Church of the Risen Lord

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The Church of the Risen Lord is a Protestant church located at the University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City. It arose about 50 years ago through a Protestant student group named the Christian Youth Movement (CYM).

Location

The Church of the Holy Sacrifice is located in UP Diliman, along Laurel Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City, Metro Manila, beside the Parish of the Holy Sacrifice and the UP Health Service. <googlemap lat="14.659534" lon="121.07204"></googlemap>

History

In 1947, when the University of the Philippines was still in Padre Faura, Manila, a group of Protestant students started a movement named Christian Youth Movement (CYM) which aims to “make relevant Christian presence in the university campus”.

When the Diliman campus became the main campus of UP in 1949, the UPCYM also transferred to Diliman. They stayed at a sawali chapel – a chapel made of bamboo and nipa. They also shared that sawali chapel with two other religious groups, namely the UP Student Catholic Action (UPSCA) and the Iglesia Filipina Independencia.

Eventually, these three religious groups started to have conflicts among their schedules of programs and activities. Also, each group started to receive more and more members, making the chapel too crowded to accommodate all of them. So in 1952, the UPCYM launched their own fund drive, for them to be able to build their own Protestant chapel and student center inside the campus. March 16 of that year, they held a concert at the Central Church, Manila

Other parts of the church

The church is comprised of a main chapel (Church of the Risen Lord), a student center (Gumersindo Garcia Hall) and a child care center (Christian Child Care Center).

Christian Child Care Center (CCCC)

The Christian Child Care Center is a school that gives scholarships to children from needy families in university communities. It was originally named Nursery-Kindergarten School when it was started in 1961.

Gumersindo Garcia Hall (GG Hall)

The Gumersindo Garcia Hall (most commonly known as the GG Hall) is the student center of the CRL. It was named after Dr. Gumersindo Garcia, the UP Regent who persuaded the UP Administration and UP Regent of Board to allow the building of the Protestant chapel and student center. It was his through his efforts that the chapel and student center was allowed to be built in the university grounds.

When Dr. Garcia passed away in April 8, 1964, the student center was renamed Gumersindo Garcia Fellowship Center to dedicate his memory. Later, it was changed to its present name, Gumersindo Garcia Hall or GG Hall, as what is more commonly known to the community.

References

UP Chapel and the Church of the Risen Lord

See Also

• Churches on Campus
• Facilities on Campus