Karen Brennan

Due to the cold weather cancellations, we have added an additional opportunity to flex and train your character, ask tough questions, and learn to train yourself to be more understanding, compassionate, and attentive.

Please join us!

How Not to Be A Schmuck
Center for Spiritual & Religious Life / Sabin House
Thursday, March 7
12:30 (new time)

Thought the first scheduled gathering of the Grief Group co-led by Linda Morgan-Clement & Terra Winston was canceled due to the cold, this group continues to meet and welcomes anyone who may have suffered a recent loss.

Tuesdays at 7:30
Center for Spiritual & Religious Life – Sabin House
February 5 / February 12 / February 19

Contact the Office of Spiritual & Religious Life for additional information, or reach out to Linda or Terra directly.  

Seize the day!  Plug into your experiences and the people around you in a more focused way.

Unplug from your phone for the day on Thursday, February 7th.

Drop off at Sabin house between 10:30 – 11:30 am.  –check in your phone, record your intention, and receive your LU Unplugged sticker.

Throughout the day, choose from the menu for options for engaging with yourself and others.

Dinner & Reflection – 5:30 – 6:30 is your time to share a meal (no charge to you) and reflect with others on being plugged into the experiences of the day.  At the end of our shared meal time, you will reclaim your phone using your LU ID.

Register via Give Pulse with your LU ID.

Keep your spirit warm

Intersections: How not to be a Schmuck – Starts today, January 24th at noon!

Fourth Friday Soup & Salad for Staff & Employees – Tomorrow, Friday.  Hope to see you there.

Taize’ on Sunday – 5pm at Memorial Presbyterian Church with meal to follow.  803 East College Avenue

Grief Group at Sabin – starts Tuesday, January 29th at 7:30pm

Open Movement 11:30am at Warch – February 3rd

How Not To Be A Schmuck
(Thursdays) January 24, January 31, February 1
Noon

Most people don’t think they need character training.

One’s character is constantly developing and it manifests in humans from a variety of sources.  Visual & push messages, social bombardments, generational pressure, divergent vs. normative natural behaviors, friend or family influences, spiritual influences, and cultural messages all play a part in how we develop.

Join Elliot Ratzman and learn to “train” your ethical muscles, attend to others, and develop character practices for your life.

This workshop will meet for three sessions at the Center for Spiritual & Religious Life.

You’re invited, space is limited, and lunch is provided.
Sign up by January 15th for this unique off campus trip.

Contact the office of Spiritual and Religious Life or Elliot Ratzman to reserve your spot.

Sundays can be a naturally contemplative time.

Please join with your fellow students and the community to celebrate Taizé  at Sabin House / Center for Spiritual and Religious Life.

This Christian service has a warm glow of candlelight, the softness of song, plus  affirming chant to make your frayed edges smooth.

Sunday, January 13
5pm
Light meal to follow

This winter, take a moment to unplug on campus.

Electronics keep us connected to a larger world. Right? But connection goes far beyond what the electronic world offers.

On February 7th, the Thursday of Reading Period, turn in your phone and/or your most used electronic device at the beginning of the day and take part in activities that will nourish and recharge your personal human battery.

Keep your eyes open for upcoming details on LU Unplugged activities, plus where and how to sign up. Plan on being unplugged from approximately 11am until 7pm.  Participants will need to sign up in advance to be able to take part in any planned end of day meal activities, and space may be limited.

Don’t care about the details and can’t wait to sign up? Interested in hosting an activity?  Just need a few more details?
Contact Dean Linda Morgan-Clement.  linda.morgan-clement@lawrence.edu or spiritual.religious.life@lawrence.edu to inquire, or call 920-832-7167.

This event is being organized by members of the Student Life division.

Dance and music jams? Tai Chi? Worship services?  Meditation? Yoga?

All are available throughout the term to satisfy the need you have for the day, the week, the term, or just the moment.

First Open Movement is on January 16th at 3:30 in Warch
Tai Chi open to all on Mondays at 4:15
Worship services at many times – Specifics available via the resources section of the SRL webpage.
Meditation on Wednesdays begins January 9th at 4:30 at the Center for Spiritual and Religious Life.
Yoga available 5 times a week at varying times and locations. Check the LU calendar for specifics.

No hibernation required. Get a jump on your winter self-care and flex your style.

Taize’s ecumenical Christian services will be at 5pm for the Winter term.  All are welcome.

Taize’ is a service, a movement, and a spiritual feeling that fills the senses.  It surrounds the participants in the warmth of candlelight, the sound of joy, the peace of silence, and the comfort of community.

Select Sundays
January 13 at Center for Spiritual and Religious Life
January 27 at Memorial Presbyterian Church / 803 East College Avenue
February 10 at All Saints Episcopal Church / 100 N. Drew St.
February 24 at Center for Spiritual and Religious Life

A light meal will follow each service. Please feel encouraged to join in the service and the meal.