UCO Events

UCO Praise Night!
Come together with members of all UCO fellowships in a time of praise and worship for our awesome and mighty God. We'll have times of musical worship, prayer for our school and our world. Members of many UCO fellowships will be leading us in worship for a time of spiritual focus you won't want to miss!

Date: Wednesday, November 11
Time: 3-5 pm (no class that day!)
Place: 34-101

Sampling of Past Events

Fall 2009

See You at the Dome!
Modeled off "See You at the Pole" which takes place in high schools around the country, "See You at the Dome" is an opportunity to gather in the morning and pray for our campus, region, and country. It is early, but this is a wonderful reason to get up in the morning!

Date: Thursday, October 1
Time: 8:30-9:30am
Place: Killian Court, in front of the dome

Welcome Class of 2013!

Are you curious about what the body of Christ looks like at MIT? Do you want to find out about the Christian fellowships available? Look no further! Come to the UCO BBQ Meet and Greet! Upperclassmen from each of our member fellowships will be there to answer questions, and there will be plenty of good food, even vegetarian!
Date: Monday, September 7th
Time: 12-2pm
Place: Baker BBQ pits (along Mem Dr)

Once you've made plenty of friends at the BBQ, come to the traditional Reg Day Worship Service. This will be a time of worship, to give us an opportunity to focus ourselves on God before the busyness of the semester sets in. You won't want to miss it!
Date: Tuesday, September 8th
Time: 6pm
Place: Kresge Lawn(between Kresge and the Z-center)

Large Events from Past Years

Veritas Forum @ MIT (March 2007)

In the spring of 2007 UCO hosted its first Veritas Forum! The topic was "Science, Faith and Technology" and speakers included Francis Collins, Prof. Ian Hutchinson, Prof. Rodney Brooks, and Prof. Rosalind Picard. Over 700 students attended these events over the course of four days!

The Veritas Forum won one of three 2007 Student Leader awards for Outstanding Event. While only four students were able to attend the ceremony, it was, by God's grace, the hard work the entire planning committee, the MIT Christian community, and the Veritas Organization who made this event possible.

A smaller forum was held in 2008, and addressed the question "How Could a Good God Allow Suffering?" and featured Pastor and philosopher Tim Keller of Redeemer Church in New York. Over 500 students attended and many great discussions were sparked all across campus. The third forum was in March of 2009 focused around the question: "More than Matter: Does it Matter?" discussing what it means to be human and how that affects the way we live. Three seperate nights featured questions such as “Sharper, Flatter, Does it Matter?” discussing the arts; “Matter, Antimatter, Doesitmatter?” focused around faith and physics; and "More than Mammals, Why do we Matter?" examined the implications on ethics of an atheistic and christian worldview. Over the three nights, more than 600 people were able to attend!

Recordings of each talk are avaliable from the Veritas media website.

UCO Missions Trip to Haiti 2007

During spring break, 15 MIT students traveled to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, with Partners With Haiti. There, they worked alongside the Haitian community to put a cement floor in a school, worshipped the Lord with our Haitian brothers and sisters, met with local university students and experienced life in a developing country. The trip was amazing and God used the team to glorify His name in so many ways!

Dinner with Christian Faculty (Spring 2005)

About 11 Christian faculty members and 60 MIT students gathered for dinner to get to know one another and promote unity among the Christian community at MIT.