Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life SCOTT CENTER

The Wordless Melody: An Evening of Spiritual Singing

Join renowned song leader and Jewish community builder Joey Weisenberg as he leads and teaches us in the art of the niggun, or wordless melody. Through the experience of singing niggun together we will deepen our listening to each other and to ourselves. All are encouraged to attend regardless of background or tradition. For more about Joey and his music, see and listen to his website, joeyweisenberg.com.

Starts @ 5PM EST

Freeman International Center Annex

Open to the Public

Sacred Text Burial and Talk with Torah Scribe Kevin Hale at The Knoll

Location:  The Knoll (Organic Garden)  Rain Location: McCardell Bicentennial Hall 219

What happens to sacred text when it has reached the end of its useful life?  Come find out how some traditions retire their sacred texts as we are led in a Jewish version of this ceremony by visiting Torah scribe Rabbi Kevin Hale, and in a multi-faith ceremony by the Middlebury College Chaplains.  After the texts are buried you are invited to remain at The Knoll to hear from Rabbi Hale about the work of a scribe and how sacred texts are handled in the Jewish tradition.

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 219

Sacred Texts in Conversation with Contemporary Issues

Join Dean of Spiritual & Religious Life Mark Orten, Rabbi Danielle Stillman and Muslim Advisor Saifa Hussain once a month for a lively study and discussion of what texts from religious traditions have to say about some of our most pressing contemporary questions.

 In conversation with each other and the group, each chaplain will offer texts and insights from their own traditions to illuminate such topics as refugees and immigration, work and rest, grief and sadness, friendship, and others.

Ross Fireplace Lounge Room 101

Sacred Texts in Conversation with Contemporary Issues

Join Dean of Spiritual & Religious Life Mark Orten, Rabbi Danielle Stillman and Muslim Advisor Saifa Hussain once a month for a lively study and discussion of what texts from religious traditions have to say about some of our most pressing contemporary questions.

 In conversation with each other and the group, each chaplain will offer texts and insights from their own traditions to illuminate such topics as refugees and immigration, work and rest, grief and sadness, friendship, and others.

Sacred Texts in Conversation with Contemporary Issues

Join Dean of Spiritual & Religious Life Mark Orten, Rabbi Danielle Stillman and Muslim Advisor Saifa Hussain once a month for a lively study and discussion of what texts from religious traditions have to say about some of our most pressing contemporary questions.

 In conversation with each other and the group, each chaplain will offer texts and insights from their own traditions to illuminate such topics as refugees and immigration, work and rest, grief and sadness, friendship, and others.

Sacred Harp Singing Group

Shape Note Singing, from the Sacred Harp Song Book. Shape Note Singing is America’s oldest music, now sung around the world, based on traditional songs, anthems, and hymns - a capella, in four part harmony – from the Sacred Harp Song Book. Loaner books available. All welcome. For more information, contact David Rosenberg at rosenber@middlebury.edu

McCullough - Mitchell Green Lounge

Open to the Public