Sunday, May 17: 10:00 AM Sunday Worship (Sanctuary/Livestream). 11:00 AM Coffee & Refreshments (Campus Center). 11:00 AM Meet & Greet With Pastoral Candidate Rev. Jose Valenzuela (Campus Center). Tuesday, May 19: 6:30 PM ULC Council Meeting (Campus Center Library/Zoom). 8:00 PM AA (Campus Center). Thursday, May 21: 6:00 PM Women’s Bible Study (Zoom). 8:00 PM AA (Campus Center). …

In June’s special get-together of the Page Turners’ Book Club, we reviewed “Memoirs of Mexico and Motorcycling” by Clifton Melby, who was the father of our very own Erin Crawford. Clifton enjoyed attending services at ULC when he was in AZ for the winter. He was an avid motorcyclist and loved to tell stories. It was an honor getting to know him better through his adventurous …

“I came from a faith where my path was set, my course was outlined, and my final destination was Mormon Exaltation.” Chris never imagined that his spiritual journey would lead him to set foot in University Lutheran Church in Tempe, Arizona. “Growing up as both Mormon and indigenous, I was taught to look forward to my Missionary work and getting married in the Mormon temple.” Chris recalls that …

Please enjoy this presentation from Jacob Hilliker’s January forum on the Gospels. He focuses on comparing and contrasting the content and themes among the four. We hope you find it enlightening and learn something new! Forum_JacobHilliker_TheFourGospels_Jan2026Download…

Providing meals to college students is an important, integral part of our ministry. During the ASU Fall and Spring Semesters, we provide Sunday lunch and Wednesday dinner to students as well as stocking a food pantry in our Campus Center. We proudly do this because: More than one-third of ASU college students go hungry each month. Sharing meals allows college students to get to know each other …

For yet another year, Hidden Treasures Thrift Store has awarded ULC’s Lutheran Campus Ministry a generous grant! This December we received a check for $3,000! A tremendous thank you to Hidden Treasures for supporting our ministry of feeding college students and funding retreats and coffee outings with the pastor! If you enjoy thrifting and would like to help support Hidden Treasures Thrift Store, …

Pitchfork Pantry, ASU’s student-run food bank, is one of our most fruitful long-term partners. Last semester, the Pantry routinely saw several hundred students at each distribution. There were some weeks where the Pantry did not have enough food to serve all the students and had to close early. Due to this great need for hunger relief among students, we are letting you know of three different …

By Autumn Byars ULC Member Autumn Byars originally wrote and published this blog post for the Lutheran Advocacy Ministry of Arizona’s weekly newsletter – Sept 16, 2025. Since 2008, the World Council of Churches has celebrated the Season of Creation, during what is otherwise marked as Ordinary Time on the liturgical calendar. During this mini liturgical season, lasting from September 1 …

Opening Doors. “I found some of my best friends through Lutheran Campus Ministry”, a recurring reminder from Kalee Porter, a student who has found her place amongst others at University Lutheran Church in Tempe, Arizona. Kalee originally comes from the Mormon faith in her family, and was given the opportunity to explore other walks of faith in life when her parents pulled out of the Mormon …

In December 2024, ReconcilingWorks launched a mutual aid fund to provide support and assistance to LGBTQ Lutherans. “Mutual aid” is defined as a community working together to collectively support each others needs, especially where other social safety nets have left gaps. ReconcilingWorks’s mutual aid fund has been set up to support LGBTQ families and individuals in our …