UPC Times-January/February 2009 New Union Building to Provide Community Meeting Space January/February 2009 What does being esternally focused look like in a neighborhood full of new condos, research facilities and office buildings? For UPC's South Lake Union Church, known simply as Union, it means....Read more

UPC Times-May/June 2008 Blessed to be a Blessing May/June 2008 By Sara Battin Nearly a year ago, nine members of Union Church sat around a dinner table in Lusaka, Zambia, talking over the day’s events: its people, its sights and its insights. The conversation eventually turned to the fact that there were needs in Lusaka and resources in Seattle. From that dinner table discussion, the idea of sending a container full of medical, educational and household goods was born. Read more

UPC Times-January/February 2008 Union Church Moving to South Lake Union January/February 2008 Now is the time. After a year off Broadway on Capitol Hill, Union Church, UPC’s church plant, is joining the street car, Amazon, Group Health and 3,500 new residents in making South Lake Union its home. Beginning on Sunday, Feb. 17, Union’s new gathering space on Sundays will be the Naval Reserve building, known as the Armory, 860 Terry Ave. N. Read more

UPC Times-March 2007 Union Church Offers External focus March 2007 By Sharon Lindblom In the five months since Union Church’s launch on Oct. 8, it is clear that church is not an event, it’s a verb. UPC’s church plant in the South Lake Union area, led by James B. and Renée Notkin, continues to grow its roots into the community of South Lake Union. Read more

UPC Times-November/December 2005 New church envisioned for South Lake Union November/December 2005 by Sue Lockett John First Presbyterian Church of Seattle took a risk in 1907 and planted a church near the University of Washington. Now, with 4,500 members and ministries that reach around the world, UPC is preparing to celebrate its centennial with a similar risk. Next spring, it hopes to send out several hundred risk-taking believers to launch a new church in the emerging neighborhood of South Lake Union. Read more