University Episcopal Community

11/16/2023

University Episcopal Community is opening a combination lounge/jiu jitsu studio/free restaurant/study space near campus. Can you help us raise $11K by Dec 31 to make this happen? We've currently got a $1,000 match going for Give to the Max Day!

Announcing the Riverside LoungeIn partnership with the Presbytery of the Twin Cities, the University Episcopal Community is launching the Riverside Lounge! This is going to be a combination Free Restaurant + Study Space + Chapel + Jiu Jitsu Studio

11/17/2022

Hey Everyone! This is the first time we're making a push for Give to the Max Day! If you're in a position to make a gift to UEC we'll put it to good use to share more meals and stories in Minneapolis!

11/10/2016

Friends: I'm planning on holding space on Thursday (today!) at Mapps Coffee (1810 Riverside Ave) from 9:30-11:30 AM and 1:45-4:30 for folks who are looking to rant/vent/discuss/mourn/strategize/pray in response to the election. I'll pay for the coffee and food. Swing on by if you need a listening ear.

10/21/2016

What might this look like on your street?

Every year in our country, over 41 million children and families celebrate Halloween. Trick-or-treating, eating loads of candy, and dressing up in creative costumes offer an universal appeal to kids from all backgrounds. However, it’s common for families from urban neighborhoods to head to the subur...

10/19/2016

Spiritual Practices. What are you working on?

The Simple Way began because a group of people were motivated by something deep within. The action they took was a direct response to what they witnessed, experienced, and believed about God and the world. And this is why we still exist twenty years later. Because people continue saying yes to the d...

10/17/2016

How much is enough?

Simplicity Enoughness and Contentment Tuesday, October 4, 2016 (Feast of St. Francis of Assisi) We live in a society that places great importance upon external signs of success. We have to assure ourselves and others that we are valuable and important—because we inherently doubt that we are! Thus we...

10/17/2016

The crowd at Stories for Change filled the room and raised $350 to support Soup for You Cafe (story below!). Much thanks to our storytellers, musicians, hosts and volunteers. The next Stories for Change will be Spring Semester.

A chef who once spent a year living under the Franklin Avenue bridge and a hard-charging minister who recently took over a struggling Minneapolis church have joined forces to redefine the soup kitchen.

10/15/2016

Tomorrow! Stories for Change: an evening of stories and music and food. Raising $$$ for Soup for You. Your donation helps feed folks.

10/15/2016

The holiness of boredom. Good stuff from Jonathan Melton.

I didn’t discover the goodness of the drip castle until I met my wife, whose family has made annual pilgrimage to the same beach in Nor...

10/14/2016

Now your spiritual practice can be a . An app to reflect on where you felt close and far from God.

10/13/2016

Sanctuary & Safe Space

The violence of our culture can trap us in a spiral of fear and paralysis. Parker Palmer on the importance of centering our minds and hearts in sacred spaces of our own, wherever we may find them.

10/12/2016

...starting with "I'm sorry."

I had a series a while back about the Christian Cliches that we should drop from our lexicon, and since then I’ve had people ask what they should be saying instead. So here’s a list of handy phrases to help bring followers of Jesus into a post-Christendom, 21st-century world.