SERVICE ON THE SEAWALL

Join UCM for an overnight stay in Galveston. This service and learning trip introduces students to identifying the theology of place and understanding faith wherever they are.  A refundable 20.00 deposit is required to secure your spot and is returned at the end of the trip.  REGISTER HERE


Schedule ( Links to locations below)


9/16/23

08:00 AM Gather and Depart for Galveston

10:00 AM Arrive at St. Vincent House for volunteer work (in the community food pantry)

12:30 PM Lunch

03:00 PM Arrive at Mission Station for rest & shower

05:00 PM Dinner

06:30 PM Exegete the City Prayer Tour

(The prayer tour will take us to spots in the city to reflect on the pain, beauty, injustice, and restorative practices of the past and how they shape us today.)

08:00 PM Free time on the Galveston Seawall

(The seawall has restaurants, shops, snacks, or sit and hang at the beach. You can pick your activity.)


9/17/23


08:30 AM Breakfast

09:30 AM Worship with First Christian Church TX City

12:00 PM Lunch and Debrief


The group decides whether to depart or return to the beach.


Registration Link

St. Vincent House

FCC Texas City Mission Station



Mission Experience 20'

Each year students select a subject to study. During the 2019-2020 academic year we studied social justice and faith. We began by learning about Liberation Theology and that loving God, but not your neighbor can not coexist. During Spring Break, students faculty and staff traveled to Montgomery, Selma, and Birmingham Alabama . While in Alabama the students and staff explored the issue of mass incarceration, racism, and voter suppression. The sites included The Legacy Museum, The Birmingham Civil Rights Museum, 16th Street Baptist Church, The Peace and Justice Memorial, and the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Students will complete a panel discussion with local clergy to answer the question how our faith calls us to respond to injustice.