Get Involved
If you would like to get involved with the activities sponsored by the Office of the Chaplain, please contact (919) 760-8346 or email the Chaplain, Stacy Pardue at pardues@meredith.edu.
Belize Fundraising!
Cheer Bags!
Exams are right around the corner and the Office of the Chaplain is preparing for their annual Cheer Bags delivery. Sending your student a Cheer Bag is a fun way to support your daughter during the stress of exams. The bags contain healthy snacks, candy and other goodies. These packages will be delivered to her residence hall or apartment door on December 1st, the day before exams begin. Proceeds from the Cheer Bags will provide scholarship monies for Meredith participants in our spring break service trip to Belize, Central America. Our team will be serving through construction projects and a literacy program at a local elementary school in San Ignacio, Belize. We appreciate your generosity to help with these scholarships! Checks should be made payable to "Meredith College"; the order deadline is Monday, November 21st. To send a Cheer Bag please print and mail in the tear off at the bottom of this page and your contribution ($10 minimum) to:
Office of the Chaplain
Meredith College
3800 Hillsborough Street
Raleigh, NC 27607-5298
We hope that this project will spread cheer to our wonderful Meredith students during exam time!
STUDENT INFORMATION Student's Name: Residence Name: Room#: The Cheer Bag Greeting will be delivered with the Goodies |
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Weekly Worship--"The Gathering": If you would like to help plan worship or have a special creative talent that you would share during a worship service, please let us know. The talents could be singing, playing an instrument, dance, drama, visual arts, poetry reading or leading the congregation in contemporary Christian praise songs.
Meredith Christian Association : The Meredith Christian Association sees Christian service as an integral part of their life together. They will have a variety of opportunities for service throughout the year. Please contact MCA Co- Presidents Jodi Von Jess and Hannah Massey for more information at vonjessj@email.meredith.edu/masseyha@email.meredith.edu.
Belize: During Spring Break, 2011, the Chaplain’s office sponsored a service trip to Belize, in Central America. For the week this group of students, faculty, and staff worked light construction at a local Baptist Church and led a literacy program at an elementary school. When not working, they enjoyed visiting Mayan ruins, cave tubing, and shopping in the outdoor marketplaces. Rev, Pardue will lead this same trip in the spring of 2012.
Sisters United: The Office of the Chaplain and the Class of 2013 in response to the 2010 Meredith summer reading, Half the Sky, formed Sisters United. Working through a child advocacy, non-profit ministry in Atlanta called Bright Point for Children, we now sponsor girls at the Rehema Girls Rescue Centre in Nyahururu, Kenya. Through pictures, letters, and contributions, the Meredith community hopes to encourage and support the girls throughout their education. Many believe that educating girls in the developing world is one of the most effective ways to create positive change.
Interfaith Council: The Office of Chaplain also sponsors the Interfaith Council, a student group which serves as a catalyst for interfaith dialogue and education at Meredith. The Council consists of 2-3 members from each campus religious organization including the Meredith Christian Association, Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, the Muslim Student Association, the Jewish Student Organization, Campus Crusade for Christ, Every Nation Ministries, Chi Alpha, and Catholic Ministries. One of the Council’s favorite programs is “Common Grounds,” an opportunity for students, staff, and faculty to meet in an informal setting over coffee and refreshments to talk about issues of faith.
Community Connections: The Chaplain's Office is partnering with Passage Home, a Raleigh urban ministry center, and the Shaw University Child Development Center to form a poverty initiative based on the work of Geooffrey Canada with the Harlem Children's Zone in New York City. Volunteer opportunities are available to the Meredith community at both Passage Home and Shaw through this initiative.
