There is a place for you at this table.
Living Table UCC is a United Church of Christ congregation in Minneapolis — a community of believers, seekers, followers, and skeptics committed to love and justice. Come for the decent coffee. Stay for the radical welcome.
Who We Are
Living Table UCC was born in 2012 from the merger of two South Minneapolis congregations: Minnehaha UCC, founded in 1904 near the banks of the Mississippi, and Spirit of the Lakes UCC, which made history in 1992 as the first LGBTQ+ congregation to join — rather than leave — a mainline Protestant denomination.
The two communities found in each other the same commitments: to follow the radical teachings of Jesus, to practice unconditional welcome, and to take seriously the call to justice in the world.
Today we worship alongside Lake Nokomis Lutheran Church and Spirit of Saint Stephen's Catholic Community at New Branches, a shared space in South Minneapolis. We are a small congregation with a long legacy and a clear sense of who we are: a community drawn together in Christ to embody love, seek justice, and invite healing.
We are not a homogeneous group. Our members have a range of theological perspectives and life experiences, and we are grateful for the human diversity in our midst. We believe that all people have a place at God's table. Each Sunday we celebrate that Christ is the host, Christ sets the table, and Christ welcomes all.
Church Staff
Pastor: The Rev. Dr. Rachael Keefe
Minister of Music: Kevin Hohlstein
What We Believe
Living Table is part of the United Church of Christ — a denomination with four hundred years of history and a tradition of advocating for justice. We carry that tradition forward.
We are an Open and Affirming congregation, which means the welcome of queer and trans people, and people of all gender identities and sexual orientations.
We are also a W.I.S.E. congregation: Welcoming, Inclusive, Supportive, and Engaged with people who live with mental health challenges. The historical church has caused real harm; many of us have experienced it. We strive to be a community that promotes healing and restoration.
We hold a Just Peace commitment that lasting peace requires justice for all people. We are also an Anti-Racist congregation, actively working to understand and dismantle systems of racial injustice.
Through all of it, we hold the UCC conviction that God is still speaking — through ancient texts and living voices, through creation, through our neighbors. We have a diversity of perspectives on who Jesus is and was. We share a commitment to embody the love he taught: unconditional love of neighbor and self. We are believers, seekers, followers, and skeptics, working together in love.
Join Us
Sunday Worship
Every Sunday, 10:30 a.m. to noon
Services run about 90 minutes. This includes communal prayer, which for us is a time of authentic sharing with one another and with God. Communion is every week, served with juice and allergen-free bread, because we mean it when we say everyone is welcome at this table. Stay after for kinship and to try the coffee.
Where We Meet
New Branches
5011 S 31st Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55417
612.405.1154
office@livingtable.org
Joining by Zoom
You're fully part of the service. Our setup lets you see and be seen — or not, if you'd rather keep your camera off. Some people lead parts of worship remotely. Others attend with camera off and mic muted and never unmute. All of it is fine. Nobody will be called on. This isn't high school.
To receive Zoom attendance info, use the contact form below.
What to Expect
We are a small, ecclectic and quirky, loving community. Our services are optionally interactive, meaning that anyone present might engage and interact. This is never required of anyone. You really are welcome here.
Wear whatever's comfortable. Bring your kids. There's a dedicated child engagement area in the sanctuary. If you're in recovery, you'll be in good company. A core part of our congregation joins us via Zoom. Come once or a hundred times. Your showing up creates no obligation.
Accessibility
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Get in Touch
We'd love to hear from you. Whether you have a question about Sunday worship, want Zoom info, would like to connect with the pastor, or have another question, please get in touch.