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University Ministries: Worship

gather (Tuesday morning Chapel)   &   gospel (nights of worship)

 

The gather (Chapel) service typically meets on Tuesday mornings at 9:30am in the sanctuary of First Free Methodist Church. This service provides a weekly space for all members of the SPU community (faculty, staff, and students) to worship and learn the Christian story together.

Services consist of corporate worship through song, Scripture reading, prayer, and a sermon or testimony by a special guest. This year, all of our campus worship services will be studying the same book of the Bible together each quarter.  Please join us as we immerse ourselves in these life-changing texts:

         

          Autumn Quarter 2011: Joshua-Judges

          Winter Quarter 2012: Mark

          Spring Quarter 2012: 1 Corinthians

You can watch a video introduction of the gather ministry by clicking here.

On selected nights throughout the year, we also host special nights of worship called gospel. Led by SPU students, faculty, and staff, these events allow us to gather together proclaiming the gospel story through the unique gospel tradition. All community members at SPU (and beyond!) are invited.  For more information about these events, please contact the OUM/CFW front desk at um@spu.edu or 206-281-2966.

Read the four-year plan for Bible study in our worship services.

 

Click to meet the student leadership team.

Visit the brand-new Chapel staff blog: spu-chapel.blogspot.com

Browse the archived photo gallery

 

The gather (Chapel) ministry is a collaborative partnership between the staff of University Ministries / Center for Worship, and the Associated Students of Seattle Pacific.

 

Winter Quarter 2012: Mark

Legend:     FFMC: First Free Methodist Church      UG: Upper Gwinn      RBP: Royal Brougham Pavilion


Date

Topic

Guest Speaker / Other Notes

Time, Location

Tuesday, January 10 Mark 1:1-4:34 "The Beginning of the Good News" Speaker: Laura Sweat, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies 9:30 a.m., FFMC
Tuesday, January 17 Celebration of the life and ministry of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Speaker: Tali Hairston, M.A., Director of the John Perkins Center 9:30 a.m., FFMC
Thursday, January 26 (note: no Tuesday service this week) Homecoming Chapel

Speaker: Alec Hill, Class of '75, President of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship

9:30 a.m., FFMC

Campus Offices Closed

Tuesday, January 31 Mark 4:35-6:6 "Who Then is This?"

Speaker: Debra Sequeira, Ph.D., Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences; with liturgical dance by Tatiana Bruce

9:30 a.m., FFMC
Tuesday, February 7 Mark 6:6-8:21 "Expanding Ministry, Growing Opposition" Speaker: Robert Baah, Ph.D. Professor of Spanish 9:30 a.m., FFMC
Sunday, February 12 Multi-Cultural Night of Worship

Partnering with Multi-Ethnic Programs, ASSP, and FFMC

5:00 p.m., FFMC
Tuesday, February 14 Mark 8:22-10:52 "The Cross of Discipleship" The Rev. Robert Jeffery Sr., pastor of New Hope Baptist Church; with music by the Chapel band and the Gospel Choir

9:30 a.m., FFMC

Campus Offices Closed

Tuesday, February 21 Mark 11:1-13:37 "Teaching at the Temple"

Speaker: Caenisha Warren, M.A., John Perkins Center

 

9:30 a.m., FFMC

Wednesday,

February 22

Ash Wednesday Service Speaker: Bonnie Brann, M.Div., Executive Associate Pastor of First Free Methodist Church 12:30 p.m., FFMC
Tuesday, February 28 Community Chapel

The Rev. Bernice King, daughter of MLK Jr.; with musical excerpts from "Montage for Martin," composed by Stephen Michael Newby and Ja Jahannes

9:30 a.m., FFMC

Campus Offices Closed

Tuesday, March 6 Mark 14:1-16:20 "They Crucified Him...and the End that is Not the End" Speaker: TBD 9:30 a.m., FFMC