Spring Break!!!
March 4th, 2010 by Margaret
Hey everyone,
The Haiti Fundraiser went extremely well. I believe we raised over $900. Thank you everyone who participated. And a special thanks to Clarice and David for joining the First United Methodist Youth Group and United Campus Ministry to help the people of Haiti.
We are planning on going to the Ice Park tonight, but if you can’t come. We are planning on going to Anchorage this weekend for the Spring Break Retreat. The cost is $200 if you are skiing and $150 if you are not. If money is an issue talk to David. We will be participating in a service project Saturday morning/afternoon and then Saturday we will attend the MercyMe concert. We are going to church on Sunday and on Monday we will go skiing or hang out in the lodge if you are not skiing. If you already have plans I hope they go well and may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you now and forever AMEN!
God Bless,
Margaret
Fundraiser for Haiti
February 23rd, 2010 by Margaret
Hey everyone,
We had a fun retreat this past weekend, which the money you gave will be part of the donations for Haiti this Sunday. We are having a talent show this Sunday. We are meeting at the office at 5 pm to head to First United Methodist Church. In addition to the talent show we will have dinner as part of the fundraiser. Please come and watch the talent and have some food.
The spring break is coming soon. We are going down to Anchorage Friday hopefully at 2:30. If the time is a problem please contact David. We plan on going to the Mercyme concert on Saturday evening after helping with some Catholic Ministries that morning. Sunday we will go to church at St. John’s which is the place we are staying due to the congregation hospitality. On Monday we are planning on going skiing. If you want to come the cost is $200 if you skiing and $150 if you are not skiing. We have room in the cars so even if you just need a ride down to Anchorage please let us know.
Hope to see you soon!
God Bless,
Margaret
Spring Semester
January 28th, 2010 by Margaret
Hey everyone,
2010 is here, and one more year is behind us. Have started Tuesday worship this past Tuesday, and tonight will be the first Thursday night Bible Study of 2010. I am excited for Clarice’s delicious food.
We will be watching part of Yukon Quest on Saturday February 6th. We will meet at the office at 9:30am and head to the home of Tom Horton and Nancy Harries where we will eat and have fun. We will return to campus by 2 pm.
The Spring Retreat from Friday February 19th to the 20th will be at the First United Methodist Church in Fairbanks. We will meet at the office at 5:45 pm on Friday to go, and then Saturday we will go to the Food Bank.
Hope to see everyone soon!
God Bless,
Margaret
P.S.
The First United Methodist Church is raising funds for the Haitian people on February 28th with dinner and a talent show. If you want to go we will give you a ride at 5pm.
Christmas Party
December 10th, 2009 by Margaret
AHHHH, Finals are here!! Need a break from Study to save your sanity? UCM is having a Christmas Party on Friday December 11. We will meet at the office at 5:45 to go to the Pioneer Home to go caroling to the elderly then we will go to the First United Methodist Church to have our Party. There will be a White Elephant gift exchange with the gifts being under or about $5. Good luck everyone on your finals.
God Bless,
Margaret
Fall Retreat
October 7th, 2007 by Alexander Taylor
by Emma Flores
This years retreat focused on guarding our hearts, I guess I had never really thought about guarding my heart yet being out at Harding Lake really gave me the time to connect with God and see how important it is to guard my heart. When Lydia and I drove out there it was as if I was being re-awakened, as though the burdens of everyday life were beginning to fade. The drive down the winding road was beautiful as the leaves were changing colors and the mountain ahead of us was covered in snow. Being able to spend time with Lydia was great because I got to connect with another UCMer and as the rest of the group appeared it was like being at home with family.
We worshiped with song and David Moore led our discussions of guarding our hearts along with the need for prayer in our lives. We made prayer bracelets that included these wonderful beads that symbolized the different parts of the ACTS prayer: invitation, adoration, confession, thanksgiving and supplication. The cross was added first and then the invitation bead followed by seven other beads and it continued on, the cross symbolizes Jesus and the invitation is Him inviting us to pray. Not us inviting him to pray. Now isn’t that amazing? He is the one waiting for us; I never thought Jesus was waiting for me to pray with an invitation. Maybe you didn’t either, but if you didn’t come on the retreat I wanted to share this with you.
Okay so I keep mentioning guarding our hearts, after all this is where our goodness flows from right? It comes from God but through our hearts, yet who would ever think it is so important to guard them from everyday things? David asked us to take a heart cut out and draw four things on it that represent how God has worked in our life, how our faith journey with God has been shaped and has grown. We later talked about everyone’s hearts and what God had written on their heart. It was amazing to hear what God had written on other’s hearts, and how similar and yet how different we all were. It seems to me that although you may know a Christian, you don’t really know them until you’ve heard what God has written on their heart.
For all those who missed out, we are sorry we missed you at the retreat, but we hope to see you at our other events. These events not only help us to keep our hearts guarded by surrounding ourselves with Christian fellowship, it also recharges us so that we can have the strength to return to our everyday lives knowing that God is with us always just as close as He is out at the retreat.
Annual Dinner, October 13
October 5th, 2007 by Alexander Taylor
UCMers, it is that time of year. Classes are in full swing. There is a chill in the air threatening snow. Leaves cover the ground in gold. Fall is here!
It also means the Annual Dinner is just around the corner. This is a time to dress up and go out to a nice dinner, enjoy fellowship with friends, and get a chance to know our sponsors.
Mark your calendars for 6:30 pm, Saturday, October 13. I hope to see you all there!
Newletter and Updates
December 19th, 2006 by Administrator
The December newsletter has been posted. We apologize for the delay in recent updates; the end of the semester can get very hectic. We expect to have more updates soon.
Making a Joyful Noise
November 20th, 2006 by Administrator
The morning of Sunday the 19th about a dozen of us headed over to UCPC church to lead their 10:30 service. After practicing before hand with the expected amount of confusion over microphones and who should stand where when and “wait, which mic is the speaking one?”, we began service with a lovely instrumental piece. We had an excellent band; David as always lead the way on guitar, and Josh continued his awesome service on the drum. In addition to these two we had a flute, played by Debbie, piano by Carrie and Harmony joined us for the first time on the snare. The rest of us sang and led the congregation in several songs in addition to a special piece that we did alone. Other than a little confusion about which verses were being done, and a few slightly stratospheric lines, it went great! Several people led the congregation in prayer and Dave gave a very nice sermon.
I liked that we led the entire service rather than just doing the singing. It made it seem like we had more on a role, and was probably less confusing. It was encouraging to hear several people come up to us afterwards and compliment us on our singing, I guess we didn’t sound too bad! Overall it was a very nice morning, a fun opportunity to step outside our normal box and a good way to thank UCPC for their support of UCM over the years.
Food Bank and Chena Hot Springs This Saturday
November 8th, 2006 by Alexander Taylor
The Food Bank usually packs boxes on the first and third Saturdays of the month, however, with the third Saturday being on Thanksgiving weekend the second packing day has been moved to this upcoming Saturday. Some UCMers are going to help out before heading down to Chena with the rest of UCM. If you are interested in joining us, meet at the Office (306 Constiution Hall) at 9:00am.
Around 2pm we will meet in the UCM office before heading to the Hot Springs. We will swim for a few hours before having dinner at the Chena Lodge. Come join us for a nice warm soak. Please bring $5 to get in and money for dinner. Don’t forget a bathing suit and a towel.
Day to Pray, Food Bank, Volleyball
November 8th, 2006 by Alexander Taylor
Last Tuesday, UCM had a Day of Prayer. We broke the day into 30 minute blocks from 8am to 5pm. Students signed up for a block of time to pray. David and Kathleen gave up the office for the day so Students could pray in the back in private and in peace. Emma Flores thought the day went well saying, “I couldn’t believe how fast those 30 minutes went!” Harmony said she liked it because she had been looking for some direction in her life and was going to pray for that direction. She said that the prayer guilde that David left for us had a list of verses, and the one Harmony looked up fit her circumstance.
Saturday UCM, joined by Called to Duty (CtD), went to the Food Bank to pack boxes for the Bush and children. We had a really big group, about of UCMers and four CtD guys; we made up about half of the workers that day. Work went very fast with so many hands. Dispite having to repack two and a half pallets of boxes, we helped to pack about 350 boxes.
Saturday night was the last home game of the Volleyball season. More importantly it was UCMer, Katrina Jensen’s, last home game of her senior year. David Moore, his family, and Emma, dedicated supporters of Katrina, were joined by a number of other UCMers to cheer her, and the rest of the Nanook Volleyball team to a, three game to one, victory over the UAA Seawolves.
