Worship and celebration
However you choose to worship, Earlham offers a welcoming community that’s ready to celebrate alongside you. Join us at College Meeting for Worship on Sundays, join a student-led worship event, or create your own in partnership with the Office of Religious Life.
COLLEGE MEETING FOR WORSHIP
The weekly College Meeting for Worship combines quiet worship, readings, music, and a prepared message by a senior student or faculty member. Designed as a semi-programmed Quaker service, each week’s speaker is encouraged to creatively incorporate elements from his or her own religious tradition.
Fall 2021 — Choice: Finding Clarity
Worship begins at 1p.m. (EST) in Stout Meetinghouse.
- What guides your decision-making?
- Are there spiritual or religious practices that bring you clarity in times of uncertainty?
- How do you know if you’ve made a good decision?
- How do you find peace with the decisions you’ve made?
- How does a lack of choice or agency make an impact?
| August speakers | |
|---|---|
| August 8, 2021 | Tom Hamm and Kelly Burk |
| August 15, 2021 | Kiara Kamara, senior environmental sustainability major |
| August 22, 2021 | Steve Heiny, research professor of classics |
| August 29, 2021 | Grace Muma, childhood development and education studies major |
| September speakers | |
|---|---|
| September 5, 2021 | Amelia Richardson, senior geology major |
| September 12, 2021 | Maxine Scherz, senior biology major |
| September 19, 2021 | Aseeya Mohamed, senior geology major |
| September 26, 2021 | Silent worship in the manner of unprogrammed Friends |
| October speakers | |
|---|---|
| October 3, 2021 | Silent worship in the manner of unprogrammed Friends |
| October 10, 2021 | JB Jarvi-Beamer, senior art major |
| October 17, 2021 | Bridget Lewis, senior religion major |
| October 24, 2021 | Jonathan Todd, senior peace and global studies major |
| October 31, 2021 | Daryl Mifsud, senior peace and global studies major |
| November speakers | |
|---|---|
| November 7, 2021 | Trevor Marimbire, senior quantitative economics major |
| November 14, 2021 | Meg Streepey Smith, professor of geology |
| November 21, 2021 | Silent worship in the manner of unprogrammed Friends |
ADDITIONAL WORSHIP AND CELEBRATION
Every Friday at 7 pm in the Multicultural Resource Center (MRC), Earlham Christian Fellowship meets for Bible study. If you have any questions, please contact Henry Wildes at [email protected] or August Nord at [email protected].
A variety of short (10-20 minute) guided meditations are offered by Mindfulness House every Sunday through Thursday at 8:00 pm.
Zoom Meeting ID: “760 1550 8996” Passcode: “peace”
Email [email protected] to be added to the email list.
Every Saturday at 7:30 pm, Jewish Student Union and the Jewish Cultural Center will be hosting Zoom Havdalah services. Questions? Please contact Emma at [email protected].
Zoom Meeting ID: 960 1959 6768, Passcode: ECJSU613
Jumu’ah Prayer takes place every Friday at 12:15 pm in Teague Library. Please RSVP here to participate so we may prepare in advance to observe social-distancing protocols: Questions? Please email Zafreen at [email protected].
More information and resources
The Office of Religious Life supports and encourages students by providing guidance in contemplative inquiry, opportunities for dialogue, sponsoring celebratory communal events, and supporting opportunities that enable students to put their most cherished beliefs into daily practice.