Worship, Teach, Learn, and Grow
A community of students, young adults, and supporters that welcomes Episcopalians, Seekers, and Friends.
A faith that values everyone as full members of the Body of Christ amidst the diversity of races, sexes, gender identities, and sexual orientations found within God’s Creation.
A spiritual path that seeks better questions over easy answers, sees tradition as a teacher not a tyrant, and searches for justice in the here and now as well as the ever after.
Low Tea, Low Mass, on the Grass happens on the lawn just south of the Main Gate at 4:30pm during term (Aug 27th to Dec 10th 2023). Join us for a bit of fellowship, food, and worship and find out what we are all about. Come as you are, leave as you want as we engage the cycle of constructing and deconstructing our faith together. Discover all of our upcoming events here.
We don’t say “All Are Welcome” because we know how that phrase is abused over and over again within Christianity. We strive to create a space where All of You is welcome, including the parts of you that may have never felt welcome in church before. The things you have had to leave at the church door your entire life. Communities have to choose what type of inclusion they are going to practice, inclusion of all identities or inclusion of all ideologies… and we understand that respecting the basic dignity of all individuals means rejecting ideologies that are sexist, racist, heterosexist, cisist, or otherwise supremacist.
Maybe you are a life long Episcopalian, WELCOME! Maybe you are looking for a new way to follow Jesus, WELCOME! Maybe you need to name all the ways the church has failed you, WELCOME! Maybe you are exploring all things spiritual, WELCOME! Come transform who we are by being yourself!
Chaplain Ben
Ben (he/him/his) started his life in North Carolina and grew up believing he would follow his father and grandfather in the field of Agricultural Science... even going so far as to get a BS in Chemistry. When he was one lab class away from finishing his degree, he found himself energized by a different set of questions, ones that focused not on the unknown but the unknowable. Thus, he started a series of adventures, over several continents and countries, that brought him to ordained ministry in the Episcopal Church.
Before engaging ministry full time Ben worked in special education, homeless services, and community organizing. He learned politics working on the first Marriage Equality campaign in Maine. Alongside his Masters in Divinity from Bexley-Seabury he also has a Masters in Social Justice and Community Organizing from Prescott College. He will be glad to talk social justice strategy and theory all day long.
Ben practices Liberation Theology, which means he believes affirmation of the Creeds requires affirmation of Justice for the Oppressed. His chaplaincy work is for the spiritual care of the entire student body and his certifications in teaching Yoga and Meditation from The Yoga Connection and the Radiance Sutras School of Meditation offer holistic practices of care.
Ben is regularly around and about campus, often at Cafe Luce on Park. Feel free to Email him and set up a time to meet. He is always up to grab coffee, tea, or lunch for serious, or not so serious, conversation.
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