A Brief Overview
On September 23, 2011, the Minnesota South District of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod's Board of Directors signed a Purchase Agreement to sell the chapel of University Lutheran Chapel. The rationale for the sale is that buildings cost too much money to maintain, and that church buildings really have nothing to do with mission work.
We at University Lutheran Chapel believe our chapel building is extremely important to our work of campus ministry at the University of Minnesota and to the life of our congregation.
Why should you care?
University Lutheran Chapel is the only LC-MS congregation near the University of Minnesota and is extremely important to the spiritual welfare of our students and for outreach to those whom Christ would call to faith from the campus community.
ULC is not only important to our students at the U of M, but also to our entire church body. Our chapel is a flagship ministry in the LC-MS. We are one of the campus ministries that others look to for how faithful and successful campus ministry can be done. ULC impacts the entire synod through our students who leave our chapel to become leaders in churches throughout the world.
Consider the following:
ULC's campus ministry is one of the synod's oldest , having been active on the U of M campus since 1925, and in its current chapel since it was built in 1949/50.
ULC has sent 26 men to seminary over the tenure of pastors Pless and Kind. She has also had students become deaconesses, Lutheran school teachers, LC-MS camp directors, missionaries, etc.
ULC has had students and members who have done mission work in Haiti, in Kenya, in New Orleans, in South America and in many other places around the world.
ULC provides confessionally faithful and liturgical services to students throughout the year, numerous catechetical opportunities, Bible studies, social events, outreach events, and community service opportunities.
ULC is the only congregation in the city of Minneapolis that has shown consistent numeric growth (members, attendance & giving).
ULC as a congregation has become home to many young familes throughout the Twin Cities metro area, with a thriving Sunday School, VBS program, confirmation classes, youth group, choir, etc.
ULC has worked very hard to become self-supporting and now costs the MNS South District very, very little to operate (see "MNS District's Campus Ministry Budget" at the right of this page.
What can you do?
Donate to Help Save ULC
Monies raised will go toward our efforts to save our chapel, or, should we fail to so, toward relocating ULC so that we can continue our campus ministry efforts.
Help Spread the Word!
Tell others to visit this website, or SaveULC.org, or our Facebook fan page "Save University Lutheran Chapel".
Pray for us
Above all else, we pray the Lord will uphold this congregation and her students in the midst of all of this; for as He has said, even the gates of Hell shall not prevail against His Holy Church.
