{"id":51501,"date":"2011-12-16T19:27:59","date_gmt":"2011-12-16T19:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=51501"},"modified":"2024-07-01T16:36:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T20:36:31","slug":"pause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2011\/12\/16\/pause\/","title":{"rendered":"Bates Multifaith Chaplaincy offers a Chance to {Pause} each Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Russian literary critic and philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin once said: &#8220;In stillness there is no noise; but in silence there is the voice that does not speak.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Bates Multifaith Chaplaincy&#8217;s weekly nondenominational service, {Pause}, creates a space for the silence to speak. I&#8217;ve been a student coordinator of {Pause} since 2009.<\/p>\n<p>{Pause} takes place at 9 p.m. every Wednesday during the academic year. In the same sense that a carefully placed breath can make a saxophone solo into a great saxophone solo, the Chaplaincy believes that taking time to pause, contemplate and reflect on our busy lives makes them that much fuller.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"{PAUSE}\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/33972422?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>The theme for the Dec. 8 {PAUSE} was &#8220;war and peace.&#8221; This brief video by Phyllis Graber Jensen includes songs peformed by Amna Ilyas &#8217;13 of Faisalabad, Pakistan, and poetry read by Erica Long &#8217;12 of Augusta, Maine.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr width=\"80%\" \/>\n<p>&#8220;Because so much of our day is goal-oriented, [we need] time to just let our thoughts wander and see what moves us in the moment,&#8221; says Associate Multifaith Chaplain Emily Wright-Magoon. &#8220;Sometimes it is the first time all day that we are able to check in with ourselves.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Although creating a space for silence and contemplation is the reason for the weekly program, it is also a venue for Bates musicians, dancers and poets. From students who have never performed in front of their peers before, to <em>a cappella<\/em> groups accustomed to standing-room-only shows, {Pause} is known for its variety.<\/p>\n<p>Multifaith Chaplain Bill Blaine-Wallace says the only qualification for members of the Bates community to perform is &#8220;a desire to make an offering and some sense of what {Pause} is all about. And if the latter is lacking we&#8217;ll sure introduce them to what it&#8217;s all about.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Chaplaincy has offered similar programs off and on throughout the decade. Blaine-Wallace and Wright-Magoon made a commitment at the beginning of the 2009-2010 academic year to continue the program every week for a year.<\/p>\n<p>As the year progressed, changes were made to reflect the needs of the community. A weekly theme was established to reflect the feelings on campus and the work of the performers. When Blaine-Wallace and Wright-Magoon realized that attendees might want to reflect on their experiences after each service, they added a recessional in the Chapel lobby with chai and cookies.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, attendees have been invited to contribute a word or short phrase during the last moment of the service.<\/p>\n<p>Along with the silence are other ingredients in a {Pause} service that remain constant. The Chapel is lit with candles, the lights dimmed. The service always begins and ends with the ringing of a large glass singing bowl.<\/p>\n<p>During fall 2011, {Pause} reached new audiences with themes that reflected big ideas on the minds of students. One week featured a dance performance advocating against the spread of HIV\/AIDS.<\/p>\n<p>And after the chalking vandalism incidents during Coming-Out Week, the Chaplaincy asked Bates OUTfront to provide poems and performances to rally support on campus. It was the most highly attended {Pause} to date.<\/p>\n<p><em>by Erica Long &#8217;12<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bates Multifaith Chaplaincy&#8217;s weekly nondenominational service called {Pause} creates a space for silence to speak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":170,"featured_media":51558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"categories":[11010,11012],"tags":[9499,6111,6889,8095,11033,9087],"class_list":["post-51501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-student-life","tag-erica-long","tag-multifaith-chaplaincy","tag-performing-and-visual-arts","tag-spirituality","tag-student-contributors","tag-visual-arts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/170"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51501"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76296,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51501\/revisions\/76296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}