” the collective trauma all of humanity is undergoing as a result of historical, […]

        #ICAHCREATES #UChurchPublicArt Over the past 6 months, Chicago youth leaders have collected stories from their peers across the state of Illinois about family-supported sexuality conversations. In the third week of July, ICAH’s Make/Art/Space summer program helped youth artists shape these narratives into murals, dioramas, sculpture and visual poetry. Their artwork used […]

University Church Summer Theatre Arts Camp 2014   July 6th thru August 15th At University Church 5655 S. University, Chicago, IL, 60637 Sundays from 1:00 to 3:00 P.M. Tuesdays from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. Fridays from 1:00 to 4:00 P.M.   FREE TO ATTEND, BUT MUST REGISTER   Maggie Brown & Sister Africa Brown Will be […]

  SERVICE EVERY SUNDAY @ 10:30am APRIL 13th PALM SUNDAY Dance: “Prepare Ye” & “Silent Eyes” APRIL 17th MAUNDY THURSDAY Service at 7pm APRIL 18th GOOD FRIDAY “7 Last Words from Seminarians” – 5pm presented by students from University of Chicago, CTS, LSTC, and McCormick seminaries APRIL 20th EASTER SUNDAY Sunrise Service – 6:30am Promontory […]