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I shared briefly yesterday morning the vast difference between 2009 and 2010.  In 2009, we were blessed with the birth of our 4th daughter (Ruth); I ran the Chicago Marathon in about the same time as my previous marathon 9 yrs prior (3:37ish); and I graduated with my doctorate from Southern Seminary.  Wow!  It was … Continue reading 2010 Personal Reflections

Miracles..... By guest blogger, Robby Bader As I share some of my current thoughts about the past 6 or 8 weeks one of the first words that come to my mind is “miracle”.  The definition of miracle is “An event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature and so is held to be supernatural … Continue reading Reflections on The Challenge…

While I anticipate writing some 2010 reflections in the next week, I simply wanted to wish you all a very Happy New Year with this wonderful passage from Lamentations 2:22-24... 22 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; 23 they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. 24 “The Lord is my portion,” … Continue reading Happy New Year!

Reflections on The Challenge By guest blogger, Larry McCredy As the month of December draws to a close, I have had the opportunity to reflect on The Challenge and how it has impacted me. Like all UBC members, I was very excited that we were finally going to make a concerted effort to deal with … Continue reading Reflections on The Challenge

Church body, you've done incredibly thus far.  We have just about $500k to the budget this month (toward "The Challenge").  With 3 days left in the month we are about $90k short of our greater goal.  I don't know what will happen in those days, I just know that I'm so thankful to serve a … Continue reading Challenge Update…

These are exciting days at UBC for many reasons, one of which certainly is the Challenge. We have been so blessed by God, and Mike has reminded us more than once, that we have more than enough resources to do what God has called us to do as the body of Christ at UBC. We … Continue reading The Challenge: from a staff perspective

Each year we host the Spiritual Formation Conference.  We have brought in speakers who have aided church members, church staffs, and promoted a view of health for the body of Christ corporately and in their homes. This year's conference is Friday, February 11-Sunday, February 13.  The bulk of the conference is through Saturday, February 12th … Continue reading Spiritual Formation Conference ’11

We are at $443,228 as of this morning; that puts us $17,000 from having the 2nd goal of retiring the line of credit accomplished!  We are less than $150,000 from meeting all 3 goals of the Challenge with 11 days to go. Incredible.  We keep thinking a low giving week is ahead, and God keeps … Continue reading The Challenge update…