University Church is blessed by tremendous teachers, mentors and learners, all eager to learn more about Jesus’ love for each of us. Whether you’re nurturing an infant of six months or cherishing life’s wisdom at 60 years, there’s a welcoming space for you here at UCC.
Browse through the areas that are of interest to you and then come join us.

Bilingual Ministry
The Bilingual Ministry serves as a spiritual and cultural bridge in an outreach to the Hispanic families of Abilene and UCC. Members are fully integrated into UCC classes, worship, and activities while also providing a church home for Spanish heritage speakers. El Ministerio Bilingüe sirve como un puente espiritual y

Campus Ministry
Our College Ministry is called Crossroads. College-aged adults face unique challenges in their stage of life as they find themselves —for the first time— completely responsible for their own decisions and direction they will go. As they stand at these crossroads and consider who they will become and where God

Children’s Ministry
The UCC Children’s ministry, called UCC Kids, provides a safe, spiritual, and fun environment for children to learn, grow, and feel loved. The Children’s Ministry offers age-appropriate classes for children from birth to 5th grade and hosts a number of family activities each year. Jesus recognized the importance of children

Christian Service Center
For more than 50 years, University Church has been committed to this ministry to the needy in our community. Founded in 1968 under the oversight of the UCC elders, the Center was incorporated in January 2005 as a 501C(3) non-profit as the Christian Service Center of Abilene, directed by Jim

Funeral Care Ministry
The UCC Funeral Care Ministry is centered around providing love and care to UCC members and their families during their time of grief. This ministry helps provide a family lunch, if needed, as well as prayer and support while welcoming those attending the memorial service. The Funeral Care Ministry is

Greeting Card Ministry
Greeting cards are a wonderful way that we can provide encouragement to one-another. The Greeting Card Ministry exists to do just that. The Greeting Card Ministry is a group of members who send greeting cards to UCC members, the home-bound, those in the hospital, those in nursing homes, and so

Impressions Ministry
The Impressions Ministry exists to welcome both members and visitors as they arrive onto UCC’s campus. In particular, we want visitors to experience a warm, friendly, welcoming, and inviting church. Members of the Impressions Ministry staff the Welcome Center as well as the entrances to the main building each week.

Ladies in Fellowship Together – LIFT
Ladies in Fellowship Together (LIFT) is a ministry designed to bring together ladies of all ages from different backgrounds and walks of life to share their experiences, encourage one another, and grow spiritually. The Lord encourages us to get to know our sisters. All are invited! High schoolers through golder-agers.

Ladies’ Bible Class
Ladies’ Bible Class meets weekly during the school year at 10 a.m. in the Family Room. This group of faithful and loving women encourage one another, share our joys and burdens, pray together and grow in our desire to follow Jesus. We have a variety of teachers with different perspectives

Ladies’ Prayer Group
The Ladies’ Prayer Group offers two meeting times each week on Thursdays – Noon and 6:30 PM. Each week, we meet together to share a lesson or scripture and to fellowship together. We also share prayer needs, praises, and pray together.

Library
The UCC Library has a wide selection of reading materials and videos for all ages that are available to check out – from fiction, biographies, non-fiction, youth books, children’s books and bilingual books. The Library is open on Sunday mornings from 8:45 – 10:00 a.m. and Wednesday evenings from 6:45

Local Benevolence Ministry
The Local Benevolence Ministry exists to assist individuals and families in both our church and local community during times of crisis, hardship, and need.

Manna Ministry
As UCC strives to become the church for the University, we feel this would be another way for our members to serve our students in need. Manna will target students living off campus who are food insecure as they balance work and school. With a couple exceptions, it will be

Media Team
The UCC Media Team provides the background for worship services and more each week. From operating the visuals and sound board to recording and producing the services online, the media team is a vital part of what we do each week.

Missions Ministry
UCC has a rich history in missions and we believe that God’s people are called to share the gospel story with the world. For UCC, embracing the gospel means being willing to give testimony to the freedom of Christ and the life of grace. UCC creates ministries to aid and

Prayer Advocates
The Prayer Advocate ministry asks two people each week to position themselves at the back of the auditorium to proactively pray for those worshiping. The ministry has several purposes: To participate visit calendly.com/prayucc

Prison Ministry
The goal of the UCC Prison Ministry is to reach out to the incarcerated with the Gospel. Our secondary goal is to restore the inmate as a citizen. UCC is at the center of efforts at the John Middleton Unit providing Bibles and classes in both English and Spanish. Through

Quilting Group
For years, this ministry has provided quilts to people all over the world, giving the quilts as gifts or shipping them to missionaries to distribute.

Safety Team
The UCC Safety Team is responsible for ensuring the safety and security of our members, guests, and facilities. Each week, members of the UCC Safety Team provide regular patrols of UCC facilities, greet members and visitors, remain alert for suspicious individuals or activity, and are ready to serve in any

Summer Ladies’ Luncheon
The Summer Ladies’ Luncheon is a wonderful way that we can encourage and minister to the ladies in our church family. Interested in getting involved? We want your help!

Wednesday Night Supper
Join us each Wednesday during the school year at 5:45 p.m. as we gather together for a community meal, called Wednesday Night Supper. Wednesday Night Supper provides an opportunity to come together and share a meal mid-week, to fellowship with one-another, and to spend time together as a community. It

Worship Team
The UCC Worship team helps to lead worship each week and is a key part of our worship time together. Members of the worship team meet regularly before services to rehearse together, help the congregation to learn new songs, and share their gifts of singing during our worship together.

Youth Ministry
The UCC Youth Ministry is focused on partnering with families in their mission of passing the baton of faith to the next generation while also providing opportunities for teens to build lasting relationships with other Christian teens. As a church and youth ministry, our task is to help parents succeed