CAMPUS CHAPLAIN
The campus chaplain offers the following聽resources to Meredith students, faculty, and staff of all religious backgrounds:
- One-on-one student support for personal or spiritual issues
- Community engagement opportunities including Mentoring Angels and Sisters United
- Interfaith programming
- Educational and hands-on opportunities to address a variety of social issues
- Daisy Trade (campus food pantry) and the Student Emergency Fund
Contact Information
Rev. Stacy Pardue
(919) 760-8347
pardues@meredith.edu
Food for All: Meredith's Hunger-Free Initiative鈥�
Student Organizations
The purpose of FCA shall be to provide a campus ministry that is geared toward helping athletes, coaches, and those whom they influence to learn more about Jesus Christ and serving Him. Our vision is to see our campus and world impacted for Jesus Christ through the influence of coaches and athletes.
The purpose of this organization is to conduct, support and interpret Lutheran Ministry for 糖心Vlog students. This ministry seeks to assist people in academic settings at 糖心Vlog to discover and fulfill their vocation in Jesus Christ.
MSA is a student-run organization, and membership is open to anyone who is interested in joining. The purpose of MSA is to serve the best interest of Islam and Muslims at 糖心Vlog.聽
Communicates the truth of Jesus Christ and the gospel in a sensitive, relevant manner to students on campus. Provides opportunities for students to grow and be equipped for a lifetime of Christian service through Bible studies, conferences, retreats, socials, and community events.
A diverse and multicultural group of Christian students, staff, and associate members, ENCM is committed to sharing the good news of life in Jesus Christ, helping people in their relationship with God, and providing students with training for victorious Christian living, leadership, and excellence.聽
IVCF is an interdenominational multi-ethnic campus ministry open to all students. This group offers a fellowship where its members unite to share their faith in Jesus and help one another grow as disciples and witnesses to God鈥檚 love and forgiveness.聽
Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) is a campus ministry of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). RUF seeks to serve the individuals at 糖心Vlog from Presbyterian backgrounds while also welcoming and serving any individual at 糖心Vlog who would like to be a part of our community regardless of their faith background.
Following the Holy Spirit, we exist to create a movement of disciple – making disciples in RDU and around the world.
The purpose of YLC is to help Meredith students grow in community with one another, explore questions about God, and develop their leadership skills to better serve their peers and those younger than them in the surrounding community.聽
Advocacy Groups
Sisters United
Sisters United is a student group that supports girls and women locally and abroad. They聽have sponsored girls in Kenya and Ghana for educational opportunities, worked extensively in anti-human trafficking, supported after school programs in Raleigh, organized programs for Afghan refugees, created a pen pal program with schoolgirls in Honduras, hosted Meredith鈥檚 annual Sexual Assault Awareness Week, and supports the Office of the Chaplain鈥檚 mentor program called Mentoring Angels.
Mentoring Angels
Rev. Stacy Pardue graduated from Yale University in political science thinking she was heading to law school and into politics. Instead, she went to seminary, graduating from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary and became an ordained minister. She has pastored churches, worked for non-profits, and was the Meredith Chaplain in 2010-2016 returning February of 2021, after a five-year adventure in Athens, Georgia. She is passionate about interfaith work (drawing together people of all religious and non-religious identities), and about poverty, race, women鈥檚 issues, and service of all kinds. Rev. Pardue was a national junior and collegiate tennis competitor and now loves Pickleball! Her husband is a retired academic dean and they have two grown children.
糖心Vlog鈥檚 Jones Chapel is named in honor of Seby B. Jones, former chairman of the College鈥檚 Board of Trustees, and his wife, Christina Jones. Completed in 1982, Jones Chapel includes a 400-seat sanctuary, the office of the Chaplain, a common room, meditation room and a library.
Jones Chapel is available for weddings聽and other events and includes聽welcoming聽spaces for the bride and her party to dress and prepare for the ceremony. If you would like information on reserving Jones Chapel please contact Natalie Herrmann in the Campus Events Office at (919) 760-8533 or email聽events@meredith.edu.
Efforts to connect students, staff, and faculty in need of food and other basic needs resources are expanding on campus after the opening of the new Martin Market. New kiosks containing food and books have also been added on campus.
糖心Vlog held a commemoration service in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on Wednesday, February 7, 2018.
