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UNCO13 West: October 21-23, 2013

Registration is now open for UNCO13 West at SFTS!

Click here to register for UNCO13 West.

Registration is now Open For UNCO13 Stony Point

Stony Point Center is handling registration for us this year.

Click here to register for UNCO13 East.

Church Leaders

"UNCO is for church leaders because it is visionary, creative, unfailing yeast of the coming Kingdom of God."

- Ryan Kemp-Pappan

"Unstructured community and ministry reboot."

-Mark Smith

Pastors/Seminarians

"Being Church (not doing church)."

-MB McCandless

"Greatest study leave ever."

-Mary Ellen Moss

"UNCO makes Jesus dance happily."

-Jason Cashing

Families

"If church is for families, and UNCO is about doing church in new, different and better ways, then UNCO is for families."

-Megan Dosher

"One of the thin places." -Joe Martinoni

Latest News

Kid UNCO12 Shares their experience.

Becky Durham Shares about UNCO

Becky Durham blogged about her experiences UNCO11. Her words are wise and are beautifully crafted. Today we would like to share her words with you. UNCO as Amazing Church http://www.beckydurham.net/church/ Go read the whole post, but here is a paragraph to get you excited and click the link above: Honesty comes naturally. Pretending is not necessary. Everyone’s welcoming and engaging. Each person has a story and there’s lots of time to tell yours and hear theirs. Worship is full … Continue Reading -->

Kid UNCO

Bring Your Kids To UNCO

Q:  What's it like for kids and their parents at UNCO? A:  Christie Hale responds:   We went in 2011 with 3 kids ages 1, 4 & 6. The 4 & 6 year olds went to Kid UNCO will we were in sessions and loved it. They're designed for potty trained kids & above. Our 1 year old came with us to our sessions, though my husband and I took turns. Never once did I feel like I was missing out because everyone in the room was helpful & kind even in the sessions. We had LOTS of help … Continue Reading -->

UNCO10 Camp Fire. Photo by Christy Ramsey.

UNCO is Church

by Christy Ramsey The first Unconference in 2010 was a spiritual life preserver thrown to me on a sea of tweets. I grabbed it and haven't let go. I struggle with the challenges of the institutional church, moving through church pastorates and decades of decline always 30 years younger than the congregation as we grow old together. In UNCO a found a church built of people seeking to find how God is reflected in others, not in budgets to raise and buildings to preserve. Folks gathered … Continue Reading -->

Getting to UNCO12 West

Driving You can find driving directions here. Flying SFTS is about an hour away from both San Francisco International and Oakland Airports. There are many shuttles that offer transportation from each. From SFO, we recommend taking either the Marin Airporter to the Central San Rafael Transit Center and from there you can take a 10 minute cab-ride to SFTS. Another option is the Marin Door-to-Door Shuttle. Marin Door-to-Door also goes to/from OAK for your convenience. MARIN AIRPORTER These … Continue Reading -->

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Unco Hosts

  • Debra Avery
  • Aric Clark
  • Carol Howard Merritt
  • David Hansen
  • Megan Hansen
  • Christopher Harris
  • Shannon Meacham
  • Katie Mulligan
  • Derrick Weston

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