The Beacon Campus Ministry

04/21/2026

Pet a Puppy and Praise the Lord!
This Thursday, Pastor Marques Nelson from St. Paul's will lead chapel at the Beacon. He'll bring his guitar and his 7 month old goldendoodle puppy named Mabel. Sometimes at this time of year, college students just need to pet a puppy! Help Pastor socialize his puppy, relieve some stress, and sing some great songs together - this week at the Beacon.

03/17/2026

March Madness is Here!

We're gonna be giving away a prize! Join our bracket at the following link:
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P.S. Dollar Dinner this Thursday as usual at 5:30pm. We'll talk about work and how we try to find "enoughness" in it instead of in God. See you then!

03/14/2026

Hi Students! Please worship with us tonight at 5:30 PM at St. Paul's Ev. Lutheran Church, North Mankato - WELS or join us online because we have canceled the Sunday services with the snowy weather coming up.

Change of plans! Plan to worship on Saturday at 5:30 PM instead of Sunday morning this week.

It looks like we have a mighty storm coming overnight Saturday and into Sunday. Our church council and pastors thought it would be best to cancel the Sunday services and encourage everyone to come to church early! Let’s gather for a big ol’ worship service on Saturday night at 5:30 PM. Then we can all head home, filled with the word of God, and hunker down for the rest of the weekend.

If there are any other updates, we’ll share them here on Facebook. (For example, if the weather somehow totally misses us, we’ll let you know if the 10:30 AM could still happen).

It would be great to worship in person, but if you can’t make it physically, stay safe and check out these links to stay connected:

The Saturday night worship service will be livestreamed on the YouTube page. - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZJevnxpBIhXY5qYgEkxtNQ/live

The service will be uploaded to the online worship page on our website. - https://www.stpaulsnorthmankato.com/page/onlineworship

You can still give offerings online by clicking here or going to the GIVE link on the church website. - https://onrealm.org/stpaulsnorthmankato/-/form/give/now

Whenever you worship online, please fill out the Online Connection Card. The link is also on our website, and when you fill it out it helps us see that members are connected, respond to prayer requests, and see that the online services are helpful. - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdqThVra7ZN1LZDkL0_7mNT5XoK3GHqjkCrfqIBywVE8K22NA/viewform

The Lord be with you!

Pastor Nelson

02/25/2026

Here's another quick invite to Bible study at St. Paul's this weekend.

02/25/2026

Hi Beacon students - we're diving into a tough topic at St. Paul's on Sundays at 9:15 AM - The Problem of Hell. Have you ever had questions or doubts about this topic? Do you know people who have written off Christianity because of the concepts of suffering or Hell? Join us this weekend, and let's find answers from God's Word. - Pastor Nelson

The Problem of Hell. A New Bible Study at St. Paul’s.
How could a good God send people to hell? Does the Bible really teach that hell exists? How can I talk to an unbelieving friend who has rejected Christianity because of the doctrine of hell? If God is good, why is there suffering and evil in the world? What if I’m not convinced that God is fair? Has the doctrine of hell troubled you? Do you have questions? Come find answers from God’s Word at St. Paul’s as we tackle the tough topic of, “The Problem of Hell”. Sunday mornings at 9:15 AM.

02/17/2026

We've got Sip N' Paint THIS WEEK at 5:30pm Thursday evening! We'll have food, drinks, and canvases! We'll also read a portion of Scripture for inspiration as we paint.

It's always a great time relaxing and having fun together while we meditate on God's Word. Invite a friend, and we'll you then!

02/11/2026

We had such great discussion for "Ask the Pastor" that we're gonna keep it going for a second week! We'll keep talking about baptism, and feel free to bring more of you theological, religious, or church questions.

Join us tomorrow for Dollar Dinner at 5:30pm. See you then!

01/25/2026

Due to the weather, we are going to postpone our Vespers Service till next Sunday night at the same time (9pm). Hope you can join us then! God bless your evening

01/20/2026

There are many things in our life that can take our attention away from the true religion of the Gospel and sharing that love with others. We'll continue working through this "seculosity" concept at Dollar Dinner this week Thursday at 5:30pm. Bring $1 and a friend. See you then!

01/13/2026

Welcome back students!

We pray you all had a great Christmas break! We'll be back to Dollar Dinners starting this week on Thursday the 15th at 5:30pm. Invite a friend -- we're excited to see you all again soon!