Student Organizations of the
Religious Life Association
At Muhlenberg, we empower our students to build community together. The Religious Life Association Student Leaders Council is a budget-allocated umbrella organization funded by Muhlenberg's Student Government Association and supported by the Office of Religious & Spiritual Life. Each student organization within the council has a student executive board, a faculty or staff advisor and an SGA-allocated budget to support programming through the academic year. Most groups are also supported by professional staff who guide our students to engage their faith and their community in meaningful ways.
Christian
Four active and intimate Christian student organizations exist on campus: Abide, Catholic Campus Ministry, Chapel, and DiscipleMakers Christian Fellowship. Each of these communities gather for worship, Bible study, fellowship, and service throughout the academic year, offering students a chance to explore or deepen their Christian faith both personally and in community with others. Some students find great meaning interacting with multiple groups throughout their time on campus.
Jewish
Two Jewish student organizations offer programming for students to gather for learning, observances, cultural celebrations, service, and community. Hillel--whose mission is to enrich the lives of Jewish students so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the world--is housed within the Leffell Center for Jewish Student Life on campus. Muhlenberg's Chabad Club partners with a campus-adjacent Chabad house to program on and off campus. Many students find great value learning and interacting within both communities during their time on campus.
Muslim
The Muslim Student Association seeks to provide a voice and platform for Muslim students on campus while providing an environment for Muslim and non-Muslim students to bond and engage. The MSA aims to further educate the Muhlenberg College community about the Islamic faith, as well as its faith belief system, set of values, customs and rituals.
Interfaith
Recognizing the great diversity of religious and cultural affinity organizations on the Muhlenberg College campus, Bridges brings these communities together over a shared interest in interfaith work and learning about one another. Bridges is dedicated towards hosting spaces for students to learn about various religious, spiritual, or secular practices in an environment that promotes dialogue and the sharing of personal experiences in order to foster meaningful relationships.
Hope to Develop Your Own Community?
If you practice a tradition that is not represented among these groups and want to explore either how to connect with practitioners in our local community, create a student organization, or develop independent programming to share about your tradition with others on campus, please reach out to [email protected] to begin a conversation with our Religious & Spiritual Life staff. We're eager to accompany you in your exploration!
Spiritually Curious?
Spiritual, But Not Religious?
There are just as many if not more members of our community who do not find their religious or spiritual home in one of the organized groups on campus. We are here to be in conversation with everyone! You may still be asking deep questions about meaning and purpose in life. Being on a college campus is an incredible gift, allowing us to explore and engage beyond what we may have known previously. RSL offers individual reflection and small group programs such as mindfulness practices and trainings in dialogue across difference to the wider community to help students bring their full identity to the table (be it religious, spiritual, or secular) to discern their values and pathway in life and interact with peers doing the same. Our interfaith community welcomes students of all or no religious or spiritual identity to learn about and from one another, sharing appreciative knowledge, growing in positive attitude toward one another, and building relationships across both similarity and difference.
