As the COVID-19 pandemic intensified in March, Paul Taylor launched a collaborative writing project that was inspired by Giovanni Boccaccio’s The Decameron. Boccaccio wrote his collection of one hundred stories in response to the devastation caused by the Black Death sweeping across Europe during the fourteenth century. The following story was...
Today’s Coping with COVID is brought to you by Nostalgia! The longer we spend away from each other, the more I start to miss making music with the choir (and the sound of a congregation singing together!). So, I’ve been taking a stroll down memory lane and listening to some...
Today’s “useful” distraction comes from Minister of Music and Outreach, Jonathan Castillo! He shows us how he’s been entertaining himself during the shutdown. Watch this quick demonstration of how he pipes a “succulent” garden on brownies with a buttercream frosting! Click the video below!
Today’s bit of goodness comes to you from the UBC Chancel Choir! Mary McDonald’s “Be Still” is a song of a loving God who “never leaves or forsakes,” the One who brings peace and comfort in time of need. Be still and know that I am God. Be still and...
“UBC has opened our eyes to what a church can be and we keep coming there because it keeps feeding us.” In this installment of Coping With COVID, Jonathan Castillo sits down with Joe & Ellen Bell to talk about gardening, baking cookies, and their hope for the future of...
Today’s Coping With COVID is another video to help you to get to know the members at UBC! Click below to see what Zoe Disler loves about UBC, what’s been getting her through this pandemic, and what her dreams are for our community!
Today’s Coping with COVID is the first video in a series of videos to help you to get to know the members at UBC! Click below to see what Lisa Cauble loves about UBC and what’s been getting her through this pandemic!
University Baptist Church COVID-19 Charity Response Fund covid19response@ubcaustin.org The mission of the church is to serve, assist, and encourage its members as well as “to preach the good news, bind up the brokenhearted, free those who are captives, and proclaim the year of God’s presence” (Isaiah 61:1-2a). Members...
There are so many ways to find bits of goodness these days. Some of us are creating things of beauty. Julie Hill’s children, Will and Nate Veeser, are taking a class called “Let’s Draw Creative Pokemon and Share!” Their sister, Clare thinks she is taking the class, too. Today we’re sharing...
Hi, Church Family! What a weird time we’re living in, eh? Most of you are likely aware that I’m like a major introvert. So, the isolation part of this quarantine hasn’t been too challenging for me. To be honest, I’ve enjoyed the slow pace of life. I’ve had more time...