All are welcome!
Campus Ministry provides opportunities and a safe place for the PLU community to explore issues of faith and spirituality, to ask and wrestle with big questions of life, to integrate faith and learning, to create a community of support and service to others and to the earth. It is our belief that everyone has a place and a purpose in the PLU community. We welcome you to join in!
Our History
Pacific Lutheran University was founded in 1890 by a group of mostly Norwegian Lutherans from the Puget Sound area. In naming the university, these pioneers recognized the important role that a Lutheran educational institution on the western frontier of America could play in the emerging future of the region. Education—and educating for service—was a venerated part of the Scandinavian traditions from which these pioneers came.
PLU has been closely and productively affiliated with the Lutheran church throughout its history. It is now a university of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, owned by the more than six hundred congregations of Region 1 of the ELCA.
Important September Events
University Congregation kicks off this year on September 7 with Orientation Worship. This is a great opportunity to experience Sunday morning worship and fellowship! We begin at 11:00 AM at Lagerquist Concert Hall in the Mary Baker Russell Music Building.
Karaoke Night in the Cave will take place on Friday, September 12 at 9:00 P.M. Come show off your talent (or lack thereof) in Campus Ministry's annual kick-off event! Don't want to sing? Support your friends and get to know people!
Join us on September 21 at 1:00 P.M. for our annual Mt. Rainier Hike. This has been a tradition at PLU for nearly 90 years! We will hike to Panorama Point and share Holy Communion and a brown-bag lunch together. For more information or to sign up, contact that Campus Ministry Office.