Protestant Ministry
On campus, I attend the Protestant Ministry’s weekly Sunday Night Worship. I also regularly attend Rev Up, which is essentially a weekly check-in where we can drop by and talk to the Reverends over hot cocoa or coffee. Sometimes we talk about how the last week went or any concerns going into the week, and other times we get sidetracked and talk about a random topic. One week we spent the majority of the time discussing nuclear energy.
Protestant Ministry was the first community I found on campus, and it continues to be an important part of my time at Georgetown. For the first time in my life, I find myself surrounded by people my age who I can travel with as we navigate our personal faith journeys.
GU Christian Athletes
A friend of mine started this group at the beginning of the semester and told my friend from the frisbee team and me that we should join. We felt a little out of place in the beginning, since we were the only ones who didn’t play a varsity sport, but the group has quickly become one that I greatly value. A lot of what we talk about is the way our spirituality connects with and is expressed through our respective sports. It is a dynamic that I had never really thought about before, but I am thankful that I am able to explore this intersection with this community.
Georgetown Lutheran Church
I grew up in a Lutheran church, so I was happy to find out there was an ELCA church so close to campus. The first time I attended a GLC service I felt a wave of familiarity crash into me. The liturgy, the order of the service, the red hymnals—it was all basically the same. If I closed my eyes I could almost trick myself into thinking I was back in my home church. This familiarity helped me out a lot when I missed home. GLC partners with a local Episcopal church in a campus ministry program called Commonplace. This community is the last prong of my faith experience at Georgetown. Right now, I wouldn’t be able to describe how each community has helped me explore my faith, but I do know they each have had a unique effect.
GLC has also helped me start to get more involved with volunteering again. This year, the church joined a network of churches to run Saturday Suppers. Each church volunteered for one Saturday where they provided and served dinner to homeless individuals. GLC only got to do one Saturday before the city shut down, but I had a good time serving and talking to the people there. I look forward to getting even more involved when we are able to return to campus.
