How the ScOM is creating community for Christians and seekers at KPU

For students who follow Christianity or are simply curious about exploring the faith, the Kwantlen Student Association’s Christian club, the School Outreach Ministry (ScOM), welcomes new members. 

Club president Andrea Basilio wrote in an email statement to The Runner that the ScOM hopes to create “a family and home for the students who are looking for friends and a community within the campus and are interested in learning more about the Bible.”

KPU’s ScOM is part of a wider network of connected clubs across the Lower Mainland and internationally. The group operates with a worldwide youth movement under the Jesus is Lord Church, with clubs and branches in high schools and universities in B.C. and around the world. 

Through the club’s network, members can attend regional events every one to two months, connecting with students from other post-secondary institutions. 

On campus, ScOM hosts weekly Bible study-style meetings, typically in a library study room. Those interested in attending can contact the club through Instagram at @kpu_scom. 

“Everyone is welcome to join us! Regardless of your race, status, beliefs, and religious affiliations! If you are interested in joining us and have any questions, feel free to reach out and message us,” Basilio wrote. 

At a recent meeting, ScOM treasurer Christiana Binas reflected on her faith journey. 

“I gave my life to Him last year. And I’ve never been more content or happy, even when my life has literally been in shambles, there’s nothing better than just knowing that I’m OK [and that] I will be OK,” she said. “I don’t know where I’m going to end up 10 years from now, but I know that despite whatever it will be, it will be good and it will be in service to the God I serve.”

Basilio added: “I’m so content in Christ, and through Him, I was able to find freedom and true joy … from the moment that I accepted Him as my Lord and Saviour.”

“Being here at KPU was actually a prayer of mine.”

The club’s vice-president Angelo Contreras said that all of the club’s members have experienced a breakthrough where they have learned that Jesus is enough. 

“I [am] reminded of this verse in John 10:10: ‘The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.’ But Jesus, he has come so that they may have life and have it to the full,” he said. “With Jesus, we experience life to the fullest because he has come onto this Earth to give us that gift.”