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DUE TO RENOVATIONS, WE ARE TEMPORARILY WORSHIPING AT KENAN-FLAGLER BUSINESS SCHOOL

10:30 am in Koury Auditorium, beginning September 20

Livestream available at upcch.org/live

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DETAILS AND WHAT TO EXPECT
University Presbyterian Church

Stewardship 2027

Thank you for supporting UPC in 2027!

The gifts of your time and your talents make what we do as a church possible, and the gifts of your financial resources support our ongoing work and open the doors for new opportunities along the way.

2027 Pledge Need: $2.38M

Campaign Update

Two Ways to Pledge for the Annual Campaign

Online Pledge via Realm

In Realm, our online database, you can add your pledge. You can even set up recurring gifts, too!

Need help with Realm? Email [email protected].

Written Pledge Card

You can mail in your pledge card (PO Box 509, Chapel Hill, NC 27514) or bring it with you to worship or the church office.

Why Pledge?

Stewardship is an invitation to prayerfully give of your time, talent, and treasure in response to God’s grace. Pledging a gift for 2027 both provides you an opportunity to intentionally consider how you may give and helps us plan for our budget in the coming year.

Did you know? 100% of our budget comes from the congregation:

  • 85% pledged gifts
  • 12% non-pledge gifts
  • 3% program receipts (trip payments, activity fees, etc.)

Chancel Choir singing in the sanctuary

From the Co-Pastors

Dear friends,

This has been a strange and wonderful year to be UPC. God has used your remarkable generosity to the Foundations of Faith Campaign to renovate our church home and invest in our future. And we want to say thank you. Many of you, month by month, are fulfilling a campaign pledge for a space you can’t yet see. Thank you for your faithfulness.

This work has meant we are temporarily away from that home, but we are not the first to worship God in borrowed spaces. For forty years in the wilderness, Israel had no temple at all — only a tent carried from camp to camp. The tabernacle moved because the people moved, and God moved with them. While the circumstances are different, we are learning in our own way what it means to be tabernacle people.

This season at UPC is also clarifying a profound truth: our ministry is not confined to our building. Even on the move, we have:

  • Sang and prayed and worshiped each Sunday in borrowed spaces while also strengthening ties with our Methodist neighbors;
  • Fed our community through outreach partners like TABLE, the IFC Shelter, and the Society of St. Andrew;
  • Partnered with Habitat for Humanity to build Weavers Grove, while helping to secure even more affordable units in the upcoming Auman Village development;
  • Nurtured the faith of both young and old through Vacation Bible School, retreats, and summer camp and conference ministries at Massanetta and Montreat; and
  • Shown up with compassion for the sick, the grieving, and the lonely.

It’s true: we did much of this without a building. We did not do it, however, without a budget. Your annual Stewardship giving has filled whatever tent we found ourselves in, with the same quality of ministry we have offered for generations.

Our pledge need for 2027 is $2.38 million, a 6% increase over 2026. In this day and age, that is what it takes to keep pace with rising expenses. We ask you to prayerfully consider your commitment for 2027 and bring your pledge card to worship on Dedication Sunday, October 25.

As always, we give thanks to God for you, and it is a joy to be your pastors.

Revs. Jarrett and Meg Peery McLaughlin

Previous Stewardship Campaigns

Click here to access our archive of previous stewardship campaigns.