The Window: September 1st, 2022

UBC Communications
Sep 1, 2022
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UBC Office Closure: Labor Day

Governing Board Nominations Form

Keep in Your Prayers

Fall Soccer Academy: Volunteers Needed!

RELATIONSHIPS

Barnabas Project Partners: September 4th

InterFaith Federation: Annual CommUNITY Prayer Breakfast

Tickets for the InterFaith Federation’s Annual CommUNITY Prayer Breakfast can be found at the UBC office. Stop by today to pick yours up! Located at 3112 Convention St. Baton Rouge, La 70806

KIDS

End of Summer Pool Party: We had a Blast!

Thank you to those of you who came out to enjoy our End of the Year Pool Party with Kid’s Ministry! We had such a great time!

MDO

Welcome Back to MDO: Fall 2022!

This Tuesday we welcome our MDO children and families back on campus! Please be in prayer for the teachers and students. Pray for health, safety, and great times of learning and growing!

SPIRITUAL FORMATION

NOOMA Video Series: Held in the Chapel

NOOMA is a video series produced by Flannel that "blends everyday events with discussion about God.”

The name NOOMA comes from a phonetic spelling of the

Greek word pneuma, meaning "wind or spirit". The video series was created featuring Christian teacher Rob Bell.

There will be coffee and pastries in the Brides Room as well.

Agenda:

Welcome
Announcements
Prayer Requests
Video (approximately 10 minutes)
Discussion
Closing prayer

Faith After Doubt: A New Spiritual Formation Group

New spiritual formation group on Tuesdays from 7pm-8:30pm starting on September 13!

Do you have questions about faith, God, or church? Have you felt at times like the faith you grew up with doesn't quite work for you anymore? This is a perfect group for you! Using Brian McLaren's book "Faith After Doubt" as a guide, we will embark on an 8-week discussion series together led by Jon Parks and Eric Fulcher.

You do not need to read the book to participate! But if you want to follow along, bring your copy with you!

2022-2023 Spiritual Formation Offerings

In addition to your Sunday school class, we are offering several seasonal groups for spiritual formation and discussion at UBC this year. Our first group, Faith After Doubt, kicks off on September 13, but plan to join us for these others as well!

Faith After Doubt - Tuesdays starting on September 13
The Kingdom of God, Empire, and Christian Nationalism - 4-week Advent series
Prayer in a Busy World - 6-week Lenten series
Optional Combined Sunday School (TBD) - 8-weeks in the summer, led by the ministry staff

If you have questions or are interested in any of these groups, send an email to Eric at eric@ubc-br.org, or call the church office at (225) 766-9474.

MISSIONS

A New Spiritual Formation Group

It's back to school time and we are doing bags for faculty and staff at Highland Elementary.

We provide the bags while you volunteer to purchase the items!

Items needed are:

hand sanitizer
2 snacks - candy, cookies, chips, crackers, etc.
post-it notes
$10 gift card to WalMart, Target, etc.

The bags will be in the office ready to be filled on Sunday, August 21.

Please bring your items to the church and fill a bag or two by September 18.

TBR: Baton Rouge

In 2021, Baton Rouge saw 149 murders, which was up significantly from the year 2019, which had 89 murders. Together Baton Rouge is holding meetings entitled “Enough is Enough”. It is time for us to make a stand, so please join us on one of the dates below and be a part of the

solution!

1. SOUTH/ SOUTH EAST REGIONAL COMMUNITY MEETING:

August 23rd @6:00 PM - St. Margaret's Episcopal School

2. OLD SOUTH/ DOWNTOWN/LSU REGIONAL COMMUNITY MEETING: September 1st @6:00 PM - Together Baton Rouge Office

If you are interested in participating and want to attend one of these events please go to togetherbr.org, then select the tab labeled “2022 Public Safety Campaign”

and scroll down to the session you would like to attend and click on “RSVP Here:” and fill in the requested information.

Hope to see you there,

TBR: Faith, Community & Justice Connect Group

Car Donation Search

Help a new friend of UBC by donating a car that can comfortably and safely transport an infant! Call or contact the church office at 225-766-9474

Palacios Fall Registration

VOLUNTEERING

Volunteer with UBC

As UBC grows we need your help and support! Consider one of the many volunteer options above to lend your time and leadership back into UBC! We are so appreciative of our volunteers!