Spiritual Life and Identity

SPIRITUAL LIFE AND IDENTITY SPIRITUAL LIFE AND IDENTITY

You’ve got spirit. Yes, you do.

OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN Website: chaplain.wfu.edu Phone: 336.758.5210 Fax: 336.758.3193

MAILING ADDRESS MAILING ADDRESS P.O. Box 7204, Winston-Salem, NC 27109 LOCATIONS LOCATIONS Reynolda Hall Suite 8 Kitchin Residence Hall Suite 40 Benson University Center Room 317 The Ofce of the Chaplain sponsors a variety of opportunities for exploring the spiritual dimensions and meaning of your life. We can help you fnd a spiritual home base or form a new group, widen your circle of inclusion and identifcations, handle an ethical dilemma or research a class project. The Ofce of the Chaplain collaborates as a multifaith team to promote enriching dialogue, meaningful celebrations and remembrances, and enduring friendships among people of all religious and spiritual backgrounds. religious and spiritual backgrounds.

To these ends, the Ofce and its chaplains and campus ministers seek ways to encourage: • spiritual wellbeing • an exploration of the spiritual dimensions of leadership • ways to resiliently engage with life

• listening deeply and living your truth • community cohesion: a caring and compassionate Wake Forest • religious and spiritual commitment within the context of religious pluralism • spiritual practices that encourage emotional intelligence • moral reasoning • active engagement in the search for meaning and purpose

From Wait and Davis Chapels to the Reynolda Village trails, there are many sacred spaces at Wake Forest that nurture the lives of people who encounter them. They include: • Religious Life student lounges • meditation rooms (Benson University Center and Wake Downtown) • MindfulWake Meditation Room (Reynolda Hall)

Religious and Spiritual Spaces

MindfulWake

Religious Life Pre-Orientation Retreats Religious/Spiritual Student Groups

MindfulWake

The central objective of MindfulWake is to help you develop mindfulness practices that deepen self-awareness and increase wellbeing. We ofer:

• drop-in weekly meditation & practice groups • mindfulness-based coaching • half-day retreats • Koru Mindfulness classes

Religious Life Pre-Orientation Retreats

• Jewish: MazalWAKE is a fun three-day pre-orientation to college and Jewish life at

Wake Forest, with an opportunity to explore your campus community and to develop friendships that will last a lifetime. • Christian: Exclusively for frst-year Demon

Deacons, Summit ofers Christian students the opportunity to get to know others who are both anxious and excited about their new lives as Wake Forest students.

Religious/Spiritual Student Groups

Founded on the principle that each religious tradition is an equally valued part of this community — and that this diversity contributes to a vital learning community — the Ofce of the Chaplain supports the life of all spiritual and religious traditions represented at Wake Forest. Groups include: • Athletes In Action (AIA) • Baptist Student Union (BSU) • Bridges International • Chi Rho

• Campus Crusade for Christ (CRU) • Episcopal Student Fellowship(ESF) • Gospel Choir • Hillel (Jewish) • Hindu Student Association(HSA) • InterVarsity Christian Fellowship • Living Parables • Lutheran Student Movement(LSM) • Minor Variations

• Muslim Student Association (MSA) • Orthodox Christian Fellowship • Presbyterian Student Fellowship (UKIRK) • Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) • Triad Chi Alpha (Assembly of God) • Wake Forest Catholic Community • Wesley Foundation (United Methodist) • Young Life College

Wake Forest’s annual Christmas Lovefeast is one of our most beloved traditions.

this year ’ s service will be held on sunday, december 4, in wait chapel and honors our shared history with the moravian church in winston-salem. the wake forest lovefeast consists of sweetened coffee and authentic moravian buns served to the congregation by dieners (german for servers). during the meal , music is offered by the wake forest concert choir, flute choir and the messiah moravian church band. handmade beeswax candles decorated with red paper frill are distributed to each worshipper. the candles are lit while the worship space is darkened, except for a large, illuminated moravian advent star.