WE ARE AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY
SEEKING TO SERVE GOD WITH OPEN MINDS, LOVING HEARTS, AND WILLING HANDS.
Join us on November 2nd for the Women's Retreat!
Join us for the fall retreat to explore the intersection of faith, creativity, and joy. Through playful interactive exercises and deep reflection, we'll delve into the profound connection between creative expression and spiritual growth. We'll explore how naming God as an Artist and delving into our own God-given creative potential can help us deepen our faith, ignite inspiration, and spark joy. No previous artistic experience is required. Come as you are; creative joy awaits!
About the retreat leader:
Dr. Merideth Hite Estevez is a creative catalyst, inviting all to the joy of creative expression through her writing, coaching, and performing. As an oboist, Merideth has performed with top orchestras in the US and abroad and has served on faculties of numerous universities and schools of music.
Merideth’s award-winning podcast, Artists for Joy, is currently in the top 1.5% of podcasts worldwide, and her first book, "The Artist’s Joy: A Guide to Getting Unstuck, Embracing Imperfection, and Loving Your Creative Life," debuted at No. 1 in the Creativity category on Audible.Since moving to Metro-Detroit, she has performed as a featured artist with Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings, Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, Ann Arbor Symphony, Lansing Symphony, and Oakland Symphony. She enjoys sharing her gifts bi-monthly at Kirk in the Hills Presbyterian Church as oboist-in-residence.When she’s not playing oboe or writing, Merideth enjoys drinking matcha lattes and running. She hails from Abbeville, SC, but now lives in Bloomfield Hills, MI, with her husband, Rev. Edwin Estevez (Senior Pastor, Kirk in the Hills), daughter Eva, and son Eli.
Cost is 25.00 which includes continental breakfast and catered lunch (gluten free options available)
​
To register, click here.
Opportunities abound throughout the year for people of all ages to enjoy fellowship at UPC. Whoever you are, wherever you are on life’s journey, as God’s beloved, you are worthy and welcome!
ALL ARE WELCOME
Together we are a family of faith, serving God with open minds, loving hearts and willing hands. Our vision is to: deepen spirituality, embrace community and proclaim goodness.
​
Want to learn more about us or how you can get involved? Read more below or reach out!
We would love to get to know you.
ABOUT OUR CHURCH
University Presbyterian Church is an inclusive congregation.
In faithfulness to Jesus and the commandments to love God and to love our neighbors as ourselves, we embrace and respect all people.
Whoever you are, wherever you are on life’s journey, as God’s beloved, you are worthy and welcome!
STUDENT MINISTRIES
We have ministries for students preschool through young adult!
In our ministries with students we aim to help instil postures of awareness of God, self, and world as we seek to partner with the work God is doing in and among us. And we have some fun while we do it! Learn more by clicking below.
​