By Daniel Johnson-Kim, Editor in Chief
Alumni coming back to ACU’s campus for Homecoming will have the opportunity to relive an ACU staple: Chapel.
Like the Homecoming Parade, Carnival and football game, the tradition Homecoming Chapel is on the schedule for the 2008 Homecoming. The special Chapel service will be Saturday at 10:45 a.m., following the Homecoming Parade.
Dr. Jack Reese, dean of the College of Biblical Studies, will speaker at Saturday’s Chapel, and Adam Looney, ACU alumnus and worship minister at the Greenville Oaks Church of Christ in Allen, will lead worship.
Looney, who also will lead singing in Chapel on Friday, said he led singing in Chapel many times during his college years at ACU and is looking forward to worshiping with the ACU community once again.
“It brings back a lot of wonderful memories of when [my wife and I] were in Chapel,” Looney said. “It’s just going to be great to be singing with the ACU community again; it’s an honor to be able to do so.”
Betsy Craig, director of Alumni Relations, said the Homecoming Chapel always has a large crowd because people trickle in after watching the parade. She said unofficial sections would be marked off for various social club members and pledges to sit in.
The Homecoming Court will be introduced, and the Coming Home Court, which is comprised of Homecoming nominees from the past, also will be introduced to the Chapel crowd. Young Alumnus of the Year, Jared Brown, will be honored at the event, Craig said.
“Because Chapel is such an integral part of your experience at ACU, it’s one of alum’s favorite memories, and a lot of people come,” she said.
Craig said Elvis, alumnus Dee Carter who will impersonate the iconic singer, would be in the building for Chapel, and the program will include Dr. Royce Money, president of the university, and Tim Yandell, president of the Alumni Association.
Looney said he planned on leading contemporary as well as traditional songs at
the Chapel.
“I’ve come at it with a blended approach,” Looney said.
His wife Stacia Looney, also an ACU alumnus, and their fiveyear- old daughter Jenna and
three-year-old son Jonathan also will be at the Chapel service, Looney said. He said he is looking forward to reliving one of his favorite ACU traditions and enjoying the weekend with his family.
“I really loved Chapel,” Looney said. “I enjoyed it, and it was a great tie to come together to sing and worship. I loved connecting with friends; it was about relationships and it was about worship for me.”
