Religious Student Groups

Goucher Bahá'í Association

The Goucher Bahá'í Association provides a forum for discussion and an opportunity to meet people from a variety of backgrounds. The association promotes a spirit of unity that overcomes cultural, religious, and ideological barriers by helping people in their search to find relationships between modern life and spirituality.

Contact: Cynthia Terry, cynthia.terry@goucher.edu

Goucher Meditation Club

The Goucher College Meditation Club is open to all, from beginners to experienced practitioners, and offers Buddhist mindfulness meditation, discussion, and fellowship three times a week. Eric Laufe '07, an experienced Buddhist practitioner, provides regular instruction.

Contact: Cynthia Terry, cynthia.terry@goucher.edu

Goucher Christian Fellowship

Goucher Christian Fellowship (GCF) is affiliated with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, a national organization dedicated to building collegiate fellowships, developing disciples of Christ, and reaching the campus and all its ethnic diversity with the Gospel. GCF hosts weekly large group meetings, small group Bible studies, and regular prayer meetings.We welcome anyone who is interested in learning about God, exploring spirituality or growing in faith. GCF members attend a variety of churches in the area and are glad to help individuals searching for a church home.

Student contacts:

Adviser: Kasey Kimball, kkimball11@gmail.com or 978.495.2911

Goucher College Catholics

Jubilate Deo! is Goucher's Roman Catholic student group, designed to present opportunities for in-depth study, discovery, iscussion, and growth within the tradition of the Catholic faith. Group activities often include Mass and sacraments at local parishes. All are welcome at Jubilate Deo! events. If you are interested in learning more about the Catholic faith, have any questions, or just want to talk, we encourage you to contact us.

Alumni Contact: Meghan Meros '08, meghan.meros@goucher.edu

For more information, visit http://goucher.baltimorecatholic.com.

Sacred Ground

Sacred Ground is a group that gives people who like to dance the opportunity to dedicate their movement to God. Psalm 149 is our inspiration: "Let them praise his name in festive dance!" Sacred Ground members see dance as a means of worshiping God, building community, and sharing our love for Jesus.We honor God, our creator and source of faith, by using the gift of dance to reflect God's goodness and beauty.

Advisor: Cynthia Terry, cynthia.terry@goucher.edu

Goucher Hillel

Hillel, the Jewish student organization on campus, provides social, educational, religious, spiritual, and community service programming to Goucher students. The full-time Hillel staff, including a rabbi/director and an engagement (outreach) director, is on campus to help students plan events and provide for meaningful experiences, as well as for mentorship and counseling. Hillel provides programs open to all students, regardless of faith or background, including weekly Shabbat dinners and services, classes and discussion groups, cultural programs, opportunities to explore spirituality, Israel-related programming, and holiday observances and celebrations.

Student Contacts: Julia Mizrahi, julia.mizrahi@mail.goucher.edu,
Gaby Mervis, gabriella.mervis@mail.goucher.edu

Staff: Rabbi Josh Snyder, Hillel Director,Weinberg Jewish Student Center 410-337-6545 or hillel@goucher.edu; Yona Gorelick, Assistant Director, , 410-337-6404 or yona.gorelick@mail.goucher.edu

For more information, visit our website at www.goucher.edu/hillel.

Goucher Chabad

Chabad is a "home away from home" for the Jewish student at Goucher. The highlight of the week is the Shabbat dinner, which provides students with an intimate setting to eat, meet new friends, and celebrate Shabbat in a spiritually and intellectually stimulating ambience. Everything Chabad does at Goucher- from its weekly Torah classes in Kabbalah/Chassidic philosophy, Talmud, or the five Books of Moses, to social events and holiday programming-is designed to enable students to strengthen their Jewish identity. For more information, please contact (410) 825-0779, e-mail chabad@goucher.edu, or visit www.jewishtowson.com.

Quaker Meeting For Worship

Quaker Quarner is a spiritually-based community service group that teaches, discusses, and acts upon principles of Quakerism to better ourselves, our college community, and our world. We meet weekly to plan meetings for service, fund raising, and personal growth and will travel to a nearby meeting house (Stony Run Friends) for Meeting for Worship. Visitors are welcome to come learn about Quakerism.

Adviser: Ann Duncan, ann.duncan@goucher.edu

Unitarian Universalist

Goucher College does not have a Unitarian Universalist group at this time, but there are UU students who would like to connect with others to start a group that could take trips to the Towson UU congregation, as well as the Baltimore and Washington, DC, congregations.