This week, the Emory Buddhist Club guided meditation and discussion will be led by The Venerable Priya Sraman, Emory University's new Buddhist Chaplain. We welcome Venerable Priya, who is a Bangladeshi Theravada Buddhist monk. Venerable Priya earned degrees in Buddhist studies in Thailand, at the University of Hong Kong, and at Harvard. Most recently, he was the Buddhist Chaplain at Tufts, where he served students, faculty, and staff through weekly meditation and dharma study, pastoral care, ritual leadership, planning speakers and retreats, and participating in interfaith programs. He has also been active in the Harvard initiatives on Buddhism and race.

Tonight, he will be leading a meditation and discussion. The discussion topic is "Karaniyametta Sutta," the Discourse on Loving-Kindness/Friendliness. To access the Zoom meeting, please click here. All are welcome. 

The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion invites you to join the Emory community as we celebrate those whose life work paved the way for equity, inclusion, and social justice. Let us honor their legacy and determine our responsibility “to create, preserve, teach, and apply knowledge in the service of humanity.” A number of events happening across Emory can be found below:

Find additional programming here. 

Office for RACE and Black Student Union: Black History Month
Thursday, February 4-Wednesday, February 24, 2021

The Office for Racial and Cultural Engagement (RACE) and the Emory Black Student Union (EBSU) invite you to their Black History Month events! Additionally, if you attend three or more events, you will be entered into our prize raffle. Follow RACE and EBSU on Instagram for Black History Month content all February.

Islamic Awareness Month, Muslim Call to Prayer from Cox Hall
Fridays in February, 1:45 p.m. EST

You may start to notice the Muslim call to prayer (adhan) recited from the Cox Hall carillon chimes in the month of February, which is Islamic Awareness Month at Emory.

It has been a tradition for several decades at Emory during Islamic Awareness Month and the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, to play the call to prayer on Fridays, which is the Muslim day for communal midday prayer (Jumu'ah).

The call to prayer is a general statement of Islamic belief and a summons to communal prayer. Traditionally, it is recited from mosque minarets five times per day to call Muslims to obligatory prayers. On Friday afternoons at Emory, it is followed immediately by communal prayer, a sermon, and a time for fellowship in Cannon Chapel.

Special Note: In-person indoor gatherings are suspended through February 8 per university policy. Please check the Emory Forward website for updates.

Preacher: Pastor Angela Johnson, Central United Methodist Church, Atlanta, GA

Scripture: Luke 14:12-14

Pastor Angie identifies as a healer--facilitating healing and personal discovery through dialogue, reflection, and community building. She is a provisional elder in the North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church and the appointed associate pastor of Central United Methodist Church in Atlanta, GA. 

She has served as a prison chaplain intern, a college chaplaincy intern at Emory University, and a chaplain resident at Wesley Woods Behavioral Health/Psychiatric Hospital at Emory University Hospital. In addition, she is an animator/facilitator for Fearless Dialogues, a grassroots organization committed to creating unique spaces for unlikely partners to engage in hard, heartfelt conversations.

She loves to preach in Chuck Taylors and statement T-shirts, has several tattoos, and loves Hip Hop and all reality TV. Because of this, and her insistence of speaking truth to power, she is also known as the “Holy Ratchet Pastor.” As the Holy Ratchet Pastor, she embraces being perfectly imperfect while living in authenticity and creates space for others to do the same.

The Emory University Office of Spiritual and Religious Life (OSRL) welcomes applications for our CST Contextual Education II internship program for 2021-2022. OSRL is the multifaith office that supports all religious and philosophical life at Emory University for all students, faculty, and staff on Atlanta campus. We support religious and philosophical communities, educate about spirituality and ethics in society and the world, provide pastoral care and opportunities to engage in service and social justice work, and support interfaith engagement. We offer a number of signature programs (e.g., Inter-religious Council, Beloved Community Protestant Worship) and also encourage students to bring their own backgrounds and interests to our work. More information is available at www.religiouslife.emory.edu. Apply here. For questions, please contact Dean Greg McGonigle at Gregory.McGonigle@emory.edu.

Candler Chapel Worship Services Schedule, Spring 2021, Online
Tuesday, January 26-Tuesday, April 29, Online

View the live stream services on the day on Facebook, Instagram or Candler live stream. The services will also be available on Vimeo after the live stream. To view the schedule and for more information click here and email Dean Williams here.

Schmooze N Schmear
Thursdays, 11:00 a.m-1:00 p.m. EST
RSVP deadline: Thursdays 11:00 a.m. EST

Join Emory Hillel on Thursdays for a socially distant time of schmoozing, eating bagels, and drinking coffee. We love our weekly catch-ups. You are welcome to stay to study and hang, or just grab your food before class.

To register click here. To follow us on Instagram, click here.

Book of Romans - Online Bible Study with the Pastors. 
Thursdays, 11:30 a.m. EST via Zoom

Join with the Glenn pastors as we move through the letter at our own pace, taking a look at the flow of Paul’s thought and themes as he lays out for us the Good News of Christ and how God’s grace our lives and our life together.

Weekly “attendance” not required – join us anytime your schedule allows and join with one or more Glenn pastors for discussion and reflection on the Scriptures.

To participate in the Glenn study via Zoom on computer or phone, contact Communications Director, Jessica Bradford for the information by clicking here.

Sponsored By Glenn Memorial Church.

Spring 2021 Small Group
Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. EST, Zoom

The topic is The New Testament in The Gospel of John. Click here to email Siv with any questions or concerns.

To access the Zoom meeting, click here.

Sponsored by Graduate Christian Fellowship. Everyone is welcome at our events, whatever your background, religious beliefs, or program of study. GCF is an affiliate chapter of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA.

Bible Study
Friday, February 5, 7:00 p.m., Zoom

Are we in control of our own fate?  Are there unavoidable consequences for our actions? What roles do justice and mercy play in our sinful nature?

Join us as we discuss what the Bible has to say about one of the greatest questions in philosophy, Do we truly have free will? Our President, Kathryn will be leading the discussion. 

Join with Zoom ID 688 621 103.

Sponsored by Emory Adventist Christian Fellowship. 

Black Campus Ministries Student Conference 2021
Friday, February 5 – Saturday, February 6

This is a unique time in history: we are in the midst of a national racial reckoning, a season of political unrest, economic uncertainty, and a global pandemic that is disproportionally impacting our communities. For college students, these weights add to the academic load you already carry. It can seem like too much to handle. Black college students are asking questions like, "Where is God in the midst of our suffering? Will things ever change? What is my role in the fight? Is God real…is He good?"

Join your peers and friends in InterVarsity's national Black Campus Ministries Student Conference, Still Here, this February 5-6. Registration is only $15, and open now. So whether you're part of our Collegiate Black Christians chapter, Emory Christian Fellowship chapter, or just a Black student at Emory, all are welcome. Click here to learn more and register. 

The Chaplain’s Lecture Series at Oxford College
Tuesday, February 9, 7:30 p.m., Zoom

The Oxford College of Emory University will host social advocate, author, and speaker, Mr. Taos Wynn, as part of the college’s Black History Month events.

Mr. Wynn will talk about his advocacy work around human rights issues, including his work with the Perfect Love Foundation. This is open to all students, staff, and faculty in the Emory community as well as the general public.

This event is sponsored by the Pierce Program in Religion and the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life. Please contact The Rev. Dr. Lyn Pace with questions by clicking here.

To join, please click here.

Celebrating the Black Church Tradition of Sankofa
Thursday, February 18-Thursday, April 15  

Candler’s Black Church Studies program prepares men and women to provide learned, prophetic and compassionate leadership in Black and multiracial churches; and educates the entire Candler community about the origins, development and contemporary diversity of the Black church tradition.

The program also explores religious traditions among peoples of African descent across Africa and the diaspora. The program seeks to integrate Black church studies into foundational courses at Candler and to expand and deepen Black church studies courses. The program also seeks to respond to the need for literature in Black religion, in particular the need for primary field research on Black congregational life. Find each event on the Candler event calendar here.