Week One Chapel Services

The first week of the semester is completed! We have already enjoyed two chapel services at PIU. As last semester, we have our chapel services from 11AM to Noon on Tuesdays and Fridays and the community is always welcome to join us in our large classroom. Tuesday’s chapel was our customary “introduction chapel” with Nino Pate introducing the teachers, staff and new students. He says that he doesn’t really have a sense of humor, but, for a guy without a sense of humor, he was pretty funny. Friday was our first prayer chapel. Mike and Samantha led us through a meditation on Colossians and we broke up into various groups to pray for different things. I enjoyed being with the students and praying for them and having them pray for me.

I shared a little with the students from 1 Corinthians about how the most important goal for the PIU family must be to deepen our relationship with Christ. The question “is it right or wrong?” is too low a standard and instead we need to ask, “does it serve the Gospel,” “Does it serve others?” and “Does it build up the body?” On the right Samantha, Courage and Serenity lead singing.