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University Lutheran Church will host its third annual Block Party on Sunday, September 8, 2019 from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm (after the 10 am worship service). Enjoy food, music, games, a bouncy house, and more on the front lawn of 66 Winthrop Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts. All are welcome!

The following proposal will be voted on by each member organization of the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization (GBIO) at its Delegates Assembly on April 11, 2019.  (The assembly will take place at the Dearborn STEM Academy, 36 Winthrop Street, Roxbury on April 11 from 7 to 9 pm.) We hope the University Lutheran community will read the following description and let John…

Due to expected snow, sleet, and freezing rain, worship services at UniLu on Sunday, January 20, 2019 are cancelled. Pastor Imogene Stulken has shared her sermon, which is available as both an audio recording and a PDF on this website. Stay safe, everyone!

The phone system at University Lutheran went down on Tuesday, November 13, 2018, and cannot be repaired. We hope to have a new system installed on Wednesday, November 14. In the meantime, please email office@unilu.org to be in touch. We apologize for the inconvenience!

Jayms Battaglia, campus and community coordinator at University Lutheran Church, is the 2017 recipient of the Ed O’Neil Award from the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance. Jayms will receive the award at the organization’s annual meeting on Tuesday, December 12, 2017 (meeting…

At its annual meeting on Sunday, January 29, 2017, University Lutheran Church took a significant step toward becoming a Sanctuary congregation.

On Sunday, November 13, 2016, UniLu members joined Harvard students of different faiths—Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Sikh, and Zoroastrian—for the Harvard Chaplains‘ annual Interfaith Meal Packing Event. The group packed 25,000 meals for food-insecure residents of local communities, which were then distributed to local charities through The Outreach Program.…

UniLu’s campus and community coordinator Jayms Battaglia, 2014-16 Harvard Divinity School intern Caston Boyd, and Pastor Kari Jo Verhulst are featured in a short film about Lutheran campus ministry released by LuMin, the Lutheran Campus Ministry Network · ELCA. The nine-minute film, which includes appearances by students and Lutheran campus ministers across the…

Congratulations to those elected to positions of leadership at the 2016 annual congregational meeting on Sunday, January 31, 2016: Claye Metelmann, and Erika Oleson, Laura Tracey, and Hernan Villarroel were elected to two-year terms on the Church Council Laura Gilson was re-elected to a one-year student term on the Church Council Edward A. Bucher was re-elected as…