Waynesburg University’s Christian Life is offering an event to all on campus.

Every Wednesday, Chaplain Anthony Jarrell and staff offer a lunch series in the Benedum Dining Hall. Jarrell says that the lunch series was created to help make students and staff and faculty more social about faith and other topics.

“This lunch series was created to foster more conversation between staff and faculty and students around faith and different topics and how god cares about all of it,” Jarrell said. 

Jarrell hopes to create a more united culture where everyone is included and live by the university’s mission statement.

“We hope this weekly series creates a more unified culture were staff and faculty and students of all majors and backgrounds can more organically explore and discuss the integration of faith, learning and serving,” Jarrell said.

Jarrell’s assistant, Rebecca Juliano, says that she was trying to involve everyone on campus no matter what staff member they are.

“I have invited staff and faculty in a variety of disciplines/areas to come in and talk about how work and participation in that specific area matters to God,” Juliano said.

Juliano believes that this series will go a long way to help students carry out Waynesburg University’s main mission.

“I think this series has a direct application of the mission to help students make connections between faith, learning and service to transform their communities now and when they graduate,” Juliano said.

Juliano also discussed the series as a breaking off two parts.

“The purpose of the series is two-fold. First for the Christian student, it would be to affirm their calling or participation in that area and know that it is integrated into their life and faith and not a separate space they find themselves in,” Juliano said.

“Second for the not-yet-Christian, it is an opportunity to invite students who don’t yet know Jesus to see that all parts of life no matter to God and he can bring purpose and meaning to that area of life that they don’t see,” Juliano said.