LUCF gathers to pray over Lakehead and TBay

Miko Oyakawa

It’s 6:15AM, dark out, and very early. The LU Agora is silent and deserted, glowing in that yellow light. Two guys clamour in through the front doors, one a biology student, the other in his pro year of education. Their arms are full of guitar cases and pieces of a drum set.

Shortly after, their engineering friend swings in with his guitar, and that outdoor rec girl from residence strolls in by Lake Tamblyn and sets up her keyboard. Sound system, check. Voice, check. They start to play. The music fills the open room, flows up the stairs past Security, and people with tie-dyed “LUCF” t-shirts trickle in, joining them in song.

Last Wednesday, the Lakehead University Christian Fellowship group, also known as LUCF, got together for their “See You at the Pole” event between 7am and 10am.

“See You at the Pole” is an open event run on campuses across Canada, the U.S. and Australia at which time students gather at their campus flagpole to pray for their school, local churches and community.

The morning began with an hour of music and singing indoors, followed by prayer time outside by the flagpole. It was a chilly morning, but the group offered hot beverages and donuts inside the Agora. “I thought it was really good. It was a small group, but I liked it because it felt like we were a little family getting together,” shared Elisa, a first year Northern Studies student.

The LUCF group gets together every Friday night at 7pm and have speaker nights, dinner nights, game nights, and discussion nights with a different focus or theme every month. Then every Monday night there is a guys’ bible study at 7pm in The Study and girls’ bible study at 8pm in an Agora side room.

The fall and winter retreats are also a highlight of the school year as the group packs up and drives out of the city to spend a peaceful and fun weekend by the lake.

LUCF is a dynamic group, ranging in ages, ethnicities, and areas of study at Lakehead; it’s cool how that a common belief in Jesus brings everyone together.

If you’d like to get involved with LUCF, or have any curiosity, visit www.lucfblog.blogspot.com, e-mail: lucfmail@gmail.com, drop in the office (up the stairs from The Study, across from Multi-Cultural Centre), or just show up an event.