Student Religious Organizations
This is a list of student religious organizations active at Lehigh as of Fall 2005. The chaplain’s office maintains this list for informational purposes as a service to the Lehigh community. The chaplain’s office does not endorse religious organizations, but encourages students to express their own religious views while respecting and exploring the religious views of others.
Student religious organizations with clubs status are organized through the Student Senate like all other clubs at Lehigh.
Collegiate Christian Fellowship (CCF)
CCF is an informal group that encourages students to consider the life of faith in Christ through directed Bible studies and discussions and gives opportunities for spiritual growth and service in the local church.
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Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA)
Lehigh’s chapter of FCA encourages Lehigh’s athletes, Christian or otherwise, to explore their relationship with Jesus Christ and their relationships with their teammates and peers. Christian coaches are involved to help and challenge the members. The group holds roundtable discussions and practices an interactive form of worship that cannot be found in ordinary church environments. Discussions usually involve both large and small groups, and last about an hour. The group brings in outside discussion leaders, including other Christian leaders on campus and athletes from outside of the university. The group also plans activities like retreats and bowling. FCA encourages its members to attend one another's sporting events. Ty Esler is the president and head wrestling coach Greg Strobel is the advisor.
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Hillel Society
Hillel is a student-run organization serving the campus Jewish community, and is headquartered in the Jewish Student Center at 214 Summit Street. Hillel provides cultural and social programming as well as some religious activities. Its regular programs include Sunday "Bagel brunches," Sabbath dinners, holiday celebrations, speakers and film discussion groups, as well as an inclusive Passover Seder for the entire campus community. Hillel organizes transportation to worship services and a program of local nursing home visitation.
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Links to Jewish Holiday Calendar:
http://world.std.com/~reinhold/jewishholidays.txt
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Hindu Students Council
The purpose of this organization is to bring together Hindu students, as well as those interested in learning about the religion, to learn about the culture and discuss issues facing Hinduism today. Throughout the year we also celebrate various religious festivals including Diwali and Holi
Meeting times are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday evenings in Packer Memorial Church Westminster Chapel
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InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
LCF is Lehigh’s chapter of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, an international, evangelical and ecumenical Christian organization. InterVarsity provides a safe and challenging place for all students to explore Jesus’ invitation to follow him. We want to see members grow in their faith as they strive to live out Jesus’ words on Lehigh’s campus, study scripture in community, and engage in service, prayer, and outreach. InterVarsity’s vision is to see lives being transformed, Lehigh’s campus renewed, and world changers developed.
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Muslim Students Association
Muslim students from Lehigh meet for Friday services at an off-campus location. Details of meeting times and places are provided by e-mail.
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The Newman Association
The Newman Association is a student organization of the Catholic campus ministry at Lehigh University. The Association is guided by The Newman Council, a group of students who advise the Catholic Chaplain on implementing the activities of the Newman Center. As a sponsor of these activities, the association seeks to build a Christian community of faith in which students may share and enrich their experience of God and His Church through prayer, the Sacraments, continuing education, and service to others. Although The Newman Association endeavors specifically to build an active Catholic community of campus, all members of the university family are invited to participate in its activities. Adam Wisniewski is the president of the Newman Council. Father Wayne Killian is Lehigh’s Catholic chaplain, and Ron Koach is his assistant.
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Orthodox Christian Fellowship (OCF)
OCF believes that the Orthodox Church's history can be traced in unbroken continuity all the way back to Christ and His Apostles, and that her apostolic doctrine, worship, and structure remain unbroken. The purposes of the group are to help its members learn more about the Orthodox Christian faith, to worship, and to experience growth in their spiritual lives. The group identifies principles that will keep its members faithful to the Lord and strengthen them in their studies. The fellowship is under the spiritual guidance of Father Nicholas Palis of Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Bethlehem. The group holds monthly spiritual meetings and organizes trips to Holy Protection Convent and other neighboring monastic communites, transportation to church, dinners and other get-togethers. Terry Hristofas is the president and the advisor is engineering professor Jacob Kazakia.
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Reformed University Fellowship (RUF)
RUF is a campus ministry of discipleship and evangelism affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America that applies the scriptures to the problems facing Lehigh students today while remaining faithful to the historic creeds of the church. RUF has regular weekly meetings for fellowship and teaching, weekly dorm Bible studies, weekly social activities and periodic retreats. The group advisor is engineering professor Gary Harlow. Rev. David Green, affiliated with Lehigh Valley Presbyterian Church, is the full-time campus minister.
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St. Peter's Lutheran Church
Many students attend St. Peter's Lutheran Church, which maintains an active campus ministry. St. Peter's is located on the corner of Packer and Vine.
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University Bible Fellowship (UBF)
UBF is an international, evangelical student organization that emphasizes world missions and focuses on one-on-one Bible study and discipleship. UBF believes that the Bible is the one, true and only inerrant record of God's dealings with sinful mankind and that salvation is to be found only in Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of the Father, Who is both God and man, together as God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The purpose of the Lehigh's chapter of UBF is to propagate the gospel of Jesus to Lehigh students by studying the Bible and to encourage them to live according to the teachings of the Bible. Susan Hong is the president and computer science professor Bill Pottenger is the advisor.
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