Sunday Worship Services
Espoo services meet at 10:30 at our Matinkylä location – welcome! Please use the main doors in the courtyard to enter on Sunday morning; you’ll find our worship gathering & fellowship on the second floor.
Helsinki services meet at 16:00 in downtown Helsinki – welcome! The main sanctuary is on the 3rd floor, coffee fellowship is held on the 2nd floor.
Find us on the map at this page!
In case of any last minute changes, we will let you know via our UCC Ministry Updates WhatsApp group chat – if you would like to be added to this chat group, please contact any staff member!
UCC Church Announcements
Growth Classes: “Hot Topics”
For at least 3 consecutive weeks, from February 9th to February 23rd, we will offer growth classes on various “hot topics” after the UCC Helsinki Sunday services. Topics will include for example Complementarianism, Election, Authority of Scripture, and more. (Feel free to send us ideas or requests!)
You can join us in person or follow along online via a link on the digital bulletin. Classes will start at approx.17:45 and run for about one hour.
Ladies’ Breakfasts:
All ladies of the church plus friends are warmly welcome to a relaxed potluck style breakfast fellowship!
Join us at the UCC Offices (Matinkartanontie 13) on every first Saturday of the month from 9–11.
The next ladies’ breakfast will be March 1st. Contact Emily Westlund with any questions!
Mens’ Breakfasts:
Welcome to all men for a relaxed potluck style breakfast fellowship at the UCC Offices (Matinkartanontie 13) from 9–11 am.
The next mens’ breakfast will be March 8th. Contact Shaun with any questions!
Wednesday Prayer & Bible Study Meeting:
Wednesday nights will resume on January 15th!
Join us for our church-wide in-person prayer & bible study meeting at the UCC Offices (Matinkartanontie 13) every Wednesday evening from 18–19:30.
Doors will be open from 17:45 and light refreshments will be available.
The conference room will be available for children/childcare. All are welcome. Contact Shaun Rossi or Samuel Gandi with any questions.
Spiritual Growth Evening: Sharing the Gospel with your Muslim Neighbour
Join us at the Valosali (morning service location, Matinkartanontie 13) on Wednesday February 26th from 1745–20:00.
There’ll be some light refreshments but feel free to bring your own packed meals too (but no nuts!), especially if you have children with you.
Newcomers’ Meeting
Are you new to UCC? Do you want to find out more about life and community at UCC?
Join us once a month after the morning service (Espoo) for a Newcomers’ Meeting, every second Sunday of the month.
Contact Shaun, Daniel or Gabe for more details.
Get connected at UCC
What does getting connected at UCC this season might look like for you? We have a number of volunteer teams at both congregations; various community events; clubs, gatherings or groups; and seasonal special events as well.
Serving or volunteering during a Sunday worship service or with the youth teams is a great way to get to know people, to get connected, and to grow in sacrificially loving, serving and encouraging each other.
Please fill out this form to let us know what volunteer teams or church groups / events you are interested in, and a staff member will be in touch soon!
Sunday Services at UCC
At UCC we typically teach sermon series on books of the Bible, chapter by chapter; on occasion we will have standalone sermons too. We are currently studying through the book of 2 Corinthians.
We livestream both of our Sunday services. You can always watch the latest service online at our digital bulletin (ucclife.fi/bulletin), where you will also find the Order of Worship for that Sunday.
To catch up on any Sundays you might have missed, check out our sermon archive via this link or from the link at the end of every digital bulletin called “Previous Sermons”. For the password, please contact any staff member.
We also have a profile on Spotify where you can find our sermon series playlists (everything we sing during any particular sermon series) as well as some seasonal playlists (like the Advent 2024 playlist).
If you would like to learn about volunteering on any of our Sunday service teams, please contact Daniel Ottoson or Gabe Byrd (for morning service volunteering) or Miriam Brown (for evening service volunteering).
Upcoming UCC Social Events
We have a WhatsApp group chat where we post all our Social events. Events are often also posted on the church website calendar, but the WA group is how you’ll stay most up to date.
Anyone at all can organise a social event – we’d love to have more events! The heart behind our Social team is to organise low-threshold events to which we can invite friends from outside the church, as well as to build our own fellowship and community within UCC. If you would like to host / invite / organise / suggest an event, please contact Miriam or Mark to get info online and into the WhatsApp chat group.
To join the WhatsApp group, you can fill out this form online, or you can contact Miriam (0407259049) or Mark (+1 717 742 8018) via WhatsApp and ask to be added to the group!
Welcome to a Friday morning pre-work morning coffee in downtown Helsinki – usually weekly, usually at the Heritage Cafe. There is a separate whatsapp group for the morning coffee – if you’d like to be added for all the latest details or updates, please contact Miriam.
We usually meet in the Heritage Cafe, Fredrikinkatu 61.
Friday morning coffees are usually from 9-10:30 – join anytime!