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Ongoing Events

Student groups and the chaplain provide worship services, bible studies, times of prayer, and other programming to enrich the spiritual life of students and expand intellectual endeavors beyond the classroom.  These programs are generally offered only when classes are in session.

Taize-style Prayer

Tuesdays at 8:00pm in the Meditation Room (basement of Memorial Chapel)

Center yourself with contemplative music, prayer, silence, and scripture, at this weekly Taizé-style prayer service. These prayer services are modeled after the deeply moving and spiritual Christian services hosted by the ecumenical monastic community in Taizé, France.  


Bible Study

Thursdays at 8:00pm at Lighthouse 

Bible study includes looking at specific Bible passages, studying whole books of the Bible, or examining themes and characters. Ultimately, we aim to have a better understanding of who God is and God's plans for us. These sessions are for anyone who wants to mature spiritually and grow deeper in knowledge!

Praise and Worship

Sundays at 5:00pm at the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life (169 High Street)

This weekly program offers opportunities for connection, song, and meaning. Participants often grab a meal together following the program.

 

Special Services/Events

  • Interfaith Leadership Retreat
  • Interfaith Community Engagement Trip to New Jersey
  • InterVaristy Service Trip
  • Welcome reception for new students during New Student Orientation
  • Fall BBQ at Lighthouse, the Christian program house
  • Special Worship Service for Homecoming / Family Weekend
  • Christmas Celebration and Dinner
  • Ecumenical Ash Wednesday Service with Wesleyan's Catholic community
  • Good Friday Worship Night
  • Easter Sunday Resurrection Service and Ecumenical Reception
  • Reception for prospective students during WesFest
  • Interfaith Spring BBQ to celebrate senior leaders

Previous Lectures/Events

Lectures

  • Activism Rooted in Faith and Justice, January 2024: The Right Rev. John Selders from Moral Monday CT
  • Faith and Politics, January 2020: Middletown Councilman Ed Ford
  • The Intersectionality of Pro-Life and Feminist Activism, April 2019: Destiny Herndon-De La Rosa from New Wave Feminists 
  • Activist or Criminal: Standing Up for Moral, Religious, or Ethical Convictions in a Polarized World, November 2017: Rev. Chris Antal, Chaplain at the Veteran's Administration and former Army Chaplain
  • Faith and Life, October 2017: Jason Romano, producer/host of Sports Spectrum and former producer at ESPN
  • Resistance in Jesus' Name: The 60's and Now, January 2017:  Rev. Brooks Smith
  • We Are Not the Same: Can Everyone Tell, January 2016:  Dr. Sherry-Ann Brown, MD, PhD
  • Balancing Multiple Identities: Being a Scientist and Person of Faith, February 2015:  Professor Michelle Francl, Bryn Mawr
  • Faith, Religion, and Queer Identity, February 2015: Interfaith panel discussion with students, alum, and clergy
  • Desire and Relationship:  What's Love Got To Do With It?, February 2014: Office of Religious and Spiritual Life, Wesleyan's Career Center
  • Marching On:  A Conference on Gun Violence Prevention, September 2013: Governor Dannel Malloy, Senator Richard Blumenthal, and Senator Chris Murphy
  • Mapping the Origins Debate: Six Models of the Beginning of Everything, April 2013: Gerald Rau
  • Not Afraid of Darwin or Christ:  Webinar with Princeton Theological Seminary, April 2013
  • Celebrating 180 Years of Protestant Religious Life at Wesleyan, 2011
  • The Politics of Jesus: Rediscovering the True Revolutionary Nature of What Jesus Believed And How It Was Corrupted, 2008: Obery Hendricks Jr.
  • True For You… But Not For Me: Is There Wisdom in Relativism?
  • American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us, 2011: David Campbell

Service Projects

  • Interfaith Service Trip to NJ, 2017-2019
  • Gulf Coast Service Spring Break Trip, 2008-2019
  • Interfaith Service Trip to Harrisburg, PA, 2016
  • Food Packing Project with Feeding Children Everywhere, 2014
  • Food Packing event with Middletown Community Thanksgiving Project, 2015
  • Annual Rocky Hill Veteran's Home visit for Veteran's Day, 2012-15
  • March For Change Rally against Gun Violence in Hartford, 2013
  • First Baptist Church Soup on Sunday, 2009-2010
  • Haiti Relief, 2009-2010
  • Thanksgiving Feeding Families, American Red Cross Middlesex Central Connecticut Chapter, 2010-11
  • Ugandan Orphanage, 2010

Celebrating Multiculturalism

  • Celebration of Gospel, 2013
  • Caribbean Worship: Encounter God’s Presence, 2011
  • Celebrating the Black Church, 2008
  • Emerging Voices, 2009
  • Gospel Extravaganza, 2009-2010

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