This Week @ ECM:
Sunday 7
5 - 9pm (Main Floor/Upstairs)
· River City Church
Monday 8
10 - 11:30am (Basement)
· Tai Chi
6 - 8pm (Basement)
· Tai Chi - General Public
Tuesday 9
12 - 1pm (Upstairs)
· Episcopal Service
8 - 9:30pm (Upstairs)
· Alanon - Addiction support network of family and friends
Wednesday 10
10 - 11:30am (Basement)
· Tai Chi
5:30 - 8pm (Upstairs)
· Gopi Sandal Yoga
7:30 - 9pm (Basement)
· New Way - General Public Support Group
Thursday 11
11:30am - 1pm (Main Floor/Kitchen)
· Veggie Lunch - Open to Public (donation for meal!)
7 - 9pm (Thad’s office)
· Lawrence Men’s Group
7:30 - 9pm (Main Floor)
· New Way - General Public Support Group
Friday 12
10 - 11:30pm (Basement)
· Tai Chi - General Public
8 - 10pm (Basement)
· Friday of the Hill - Student Support Group
Saturday 13
5 - 9pm (Main Floor/Kitchen)
· Lawrence Sustainability Network
7 - 8pm (Thad’s office)
· SLUG
12am - 12pm (Office)
· ECM office is closed today

Please contact the ECM office at (785) 843-4933 if your event doesn't appear here or if you would like to schedule an event at the ECM

Life is Calling

Life is Calling
Vocation, Direction, Reflection

A weekly guided reflection program at the ECM
(Vocation = life calling, not just your major or your career, but where YOUR SKILLS and PASSIONS meet the WORLD’s NEED).

LC is a guided reflection time based on the ideals of caring for each individual’s holistic development and drawing out their unique gifts in the service of others.  It is not a bible study or a support group.   It’s a commitment to exploring your life’s questions and dreams, and it’s free!

How does LC differ from other programs at ECM?
LC is a commitment to intense, guided reflection about your life.  There’s no homework, but your presence each week is an essential gift to yourself and others.  Members are challenged to explore, reflect, and integrate their beliefs, goals, and actions- through the lens of Ignatian spirituality and a concern for the poor and oppressed.  They may reflect on their experiences in other ECM programs, or at college, or in the community.  Through both focused and fun activities, members develop tools for recognizing their calling in life as they strive to discern vocational direction. 

Who might benefit from a Life is Calling group?
Anyone who asks themselves, “What next?  What now?  Where might I be fulfilled?”  and wants to explore these questions with others.  One of the greatest benefits of LC is its capacity to both support and challenge members in their search for meaning in life.  If seeking answers to questions about direction in your life is pressing, make time for LC.

Are LCs only for undergraduate students?
No!  LCs  are designed to meet people’s needs for discernment and reflective community, and all people- from undergrads to grads to profs to community adults- are needed to participate in a process that grows us as individuals interacting within community.

Are LCs religious?  Do I have to be a Christian to participate?
Not necessarily and definitely not.  By focusing on your own jounrey, you can explore and define what is spiritual for you: writing, building, swimming, healing, computing,  yoga, etc.  

ECM
1204 Oread Ave. Lawrence, KS, 66049
Phone: (785) 843-4933  
Email: ecmku@ku.edu


LC:  Big Questions, Worthy Dreams

Students are asking big questions, trying to find themselves and their purpose in life as it connects to the greater good.  Based, in part, in the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, LC provides students with tools and a safe space to explore these questions with friends and mentors in the context of faith, hope, and a concern for justice.

Text Box: What do these questions address? • Discovering who I really am • Noticing energy in my life and responding to the movements of my heart • Discovering the nature of my deepest desire • Responding to love • Becoming free of all that distracts me from my deepest desire • Making choices in line with my truest self • Seeking spiritual answers • Directing myself toward truth • Connecting my lived experience with the life and death of others • Finding value in all things Adapted from: Silf, Margaret. Inner compass: An Invitation to Ignatian Spirituality, p. 15. Text Box: What are some of the questions young adults ask? • Who do I really want to become? • Where do I belong? • When do I feel most alive? • Where can I be creative? • How do I balance work and play? • What are my real talents, preferences, skills, and longings? • What do I want the future to look like—for me, for others, for my planet? • What constitutes meaningful work? • Do I want friendship, partnership, marriage? If so, why? With whom? • What is my society, or life, or God, asking of me? • How do I identify my fears and overcome them? • What is the meaning of money? How much is enough? • What are the values and limitations of my culture? • Do my actions make any real difference in the bigger scheme of things? • Am I wasting time I’ll regret later? • How do I work toward something when I don’t even know what it is? • Is there a plan for my life? For the world? • What do I believe about my religious upbringing? How do I make my faith my own? • How do I discern what and who is trustworthy? • How have I been wounded? Will I ever heal? • Why is suffering so pervasive? • How am I complicit in patterns of injustice? • Where do I want to put a stake in the ground and invest my life? Adapted from: Parks, Sharon. Big Questions, Worthy Dreams: Mentoring Young Adults in their Search for Meaning, Purpose, and Faith, p. 137-138.