“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 …

Sunday, Mar 15: 10:00 am Sunday Worship (Sanctuary/Livestream). 11:00 am Coffee & Refreshments (Campus Center). 11:00 am Free Student Lunch (Campus Center/Grab-N-Go). Tuesday, Mar 17: 6:30 pm ULC Council Meeting (Campus Center Library/Zoom) 8:00 pm AA (Campus Center). Wednesday, Mar 18: 5:00 pm LCM Bible Study (Campus Center). 5:30 pm Free Student Dinner (Campus Center/Grab-N-Go). 6:30 pm …

We’d love to see you at worship this spring for this holy season of Lent, Holy Week, and Easter! Mid-week Lenten worship, “Holden Evening Prayer”, will be each Wednesday at 6:30 pm in the Sanctuary and via livestream: February 25 March 4 March 11 March 18 March 25 Holy Week Services (all in the Sanctuary and live-streamed): Palm Sunday: March 29th at 10:00 am Maundy Thursday: …

During Dinner Church, we recreate Jesus’ last meal with his disciples. We prepare dinner together, gather around the Word of God, and partake of the Lord’s Supper. We do two Dinner Church events each semester, and these events are in lieu of our usual Wednesday worship service of the evening. Please join us for the final Dinner Church of this spring semester on April 8th. Everyone is welcome! …

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 …