Weekly chapel services are the time set aside for our campus community to gather together as one body to worship. Chapel services offer students spiritual growth experiences through a wide variety of special guest speakers, music styles, and other unique worship opportunities. Regular chapel services are at 10:00 a.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays each semester. During fall 2020, Monday and Wednesday services will have the same music, the same speaker, and the same sermon.
To watch the live stream, visit the SWU YouTube channel, and be sure to subscribe for notifications! To watch recorded chapel services, visit the chapel playlist (or SWU Chapel Archives for services prior to April 2020).
Chapel FAQ
Monday and Wednesday services take place in Newton Hobson Chapel Auditorium. Overflow seating areas are available in ALIVE Chapel, Nicholson-Mitchell 203, and Newton Hobson classrooms 217 and 218. These services will also be live streamed to the main SWU YouTube account. During the fall 2020 semester, Friday communion services will also be offered in Dupin Amphitheater.
Students have been assigned to attend on either Mondays or Wednesdays. Chairs have been distanced, and students are being grouped by housing assignments. At the end of chapel, students are released in small groups to aid with distancing.
Temperature checks are done at the door, and every attendee must be wearing a face covering at all times. All chairs are sprayed with the Pro-Tech santizing solution after each use. Additionally, the Newton Hobson HVAC has been equipped with Global Plasma Solutions air cleaning technology to eliminate airborne illnesses.
If you are a traditional student with 12 or more course hours, yes.
In addition to Monday/Wednesday services, come-and-go Friday communion services will also be offered in Dupin Amphitheater during the fall 2020 semester. Students may also get up to four credits by attending chapel online, or by attending physically distanced small groups/discipleship groups. Group leaders have the ability to scan attendance on their phone.
There will not be any evening services for the fall 2020 semester.
You are responsible for keeping up with your chapel attendance.
You are responsible for keeping up with your chapel attendance.
Chapel attendance is tracked by a system called iAttended. Each student can register for his or her own account. An app can be downloaded to the student’s phone, and then the student can use that app to scan in to each chapel event. The app will track how many chapels the student has attended, which chapels were attended, and give a list of all upcoming chapel events. In addition to using the app, the student can also access his or her chapel attendance data by logging onto iAttendedapp.com.
Here is a short video explaining how to download the app.
Please notify either Chaplain Ken Dill ( ) or Laura Hedden ( ) as soon as possible should you notice any discrepancy in your chapel report. It is good practice to check your chapel report weekly so if there is a discrepancy, we can discuss the chapel event and correct it early.
Ken Dill, the University Chaplain, will be happy to assist you further. You can make an appointment to see him by visiting the Spiritual Life and Ministry Offices (located in the Newton Hobson Chapel and Fine Arts Center) or calling 864-644-5431.