Student Groups & Religious Contacts

Baha'i

Goucher Bahá’í Association
The Goucher Bahá’í Association was founded to provide 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.

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

Buddhist

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

Student Contacts:Will Napier, william.napier@goucher.edu
Anndal Narayanan,  anndal.narayanan@goucher.edu

Christian

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 news of Jesus Christ. GCF hosts weekly large group meetings, small group Bible studies, and daily prayer meetings. Anyone who is interested in learning about God and growing in faith is welcome. GCF members attend a variety of churches in the area and are glad to help individuals searching for a church home.

Student Contacts: Amanda Williams, amanda.williams@goucher.edu
Melissa Brady, melissa.brady@goucher.edu
Advisor: Judi Breidegam, judith.breidegam@goucher.edu

Jubilate Deo! - Goucher College Catholics
Jubilate Deo! is Goucher’s Roman Catholic student group, designed to present opportunities for in-depth study, discovery, discussion, and growth within the tradition of the Catholic faith. Group activities include Mass and sacraments at local parishes, rosary prayer meetings, discussion sessions, dinner outings, and opportunities to experience Baltimore’s rich Catholic heritage as the first archdiocese in the United States. 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.

Student Contact Melissa Brady, melissa.brady@goucher.edu
Advisor: Elisa Koehler, elisa.koehler@goucher.edu
For more information, visit goucher.baltimorecatholic.com.

Revelations Gospel Choir
Revelations, the Goucher Gospel Choir, was founded in 1998 as a way for interested members of the Goucher community to exercise their gospel music talents. Revelations members are compelled to perpetuate the doctrine of Christianity through song, irrespective of denomination or creed. They have established the following goals: to sing to the glory of God, to live the lives that we sing about, to provide service to others man by uplifting their hearts through song, to promote spiritual growth, and to contribute to a healthy and morally sound environment for this and future generations of Goucher students.

Student Contact: Arreon Harley, arreon.harley@goucher.edu
Adviser: Gail Edmonds, gail.edmonds@goucher.edu

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.

Student Contact: Melissa Brady, melissa.brady@goucher.edu
Advisor: Cynthia Terry, cynthia.terry@goucher.edu

Spiritual Growth Ministries
Spiritual Growth Ministries draws souls closer to Jesus Christ through dance, poetry, prayer, and the preaching and teaching of the uncompromised Gospel. Because it is a para-church and members are believers and doers of theWord, the group also ministers to the spirit of lost souls beyond the four walls of the church. Come and have a good time in the spirit of God.

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

Jewish

Goucher Hillel
Goucher Hillel is the central address for campus Jewish life at Goucher  College.  As a pluralistic organization, Hillel sponsors religious, tzedek (social justice), cultural, holiday, social, Israel, and Jewish learning programs open to the entire Goucher community. The Weinberg Jewish Student Center, located in Stimson Hall, serves as an informal gathering place for students and is the location of the office of the Director, Rabbi Josh; our Engagement Director, Yona, may be found around campus or in the Office of Student Engagement.  Both staff members are available for counseling or conversation about any topic. Shabbat dinners and Friday night services occur on a weekly basis, and kosher food is provided at every Hillel program; Goucher Hillel also offers High Holiday services and Seders on campus. Hillel organizes immersive experiences like Taglit - Birthright Israel, Alternative Spring Breaks, and facilitates long-term Israel programs  and connections to Jewish community while studying abroad.  Most of Hillel's programs are student-run, giving opportunities for leadership  in creating a vibrant Jewish community on campus.

Student Contacts:Roxanne Schwartz - Co-President, roxanne.schwartz@goucher.edu
Dalia Miller - Co-President, daila.miller@goucher.edu
Julia Mizrahi - Vice President, Julia.mizrahi@goucher.edu
Hillel Director:  Rabbi Josh Snyder, hillel@goucher.edu or 410-337-6545;
Engagement Director: Yona Gorelick, yona.gorelick@goucher.edu or 410-337-6404
For more information, visit our website at www.goucher.edu/hillel

Chabad
The Chabad Jewish Center at Towson and Goucher also provides programming and Shabbat and holiday meals and services.  More information can be found on their website at www.jewishtowson.com.

Muslim

There is no Muslim group at this time, but Muslim students are welcome to contact Saajid King ’11 Saajid.king@goucher.edu or Cynthia Terry, cynthia.terry@goucher.edu

Quaker (Society of Friends)

Quaker Quarner
Quaker Quarner is a spiritually-based community service group that teaches, discusses, and acts upon principles of Quakerism in order to better ourselves, our college community, and our world. This group will be present on campus for the first time in Fall 2008.We will 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.

Advisor:  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 other UU students to start a group that could take trips to the Towson UU congregation as well as the Baltimore and D.C. congregations.

Student Contact: Jack Kavanaugh, jacob.kavanaugh@goucher.edu