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Chapel attendance is required for all students (except those in the M.C.M., Th.M., and D.Min. programs) who attend classes on Tuesday, Wednesday, and/or Thursday mornings or afternoons during the fall and spring semesters on the Due West campus. The number of chapels required follows the following schedule:

Chapel Attendance Requirements
# Courses Taken per Term
Req. # of Chapels per Term
1 morning

9

2 morning
17
3 morning
24
1 afternoon but no morning
none
2 afternoon but no morning
9
3 afternoon but no morning
17
1 morning & 1 afternoon
9
1 morning & 2 afternoon
17
Evening classes none
Monday, Friday, or Saturday classes none
Off-Campus classes none
EDEN courses

none

In addition to attending Seminary chapel services, students may receive up to five chapel credits per semester by attending College chapels, Erskine Lunch-N-Learn lectures, stated meetings of one’s Presbytery, or required meetings of one’s Board of Ordained Ministry (or other official judicatory). In all cases, official written verification of attendance is required.

Any student who fails to attend the required number of chapels will incur a fee on his/her billing statement for each unattended chapel. No make-ups are allowed, and no exceptions are granted to this policy.

When chapel services are canceled by the seminary administration, the total number of required chapel services for the semester will be reduced accordingly.

If a student attends 24 chapels in a given semester, he/she may register the last week of that semester for 0.5 elective credit hours. He/she will submit a completed drop/add form to the Registrar’s Office indicating the appropriate course number (WP 781, 782, etc., in sequence depending upon previous chapel credits earned). The student’s account will be billed accordingly for 0.5 hour at the current tuition rate. A maximum of three hours (six semesters) total credit is allowed over the course of the student’s seminary career.

 
February
 
Tuesday,         2
Student Services Opening Chapel
Prayer Service
Wednesday,    3
Dr. Randy Ruble,
President of Erskine College and Seminary
Opening Chapel
Thursday,       4
Rev. Neely Gaston
Vice President of Erskine Theological Seminary
Communion
Tuesday,         9
Spring Missions Emphasis Week
Wednesday,    10
Spring Missions Emphasis Week
Thursday,       11
Spring Missions Emphasis Week                 
Tuesday,         16
Student Body Association Chapel    
Wednesday,    17  
Dr. Robert Bell
Dean of Erskine Theological Seminary                                                        Communion / Ash Wednesday
Thursday,       18
    Denominational Meetings
Tuesday,         23
Dr. M. Jerdone Davis                                               
Associate Professor of Christian Education                                                Prayer Service
Wednesday     24
Dr. Michael Bush                                               
Vice President for Seminary Development                                                Communion
Thursday,       25
Dr. Toney Parks                                               
Associate Professor of Counseling
March  
Tuesday,         2
Denominational Meetings
Wednesday,    3
Joseph Alghrary                                                
guest speaker
Thursday,       4
Dr. Dale Johnson                                               
Professor of Church History
Tuesday,         9
Professor Doug White                                               
Associate Professor of Practical Theology
Communion
Wednesday,    10
Dr. James Hering                                               
Assistant Professor of New Testament
Thursday,       11
Mr. Paul Patrick                                               
Chaplain of Erskine College and Seminary
Tuesday,         16
Gordon Query
Wednesday,    17
 
Dr. Mark Ross                                               
Professor of Systematic Theology                                               
Communion
Thursday,       18
“How Christians Gain a Hearing in Hollywood Culture”                                     Dr. Phil and Kathleen Cooke,
Co-Founders Cooke Pictures, Burbank, California
Tuesday,         23
Rev. James Cokley
Wednesday,    24
Denominational Meetings
Thursday,       25
Dr. Richard E. Burnett                                               
Associate Professor of Systematic Theology
Communion
Spring Break/Holy Week  
April  
Tuesday, 6
Dr.Loyd Melton
John Montgomery Bell Professor of New Testament
Wednesday, 7
Dr. Don Fairbairn, Jr.
Professor of Historical Theology
Thursday, 8
Denominational Meetings
Tuesday, 13
Dr. Mary Lowe
Director of Online Learning Prayer Chapel
Wednesday, 14
Dr. R. J. Gore
Professor of Systematic Theology Communion
Thursday, 15
Max Rogland
Assistant Professor of Old Testament
Tuesday, 20
Dr. Steve Lowe
Professor of Christian Education Communion
Wednesday, 21
Spring Conference
Whitesides Pastors’ Institute – Robinson Lectures
Thursday, 22
Spring Conference
Whitesides Pastors’ Institute – Robinson Lectures
Tuesday, 27
Julia H. Rhodes
Memorial Chapel
Dr. Jerdone M. Davis and Professor Doug White
Wednesday, 28
Denominational Meetings
Thursday, 29
Dr. Terry Eves
Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament ` Communion
May  
Tuesday, 4
Dr. George Schwab
Professor of Old Testament
Wednesday, 5
Denominational Meeting
Thursday, 6
Rev. Dr. Neely Gaston
Vice President Erskine Theological Seminary
Communion