Elon University - Office of Religious Life

The Vera Richardson Truitt Center
for Religious and Spiritual Life

The Truitt Center is a safe place for spiritual growth and interfaith exploration. Our mission is to encourage students to honor the spiritual dimension of life, be vitally connected to a faith tradition, embrace the present responsibly and the future with hope, and live the principles they value.

Elon University's mission statement begins by identifying our religious context: "Rooted in the historic tradition of the United Church of Christ, Elon University embraces its founders' vision of an academic community that transforms mind, body and spirit, and encourages freedom of thought and liberty of conscience." In this spirit, Elon offers a spacious welcome to students and faculty from diverse religious traditions.

Doug and Edna Noiles The Vera Richardson Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life is endowed by a generous gift from Douglas G. Noiles and Edna Truitt Noiles '44 "to enable Elon students to learn about their own and other faiths and to live lives of reconciliation. "

The Truitt Center is named to honor Edna's mother, who sent six daughters to Elon and whom she described as "an educator of the heart and of the spirit ... strong, intelligent and competitive,--a pioneer woman of the 20th century."

The Truitt Center is a safe place
for Spiritual Growth and Interfaith Exploration

For more information, contact:

Rev. Richard McBride , University Chaplain

Rev. Phil Smith , Assistant Chaplain and
Director of Religious Life

Rene' Summers , Program Assistant

401 E. College Avenue (corner of Antioch and E. College between tennis complex and RR tracks)
Phone: (336) 278-7729
2960 Campus Box
Elon, NC 27244
Fax: (336) 278-7439


Home ~ Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life Chapel at Elon Annual Services Upcoming Events Organizations Annual Programs Holidays@Elon Quest Labyrinth Professional Staff 2008-2009 Student Interns Spaces at Truitt Center Worship On Campus Worship Off Campus United Church of Christ	The Vera Richardson Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life The Truitt Center is a safe place for spiritual growth and interfaith exploration. Our mission is to encourage students to honor the spiritual dimension of life, be vitally connected to a faith tradition, embrace the present responsibly and the future with hope, and live the principles they value. Elon University's mission statement begins by identifying our religious context: "Rooted in the historic tradition of the United Church of Christ, Elon University embraces its founders' vision of an academic community that transforms mind, body and spirit, and encourages freedom of thought and liberty of conscience." In this spirit, Elon offers a spacious welcome to students and faculty from diverse religious traditions. The Vera Richardson Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life is endowed by a generous gift from Douglas G. Noiles and Edna Truitt Noiles '44 "to enable Elon students to learn about their own and other faiths and to live lives of reconciliation. " The Truitt Center is named to honor Edna's mother, who sent six daughters to Elon and whom she described as "an educator of the heart and of the spirit ... strong, intelligent and competitive,--a pioneer woman of the 20th century." The Truitt Center is a safe place for Spiritual Growth and Interfaith Exploration For more information, contact: Rev. Richard McBride , University Chaplain Rev. Phil Smith , Assistant Chaplain and Director of Religious Life Rene' Summers , Program Assistant 401 E. College Avenue (corner of Antioch and E. College between tennis complex and RR tracks) Phone: (336) 278-7729 2960 Campus Box Elon, NC 27244 Fax: (336) 278-7439