Making the Move..

In case you haven't heard already, Wednesday Night Chapel will be moving from its home in Wesley Chapel, to the Kellogg Center Stack starting tonight, March 17. This is a move that all of us on the Chapel Leadership Team have talked about, and with Chaplain Dan, we think it's the best thing for our community.

With this move, I pray that we further realize that Chapel, or any worship service for that matter, is not the four walls that its housed in. It's about a community, lifting their voices in praise for their Creator, it's learning about that Creator together and challenging in each other in love and unity. By meeting in the Stack, we now have the opportunity to grow that community. To take the Chapel we know and love, and move it from a sequestered corner of campus that very few people know about, to a meeting place that all students can potentially walk past and observe. As Christians, we're called to be lights, and a city on a hill that cannot be hidden. So please join us in being that example to our campus as we worship together each week in our new home.

CA

Made to Worship..

Above is an interview with the late, great Michael Jackson, where Oprah Winfrey gives a brief example of the reception he's given around the world. To all those who don't know "how to worship," let this be proof that the capacity to worship is inherent in all of us. Often times, it's just a matter of what we choose to direct that worship to. So if thousands upon thousands can worship the king of pop, how much more can we worship the King of Kings?

CA

Changing the World..

So.. I don't know about you, but I'd kind of like to change the world. Maybe it's a remnant from the time my brothers and I used to dress up as superheroes and "flew" around our living room, but more likely I think it's just a recognition of the fact that as Christians, we were made to be world-changers. We were put on this earth for such a time as this. Right now, there are thousands of brothers and sisters suffering under a new reality. A reality that is crumbled buildings, and broken lives. But the amazing thing is that God can work through all situations, if we allow Him to. That's where we come in. The money (however small in amount) that God's blessed us with, can in turn, bless others. Crazy concept, eh? When we reach into our pockets and give, we're not only allowing God to move through that gift to help those people in Haiti, but we're also opening the door and allowing us to bless us in return, as givers, as faithful ones.

There are several ways on campus that you can give to those that need it more in Haiti. Every week this semester in Chapel, we'll be taking donations to help rebuild a children's hospital that brings comfort to the hurting in Port-au-Prince. Pennies, nickels, dimes, dollars, all can be used and blesses God's heart.
Also, for the next two Fridays (February 5 & 12) Java N' Jazz, a coffeehouse in downtown Albion is gathering local musicians, artists, dancers and poets to perform for a benefit they're calling "Jamming for Haiti." There is no cover charge, but there will be opportunities to donate, and listen to some performers hoping to raise funds and awareness.

My prayer as a Chapel community is for us to be sensitive to the ways that God wants us to move, and for our hearts to break for what breaks His. If money is beyond tight for you right now, and you're unable to give monetarily, never, ever underestimate the power that God gave us through prayer. Prayer is what makes mountains move and what can comfort a nation. So use it.

CA

ONE WEEK, ONE WEEK.

Hello my lovely Chapelites,

I hope that this finds you well, rested and sick enough of break to want to be back at Albion. I'm getting there myself. In one week, four hours and forty minutes we'll be gathering in Wesley Chapel for the first service of the semester. If you've missed Chapel even half as much as I have, it's a night that you won't want to miss. This night will be even more important, as a new and improved band will be leading us in worship, and other new leaders start serving on Wednesday nights. If you would like to be a part of this servant leadership team, please send any member of the current team an email, comment on this blog, send a letter, smoke signal, something. We believe that God's given every member in our community different gifts to see his Kingdom come on Albion's campus. If your gift could help us Wednesday nights, we'd love to get you involved.

See you all in a week!

CA