Welcome to the Episcopal Campus Ministry at Rutgers-Camden. ECM invites all Christians and spiritual seekers to discover and celebrate God's love, to live out the Word and to build and strengthen their relationships with Christ. (Matthew 22:37-40; 28: 19-20). ECM is for students, faculty and staff. We offer:
Worship
Wednesdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Camden College Center.
We believe regular, sincere and fervent worship is very important in strengthening our relationship with God. A weekly lunchtime service of meditation and prayer is on Wednesdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Camden College Center, followed by refreshments. Members of ECM also are encouraged to attend worship services at any of the area's Episcopal churches. Two of them (St. Paul's and St. Augustine's) are within walking distance of the campus; a third (Grace Church in Haddonfield) is one-half block southeast of the PATCO station in Haddonfield. Below is a schedule of worship services, programs and activities as well as contact information:
St. Augustine's, Camden
Broadway & Royden Streets, Camden NJ 08101
Telephone: (856) 365-3243 Fax: (856) 365-3243
Email: staugustine@verizon.net
Rector: The Reverend Derrick Wedderburn
Archdeacon: The Venerable Dr. John H. Hanson
Holy Eucharist: Sunday at 7:30 & 9:30 a.m.
Church School (for youths): Sunday at 9:45 a.m.
St. Paul's, Camdens
422 Market Street, Camden, NJ 08101-1551
Mailing Address: PO Box 1551, Camden, NJ 08104-1551
Telephone: (856) 365-5880
Rector: The Reverend Canon Martin Gutwein
Holy Eucharist: Sunday at 7:30 & 11:30 a.m.
Soup and Songs Saturday at 6 p.m.
Grace Church in Haddonfield
19 King's Highway E, Haddonfield, 08033-2001
Telephone: (856) 429-0007 Fax: (856) 429-3291
Email: office@gracehaddon.org
Website: [www.gracehaddon.org]
Rector: The Reverend Dr. Patrick R. Close
Assistants: The Reverend Nathaniel R. Elliott, Jr., the Reverend Raymond E. Buntaine
Deacon: The Reverend Colleen G. Spaeth
Holy Eucharist: Sunday at 8 & 10:15 a.m. Saturday 9:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.
Church School (for children & adults) Sunday at 9:15 a.m.
Fellowship
We believe that spiritual growth is nourished through time spent together in fellowship. Opportunities for fellowship usually follow campus meetings and following worship services. All of the Episcopal churches sponsor coffee hour each Sunday after worship services. Please visit us. All people are welcome! "For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them." Matthew 18:20
Outreach
The Episcopal Campus Ministry at Rutgers-Camden invites you to servant ministry by caring for the city's homeless and assisting at the Soup Kitchen sponsored by St. Paul's Episcopal Church on Sundays at 6 p.m. Other opportunities for outreach include teaching computer classes at St. Augustine's Episcopal Church on Saturdays at 11 a.m. and collecting clothing and canned goods for the poor and the homeless.
"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind...and your neighbor as your self." Matthew 22:37,39.
Campus Forum
Each semester, ECM will offer a Campus Forum for discussion of major issues in the news in light of Christian beliefs and teachings. Panelists will include religious leaders, faculty, students and staff. A question and answer period will follow and there will be refreshments.
About the Chaplain: The Ven. Dr. John H. Hanson
The Chaplain of the Episcopal Campus Ministry at Rutgers-Camden wears many hats. Dr. Hanson serves as Archdeacon of the Diocese of New Jersey and is the Deacon at St. Augustine's Episcopal Church in Camden. A graduate of the Diocese of New Jersey School of Deacon, he has also been around many campuses as a student and professor. He received a bachelor's degree in social science from the University of Liberia, a master's degree in journalism from Syracuse University and a doctorate in mass communication from The Florida State University. Currently, he is a journalism and English professor at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. He has also taught at Florida A&M University (Tallahassee), Temple University (Philadelphia) Wichita State (Kansas) University, Rowan University (Glassboro, N.J.). Our chaplain is married to Vivian, a Camden city school teacher. They are the proud parents of two daughters: Jonnell, a teacher of the Handicapped in Camden, and Keisha, a public health educator in Atlanta with the Georgia Division of Public Health.
