Join us Wednesday, Sept. 3, at 7 p.m. in the Numen Lumen Pavilion for an event co-sponsored by the Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life and the Multicultural Center as students from diverse Christian groups on campus will lead prayer and worship for healing and reconciliation in response to recent events in Ferguson, Missouri.
This ecumenical worship is being organized and led by students from several different Christian groups on campus, including Gospel Choir, InterVarsity, Affinity, Catholic Campus Ministry, LEAF (Lutherans, Episcopalians, and Friends), and the Presbyterian Student Fellowship.
More than 400 students and community members came together on Aug. 27 for a thoughtful and meaningful discussion on “Lessons within Ferguson,” and we grappled together with the difficulty of bringing about social change. This Wednesday is an important opportunity to come together as a community to pray for healing and to stand together in solidarity for the human rights and dignity of every person in our society, regardless of race, socio-economic status, or cultural identity.
While changing society is enormously difficult, we can begin by acknowledging our own personal prejudice and privilege and by worshipping together in the midst of our differences. We may not all agree about what’s happened in Ferguson, MO, but hopefully we can agree to pray for healing and to commit ourselves to work towards the end of racial bias in our society.
This event is a gathering of a new worship opportunity on campus called “ONE Christian Worship,” which meets every Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Numen Lumen Pavilion. ONE is a collaboration of Christian ministries at Elon University, welcoming everyone, appreciating our diversity, and celebrating our unity. Worship style and format vary each week, as we invite different student groups to lead and participate. We provide opportunities for contemporary and traditional worship, gospel praise, contemplative prayer, and social justice work. All are welcome, regardless of faith tradition.