For Students
Undergraduate and Graduate Retreat
Friday, September 11 – Saturday, September 12
Looking for a chance to get away from campus? Sign up for our Fall Retreat! We will travel to the beach for a twenty-four hour spiritual getaway. Enjoy a quiet time for prayer, small group worship, discussion, games, and doing nothing. The Fall Retreat is a great way to start the year! We will leave on Friday, September 11th and return Saturday, September 12th. Contact Epps Fellow Jonathan Page at jonathan_page@harvard.ed, or McDonald Fellow Robert Mark at robfirstpres@gmail.com for more information or to sign up. Open to both undergraduate and graduate students.
Young Women’s Group
Mondays, beginning September 14, 9:00 p.m.
The Young Women’s Group seeks to serve all young college women of Harvard. Join us on Monday nights at 9:00 p.m. in the Buttrick Room of The Memorial Church where we will be discussing our own faith journeys, theological inquiries, and the happenings within our lives. For more information contact Taylor Lewis Guthrie MDiv ’10, Seminarian in The Memorial Church, at tguthrie@hds.harvard.edu.
Undergraduate Fellowship
Tuesdays, beginning September 15, 9:00 p.m.
Want to change the world? Curious about how your faith impacts life outside the church? Join the Undergraduate Fellowship! This Term we will focus on two pressing global issues: environmental stewardship and economic justice. Our discussions will range over the Bible, theology, history, and culture and will culminate with the Climate Convocation and the Harvard Kennedy School Seminar on the Accra Confession. We meet every Tuesday at 9:00 p.m. in the Buttrick Room of The Memorial Church. For more information please contact Epps Fellow Jonathan Page at jonathan_page@harvard.edu.
Graduate Fellowship
Wednesdays, beginning September 16, 7:00 p.m.
Come join us for this weekly fellowship group for graduate students every Wednesday night during Term at 7:00 p.m. in the Buttrick Room of The Memorial Church. We will focus in on building community and fellowship with others in graduate school who are in this similar and unique life stage. Together we will explore what it means to practice our faith while living on earth. Come for food, friendship, contemplative worship, prayer, and relevant discussions on service, faith, Celtic Christianity, justice, vocational calling, Jesus, climate change, passions, scriptures, spiritual gifts, theology, and sustainability. Above all, come to find some peace and perspective in the middle of your busy week! For more information contact the McDonald Fellow, your graduate chaplain, Rob Mark at robfirstpres@gmail.com.
Monthly Hymn Sing
Fridays, September 25, October 30, and December 4, 3:00 p.m.
The Memorial Church will host an informal student hymn sing in Appleton Chapel on three Fridays during the Fall Term at 3:00 p.m. Students are invited to gather for some Spirit-filled and energetic singing. We will sing from the Harvard University Hymnal and use other resources as well. Feel free to request your favorite hymns!
Vocations Dinner
Thursday, October 29, 7:00 p.m.
All undergraduates considering a career in ministry are invited to a dinner with Professor Gomes on Thursday, October 29th, at 7:00 p.m. in The Memorial Church. Come learn about graduate schools and seminaries as well as life in the ministry. Please contact Epps Fellow Jonathan Page at jonathan_page@harvard.edu to learn more or to reserve a seat for the dinner.
Seminarians
The seminarian program in The Memorial Church provides an experiential learning opportunity for students preparing for ministry or considering a ministerial vocation. As an accredited fieldwork site of Harvard Divinity School, the Church typically offers appointments to two or three seminarians. Appointment as a seminarian requires a commitment of fifteen hours each week in Term, and involves responsibility for liturgical leadership, facilitation or direction of ministries of the Church such as the Church School program, the Grants Committee, and similar programs; and a commitment to theological reflection. Seminarians receive a stipend for their work and are typically expected to serve in the post for two years. Potential applicants should contact The Reverend Dr. Dorothy A. Austin at daustin@fas.harvard.edu.
Ushers
The ushers are undergraduate and graduate members of the University who assist at all of the public services and occasions in The Memorial Church. New ushers are always welcome to serve. For more information please contact the Sexton, Richard D. Campbell, at richard_campbell@harvard.edu, or by phone at 617-496-3195.
Student Representatives
Interested in spreading the word about The Memorial Church? Become a student representative! We are aiming to have a representative from each house, graduate school, and freshman hall who can help advertise special events and field questions about the Church. For more information please contact Epps Fellow Jonathan Page at jonathan_page@harvard.edu.
E-mail Listserve and Facebook Group
To be added to the undergraduate and graduate e-mail listserve, please contact Epps Fellow Jonathan Page at jonathan_page@harvard.edu. All students are also invited to join The Memorial Church Facebook group.
Life Raft Bereavement Group
Wednesdays, 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Life Raft is an ongoing drop-in support group where people can talk about their own or others’ life-threatening illness, or about their grief and bereavement. Life Raft is open to anyone connected with the Harvard Community: students, faculty, staff, retirees, and families. Life Raft is free and confidential and meets on Wednesdays from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Board of Ministry Conference Room on the ground floor of The Memorial Church. For more information, contact Barbara Gilmore of University Health Services at 617-495-2048 or by e-mail at bgilmore@uhs.harvard.edu.