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Theme encourages missional thinking

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This week in chapel, ACU students listened to several speakers discuss the idea of being a Mission Keeper. The goal of this week was to introduce and reinforce the idea of being a Mission Keeper to the ACU community. The idea for this theme came from ACU's mission statement that most of us have heard numerous times since coming to ACU. Jan Meyer, ... [Read More…]

Chapel theme to wrestle with faith questions

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This year's chapel theme, "Who is God? Who am I?" is a 9-week study of Genesis that will cover most of the major stories found in the first book of the Bible. "Many of us have heard these stories, but we're going to be looking through the big lens of who God is and what that means for me and my life," said Mark Lewis, assistant dean for Spiritual ... [Read More…]

Diversity and exceptionalism emphasized in Opening Chapel

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In Monday's Opening Chapel, students, faculty, alumni, family, and guests from around the world gathered to inaugurate Abilene Christian's 107th session. Throughout the ceremonies, the diversity and exceptionalism of all attending students, faculty, alum, family, and guests were frequently referenced by the speakers. This semester's new students ... [Read More…]

First black undergrad to speak in Chapel, forum

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Dr. Billy Curl, ACU alum and member of the Board of Trustees, will return to ACU to speak in chapel Feb. 20 as part of the university's Black History Month events. 2012 marks ACU's 50th year as an integrated campus. Dr. Curl transferred into Abilene Christian College as a junior in 1962 becoming the first black student to register at the ... [Read More…]

Fascinating questions in Moody

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As I recently illustrated, Moody Colosseum looks like a flying saucer. Except it doesn't fly, it just sits here on our campus. But as I glance around its vast interior during Chapel, I sometimes wonder what would happen if it lifted itself into the sky and flew off to some distant planet bearing its small sample of earth people. Would the alien ... [Read More…]

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