“LET ALL THAT YOU DO BE DONE WITH LOVE.” 1 CORINTHIANS 16:14

Care Team

Care Team members minister to people living at home who are unable to travel, people living in skilled nursing care facilities, and people confined during hospitalization through ministries of presence, prayer, and Holy Communion. Care Team members remain in connection for as long as they are needed.

Note writer’s ministry

Who is writing those warm and thoughtful notes that arrive in the mail? No one knows. It’s a mystery, and what a beautiful and inspired ministry it is!

Stephen Ministry

Stephen Ministers come from all walks of life, but they all share a passion for bringing Christ’s love and care to people during a time of need. If you feel called to serve or if you are in need of these services, please contact us!

Prayer ministry

All are called to pray. For some, there is a call to focus on the ministry of prayer for the world and all who live in it. We have such a community of prayer ministers at UCUMC.

For more information contact Lenny Dagg, Pastor of Congregational Care at the church office.

Gather with us to Pray….

All are called to pray. For some, there is a call to focus on the ministry of prayer for the world and all who live in it. We have such a community of prayer ministers at UCUMC.

If you wish to request a prayer, please click here to submit your request to the Prayer Ministry Team. All requests will remain active for a week. You may re-request your prayer concern weekly for as long as you wish for prayers to continue.

We celebrate answered prayers. Please click here to share the ways in which God is responding to your prayer petition.

Daily Blessing

God be the light in my eyes. God be the love in my voice. God be the gentleness in my steps. God be the compassion in my touch. God be the word on my lips. God be the strength for my spirit. God be the ground under my feet.

From Rachel G Hackenberg’s Writing to God: 40 Days of Praying with my Pen, Day 2

Operation Backpack Ministry

Our community outreach engages in helping local elementary kids with supplemental nutritional needs and school supplies throughout the school year while building relationships and cultivating a connection by showing kids that Jesus loves them and cares about their needs.

Scholarship Team

The UCUMC Endowed Scholarship Fund (the “Fund”) is a permanent scholarship fund. Award sizes and the number of awards each year will vary based on the number of qualifying applicants, amount of earnings available, and other factors. The number of awards to be made and size of awards will be decided by the Scholarship Ministry Team.

Communities in Schools

Helping Kids through the Positively Impacting Communities Reading Program. The Reading tutoring program serves grades K-5th.

UCUMC is a sponsor location for the Positively Impacting Communities Reading Program. Contact the church office for more information.

Music Ministry

Universal City United Methodist Church is blessed with a wonderful choir that enriches our worship experience with a wide range of music that seeks to minister God's love. The choir sings at the 8:30 AM Service on Sundays. Practice is on Wednesday evenings at 6:30PM

Border Ministry

UCUMC Border Ministry helps 2 Methodist Churches and 2 Orphanages in Piedras Negras, Mexico. We serve Tempo Aleluya Church, Rey de Reyes Church, Adonai Church, Casa Bethesda Orphanage, and House of Mercy Orphanage.

Urban Faith Mission

Our Mission is to work in partnership with local churches and organizations to direct ministry efforts that not only meet young urban people where they are at, but also are the catalyst that connects them to Jesus and community. Our Mission is to work in partnership with local churches and organizations to direct ministry efforts that not only meet young urban people where they are at, but also are the catalyst that connects them to Jesus and community. "Unless a kernal of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed." - John 12:24

Emmaus & New Life

Coming soon..

RACAP- Randolph area Christian assistance program

Randolph Area Christian Assistance Program was formed by local churches to help local citizens with food and financial assistance. There are currently 26 member churches in the Randolph Metrocom.

GRASP- greater Randolph Area Services Program

GRASP is a 501(c)(3) human service organization established in 1983 to help economically disadvantaged individuals, families, and children. WHAT GRASP DOES — GRASP programs offer those experiencing a household crisis emergency assistance for rent, utilities, food, and medicine.  The GRASP Thrift Shop provides clothing and housewares to needy families who experience a catastrophe such as fire, flood, or other loss.  The agency also provides seniors transportation, daily activities, and nutritious meals at the GRASP Community Center in Converse.  The Community Center is a convenient facility for adult and youth programs, receptions, meetings, and other activities. 

MISSION GRASP WILL PROVIDE HELP TO NEEDY INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IMPROVING THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE AND PROMOTING

SELF-SUFFICIENCY.

Narcotics Anonymous

Narcotics Anonymous meets every week on Thursday evenings at 8:00-9:00pm in the Fellowship Hall

Meals on Wheels

Meals on Wheels San Antonio prepares and delivers hot, nutritious meals each weekday to older and disabled community members living throughout Bexar, Guadalupe, Frio, and Atascosa Counties. Our Partnership With Meals On Wheels

Universal City United Methodist Church Proudly Supports Meals on Wheels as a sponsor location. Meals are delivered to our church kitchen and teams of volunteers deliver them to the surrounding community. Meals on Wheels is a public-private partnership that enables seniors to remain more healthy and independent in their own homes, where they want to be, avoiding far more costly healthcare alternatives, such as unnecessary trips to the emergency room, hospitalizations and nursing home placements. Meals on Wheels San Antonio prepares and delivers hot, nutritious meals each weekday to older and disabled community members living throughout Bexar, Guadalupe, Frio, and Atascosa Counties. Every weekday Meals on Wheels prepares and delivers more than a meal to 3,400 of your neighbors.

Call our UCUMC Meals on Wheels Coordinator Helen Ekland at 210-710-4522 to participate.

Habitat for Humanity

Coming soon…

Greater Randolph Area Parkinson’s support group

The GRA Parkinson’s Support group meets every 2nd Tuesday of the month at 1:30pm in the Fellowship Hall.

Universal City United Methodist — Governance Board

We have gone to a Simplified Leadership Structure designed to streamline the business of the church. In this model the Board governs, the pastor leads, the staff (paid and unpaid) manage and the congregation does the “hands on” ministry. In the meetings Finance, Trustees and Staff Parish Relations conduct their business with everyone on the board as part of their business and ministry team. The board uses the Mission and Vision Statements for the ongoing alignment of new and existing programs and ministries of the church. Further, they are responsible for church goals and accountability.

The Governing Board — 2024 Leadership Slate

Chairs: Claude Winslow                                              Senior Pastor: Kelly Conkelton                                                   Lay Leader: Becky Williams

Member at Large: Wayne Hosack, Pam Verschoyle                          Finance Chair: Sally Cook Finance Team: Scott Durham, Debbie Preston

Staff Pastor Parish Relations (SPPRC) Chair: Cheryl Hosack          SPPRC Team: John Foncannon, Gary Caples

Trustees Chair: Bryon Mills Trustees: Dave Wagoner                       Lay Delegate to Annual Conference: Sally Cook

                                                                                       Secretary: Darlene Durham