URC Weekly 8/21/2011: Moment of Truth

URC Weekly 8/21/2011: Moment of Truth

Hi Church! I am a hip-hop music fan. Growing up in the 90s, I remember going on Napster, then Kazaa (like Limewire) spending hours looking for songs by 2Pac, Bone-Thugs-n-Harmony, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and other West Coast rappers. When I entered college, I got into East Coast rap: Biggie Smalls, Mos Def, [...]

URC Weekly 8/14/2011: Lessons from Camping

URC Weekly 8/14/2011: Lessons from Camping

Hi Everyone! All of our campers returned home safely yesterday! Thank you for your prayers. We prayed together during worship and right before we left, and God really answered us by keeping us safe. Praise God! Our safe return could be looked at as an ordinary event, something that happened as a routine. Millions of [...]

URC Weekly 8/7/2011: What It’s Like in Heaven

URC Weekly 8/7/2011: What It’s Like in Heaven

Hi Everyone! I got back from this year’s MORe (Ministry of Renewal) Retreat a few days ago. MORe is our denomination’s annual youth conference, planned and carried out by our own youth group and a few of our sister churches. Every year, the students and their leaders are deeply blessed, and it shows during the [...]

URC Weekly 7/31/2011: Holy Spirit Strikes Again

URC Weekly 7/31/2011: Holy Spirit Strikes Again

Hi Family! On this past Friday, we met for Community Group at the Lim’s (thank you), where we had good food, good company, and good presence of the Holy Spirit. We went over Psalm 23 using Lectio Divina (medieval style of Bible study used by Christian monks) and God spoke amazingly to each one of [...]