Campus Community,
As we enter the last few weeks of this Spring 2021 semester, we acknowledge that the past year has been mixed with much pain, division, and hurt. As many of us were planning on the details of summer research and Fall 2020 details, we were also grieving the brutal murder and killings of many. Of these, the murder of George Floyd gripped and shook the world–causing many to pause, lament, and wrestle with systems and practices that have subjugated too many based on the physical form God put his divine breathe in.
While we may not know the precise end of the current Chauvin trial, we do want to remind our campus community of our Mission, Christian Aspirations, and Virtues of Discourse. We are living in very challenging times–grieving a pre-pandemic life and dealing with the ramifications of racist sins.
我们知道,在这个季节里,不同的个人和群体面临着许多不同的挑战——通常是以不同的方式。这篇文章既承认了我们所有人都试图承担的情感负担,也分享了一些我们继续为学生、教师和工作人员提供的资源,以应对这些挑战。
CDI Resources
CDI将分别针对学生、教师和工作人员举办几场虚拟市政厅会议。CDI的工作人员将与其他支持部门在适当的情况下协助个别学生。
CAPS Resources
CAPS has same-day scheduling for appointments – just call the CAPS office at (616-395-7945) to arrange an appointment. There is also an after-hours crisis on-call service available for times when the CAPS office is closed. This service can be reached by calling the CAPS number and following the recorded prompts.
Faculty & Staff Resources
Our Employee Assistance Program has a 24/7/365 hotline available. Just call 1-800-448-8326 to immediately connect with someone for support. Here is anewsletter(1Hope login required) focused on identifying resources and methods to help heal in the midst of national and global tragedies.
Spiritual Resources
I.Personal Support:在这个季节,希望的牧师可以为任何和所有正在挣扎的学生祈祷、交谈和支持。Feel free to reach out to Trygve Johnson (johnsont@m.icarseries.com), Jennifer Ryden (rydenj@m.icarseries.com), Jill Nelson (nelsonj@m.icarseries.com), Paul Boersma (boersma@m.icarseries.com), Bruce Benedict (benedict@m.icarseries.com), Nancy Smith (smithn@m.icarseries.com), and Matt Margaron (margaron@m.icarseries.com).
II.Pray the Psalms.挽歌时期祈祷的经文:挽歌是《圣经》中的祈祷书,在150篇祈祷文中,有42篇挽歌,其中30篇为个人挽歌,其余为公共挽歌。在极度悲痛、不确定、愤怒、沮丧的时候,这些诗篇一直是神的子民的向导。这也提醒我们,上帝能够处理我们的愤怒和为正义而哀叹的呼声。If you are looking for help to know how to pray I encourage you to use these Psalms as a guide for to pray – both individually and with your friends or community corporately.
These Psalms are often helpful for communal prayers of lament: Psalm 12, Psalm 44, Psalm 58, Psalm 60, Psalm 74, Psalm 79, Psalm 80, Psalm 83, Psalm 85, Psalm 86, Psalm 90, Psalm 94, Psalm 123, Psalm 126, Psalm 129.
For individual Laments these are recommended Psalms to guide you in prayer: Psalm 3, Psalm 4, Psalm 5, Psalm7, Psalm 9-10, Psalm 13, Psalm 14, Psalm 17, Psalm 22, Psalm 25, Psalm 26, Psalm 27, Psalm 28, Psalm, 31, Psalm 36, Psalm 39.
III.Create.In times of pain, anger, and personal and communal trial it is often helpful to write your own prayer of lament to God. Following the form of the psalmists, here is a guide for you to use for your own prayer of laments.
- Invocation – The initial cry to God to take notice
- Complaint – the description of the psalmist suffering against God or some enemy/ies.
- Request – the psalmist petitions God to act on the Psalmists behalf.
- 信心的表达-通常是神在历史上值得信赖的特性或行为的陈述。
- Vow of Praise – assurance of praise that will follow deliverance.
IV.The Harvey Prayer Chapel你可以单独去祷告,也可以和牧师或朋友一起祷告。在哈维祈祷教堂里,你可以找到各种资源,比如日记、《圣经》、《公共祈祷书》和哀悼祈祷指南,还有一面祈祷墙,你可以把你手写的祈祷文放在那里。
V.Chapel and Worship.教堂周一、周三和周五对所有学生开放。在试炼的时候,我们作为一个团体的回应方式之一就是去敬拜神。世界杯英格兰队vs丹麦队足彩专注于神,他的品格激发了信心、希望和爱,我们共同的希望美德是你的资源。
我们一同来,作主的仆人。我们带着一种精神来倾听,并为众多悲痛和哀恸的方式留出空间。我们致力于避免再造成创伤。当我们在未知的海中,我们的指望在我们的锚上——耶和华全能的上帝。
On behalf of the following offices:
Office of the President
Provost’s Office
Center for Diversity and Inclusion
Campus Ministry
Counseling And Psychological Services
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