We're a Campus Ministry Congregation of the ELCA.
Go to the Students page for information about our current programs for Students.
Campus Ministry isn't something we do - it's something we are and fits into our Love Each Other and Love Our Neighbor Quadrants.
We were founded as a Lutheran Campus Ministry to the Stanford University community, though given our proximity to Palo Alto University, Menlo College, Foothill College, De Anza College, and Cañada College, we see ourselves broadly as a Campus Ministry Congregation for all undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in this area. UniLu has an intergenerational community of caring people who look forward to learning about what students are studying, and learning each year. This means, students find surrogate parents, grandparents, siblings, and children, and find a place where achievement is not the main focus. You can just be yourself here- and that makes it a little easier to worship, socialize, and just think about how we might make a better world fellow justice-oriented members of the community. This home-away-from-home-away-from-home is a place for encountering other students, professors, alumni, neighbors, and friends in a casual setting that doesn't come with a boatload of competition.
The leadership of the congregation has often been in the hands of students. Our Church Council has been made up of many university-affiliated folks (three of the last six presidents of the congregation have been students), our Fireside Room is available as a student lounge, students take an active role in worship leadership, and several of our programs have students in leadership roles.
UniLu is one of hundreds of Lutheran Campus Ministry sites across the US affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, giving us a relationship to several Lutheran Campus Ministries in California and across the country.
Campus Ministry isn't something we do - it's something we are and fits into our Love Each Other and Love Our Neighbor Quadrants.
We were founded as a Lutheran Campus Ministry to the Stanford University community, though given our proximity to Palo Alto University, Menlo College, Foothill College, De Anza College, and Cañada College, we see ourselves broadly as a Campus Ministry Congregation for all undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in this area. UniLu has an intergenerational community of caring people who look forward to learning about what students are studying, and learning each year. This means, students find surrogate parents, grandparents, siblings, and children, and find a place where achievement is not the main focus. You can just be yourself here- and that makes it a little easier to worship, socialize, and just think about how we might make a better world fellow justice-oriented members of the community. This home-away-from-home-away-from-home is a place for encountering other students, professors, alumni, neighbors, and friends in a casual setting that doesn't come with a boatload of competition.
The leadership of the congregation has often been in the hands of students. Our Church Council has been made up of many university-affiliated folks (three of the last six presidents of the congregation have been students), our Fireside Room is available as a student lounge, students take an active role in worship leadership, and several of our programs have students in leadership roles.
UniLu is one of hundreds of Lutheran Campus Ministry sites across the US affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, giving us a relationship to several Lutheran Campus Ministries in California and across the country.