EXHIBIT 32.1

                              UNITED BANCORP, INC.

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ENACTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of United Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company")
on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2007 as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, James W. Everson,
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as enacted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

     (1)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
          15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
          material respects, the financial condition and results of operations
          of the Company.


/s/ James W, Everson
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James W. Everson,
Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer

August 13, 2007


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