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By THOMAS JESSIMAN
Staff Writer
On campus one can spend hours
reading billboards and learning about
parties, raffles, games, cheap sofas, car
rides, football passes and even free beers.
But where does the church fit into all this?
Students at UNC represent a wide
range of denominations. Different people
find different values in their church or
religious center. The church can be a
place of worship, a place to meet others, .
even a place to study.
Churches on and around campus
recognize a need to offer programs and
time to the special needs of the student.
However, the approach that a church
takes in informing a student about its
activities can range from phone squads to
word of mouth.
Incoming freshmen and junior
transfers fill out a religious preference
card the summer before they arrive at
UNC. Churches are supplied with a list of
names based on these preferences to use
in their mailing lists. If students choose
not to go to church or to their religious
center, a newsletter may become their
only contact with the churches. But for
some there comes a knocking on the
door.
The Hillel Foundation, a Jewish
organization, makes a strong effort to
inform new' arrivals of the center's
activities. A phone squad calls students
and lets them know what activities are
ongoing. Jewish students associated with
the foundation go to each door of a
prospective member to meet and talk
about the foundation.
"The Hillel Foundation is a
community center for Jewish students,
Ron Meier, the foundation's
administrator, said. "We are not a
synagogue, but one of our functions is to
provide a synagogue."
The foundation sponsors a deli on
Wednesday nights and a biweekly brunch
on Sunday mornings. The brunch often
has a speaker present as well. The
foundation, in conjunction with its Duke
counterpart, is planning a rally later this
year to protest Jewish and ChriHian
oppression in Russia.
"Of the 600 Jewish students on
campus," Meier said, "more than 150 of
them are now involved with our
foundation. That's a high proportion.
The Methodist churches on campus
also have members go door-to-door
initially to welcome new students.
Methodist students receive a hand
written note from local parishes and a
letter from the Wesley Foundation on
their arrival. The Wesley Fondation is
not a church, but does offer an
opportunity for its members, mostly
students, to participate in contemporary
Christian services.
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Barbara Fish, administrative associate
of the Wesley Foundation, said about 75
students are involved regularly with the
foundation and that 1 1 students actually
live there. An art exhibit continually is on
display at the foundation.
Every Sunday morning a worship
service is held, and on Wednesday nights
undergraduate and graduate fellowships
convene. The foundation relies largely
upon word-of-mouth and a" newsletter to
keep its members informed.
The Newman Center, a Roman
Catholic student worship organization,
serves several functions. "There are
many, many groups -that meet here,
Father Gene Luyster said. The Newman
Center began eight years ago as a
Catholic student center, but has since
emerged as a University parish.
Largely funded by the parishioners
themselves, the Newman Center has been
active since 1970 when Father Tom Palko'
first arrived.
"Wc provide many social and liturgical
services, Luyster said. "The Newman
Center building is really the place where
all the programs can happen. We have a
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By BEN ESTES
Stiff Writer
The Community Church, celebrating
its 25th anniversary this year, was born
out of the racial and free speech tensions
of the '50s, said the Rev. James Riddle.
"The Community Church was a place
where free inquiry, worship and action
was possible," Riddle said. He said the
Church has "worked throughout its 25
years to get its members jihvolved in
community and social issues.
Riddle said the Community Church
was deeply involved in civil rights,
integration and anti-war issues in the past
and is continuing its tradition of social
action today. He describes .his
congregation as a liberal one of all races
and faiths.
Of its 250 members, 17 now hold
political office. Riddle said. Others are
involved in countless other community
activities, he said.
The church has non-traditional
services with dance, slides, drama and
readings from non-biblical texts. But
Riddle said the Community Church
holds "a deep respect for the biblical
message."
Church members. 10 percent of which
are students during the school year, meet
at 10 a.m. each Sunday for worship
services and 1 1 a.m. for adult and youth
activities. The church is located at Mason
Farm Road next to Odum Village.
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lot of diverse functions going on here
around the clock. Our parish is not
limited to students alone. We have many
faculty, children and townspeople who
participate regularly and want to be
involved with the students."
Many of the churches and religious
centers have a time during the week when
students meet and a time for a discussion
or prayer session. The Baptist Campus
Ministry at Battle House holds a worship
service on Thursday nights. The service is
organized in by the students in
cooperation with the ministry's three
chaplains.
The Rev. Joe Clontz said, "The value
of the service is that it's a place where
students can worship, and their needs can
be taken into account and listened to. The
ministry here is a supplement to the other
Baptist parishes and is designed with
students in mind." .
The mailing list of the Baptist Campus
Ministry includes 300-400 students.
Clontz said, "We want people to
understand what we're doing here, and
we rely largely on ads in the Daily Tar
Heel and word-of-mouth. Right now we
"Many have felt experiences there that
have been spiritually satisfying," said
Pastor Jim Abrahamson of the Chapel
Hill Bible Church.
Abrahamson said the Bible Church
emphasizes teaching the Bible, an open
period of sharing among its members and
a period of Christian worship at Sunday
morning Gerrard Hall services.
The student dominated roles of the
Protestant church undertake the study of
one book of the Bible each year.
Abrahamson said. This year he said the
book of Hebrew would be studied by
Bible Church members.
In addition to the regular 9 and 10:30
a.m. Sunday worship services,
Abrahamson said several Bible study
groups meet throughout the week.
The Bible Church was organized
during the 1970-71 school year by about
30 students and faculty members.
Abrahamson estimates around 700
persons are involved in church activities.
To cope with increasing church roles
Abrahamson said the church will be
moving into a new building at the corner
of Mason Farm and Purefoy roads. The
new Bible Church will hold 750 people,
and construction will be completed by
March.
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to support Baptist missionaries. The
ministers here are really resources for
students to begin new programs."
The U nited Presbyterian Church holds
its student service on Thursday nights
Milton .Caruthers, senior campus
minister, said, "We have a variety of
programming, to try and meet the
student's needs. Our monthly event, A
Woman's Place, bridges the gap between
the University and Chapel Hill people
and draws many students."
The format for the Thursday services
includes a supper, a program planned by
the students and an informal
communion. Caruthers said the church
relies mainly upon students telling other
students about events. The local
Presbyterian churches also .send out
summer letters to tell' students what
events the church is sponsoring.
Chapel Hill was named after the
original Chapel of the Cross. The Rev.
Bob Duncan, the Episcopal church's
campus minister, said word-of-mouth is
the most heavily relied on means of
communicating church activities.
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The Wesley Foundation, a university
church center' sponsored by North
Carolina's United Methodist Church,
each year has a Living Learning
Residency Community for 1 1 male and
female students according to the Rev.
Manuel D. Wortman.
Wortman said these students live
together at the foundation "training for
living in the 20th century." He said these
students live together as a community
sharing meals, chores and meetings to
sort out problems.
"We encourage them to question the
meaning of life," said Wortman, and "to
sort out meaning in their lives."
Wortman said the Foundation selects a
group of diverse people who are serious
students for a one-year commitment. The
foundation advertises" for applicants after
Christmas each year, interviews them and
selects the 1 1 participants by spring
break.
The students pay for room and board,
said Wortman, and spend time working
with the staff of the Foundation. They
periodically have faculty members over
and meet among themselves in
community interchange.
The Wesley Foundation is located at
214 Pittsboro St. and holds regular
services at 1 1 a,m. Sundays. 1
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