By the Rev. Wendy Wilkinson, Good Samaritan, Virginia Beach, and ODU Chaplain
Four campus ministries - William & Mary, Old Dominion University,
Christopher Newport University and Longwood/Hampden Sydney - came
together for a retreat at Chanco on the James Oct. 30-31. The time away
provided an opportunity for the students to build relationships with
each other and discuss how their faith impacts their life on campus. The
retreat was built around the Daily Offices with the intention that they
students would find a place of calm and spiritual renewal in the midst
of their hectic class schedules. They found time to enjoy Chanco's zip
lines and the high ropes course as well. One of the parts of the retreat
that the students found calming was to experience the Great Silence
from the evening Compline service until the next morning's opening
worship. At the close of the retreat, students were eager to find an
opportunity to get together again in the spring.
