Sundays

Holy Communion Service

11:00 am

Sunday morning worship at the ULC is a contemporary and dynamic service that welcomes you to examine your student life and how you can better follow in the footsteps of Jesus. Pastor Bob, students, and occasional guest speakers lead this weekly service. Also, a free meal is provided once a month as a time to eat, socialize, and relax.

Wednesdays

Praise & Worship

9:00 pm

The Wednesday evening praise and worship service is a comfortable half-hour service during the middle of the week. This student-led service includes praise music, skits, and time for scripture. Join us for the fun and interactive service.

SDSU University Lutheran Center

The University Lutheran Center at South Dakota State University is a community of faith gathering for worship, service, support, and education. Events and programs at the ULC are designed to engage and encourage student involvement. Students of many different faith backgrounds are welcome to visit and participate at the ULC.

The ULC is a ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

ELCA Formation

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America resulted from a union of three North American Lutheran church bodies: The American Lutheran Church, the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches and the Lutheran Church in America.

The three churches agreed to unite in 1982. They formed a 70-member Commission for a New Lutheran Church, which planned the merger. The plan was approved by church conventions in 1986, and the ELCA constituting convention was held April 30-May 3, 1987, with the church actually beginning operations on January 1, 1988.

ELCA Confession of Faith

1. This church confesses the Triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
2. This church confesses Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and the Gospel as the power of God for the salvation of all who believe
     -  Jesus Christ is the Word of God incarnate, through whom
        everything was made and through whose life, death, and
         resurrection God fashions a new creation.
     -  The proclamation of God's message to us as both Law and Gospel
        is the Word of God, revealing judgment and mercy through word
        and deed, beginning with the Word in creation, continuing in the
        history of Israel, and centering in all its fullness in the person and
        work of Jesus Christ.
     -  The canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the
        written Word of God. Inspired by God's Spirit speaking through
        their authors, they record and announce God's revelation centering
        in Jesus Christ.  Through them God's Spirit speaks to us to create
        and sustain Christian faith and fellowship for service in the
        world.
3. This church accepts the canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as the inspired Word of God and the authoritative source and norm of its proclamation, faith, and life.
4. This church accepts the Apostles', Nicene, and Athanasian Creeds as true declarations of the faith of this church.
5. This church accepts the Unaltered Augsburg Confession as a true witness to the Gospel, acknowledging as one with it In faith and doctrine all churches that likewise accept the teachings of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession.
6. This church accepts the other confessional writings in the Book of Concord, namely, the Apology of the Augsburg Confession, the Smalcald Articles and the Treatise, the Small Catechism, the Large Catechism, and the Formula of Concord, as further valid interpretations of the faith of the Church.
7. This church confesses the Gospel, recorded in the Holy Scriptures and confessed in the ecumenical creeds and Lutheran confessional writings, as the power of God to create and sustain the Church for God's mission in the world.

Permanent Staff

Pastor Bob Chell

Lutheran Campus Pastor

This is Pastor Bob's sixteenth year at SDSU. He has degrees from Augustana College, Wartburg Seminary, and USD. He has been a pastor at Orient & Faulkton, SD, Southwest Minnesota State University, and James Madison & Eastern Mennonite University in Virginia.
Bob and his wife Carole have two children. Dan, 16, is a junior at Brookings High School. Margaret, 14, is an eighth grader at George Mickelson Middle School.
Pastor Bob loves being a campus pastor. When he's not at work, Bob enjoys traveling with his family, reading and fishing. He's still trying to catch a fish!

Katie Tvedt

Office Manager

Katie taught PE and Health for thirteen years in Minnesota and Texas and is thrilled to be working in her fourth year as Office Manager. Her father, grandfather, four uncles, and two brothers are ordained pastors, so the church is like home for her. Katie's husband, Dan, is a financial planner and farmer. They have three children: Hans, 14, is a freshman at Sioux Valley High School in Volga; Siri, 11, in sixth grade; and Bryn, 8, in third grade. Siri and Bryn attend Volga Christian School. The entire family shares a love of the outdoors, sports, and music.

Peer Ministers

Amy Hansmeier

Hospitality

I am from Bristol, SD.  I am a sophomore nursing major and enjoy reading, walking, and spending time with family and friends.  Over the summer, I worked at a local nursing home as a certified nursing assistant, got to take a vacation to Seattle, WA, and took some online classes. I also have a fun hobby of collecting refrigerator magnets. 

Collin Otteson

Music

I am a Junior Music Ed student from Volga, South Dakota. I enjoy living and breathing music. My goal in life is to write a musical that tops Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera" and I enjoy reading and swordfighting.

Keely Lawton

Service

I am a Junior Health Promotions major and I'm from Inwood, IA. I am on the track team and I enjoy being outside and like wearing headbands. This summer I had hip surgery

Claire Harstad

Development

I grew up in Revillo, SD.  I am a Junior majoring in Early Childhood Education and minoring in Spanish.  I spent this summer as a counselor at Atlantic Mountain Ranch, a bible camp outside Custer, SD.  During my spare time I love to watch movies and play board games.  I absolutely LOVE new socks!

Emily Kuecker

Publicity

I am from Webster, SD. I am a senior Speech Communications major with minors in business, economics, marketing, and journalism. My future plans include working for a M.B.A. emphasizing management or marketing. I enjoy spending time with my family and friends, photography, shopping, traveling, working out, antiquing, playing sports, rummage sales, and hunting. Over the summer, I worked as the Promotions Assistant for the Sioux Falls Canaries. My favorite experience from the Canaries was sometimes suiting up as the big, yellow bird, Cagey!

Krissa LeLaCheur

Outreach

I am a junior political science major with minors in business and economics. I am from Rapid City. I like to hike, read, volunteer. I also recently finished an internship with the state legislature.

Cory Koster

Website

I am from Windom, MN. I am an Interdisciplinary Studies major with minors in History and Computer Science. I enjoy spending time with my family and friends. I also enjoy playing video games with my friends. I also got married over the summer!