Why It Matters
What is the broader meaning of our life? That is the most significant question each of us faces. Spiritual life on campus addresses that question in many ways.
Special all-campus worship each semester brings together musicians, poets, speakers, and readers of all faiths into a common time of meaningful worship. Weekly Bible studies, traditional worship, and student-led worship all are helpful opportunities to join together in fellowship, to meet with others, and to get perspective on one's studies. There are a number of churches immediately around campus, and many churches in the community that are very open to, and appreciative of, students joining in their life and worship.
Students can be a part of a "living and learning" community, in which they live in the same residence hall, take 1-2 religion courses together, and have the opportunity to discuss faith differences and spiritual growth in a safe zone.
In addition, students have the opportunity to enact their faith—or their concern for others—in very concrete ways. Wesleyan Engaged: Center for Civic Leadership and Engaged Learning offers students both the opportunity to serve and to lead in programs that help children, the elderly, the poor, the hungry, and the homeless. The University's academics program also brings together education in the classroom and concrete experiences in the community, in ways which grow out of Wesleyan concern for bringing together the academic and the pragmatic, the theoretical and the applied.
èßäÊÓƵ aspires to be a supportive community that is committed to social responsibility, ethical conduct, higher learning and religious freedom. In short, our Wesleyan values remind us both that the world does not revolve around us and that our lives are best understood in service to others.