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We Don't Have All the Answers. + We Love to Ask the Questions.

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Who we are...

ELCM:

A Student Group
We are undergraduate and graduate students, staff, and faculty from all over the world. We have a wide variety of backgrounds and majors, but we have one thing in common: a need to take time from our studies to keep our perspectives healthy.

Engaging the world
While issues have changed since our founding in the 60s, University Church is still a community committed to social justice and hospitality to strangers. (Click here to see the results of our Oreo Cookie Federal Budget!) As a community "at work in the world," we are committed to justice, respect for conscience, and equality for all people, especially those who are most at risk in society.

Part of University Church
UniChu, as it is affectionately called, is our home base, providing a center for our activities and an important link to the community. It is located on the Southeast side of campus at 1611 Stanford Avenue.

UniChu:

A Church Home
University Church, a progressive, ecumenical, congregation across Stanford Ave. from campus in the College Terrace neighborhood, is the church-home for ELCM. Our theology is progressive, our worship is organic, our welcome is radical, and Christ's table is open to all. If you are in search of a congregational community, join us here at 1611 Stanford Ave for worship, fellowship, study, reflection on God's call, and engagement with the world.

Our History
This church had its origin during the turbulent 1960's when the nation and the universities were polarizing around issues like the Vietnam War, Women's Liberation, Sexual Freedom, and political and individual freedom from inherited values. During the time of the Death Squads in El Salvador, the church social halls became a place of sanctuary for people fleeing Central American wars. It was a new voice in Lutheran Christianity for many students & townspeople. Today, in the midst of war and a global struggle for liberation, Uni Chu finds itself bringing new perspectives to old questions.

A Faith Community
We are a united ministry of the Episcopal and Lutheran churches, but this community is made up of people from many (or no) denominations. We use scripture, tradition, and reason to inspire a living faith. We are barrier-free, welcoming all people from the community - faculty, staff, students, family, friends, neighbors, and alumni. If you want to be here, God welcomes you.

A Group of Friends
We are a welcoming group that often serves as a family away from home. Fellowship, food, laughter, and community play an important role in our gatherings, bringing us closer to each other and to God. This is more than a Sunday gathering.

Join Us For...

 

Worship

  • Sundays at 10 AM at University Church, 1611 Stanford Ave.
  • Thursdays at noon at Stanford Memorial Church, side chapel.
  • For a holiday worship schedule, check the top of the page.

 

Bread and Belonging

College students (and college-aged folk) are welcome to this weekly gathering for dinner and conversation, every Tuesday evening from 5:30-7:00 in the CIRCLE Common Room.

 

Choir Practice

Love to sing, but too little time? The University Church Choir may be right for you. The choir rehearses weekly on Tuesdays at 7 pm right after Bread and Belonging in the University Church sanctuary and sings twice a month at University Church. The choir schedule follows the Stanford calendar and the choir director is very accommodating to student activities, homework loads, etc. So come sing when you can! We would love to have you.

 

Service Projects, Recreational Events, Forums, and More

There is a lot going on in addition to our regularly scheduled programming.

Be sure to check the calendar regularly, or email the Pastors with specific questions.

 

AA

AA is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others recover from alcoholism. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. There are no dues or fees for AA membership; it is self-supporting through participant contributions. AA is not allied with any sect, denomination, political organization or institution. The primary purpose is to stay sober and to help others do the same.

For a schedule of AA group meetings at UniChu, please contact the church office.