About Us

What We Believe

ONE MISSION:

Transforming the World

as Learners

of Jesus Christ.

 

TWO AREA:

We strive towards

personal and social 

holiness.

 

THREE PRINCIPLES:

Do no harm, do good, 

stay in love with God.

 

FOUR FOCUS AREAS:

Eliminate poverty,

improve health, create

leaders for the world,

make new space for

new people.

 

Affirmation of Faith

I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth;
And in Jesus Christ his only Son, our Lord’
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate
was crucified, dead,  and buried,
the third day he rose from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic church,
the communion of saints, 
the forgiveness of sins, 
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.

Pastor & Staff

University United Methodist Church staff member, Rev. Dr. Heike Miller

Rev. Dr. Heike Miller

Senior Pastor

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University United Methodist Church staff member, Cindy

Cindy Brodbeck

Administrator

Dr. Shelly Stovall

Executive Director of Bright Beginnings

University United Methodist Church staff member, Kelsey

Kelsey Luna

Int. Youth Coordinator

University United Methodist Church staff member, Olga

Olga Meraz

Financial Secretary

University United Methodist Church staff member, Arturo

Arturo Ortiz

Property Manager

University United Methodist Church staff member, Lupe

Lupe Ortiz

Assistant Property Manager

University United Methodist Church staff member, Brian Townsend

Brian Townsend

Outreach Coordinator

University United Methodist Church staff member, Anita

Anita Wright

Treasurer

Vacant

Neighborhood Coordinator

University United Methodist Church staff member, Jeff Lee

Jeff Lee

Tech Coordinator

University United Methodist Church staff member, Bill

Bill Rhodes

Music Director

University United Methodist Church staff member, Bev

Bev Rhodes

Accompanist

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Office Hours:
Monday-Thursday: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Friday: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

(575) 522-8220
office@uumc-lc.org
P.O. Box 1090, Mesilla Park, NM 88047
Located at: 2000 S. Locust Street, Las Cruces, NM 88001
Three blocks from NMSU campus

(575) 522-8220
office@uumc-lc.org
P.O. Box 1090, Mesilla Park, NM 88047
Located at:
2000 S. Locust Street,
Las Cruces, NM 88001

Three blocks from NMSU campus

University United Methodist Church staff member, Rev. Dr. Heike Miller and her husband Rev. George Miller

Rev. Dr. Heike Miller

Rev. Dr. Heike Miller was appointed to University UMC in July of 2018. She is a clergy wife, a mother, a learner, and one day may even understand the rules of baseball and preach on something other than her green Ford Ranger (stick shift) and Karl Barth’s Doctrine of Reconciliation. 

Born in Stuttgart, Germany, Rev. Miller spent her childhood and adolescence in the real part of Germany – the Black Forest – where the Kuckucksuhren (cuckoo clock) and Kirschtorte (Black Forest cake) were created, and where kids ride their skis to school in winter. Rev. Miller studied theology at the University of Heidelberg in Germany, the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, and the University of Bern in Switzerland. She was ordained in the Evangelische Landeskirche in Baden (state Church of Germany with roots both in the Lutheran and Reformed Church) in 1999. Reverend Miller furthered her studies to specialize in counseling and group dynamics, spiritual direction, and meditation in Iona, Scotland, Fribourg, Switzerland, and Taize, France. She received her Doctor of Ministry from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington DC, served as a Military Religious Education Coordinator in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and taught religion at the Lydia Patterson Institute of El Paso, Texas. She has pastored in over 15 different churches, both inner city and rural, big and small, in Germany and the United States, showing off her Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, even when nobody wanted to listen. 

Rev. Miller is happily married to Rev. George Miller, Executive Director of Gastro Emprende in Las Cruces, who reminds her everyday what it means to be bold and humble and to listen more to John Prine. The Millers have two sons, Lukas and Johannes, and four grown children from George’s former marriage – George, William, Sarah, and Caroline. As a missionary family of GBGM they love to travel, to spend time in God’s amazing creation, read the news and God’s word of truth together, and to learn more from our faithful Triune God every day – until we all make it home.

University United Methodist Church staff member, Rev. Dr. Heike Miller
University United Methodist Church