Our goal is to help every student in our community know that God loves them—yes, even you.
We’re a group of regular people trying to remember that God offers us love, liberation, and life when we follow the way of Jesus. We celebrate when we succeed, and then try to help the people around us remember too. Every week during the school year we gather to share meals and talk about what God is up to in our lives. We’d love for you to find a place with us, especially if you think the church doesn’t have a place for you. At Canterbury we make room for curiosity, suspicion, deep faith, and everything else. If you're not sure whether you are in fact welcome, the answer is yes. If you’re still not sure, get in touch and we’d love to talk more (the answer is still yes).
We’re proud to be an affirming and safe space for LGBTQ+ people—God made you just the way you are and we want to help you celebrate that. Everyone is welcome to join us, no matter who you are or where you are on your spiritual journey. Really.
Canterbury is a project of:
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
Our congregation was founded in 1899, just six years after Clemson Agricultural College, and we’ve always held that connection close to our hearts. Our mission is to love with the heart of Christ, think with the mind of Christ, and act in the world as the Body of Christ. We are a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina.
Learn more at holytrinityclemson.org and edusc.org.
The Episcopal Church
We’re a family of churches in the United States and 16 other nations who believe in the loving, liberating, life-giving good news of Jesus Christ. As a member of the Anglican Communion, we’re part of a global network of churches descended from the Church of England who are committed to common patterns of worship and belief—one of the largest group of Christians in the world.
Learn more at episcopalchurch.org.
What’s in a name?
Over a thousand years ago, a monk named Augustine arrived from Rome in a town called Canterbury to begin spreading the gospel in the British Isles. Ever since then, Canterbury has been an important spiritual center as a birthplace of English (or Anglican) Christianity. As Episcopalians, we are the inheritors of the long Christian tradition that began on that day, and “Canterbury” has become a popular name for Episcopal college ministries in the United States—a reminder that when we leave our gatherings it is to continue spreading the good news of Jesus everywhere we go.