Messiah University Events

Senior Exhibition I: B.A. Studio Art

• Date: March 22nd, 2025 - April 6th, 2025
• Every day
• Location: Climenhaga Building, Aughinbaugh Gallery
• Time: 9:00 - 19:00
• Cost: ($) Free and open to the public

Senior Exhibition I: B.A. Studio Art

4x4s - Second Wave, Week 3

• Date: April 3rd, 2025
• Location: Various Locations
• Time: 09:30 - 10:15
• Cost: ($) Free

Sanctuary (Student Ministries)

• Date: January 30th, 2025 - May 1st, 2025
• Every week
• Location: Prayer Chapel
• Time: 16:30 - 18:00
• Cost: ($) FREE

Sanctuary provides space for students to process their questions about God and Christian faith through regular small group and personal meetings as they encounter new and challenging perspectives.

Roots Community Nights (Student Ministries)

• Date: January 23rd, 2025 - April 17th, 2025
• Every week
• Location: The Loft, Great Room 400 Center Dr, Grantham, PA 17027
• Time: 19:00 - 20:15
• Cost: ($) FREE

Join Roots on Thursday nights for evenings of fellowship and group activities. Please note that the location will alternate between The Loft and Res Halls.

Men's Ministry Community Night (Student Ministries)

• Date: January 23rd, 2025 - May 1st, 2025
• Every week
• Location: Prayer Chapel
• Time: 19:00 - 20:00
• Cost: ($) FREE

Join Men's Ministry for Community Nights, focused on growing in relationship with Christ as our foundation.

QUEST (SAB)

• Date: March 31st, 2025 - April 4th, 2025
• Every day
• Location: Messiah University
• Time: 1:00 - 23:59
• Cost: ($) FREE

The annual quest scavenger hunt is here! This is a week long scavenger hunt that teams of 2 students can participate in. Clues are emailed out each day at a different time (7 am, 4 pm or 7 pm) and students have to solve that clue to move to the next day. There will be some high stakes prizes for the winners! Sign ups are Monday march 24th at the OSE desk at 4 pm and the scavenger hunt goes from Monday, March 31st to Friday, April 4th.

Dr. Kevin H. Gary speaks on “Boredom and the Good Life” (Honors Program and the Ernest L. Boyer Center)

• Date: April 3rd, 2025
• Location: Frey Hall 110 - Alexander Auditorium
• Time: 19:30 - 21:30
• Cost: ($) FREE

On Thursday, April 3 at 7:30 PM, Dr. Kevin H. Gary of Hillsdale College will speak on “Boredom and the Good Life” in Frey 110. Dr. Gary is an Associate Professor of Education at Hillsdale College. Before coming to Hillsdale, he taught at Valparaiso University and Goshen College, and was a high school theology teacher before that. What constitutes a good life is the central question that animates his scholarship and teaching. He is the author of Why Boredom Matters: Education, Leisure, and the Quest for a Meaningful Life (Cambridge University Press, 2022), among other publications. Dr. Gary is passionate about liberal education as foundational for the preparation of good teachers, wise parents, and thoughtful citizens, as it aims to cultivate prudence, compassion, and a Renaissance spirit. This lecture is co-sponsored by the Ernest L. Boyer Center and the Honors Program.

Anything Goes

• Date: April 3rd, 2025 - April 5th, 2025
• Every day
• Location: Climenhaga Building, Miller Theater
• Time: 20:00 - 22:00
• Cost: ($) Tickets: $15—Adults; $12—MU Students (w/ID), MU Employees (w/ID), Youth (under 18) & Seniors (60+)

Anything Goes