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On Monday, the Ecumenica Christian Ministries held a barbecue to welcome new and returning students.
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The ECM has a different message than many campus ministries.
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The ECM, 1204 Oread Ave., is a campus ministry that reaches out to students at the beginning of the school year.
Other religious groups affiliated with the University of Kansas offer barbecues and social events for students to get involved. However, according to Rev. Thad Holcombe, campus minister for ECM, many expectations go along with a Christian ministry that may not apply at the ECM.
Holcombe said the ECM's most important goal was to remain hospitable without trying to insist that others conform to the views of the ECM in order to be accepted.
"There is a predominant culture stream that sees Christianity as rigid, closed and moralistic," Holcombe said. "That's not what we're about."
"We're not claiming to have all the answers, so we're listening to all the questions," he said.
ECM is funded by individual donations as well as contributions by its many member churches.
churches. The campus ministry also receives money from a cooperative living arrangement with several students, said Tyler Young, Abilene senior.
Young lives in the basement of the ECM building. He pays monetary rent and volunteers for ministry hours to live in the ECM.
He has lived there for the summer, and will continue to live there in the fall.
He said he has made many friends at the campus ministry.
various programs.
ECM has several committees made up of students that organize
various programs:
One program is the Sexuality Education Committee. Liz Franklin, Cedar Falls, Iowa, senior, is the student coordinator of that committee.
The committee works to educate students and help them have healthier and more fulfilling relationships.
"What we do has really opened my mind," Franklin said. "I think it's so important for students to realize that it's a safe place here on campus."
The committee also works on helping students get services for testing for sexually transmitted infections as well as services for victims of sexual assault.
Nyana Miller, Shawnee senior, studied abroad last year and returned to the ECM at the barbecue.
She said she liked the group's commitment to social justice, and she enjoyed the personalized approach ECM offers.
Forum, another service provided by ECM, the year before she studied abroad.
ted abroad. The forum comprises a small group of 15 students who address different faith-related issues every week.
week.
Jonathan Paul Doerr, Olathe freshman, attended the barbecue as a new student to see what the ECM was like.
Miller participated in Faith
"I just didn't want to get lost in the community," he said. "This is a place that can keep me grounded."
In addition to Monday's barbecue that gathered more than 100 students, the ECM is also offering other upcoming events.
ECM events include a veggie lunch today at 11:30 a.m. and a Faith Forum every Tuesday at 9 p.m.
The campus ministry can be contacted at 843-4933 or at ecku@ku.edu.
Other upcoming campus ministries events:
Immanuel Lutheran Student Fellowship
FAITH EVENTS
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5:30 p.m., Saturday, Aug.
21, Barbecue at Immanuel
Lutheran Church, 2104 W.
15th St.
8 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 22,
Heating Up With Hillel at
Abe & Jake's Landing, 8 E.
Sixth St.
KU Hillel
5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 24,
Barbecue at Perry Park,
15th Street and Monterey Way.
Navigators
5 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 24,
Barbecue at St. Lawrence
Catholic Center, 1435 Engel
Rd.
St. Lawrence Catholic Center
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