UTC 团契在神的祝福和圣地雅歌华人传道会的支持下成立于1995年2月。成立UTC 团契的目的有两个：促进团契家庭在灵命上的成长及给居住在UTC这一地区的从中国大陆来的学生学者传福音。在神我们的牧者的带领下以及在周子良牧师，林良材，钱兴德，李信德，刘育圣等众弟兄指导性的支持下，UTC 团契首次于1995年2月18日在姜广成家举行查经聚会。UTC 团契的名字起源于当时团契大部分家庭都居住在UTC这一地区。开始时，我们每个月举行两次聚会。

 

 

“他使我躺卧在青草地上，领我在可安息的水边，他使我的灵魂苏醒，为自己的名引导我走义路（诗篇２３：2-3）” 。 几个月后，UTC 团契与当时从华人传道会出来的另一个团契，在神的恩赐及爱的感动下走到一起，在经过很长一段时间的祷告和寻求神的旨意后，我们认为两个团契都具有向最需要神的人传福音的负担，并决定在1998年秋天成立圣地亚哥华美基督徒团契，即今日圣地亚哥华美基督徒教会的前身。

 

在过去的10年里，UTC 团契定期每个月第一个周六在团契成员的家里举行查经聚会，考虑到我们当中总有一些还没有信主的墓道友，我们决定主要查考新约，特别是马太福音，马可福音，路加福音，约翰福音及使徒行传。

 

UTC 团契是一个充满神的爱的团契。除了定期的查经聚会外，我们还举行了一些如儿童教育，基督徒成长等特别讲座。 我们有在一起交换圣诞节礼物和庆祝新年的传统。另外，我们还组织了多次野营活动，给团契内外的家庭提供了很好的在主里交通的机会。在团契成立时，我们当中有些家庭里最大的孩子才刚开始上小学，13年后，这些孩子有的已经上大学了。团契里大部分家庭增加了第二个甚至第三个孩子，后来加入团契的家庭也带来了他们的孩子，因此，团契里孩子的人数也在增加。在主的带领下，我们期待更长久的增长和在主里的交通。“我一生一世必有恩惠慈爱随着我，我且要住在耶和华的殿中，直到永远（诗篇２３：6）”。我们敬爱的戴牧师和刘牧师也始终在灵命上给我们团契予以指导和鼓励。

 

在过去的十几年里，虽然当初UTC 团契的家庭都已经移居在圣地亚哥郡的其他地区或美国的其他地方，但是, UTC 团契的名字及其向从中国大陆来的学生学者传福音的目标始终没有改变。我们想念曾经在我们中间但是后来迁居外地的家庭，他们包括黎健/杨岚，彭春阳/黑燕，游通建/杨小红，张承志/孙秀英，胡世林/洪晓寒，任罡/张文英等。

 

University Town Center (UTC) Fellowship was established with God’s blessing and support of the Chinese Evangelical Church of San Diego (CEC) in February 1995. The UTC Fellowship was established to fulfill two goals: promote the spiritual growth of our fellowship member families and spread the gospel to the many scholars and visitors from Mainland China, most of whom lived in the UTC area. With God as our shepherd and instrumental support from Pastor Leon Chow, brothers Liang Tsai Lin, Charles Chien, Peter Li, and Alan Liu, the UTC Fellowship held its first meeting at the home of Guangcheng Jiang on February 18, 1995. Thereafter, it began semi-monthly meetings at the homes of the fellowship families.

 

 

“He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, He restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake (Psalms 23: 2-3).” Several months later, UTC Fellowship and another group of brothers and sisters that had also come out of CEC, moved with the grace and love of the Lord, came together and, after prolonged prayers seeking God’s will, came to the conclusion that both groups shared the same burden of spreading the gospel to those who most needed it. The two groups finally decided to establish Glory Christian Fellowship of San Diego, the predecessor of Glory Christian Church (GCC) in fall 1998.  

 

For the past 10 years, UTC Fellowship has held monthly Bible studies on Saturdays in homes of the group’s families. Because there were always newcomers to the group who did not know God as their Savior, the group decided to focus its studies on the New Testament, particularly the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and Acts. Our beloved pastors, Rev. William Dale and Rev. Gee Lowe, also constantly provided their spiritual guidance and encouragement to the UTC fellowship.

 

UTC Fellowship has been filled with God’s love. In addition to our regular Bible studies, we also have held special sessions on topics such as child education, Christian growth, etc. It has established a tradition of gift exchanges on Christmas Eve and celebrating New Year’s Eve. In addition, it has organized a number of camping trips, which have provided wonderful fellowship opportunities for families who were members and non-members of the group.

 

When the group was formed thirteen years ago,, the oldest children in the families were just entering elementary school. Now some of these children are in college and most are teenagers. The number of children in the fellowship group has increased because most of the families had a second or third child, and some younger families who joined the group more recently also had children . We look forward to many more years of growth and fellowship in Christ.“Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of Lord forever (Psalms 23:6).

 

Although all the original families in the group have either established homes outside of the UTC area or relocated to other parts of the country, the group’s name and goal to spread God’s message to newcomers from Mainland China remain unchanged. Even as we welcome new families into our felowship, we miss those who have relocated out of San Diego County: Jian Li/Lan Yang, Chunyang Peng/Yan Hei, Tongjian You/Xiaohong Yang, Chengzhi Zhang/Xiuying Sun, Shilin Hu/Xiaohan Hong,Gang Ren/Wenying Zhang, etc.

 

 

时间	地点	内容	带领人	儿童照顾
1月26日	远志明布道会
2月9日	曹小冬/王燕家	马可福音	张志远
3月8日	刘牧师家	马可福音	唐彤/刘牧师	曹小冬/王燕家
4月5日	张晓东/柳海珍家	马可福音	冯军
5月3日	苗振伟/牛丽萍家	马可福音	苗振伟
6月7日	高平/张利华家	马可福音	高平
7月7日	外出	宿营/半年小结	康建晓/所有家长
8月2日	姜广成/陈琪家	马可福音	康建晓	张志远/唐爱民家
9月6日	唐彤/曹晖	马可福音	苗振伟
10月4日	康建晓/贺美丽家	马可福音	姜广成	Westwood Club
11月1日	张志远/唐爱民家	马可福音	张志远	姜广成/陈琪家
12月6日	李明/杨春家	新人聚会/年终总结/2009年计划	康建晓/所有家长