University City Church Of Christ

09/06/2026

University City Church of Christ Sunday evening worship service.

09/06/2026

University City Church of Christ Sunday Morning Worship service. Gainesville, Florida, USA.

09/05/2026

Sunday Night Small Study Groups at UCCC
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We are only one month away from our Sunday night small study groups resuming October 4th. We are quite excited to begin our new year and a new study! Many of you have already signed up on the board in the foyer – THANK YOU!!

For those who are unfamiliar (and to remind those who are), the UCCC small group studies are where the entire church is studying the same material when we meet on the first and third Sunday evenings. If you did not participate last year, please be encouraged to find a group and get involved. It is a wonderful means of getting to know your brothers and sisters better, and the spiritual feast is immeasurable.

The sign-up sheets assist the leaders in making plans for the number of folks in their respective groups, including space and study materials. These are posted in the foyer for the different groups with leaders’ names and where to meet. The auditorium group will continue to meet at 6:00pm on Sunday evenings.

As previously mentioned, the material for this year comes from Jack Wilkie of Focus Press. It is titled, “You Are Saved: The Christian’s Assurance.” In the opening chapter, titled “The Problem of Doubt,” Jack writes:

“’I just hope I’ve done enough.’ So many Christians live life with the weight of this thought hanging over their heads. It’s especially heartbreaking to hear it from elderly Christians who, despite spending a lifetime walking with the Lord, still have been led to believe they can’t be sure He approves of them or where they’ll wake up on the other side.” (pp, 9-10)

This study is a 13-lesson encouragement to trust in the salvation promised by God the Father through His Son Jesus Christ. And couldn’t we ALL use that encouragement?

As in the past, each family unit will be provided with a copy of the book.

We will continue the practice of meeting on the first and third Sunday each month, with the scheduled conclusion of Sunday, April 4th. Other Sunday evenings will follow our usual schedule.

We look forward to having you join us!

~ Mark Jamieson

09/04/2026

08/29/2026

Why Do Bad Things Happen? (pt. 2)

The first of the primary causes of suffering is that we are mortal and live in a disease and death environment. Three historical events help explain the existence of suffering in the world, the first of which is The Creation (Genesis 1).

The second historical event is The Fall (Genesis 3). Why didn’t God create a world free from natural disasters? He did. On the sixth day everything God made was pronounced “very good” (Gen. 1:31). The Garden of Eden was an incomparable paradise of physical beauty and tranquil peace. It had no sickness, disease, pathogens, genetic flaws, harmful mutations, viruses, or other threats to man’s mental peace or physical well-being.

Man was designed to live forever in Eden, but he sinned (Gen. 3:6), and everything changed. God warned that the forbidden fruit would cause them to “surely die” (Gen. 2:17). Thus sin introduced death — spiritual and physical. With no access to the Tree of Life, those bodies that God had whipped up from divine breath and earth dust began to decay. Since all men sin, mortality is universal: “So death passed upon all men” (Romans 5:12). Man had an expiration date. “Death” entered our vocabulary.

Death is a point in time (James 2:26), but also a process. All die eventually (Heb. 9:27); all are dying now (Ecc. 12:2-7). A part of that “death that passed upon all men” is the constant threat of death. Random conditions exist that can destroy at any moment. None are guaranteed a full lifetime (Psalm 90:12; Luke 12:20). Eminem said, “The truth is you don’t know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.” Since life can end at any time, we must always have our houses in order — regarding both the world we will leave behind and that to which we go (2 Kings 20:1; Luke 12:16-21)

~ Allen Webster, House to House, vol. 18, num. 4

This article will continue for the next several weeks. We hope that it helps to bring understanding to those who have asked these questions.

~ Mark Jamieson

08/24/2026

UCCC's 5th Sunday Fellowship Meal will follow this coming Sunday's (8/30) worship service. Bring a side(s) or dessert and enjoy the fellowship. Chicken will be provided.

08/22/2026

Why Do Bad Things Happen? (pt. 1)

The most commonly asked question about God—which has been called the “Achilles Heel” of Christianity — is, “Why does a loving, all-powerful God allow suffering in His world?”

The first of the primary causes of suffering is that we are mortal and live in a disease and death environment. Nature does not discriminate between good and bad, atheist and believer. The sun and rain — including droughts and storms — fall on the just and the unjust (Matthew 5:45).

The Christian worldview does not require a spiritual explanation for every life experience. Suffering can be without any moral cause. Jesus raised the question of “those eighteen” upon whom a tower fell: “Do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, no.” (Luke 13:4-5). They were not being punished. It was an unfortunate accident.

Three historical events help explain the existence of suffering in the world, the first of which is The Creation (Genesis 1). God set up His world with natural laws regulating such things as gravity, matter in motion, weather patterns, the water cycle, ocean tides, and geological/meteorological conditions.

Those laws were implemented for man’s good, but if violated, they bring consequences. One can cook with fire or be consumed in it. Gravity keeps us attached to the planet, but it also crashes us to the ground if a plane engine fails. Two objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time, so one hit by a car will be injured or killed.

~ Allen Webster, House to House, vol. 18, num. 4

This article will continue for the next several weeks. We hope that it helps to bring understanding to those who have asked these questions.
~ Mark Jamieson

08/20/2026

Gators for Christ game night.