Spiritual Life Crew

Every student at Warren Wilson College works.
What work crew will you choose?

The Spiritual Life Crew creates programming to support and promote a campus climate welcoming diverse religious and spiritual worldviews. Often collaborating with other programming crews around the intersection of religion and other aspects of identity, the Spiritual Life Crew supports student-led religious practice groups in several faith traditions.

Some events hosted include bi-monthly reflective dinners, Shabbat dinners, Quaker Meetings, and various holiday celebrations.

Students making traditional Arabic Easter cookies for Orthodox Easter

“By working on the college’s Spiritual Life Crew, I have learned what it means to be depended on. We host a series of events each month, and as a crew, we heavily rely upon one another to do our parts. This is a skill that will travel with me throughout my professional life as I continue to dive into group projects and organization within my field of Social Work. It is important that we partner with crews such as WIDE in order to continue to foster a diverse, safe, and inclusive environment. Being able to work with diverse groups is more necessary in the world today than it ever has been. These skills our handed down from supervisor to peer, and from peer to peer.”

Evan Herrin

Why Work Crews?

Part of your work experience is reflection, helping ensure that you achieve both your own educational goals as well as our Common Learning Outcomes. These distinguish our Work Program, giving it focus and relevancy that set it apart from a federal work-study or your average part-time job. Each crew in the Work Program identifies crew-specific goals as well. These outline skills and abilities your supervisor will teach you during the semester.

Our Common Learning Outcomes

Professionalism & Work Ethic: accountability, effective work habits, punctuality, dependability, time management, integrity, and commitment to the well-being of the community.
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving: working with available resources to creatively address issues and solve problems, and gaining confidence to make decisions.
Communication: the ability to convey and receive information effectively with intentionality, honesty, and confidence in both speech and writing.
Collaboration & Teamwork: actively collaborate with peers to achieve common goals, Distribute labor fairly, and hold each other accountable as committed members of a group.
Civic Identity: understanding your active influence within the community and how your decisions directly impact the work around you.

Spiritual Life Crew Learning Goals

Vocational Discernment
Conflict Resolution
Self Care
Perspective
Community Engagement