About Chapel

Yes, seating! The feeling of being home begins the moment students walk through the chapel doors and find a seat with their “people,” typically their wing or floor. While there are no assigned seats (or seat-checkers, ID-scanners, etc), some areas have been home to particular wings or floors for years. 

Want to sponsor a chapel seat? For $1,000, you can benefit the construction of the new chapel building AND the student who sits in the chair! Half of your gift will cover the chair, and the rest will go to essential services that allow students to be at Taylor, such as financial aid. You can even choose where "your" seat will be located! Learn more about sponsoring a chapel seat!

Almost every chapel service includes student-led worship. This year, seven all-student bands lead the university in music, prayer, and Scripture reading. 

During this three-day series, a respected Christian teacher leads the campus through a topic from God’s Word over the course of four chapel services. The series is held towards the beginning of each semester to set the tone for the days ahead.

The typical chapel service involves listening to the teaching of God’s Word by a speaker, but the Taylor community takes regular contemplative breaks in the usual schedule to worship, pray, and reflect on God’s faithfulness together.

At the end of the year, several seniors share testimonies of how God has worked in their lives during their time at Taylor. The service closes with the campus community praying over all graduating students.

Christmas is an incredible time to be at Taylor! To conclude the end of the fall semester and celebrate the birth of Christ, the campus gathers to sing Christmas carols, ending with a candlelit acapella singing of “Silent Night.”

Sometimes traditions are quirky and make no sense. The "Friday guy" (a Taylor student) invites the community to celebrate the coming weekend by wearing a “Friday” t-shirt and leading a chant at the end of the last chapel of the week. The beloved, albeit random, tradition has been going on for 20+ years.

On the night that Jesus was betrayed, He washed his disciples' feet before the Passover dinner. The Son of God took a lowly and humble position to serve those whom He led and loved. At Taylor, we follow Christ’s example of servant-leadership. Every student receives two towels: the first is given freshman year by the residence hall wing/floor as a reminder to serve their community here. They receive a second towel at graduation to inspire them to go out and serve the world around them.

Each wing and/or floor offers student-led Bible studies where students can dig into Scripture together, pray together, and grow together.

We are a community that lifts one another up in prayer. One tangible way this is lived out is by having a prayer team active in the back of chapel during services.

We love worshipping Jesus on campus, but He has called us to go make disciples of many nations (Matthew 28:19) and to be witnesses to the ends of the earth (Acts 1:8). Spring break and Lighthouse J-term service trips provide students the opportunity to both minister to and learn from their neighbors across the world.

While we are deeply committed to worshiping together as a community, we also believe it is important for students to worship and serve within the body of Christ outside of Taylor University. Students are encouraged to be a part of the body of Christ with one of the more than 60 churches in the surrounding area.