Events
Prayer Meetings
Our prayer
meetings are times of deep worship and prayer. We meet twice a month at St. Mark's College, which is located on the UBC campus, to join with our
brothers and sisters in glorifying the Lord and reflecting on different themes
of a Christian student’s life.
As a charismatic group, corporate worship is a cornerstone of UCO; and we really encourage each other to exercise the gifts given to us by the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 14:26-33) for we believe that these gifts give strength not only to our worship but to our entire ministry. We welcome the Holy Spirit into our meetings so that we may praise the Lord with all that we are.
After our time of worship, we spend time
together in fellowship or listen to talks about practical Christian living.
Click here to see the location of our prayer meetings on a map.
Lord's Day Celebrations
In recognition of Christianity’s Jewish heritage, UCO practices
what we call the Lord’s Day Celebration. In the Jewish tradition, the Sabbath
begins at sunset on Friday with a special set of prayers to prepare them
spiritually for the coming day of rest. The Lord’s Day Celebration is an adapted
form of these prayers. We prepare ourselves for Sunday with a structured
prayer, times of song, and the feasting! These are also evenings where we build
relationships with some fun filled fellowship.
The Lord’s Day
Celebration is unique to UCO and is a time where all Christian traditions can
come together to honour the Lord’s Day. All Christians share in the devotion to
keeping the Sabbath holy yet seldom do our different traditions have the
opportunity to worship together on Sunday. The Lord’s Day Celebration which UCO
prays together on Saturday, gives us that opportunity to come together as one body to welcome in the day that was made for us (Mark 2:27-28).
Click here to learn more about the Lord's Day tradition with a video made by a UCO worker in London.
Fellowship Events
Although we
do love prayer and worship, we do also love to build relationships! The time we
spend doing social activities is called fellowship. Really, the definition of fellowship is “friendly relationship”,
so basically in our times of fellowship we’re building on our friendships. It’s
kind of like just hanging-out only we know that there is something more because
we share a special bond through Christ. With Christ as our base, we are free to
build close brotherly sisterly relationships. It really is a blessing to have
these kinds of unifying relationships (Psalm 133).
Some
examples of fellowship events that we have had in the past include bowling,
dinners, volleyball, softball, laser tag, and watching movies. Sometimes these
events are done as a large group and sometimes we have special times for men or
women only to foster strong bonds of brotherhood or sisterhood.
In recognition of Christianity’s Jewish heritage, UCO practices
what we call the Lord’s Day Celebration. In the Jewish tradition, the Sabbath
begins at sunset on Friday with a special set of prayers to prepare them
spiritually for the coming day of rest. The Lord’s Day Celebration is an adapted
form of these prayers. We prepare ourselves for Sunday with a structured
prayer, times of song, and the feasting! These are also evenings where we build
relationships with some fun filled fellowship.
Click here to learn more about the Lord's Day tradition with a video made by a UCO worker in London.
Although we
do love prayer and worship, we do also love to build relationships! The time we
spend doing social activities is called fellowship. Really, the definition of fellowship is “friendly relationship”,
so basically in our times of fellowship we’re building on our friendships. It’s
kind of like just hanging-out only we know that there is something more because
we share a special bond through Christ. With Christ as our base, we are free to
build close brotherly sisterly relationships. It really is a blessing to have
these kinds of unifying relationships (Psalm 133).