18th Annual Religious Emphasis Week to Feature Noted Visitors
Guilford College will hold its 18th annual Religious Emphasis Week Jan. 19-26, featuring a number of campus programs:
Daily (M-F)
8:05-8:20 a.m.
Quiet Worship, Hut
Saturday, Jan. 19
7:30 p.m.
Concert by Noel Paul Stookey, Dana Auditorium
Sunday, Jan. 20
1 p.m.
College Meeting for Worship, led by Betty and Noel Paul Stookey, New Garden Friends Meeting
4 p.m.
Tea and discussion with Noel Paul and Betty Stookey, Boren Lounge in Founders Hall
8 p.m.
Student-athlete Bible study, Boren Lounge
Monday, Jan. 21
Activities of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, morning informal conversations with Betty and Noel Paul Stookey, Hut
9:30 p.m.
Vespers, Hut
Tuesday, Jan. 22
TBA
GCF "Proxy" booth, Founders
8:30 p.m.
Community prayer, Library conference room
Noon
Hillel Tu B'shevat/Organic Gardening Club "Jewish Earth Day" apple tree planting and simple seder meal, Pines House/organic garden
1 p.m.
Brown bag lunch discussion with Bob Malekoff and Eric Mortensen, "Reflections on January 20, 2007," Boren Lounge
5:30 p.m.
"Ministry and Spiritual Gifts." Discussion led by Frank Massey, Walnut Room
7 p.m.
"Difficult Passages" Bible study: "Sodom and Gomorrah," Hut
9:30 p.m.
Vespers, Hut
Wednesday, Jan. 23
TBA
GCF "Proxy" booth, Founders
11 a.m.
Gideons Bible distribution, Founders Lobby
1 p.m.
Stump speeches, Founders Terrace
1:30- 2:30 p.m.
Silent worship for reflection on the anniversary of the Bryan Hall incident, Moon Room (steps of Dana weather permitting)
2:30 p.m.
Question and Answer with Seyyed Hossein Nasr, New Garden Friends Meeting
4 p.m.
“St. Benedict’s Way of Wisdom for Catholic Life.” Presentation and discussion led by Jim McCullough of Our Lady of Grace RC Church.
5:30 p.m.
Midweek meeting for worship, Hut
7:30 p.m.
"The Heart and Soul of Islam," public address by Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Dana Auditorium
8 p.m.
"What is Heathenry?" Presentation by Dan Campbell for Pagan Mysticism, Hut
9 p.m.
Buddhist meditation, Hut
Thursday, Jan. 24
Labyrinth set up in Boren Lounge 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
TBA
GCF "Proxy" booth, Founders
5 p.m.
"Spiritual Journeys of Sexual Minorities," panel presented by CCE LGBTQA, King 126
7 p.m.
"Pagan Brittan" video presentation, Leak Room
8 p.m.
Guided meditation, led by Kass James '08, Hut
9:30 p.m.
Vespers, Hut
9:45 p.m.
Film, Life of Brian, Hut
Friday, Jan. 25
Noon
"Faith after Four Years at Guilford." Student panel, Hut
4 p.m.
Tea and talk with Heather Brutz of Friends Committee on National Legislation, "Speak Truth to Power: Lobbying for Peace, Social Justice and the Environment from a Quaker Perspective," King 126
5 p.m.
"Chow Down, Center Down, Hoe Down." Potluck, Quaker worship, combined with Shabbat candle lighting, Founders Gallery
The Stookeys appear as Luby Casey Campus Ministry Visitors. The program, sponsored by Friends Center at Guilford College in honor of the late Luby Casey of Goldsboro, N.C., supports a visitor who can express the Christian faith in a relevant and contemporary context during the annual Religious Emphasis Week.
All events are free and open to the public. For more information, call 336-316-2445.
Jan. 19, 2008