chapel at olivet
“The students come to us
he chapel “ Tprogram really is
at the core of what we do. It is the one common thing that holds us together, really makes us a University. We have so many programs now and are going in so many different directions. But the chapel program really ties us together not only in mission, but in purpose.”
fortunate to be “ Iatwas Olivet during the spontaneous
A s students, “we’re running around,
— REV. harold bowlby ’72, pastor
— MEGAN Mckinley ’09
revival that broke out during a chapel service in 1970. … Several students had come on stage to testify. As they were testifying, one student ran forward, knelt at the altar and began to weep and pray fervently. Then another, and another. Suddenly, it became a steady stream of humanity coming to the altar. … [The revival] made a lasting impression on my life and ministry. It cemented my appreciation for Olivet and ‘Education With a Christian Purpose’ for a lifetime.”
— DR. LARRY VAIL, PROFESSOR
and so busy and crazy with homework and everything. [Chapel] gives us time to come together and literally just rest and soak something positive in that can help us with our day. Maybe it’s a little Scripture, or maybe it’s just some praise and worship that we need, or maybe it’s something that God needs to say through a sermon to us.”
PH OTO BY RYAN TI MM ’09
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