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Annual Services Throughout the year, several celebrations sponsored by the Truitt Center have become Elon Traditions. Mark your calendars now to join us for several of these events!
Father Gerry Waterman, Franciscan Friar and campus minister for Elon's Catholic Campus Ministry, celebrated the annual Franciscan tradition of the Blessing of Animals at College Chapel. Students, faculty and staff were invited to bring their pets, or pictures of them, to the service to be blessed. St. Francis of Assisi is the patron saint of animals.
Holiday Celebration with Luminaries Join us at Scott Plaza for our annual holiday celebration. Hot chocolate, carol singing and hundreds of luminaries lining the walkways will mark Elon's annual "Festival of Holiday Lights." Bring your friends and your cameras!
Students serve as Deiners for Elon's Annual Moravian Lovefeast Brought from Germany to Old Salem, North Carolina, by early Moravian settlers, this traditional Christmas service celebrates the Advent season with a special service. It consists of a simple meal of sweet buns and coffee served by Elon student volunteers and features seasonal music, including selections rendered by bell choirs, the chancel choir, organ and oboe. A candlelight service concludes this special celebration, as the congregation sings the traditional carol "Morning Star." The Lovefeast service is held each year at the Elon Community Church. All members of the Elon community are welcome.
She was ordained in 1980 by the United Church of Christ and preaches and consults to religious and academic institutions. She was honored in 1996 with Harvard Divinity School's Rabbi Martin Katzenstein Distinguished Alumna award. Her 1990 appointment to responsibilities with Brown University followed comparable posts at Vassar and Mount Holyoke, and as associate pastor at The Church of Christ at Dartmouth College. She is a long-term member of the supervisory faculty for fieldwork placements from Harvard Divinity School and the Boston Theological Institute. She is past president of The Association for College and University Religious Affairs and edited its journal Dialogue. She serves on the visiting committee for The Lincoln School, the Leadership Council for Harvard Divinity School, Home and Hospice Care of Rhode Island and Brown/RISD Hillel Foundation. Awarded the Fund for Theological Education's North American Ministerial Fellowship in 1977, she left secondary education to complete a Master of Divinity degree at Harvard where she was also awarded the Hopkins Scholarship and the Billings Prize for preaching. Her undergraduate degree in United States Studies and History is from Wellesley College. She also earned a Masters degree in Education from Tufts University.
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Blessing of the Animals Service 
Winter Feast 
The Rev. Janet Cooper Nelson, the chaplain of Brown University and director of the Office of the Chaplains & Religious Life, will deliver Elon University’s 2009 Baccalaureate sermon on Friday, May 22, at 3 p.m. in the Koury Center.