SPRING 2008 CHAPEL SERVICES
"Change the world!"

Mission

More than anything, students need to hear the Word of God. It is the spiritual weapon that penetrates through bone and marrow into the soul, and transforms it for eternity. But students also have a great need today to be inspired by the lives of other great men and women of faith. Students need to see and know that they don’t have to settle for a life that is guided by the expectations of this world. I believe that God is raising up a generation of people who refuse to settle for mediocrity in their faith, and who want to make a difference for the Kingdom of God.

Speakers

Each month will highlight a different theme and once per month the theme will biographically focus on one inspirational Christian person that ties into the monthly theme.

Music

Music will also coincide with the theme of the month.

Chapel Dates

January Theme – JUSTICE

January 8th – Memorial Service for Melissa Kendrick

January 15th – Introduce Semester – David & Dustin

January 22nd – Court Justice Robert Benham – MLK Jr. Day

January 29th – Dr. Robert Wallace – message on Amos

February Theme – COMPASSION

February 5th – Dr. Carmen Butcher – Biography of Dorothy Day

February 12th – NO CHAPEL (Winter Break)

February 19th – Tony Souder, director of the Chattanooga Youth Network in Tennessee, will be speaking on the theme of compassion from the book of Jeremiah.  He's got an amazing testimony that needs to be heard.  Music major Derrick Hale will be leading in worship.  Also, in honor of Black History Month, Ramielle Moorer, Ashley Henry, Jessica Little, and Lauren Irving will perform, "Lift every voice and sing". 

February 26th – Dr. David Fillingim – message on Hosea

March Theme – DEVOTION

March 4th – Biography Day - Brandon Morgan, a Senior Religion and Philosophy major, has been selected as our speaker.  He will be attending Truett Seminary in Waco, TX this fall.  Over the summer, Brandon will be serving as Campus Pastor of a CentriKid Camp.  This is an opportunity for all of us to show our support of Brandon in his pursuit of God and to recognize his academic excellence.  Andy McKenzie will be leading worship, and there will be a piano medley performance by John Womack, Jonathan Parks, and Justin Maxey.

March 11th – NO CHAPEL (Spring Break)

March 18th – Rev. Joe Novenson, pastor of Lookout Mountain Presbyterian Church – Easter Focus Week message

March 19th – Dr. Richard Bray, director of Davis Ministries Center – Easter Focus Week message

March 20th – Josh Pilgrim, Shorter Alumni and Beeson Seminary Student – Easter Focus Week message

March 25th – F.C.A. Day – Phil Jones – message

April Theme – DISCOVERING YOUR ROLE

April 1st – NO CHAPEL (Celebrate Shorter DAY)

April 8th – Tom Earp - Communications Professor Tom Earp will be speaking about "Discovering God's Purpose" for your life.

April 15th – David Harper - message

April 22nd – End of the Year Missionary Send-off

Verses for Monthly Themes

January

Micah 6:8 – “He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you, but to do JUSTICE, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?”

February

Colossians 3:1 2-13 – “Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, COMPASSION, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.”

March

Matthew 6:24 – “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be DEVOTED to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”

April

1 Corinthians 12:4-7 – “ Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.”