Spiritual Life

The Office of Spiritual Life offers programs, persons, and resources to nurture theological depth, spiritual wholeness, and missional living in students, faculty, and staff.

Upcoming Events

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Dec
11
2024
Lift Up Your Hearts Worship Service & Luncheon
11:00 am
Paul W. Powell Chapel, Truett Seminary

Faculty and staff are invited to a service of prayer and worship with the Baylor family as we bring the semester to an end. Various members of the Baylor community will lead in worship. A complimentary fellowship luncheon for faculty and staff will follow in Truett Seminary’s Great Hall. 

Jan
10
2025
Mission Trip - Pre-PA Society in the Dominican Republic
(ends Jan 17, 2025)

A Baylor Missions team of Pre-PA Society students is serving in the Dominican Republic. This trip allows students to shadow local physicians and learn about the Dominican healthcare system during their time in the country. Students will also have the ability to meet and work with local children that One More Child works with on a regular basis.

Jan
11
2025
Mission Trip - KKG in Guatemala
(ends Jan 17, 2025)

A Baylor Missions team of KKG students is serving in Guatemala. This trip allows students to work in a local ministry center and nearby schools with our partners in Guatemala. KKG members will observe and participate in the ways that the ministry provides Christ-centered care for the families it serves.

Jan
12
2025
Mission Trip - CURE BU in the Philippines
(ends Jan 17, 2025)

A Baylor Missions team of CURE BU students is serving in the Philippines. Students will shadow Filipino medical doctors, surgeons, nurses and other health care providers in a local teaching hospital. They will also work with and minister to children living in a local orphanage/adoption center.

News & Stories

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Oct. 30, 2024
Students Join BearAid to Pack Hurricane Relief Buckets

With six southeastern states still reeling from successive hurricanes Helene and Milton, Baylor University students joined together with the BearAid Disaster Relief Team to pack 100 “flood buckets” for communities impacted by widespread destruction.

Oct. 9, 2024
Our Response to Hurricane Milton

With the east coast still reeling from Hurricane Helene, Hurricane Milton made landfall in Florida on October 9, 2024. Hurricane Milton is set to cause widespread destruction in communities across the coast. Our neighbors in Florida and the east coast are in need of support. Keep reading to see Baylor Missions, Service & Public Life's response to Hurricane Milton, and how you can help. 

Sep. 27, 2024
Hurricane Helene - How Can We Help?

On September 26, 2024, Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida, causing widespread damage, injury, and death. As Helene weakened to a tropical depression, it continued to impact Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Helene continues to leave a path of destruction, and efforts to rebuild and provide relief will be extensive. Nonprofit organizations have begun disaster relief to help with food, water, shelter, healthcare, and essential supplies. In times like these, you may be wondering how you can help. Keep reading to see where you can donate, how you can learn more, and other ways to provide aid.

Aug. 16, 2024
#BU28’s unique class hymn welcomes our newest Bears into their college experience

Since 2008, each incoming class of new Baylor students has been welcomed with its own unique hymn, capturing an aspect of this moment of excitement, possibility and transition in each new Bear’s life.

This year’s hymn, “In This Day,” was written expressly for the Class of 2028, with lyrics and music by University Chaplain Burt Burleson (BA ’80) and Kathy Johnson (BM ’76). The lyrics are both a welcome and an invitation to our newest Bears as they move through these moments of excitement, transition and possibility. The accompanying music video features snapshot images of this special time (especially Line Camp, when students get to know Baylor and one another):