Weekdays at Rockefeller
Rockefeller Chapel is used daily for gatherings of various religious and spiritual communities, and all these events are open to all interested participants. Carillon recitals are given at 12 noon and 6 pm every weekday while campus is in session.
- A quiet Christian service of morning prayer takes place at 8 am each weekday in the Chancel.
- Buddhist Samatha meditation takes place on Monday evenings and Friday mornings in the Interreligious Center.
- Restorative Yoga takes place every Tuesday at 6:45 pm in the Chancel, followed on some Tuesdays by interspiritual Drumming Circles.
- Mindfulness meditation classes take place on Wednesday afternoons.
- Zen Buddhist meditation and dharma talks take place every Wednesday at 5 pm in the Chancel.
- Hindu and Muslim students say daily prayers in the Hindu and Muslim prayer rooms in the Interreligious Center.
- Muslim families gather weekly for adult and children’s educational programs.
- Students from Bethel Christian Church’s congregation gather on Fridays for Bible study.
- Buddhist Soka Gakkai chanting takes place on Friday afternoons.
Tuesdays at Rockefeller — Integrative Spiritual Practice
Beginning with the weekly organ recital, Tea and Pipes, Tuesday evening offers an opportunity to come for one or more event to center the spirit, mind, and body.
Tea and Pipes takes place at 4 pm. On some Tuesdays, it is followed by choral evensong at 5 pm. At 6 pm, the carillon recital takes place, and at 6:45 pm, students gather for restorative yoga in the Chancel area of the Chapel (the large marble area between the choir stalls). At 8 pm on some Tuesdays, yoga is followed by an interspiritual drumming circle, an opportunity to experience the magnificence of the sound of drums filling the building.
Drumming circles are currently scheduled for Tuesdays September 22, October 6, November 3, and December 1.
Tea and Pipes, and Restorative Yoga begin on Tuesday September 22 for the autumn quarter.
