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All-College Chapel
Becomes a Weekly Event at PUC
September 26, 2001
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 If you’re anywhere but the PUC sanctuary
on Thursday mornings from nine to ten, you’re in the wrong
place! Starting this year, all Thursday morning chapels will be
“All-College” events. What does this mean? It means that
everyone, yes everyone, is expected to attend.
Chapel isn’t just for students anymore. All departments, both
academic and non-academic, will be closed during this hour and full-time
employees are instructed to remain checked in while they attend.
PUC President Richard Osborn says, “We feel the value of our
community coming together in a worship will be worth far more than
the pay. It will add spiritual value to our overall program.”
So, if you ever notice that the campus resembles a ghost-town on
Thursday mornings, you’ll know where we are––and
where you should be!
Opening Convocation, the first chapel of the 2001-2002
school year, promises to be a special event that will set the tone
for the entire year. With pomp and ceremony, regalia-clad faculty
will usher into the sanctuary to begin Convocation. The September
27 service will expand on the theme, “Our Stories, Ourselves,”
which was introduced to faculty and staff members during Colloquy.
In addition to an address from the college president Richard Osborn,
Eric Anderson, Mike Mennard, and Susi Mundy will comment on various
parts of PUC’s narrative with individual presentations.
Upcoming chapel programs include week of prayer
speaker Tony Anobile (October 4), Richard Osborn (October 11), speaking
on the topic of religious freedom in Virginia and the Adventist
obligation to pursue the truth, and Norma Osborn (October 18), who
will speak for the first quarterly chapel hosted by the Faculty
Women’s Forum.
Everyone is strongly encouraged to participate
in this week’s chapel, as well as in the ones to come, by bringing
the most important thing you can––yourselves. We all contribute
to a worshipful atmosphere on campus.
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