PNNE supports three campus ministries within our bounds.  Although our gifts are small, each of these ministries is then eligible to apply for Synod grants of up to $3500.

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United Campus Ministry at Plymouth State University

in NH is known locally as the ‘Campus Caring Community’.  Our goal is to facilitate a caring community for the students of Plymouth State.  A community that provides support for student spiritual needs and recognizes the stresses the students face as they work towards graduation.

Amongst its goals are to: 

• foster greater communication and collaboration between student faith groups and in the community.

• nurture religious affinity groups on campus and across USNH campuses to create a sense of belonging.

 

The Waysmeet Center

is the campus ministry at the University of NH in Durham, which has impacted Durham for over 100 years.  It works to create positive change through direct service grounded in compassion, equity, and social justice in the NH Seacoast and surrounding communities.

     Started by students, for students, its mission has always been centered around fostering leadership, personal growth, and civic engagement opportunities. Two of its longest-running programs are its Cornucopia Food Pantry and its Intentional Residential Community.

     With its focus on food ministry, Waysmeet has a community garden which supplies food to both its pantry, Cornucopia Food Pantry, and its community dinners.  It is a multi-generational food sovereignty effort including food cultivation, rescue, and distribution.  The pantry is staffed almost entirely by volunteers, UNH students, and local community members alike.

     Each academic year, eight students live at Waysmeet in an “Intentional Community.” That is, they agree to live together committed to pro-social principles such as: 

• To treat each other with respect, dignity, compassion, and kindness;

• To agree to share equally in the household community, from chores to the purchase of common domestic supplies.

 

The Wilson Center

      The Presbytery has supported the Wilson Center for many years.  It is a campus ministry in Orono, Maine, for the University of Maine.

      The Wilson Center is a multifaith, ecumenical, and progressive nonprofit organization that has served the UMaine community for over 100 years.  Originally named the Maine Christian Association, this organization was a progressive ministry for Protestant students at the university, though from its early days often included Catholic, Jewish, and atheist/humanist students as well.

    Today its mission is to create progressive, ecumenical, and multifaith dialogue for the UMaine community and through worship, study, and service, to work for social justice, honor diversity, and offer opportunities for spiritual growth.

    One of its goals is to build worship services, ethics discussion groups, film series, dinners and other spiritual or social events that speak to the needs and desires of the UMaine community.