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Limitations Can Strengthen Faith<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Kim Alston, Program Coordinator<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Often, wanting to engage in spiritual moments in our lives create uncertainty and brief turmoil. It may be timing, communication, traditions, or unrealistic expectations that come into play. One of our students who received funding this summer to assist refugees in Greece shared her experiences with us<\/a>.\u00a0Other students learned great lessons from the past by uncovering treasures from a\u00a0 “Baby Torah,”<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0melding academic time with ancient standard time during the\u00a0 Jewish High Holidays<\/a>.<\/p>\n
‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ And the King will answer then, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’ (Matthew 25:37-40)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Religious Student Orgs on the Move<\/h2>\n\n
Kim Alston, Program Coordinator<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Al-Iman’s Eid Dinner, 2017<\/p><\/div>\n
Smith’s student religious organizations have been organizing, collaborating, and planning events to enhance student’s worship opportunities and spiritual practice. With support from the Office of Multicultural Affairs and CRSL, African American students started traveling together to Springfield’s St. John’s Congregational Church on Sundays to fellowship. Interfaith Alliance, a student religious organization, served as a catalyst to make religion “visible” on the Smith campus this month. The student organization sponsored a Public Pray-In in the Campus Center, an idea that came out of Interfaith Lunches hosted by CRSL held every other Tuesday. Additionally, the Catholic Club began a rosary meeting on Friday afternoons and a monthly movie night in the Helen Hills Hills Chapel. The Muslim Student Organization Al Iman teamed up with CRSL to continue Friday Jummah Prayer Lunches in the Chapel sanctuary.\u00a0\u00a0 Read more<\/a>\u00a0about Al Iman’s collaborative activities, and click here<\/a> for an intimate look at Muslim life from a\u00a0student perspective.<\/p>\n
One of the duties of a lay person was to make the Fivefold Offering, one of which was providing food, accommodation and help to guests. (A.II,68)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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