Chapel Highlights for the Spring Semester
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WACO, Texas (Jan. 22, 2015) – Baylor University’s Department of Spiritual Life looks forward to welcoming noteworthy guests to chapel services this spring.
According to University Chaplain Burt Burleson, D.Min., and Associate Chaplain and Director of Worship and Chapel Ryan Richardson, chapel is an excellent chance for students to learn and grow in their Christian faith.
“Chapel is an opportunity for our community to engage in God’s narrative as it is being lived out in Waco and around the world,” Burleson and Richardson said in a statement.
Special guests this semester include:
Greg Garrett, Baylor English professor, writer and a leading authority on religion and culture who has appeared on NPR, BBC Radio and in the New York Times.
Sandra McCracken, an independent folk musician whose album, “The Kingdom of Heaven is Like This,” was released in 2014.
Crowder, a Baylor University alumnus and musician who shared his worship songs with millions as the lead singer of the David Crowder Band. He now simply goes by Crowder and recently released his first solo album, “Neon Steeple.”
Other guests include:
• David Cook, author and producer of the film “Seven Days in Utopia”
• Kyle Matthews, artist, minister and songwriter
• John Dickson, historian, Anglican minister and author
• Adam Donyes, K-2 Men’s director and founder of the Kanakuk Link Year
• Bryan Stevenson, executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative
• Jesus Said Love, a ministry to help women trapped in the sex industry
• Joyce Jones, organist, retired professor of music and Organist-in-Residence at Baylor University
“It is a time to remember God and give thanks, to pray for one another, to confess and commit to the faith that binds us, and to receive again the grace of God,” Burleson and Richardson said.
Chapel is held at 9:05 a.m., 10:10 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. every Monday and Wednesday in Waco Hall at 624 Speight Ave. For a complete calendar or more information about chapel services or guests, contact Baylor Spiritual Life at 254-710-3517 or email Spiritual Life
by Ashton Brown, student newswriter, (254) 710-6805
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