NOLA Wesley Foundation

Free refrigerator!! Come grab it today!! The freezer needs a good clean and the ice maker does not work! Must haul it away! 7102 Freret St

Friends!!!! GIVE NOLA DAY early giving is open!!! Please support our ministry and the AMAZING work it is doing for the students of Tulane and Loyola Universities!

Zoë's Fundraising Page For NOLA Wesley We are trying to build an endowment at Wesley! We currently have a $5000 match if we are able to raise that much. This community is so special to me and I hope you will support us in our plan for our future. 

“Worship In Action”- The first Sunday of every month, students from Tulane, Loyola, and Dillard Universities gather together and volunteer throughout New Orleans. This Sunday we were in Central City helping out the Berean Community Center. We built furniture and organized the centers free closet!

If you’re interested in volunteering with us DM us or email [email protected]!

A HUGE thank you to Jackie and Tory Cummings (The Iron Fork Kjun Eatery & Market) who provided the most delicious food for our BBQ bringing it all the way from Baton Rouge 😃 seriously! We’re still blown away!!!

Home-made boudin and sausages, BBQ chicken, vegan meatballs, garlic bread, salad, greens, potatoes, fish. The food NEVER STOPPED!!!!!

We are so continually thankful for the people in our community who support us. The Cummings, a family from the Presbytery, have been graciously providing meals for our Sunday worship since 2020. If your family or church are interest in our dinner ministry please DM us. We’d love to get y’all involved 🙂

Todays the day! Like most roofs in New Orleans, our old worn out roof dates back to 2006 - it was last replaced just after hurricane Katrina. Thanks to our generous donors, we reached one of our goals for the capital campaign this month! Our brand new roof is going on today! We’re so excited to take this step for the sustainability of the ministry. Thank you friends, family and supporters!

On this Give NOLA day, we're excited to announce our 2022-23 Capital Campaign. We're so blessed to have an amazing building that is our home right on Freret St. in the heart of the Uptown University district. We've had a few big changes over the last few years, including launching The Labyrinth café, a new Campus Minister, Rev. Zoe Garry, and a new cafe manager, Carrie Stuckwisch. With these changes have come a lot of fresh, exciting momentum, and we have many plans for the continuation and expansion of our ministry! Most importantly, we are tasked with caring for our building for years to come. You're invited to take part! Check it out at the link below:

2022 Capital Campaign | NOLA Wesley United Methodist Campus Ministry (Powered by Donorbox) NOLA Wesley provides an accessible, welcoming, inclusive, Christ-centered community for students in their uniquely formative college years. We're known as the only LGBT-affirming ministry on the Tulane and Loyola campuses. Our pay-what-you-can caf...

Had a wonderful Palm Sunday Crawfish boil 💜

Tomorrow Thursday at 6:00 PM the labyrinth is hosting a game night!

Get out of this yucky weather with a fun night in with pizza, games, and fun 💜

Very exciting news!!! On Monday October 4th and October 11th at 11:00 AM members of the Crescent City Chamber Music Festival will be performing at the Labyrinth Cafe.

This is a free concert and there will be time to meet the musicians and ask questions. Come spend your lunch break with yummy snacks and beautiful music!

Second time is the charm right??? Looking forward to welcoming our students back and our second opening worship this Sunday September 26th

Dinner and worship at 5:00 PM at the Labyrinth 💜💜💜

We LOVE local artists!!!! A HUGE thank you to who is showing 3 of her prints at the Labyrinth this semester. 💜💜💜

We have a wonderful new gallery wall in the cafe. We are always looking for more talented artist. DM us or come check out our space if you’re interested in displaying your work!!!

The Labyrinth is partnering with El Pueblo NOLA to gather supplies for our community. If you have any of these supplies we’ll be collecting at the Labyrinth (7102 Freret St) from 1-4 MONDAY and accepting donations on venmo at Nola-Wesley (please make sure to label the donation for El Pueblo on venmo) 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

Brenton Brock wrote “In my reading of genesis, particularly the story of Noah, I have come to this conclusion: I am committed to building what I’ve never seen before, or heard of, and understand that the fruit of my labor will save my life and my family’s life.”

Today we are bracing for one of the worst hurricanes in Louisiana’s history with the realistic possibility that many parts of the state will be destroyed. Homes, buildings, and belongings will be destroyed. Looking to Noah and our collective faith’s memory of destruction we find in an unjust moment of destruction- there is also the possibility of us building something that can quite frankly save our lives. We are given this moment in our life to direct ourselves to sit in a posture of change and authority.

There are many unknowns in this moment. What the storm will bring, the extent of the damage, and how long it will take to build and rebuild. But our faith invites us to collectively and actively be a part of something we have never seen before. To create a community, a world that will save our lives. It is my prayer today that in looking to the future we can be filled with the confidence that we are active participants in that future and are committed to creation and beauty. Amen.

Queerly Beloved,

In June, I received a letter from a student thanking me for the past year at Wesley. There is line in the letter that has stuck with me this month. It said, “I used to believe that God loved me despite who I am, but because of the you and the ministry I know God loves me because of who I am.” In a moment of vulnerability, the mission of NOLA Wesley and the Labyrinth was perfectly encapsulated in this sentence.

NOLA Wesley was established as not only an inclusive space, but an affirming one for the students of the Tulane and Loyola campuses. As one of the only queer-affirming ministries, our operations are vital for students who wish to explore their faith in a safe and accepting place- where they can confidently build their relationship with God- not despite who they are, but because of who they are. A Queerly Beloved Child of God.

Every June we excitedly usher in Pride. A month of memory, celebration, and transparency for the LGBT+ community. In reflecting on what Pride means to you as a member of the LGBT+ community or as an ally- I ask you to support our ministry.

As our ministry is dynamic- so is the support we ask from our community. This summer there are several workdays that we need assistance in to prepare for the students, we need a new Board Treasurer, and are currently raising money for fall programming for our students.

If any of these are something you are interested in your help and support are forever needed and deeply appreciated.

Blessings,
Rev Zoë Garry

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Build the Future with NOLA Wesley!!! | NOLA Wesley United Methodist Campus Ministry (Powered by Donorbox) The NOLA Wesley United Methodist Campus Ministry is an inclusive, justice-seeking campus ministry on the campus of Loyola and Tulane in New Orleans. Our mission is to accept, become, and share Christ's love by building an inclusive community roote...

Today is Maundy Thursday. A day on our Christian Calendar when we memorialize Jesus’s last supper with his disciples and the night of his betrayal.

It was on Thursday that Jesus used this meal to establish the words and ritual of one of our most sacred sacraments: Communion.

Tonight (4/1) at 5:00 PM we will be making baking bread (in the kitchen) and then having communion together to honor the last supper and the beginning of the passion.

I hope you can join us tonight.

Leah-one of the most influential women in the Bible. Yet her story is often overshadowed by her sister Rachel or her Father’s trickery. Interested in learning more about this Matriarch, healer, and spiritual leader? Join us tonight at 5:00 on zoom!

Mary Magdalene- history has painted her as a leader, a pr******te, the wife of Jesus, a woman possessed. Who was she? Learn more tonight as we explore the women in the Bible. DM for Zoom link.

If anyone is looking to support a student business. Victoria Mayfield is a Loyola student that does pop up cooking for the campus and uses our Kitchen. She has a Valentine’s Day special. contactless pick ups at the Labyrinth

Tonight’s Bible Study is on Ruth the Moabite! Join us on Zoom! DM me for link

See you today at 3:00!

Tonight at 5:00 is our first Bible Study of the semester. What a better place to start than in the beginning. Join us tonight as we explore "Eve: Mother of All Living"

Join us on Zoom!