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Spiritual Life

Weekly convocation, student-led vespers, and prayer groups formed by faculty, students, and staff help create a transformational spiritual environment that is integral to the WAUexperience. While Washington Adventist University is centered in the Seventh-day Adventist faith, the University is diverse and accepting of all religions and cultures. We are a cosmopolitan university challenging students to become moral leaders in communities throughout the world.

Spiritual Connections

Washington Adventist University is a Christian Campus committed to providing meaningful ways for students, staff, and faculty to connect with and engage in the life with God. Spiritual activities abound on campus and include a campus week of prayer, prayer breakfasts, bible study groups, and prayer meetings. These activities challenge our campus to search God’s word and open our lives to His transforming grace.

 
Singspiration

Washington Adventist University is a campus committed to creating worship opportunities that demonstrates belief in the word of God, devotion to a Loving God, and commitment to the development of a life with-God. Singspiration provides such worship opportuniteis. Singspriation meets meet on a weekly basis every Friday night in the Morrison Hall Chapel at 8 pm.
Service Opportunities
Washington Adventist University is committed to creating meaningful opportunities for its students, faculty, and staff to participate in service to our world and our immediate neighbors. Once a year, the entire campus takes part on an annual service day through which we provide our time, talents, and skills to a variety of local non-profit organizations. In addition to the annual Service Day, Project Sunshine provides the opportunity to engage in service through nursing home visitation on a bi-weekly basis.
Missions
MissionTripStudent Missions is a program which enables students to travel to various countries of the world and work as teachers, allied health assistants, librarians, business managers, and technicians for a small stipend. Washington Adventist University developed the student missionary program in 1959. The Call Book, which lists opportunities for student missionaries overseas and taskforce workers in North America, in available in the Chaplain's Office.
Service Day Observed with Multiple Projects in DC Metro Area
Wednesday, 28 September 2011 16:32

DSC_0268editedThey say that cleanliness is next to godliness and for the students of Washington Adventist University, Service Day gave them the opportunity to improve the conditions of Takoma Park Recreation Center. Among the projects in a day-long program of activities, students cleaned two vans used to transport children who attend the recreation center. Recreation Manager Eric Rasch remarked on the outstanding relationship with the university. “This is our third time working with the university; it has been a tremendous pleasure. Service Day assists in things we already work on and it helps quite a bit.”

Nursing major Stephanie Ung, one of five students who helped at the center, emphasized the importance of a clean environment for the children of Takoma Park. “The recreation center is a place they can go and spend time, and I want to make sure everything for them is clean and what it should be. I want to make sure everything is sanitary and that they don’t get sick from anything.”

Service Day is Washington Adventist University’s way of giving back to its community. Trip sponsor, Professor DSC_0291editedFrancis Bolden says Service Day is the way citizens can see the good in the university. “Going out and being a part of the community allows everyone to see our vision and dedication to the area,” he said.

Junior Demerce Young described Service Day as the University showing its selflessness. “It teaches us how to go out and give back and show the community that we are being active.”

Other Service Day projects were carried out at Takoma Park Elementary School, Silver Spring Initiative Food and Friends, Martha's Table, John Nevins Andrews School, Central Union Mission, Sligo Creek, Takoma Park Recreation Department, Tree-mendous on Campus, Tree-mendous on the Creek, Pay it Forward, Capitol Area Food Bank, GE Peters Adventist School, Days End Farm Horse Rescue, City Gardens - Takoma Park and Sligo Adventist School.

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