All posts by: Jean Newcomer

EVENT PAGE (FACEBOOK) University Church is excited to announce its 1st community open-mic, bringing together artists within our neighborhoods, schools, and city in celebration of our collective gifts. Join us for an evening of poetry and storytelling as we speak spiritual truths to power while cultivating new relationships.  Artists are invited to share their work […]

I don’t do well at the symphony.  It’s not that I don’t like them (in fact, I love them), but they become a bit tedious for my over-active brain. The big thing is: I never know when to clap. You’ll have to remember I am a member of the hip hop generation; we are used […]

Maundy Thursday Tenebrae Service at UChurch at 7pm. Good Friday “7 Last Words from the Cross” service at Lincoln Memorial UCC – 6454 S. Champlain – 7pm (for more information, call 773.752.7379) Pastor Julian DeShazier preaching the FIRST word: “Father, Forgive them…” Easter Sunday Sunrise Service – 7am – Promontory Point (55th Street, as far […]

Have you heard of “CROSSwalk”??? CROSSwalk is a four-mile Holy Week procession across the heart of the city to remember murdered youth and connect participants with opportunities to protect children, mitigate violence and support families struggling with these issues. CROSSwalk is not a protest march. It is a vigil, one tied directly to follow-up action. […]

  A few weeks ago, the internet became a public square hosting dialogue around the actions of one Joseph Kony. Kony is a military leader in Uganda – of the Lord’s Resistance Army – so I don’t have to tell you he also considers himself a righteous man. Kony has been active in Uganda since […]

Gloria Vicente Kanu is a missionary with Guatemalan Cultural Action (ACG), a youth and communications worker, AND a member of University Church! She has been working for years now to help bring stability to that region of the world, our congregation has been in full support of her, and now she is hosting a live […]

Kanye West and Jay-Z are no doubt names you have heard, though I’d be shocked (and pleasantly surprised) if you came to me next Sunday reciting any of their lyrics. Their most recent collaborative project, Watch The Throne, is fun, unapologetically boastful, boisterous, and (my favorite) “provocative.” Take for example the lyrics to the opening […]

We have needed to bring the youth of our local churches together for a very long time, and now it’s going to happen! SAVE THE DATE! SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2012 The Chicago Metropolitan Association of the Illinois Conference of the United Church of Christ has announced plans for a regional youth event, to be held […]