Neal Jones was a pastor at Columbia Baptist Church in Falls Church, VA. The service begins with organ music (00:00-04:50). Glenn T. Miller gives the call to worship, and he leads in the Lord’s Prayer (04:51-06:51). Miller introduces Neal Jones as the chapel speaker (06:52-09:30). Jones delivers the Scripture readings from Matthew 8:18-22 and Luke 9:57-62 (09:31-11:52). The choir sings the anthem (11:53-14:08). Jones preaches on the call of Christ, and he urges the audience to not be indecisive but give a definitive yes to the call of Christ (11:53-39:15). The choir sings a song of worship (39:16-41:50). Miller ends the service with a reading of the Great Commission (41:51-42:41).
M. Mahan Siler was from the School of Pastoral Care at North Carolina Baptist Hospital. The service begins with a word of prayer (00:00-03:45). The speaker introduces the guests from clinical pastoral centers around North and South Carolina, and he introduces M. Mahan Siler as the chapel speaker (03:46-11:42). Siler opens his sermon by reading from Mark 10:35-45 (11:43-13:46). He argues that the role of the man in ministry is to be a servant because Christ embodied the form of a servant to bring us salvation (13:46-27:14). Siler ends the service with a prayer (27:15-27:52).
Morton Rose was the Vice President of the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. The service begins with organ music (00:00-03:51). The speaker reads from John’s gospel, and he gives a word of prayer (03:52-06:18). Morton Rose is introduced as the chapel speaker (06:19-07:29). The choir sings a song of worship (07:30-10:32). Rose reads from Acts 13:1-3, and he speaks on the versatility of the ministry and the importance of the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers (10:33-30:21). Rose concludes his sermon with a word of prayer (30:22-31:21).
James W. Fowler was a theologian and Professor of Theology and Human Development in the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. This chapel was the first part of the Spring Lectures in March 1983 and titled “Gifting the Imagination of Children.” Chapel opens in prayer (0:00-0:53). Dr. Fowler, the Spring Lecture speaker, is introduced (0:53-5:20). Dr. Fowler beings his lecture by reading Ephesians 4 (5:20-8:00). He states that he wishes to look at gifting the imagination and how to help awaken children’s faith using a developmental approach (8:00-10:55). Dr. Fowler discusses how he and his associates have studied the developmental process of faith and his focus during this lecture on stages of faith (10:55-13:33). Dr. Fowler uses a story to briefly transition to the next stage of the lecture (13:33-16:18). Dr. Fowler overviews the stages of development and how these stages provide different opportunities to help develop faith (16:18-50:23). Dr. Fowler gives the audience a few cautions regarding the stages he’s discussed in relation to faith (50:23-52:00). He concludes his lecture by revisiting the childhood stages and families’ gifts to children’s imagination (52:00-1:01:39). An announcement is made about further lectures by Dr. Fowler and chapel is dismissed with a benediction (1:01:39-1:02:41).
Glenn T. Miller was Professor of Church History. The service begins with organ music (00:00-02:15). Miller gives a word of prayer (02:16-05:30). A speaker reads from Luke 11:1-13, and a word of prayer is given (05:31-13:20). A speaker reads from Psalm 24 (13:21-14:52). The choir sings a song of worship, and the song is followed by a word of prayer for the Southeastern community (14:53-23:12). Miller gives a benediction, and organ music is played as the audience is dismissed (23:13-26:00). The beginning of the recording for the January 22, 1987 chapel service is attached on the end. The service begins with organ music (26:01-29:00). A speaker reads from Matthew’s gospel, and he gives a word of prayer. The audio ends at the end of the prayer (29:01-30:35).
This is a Maundy Thursday Communion Service led by John W. Carlton and G. Thomas Halbrooks. The service begins with a word of prayer (00:00-01:19). Halbrooks delivers two Scripture reading from 1 Corinthian 11:23-26 & John 3:16-17 (01:20-03:10). The choir sings a song of worship (03:11-06:37). Halbrooks delivers a sermonette on the proclamation and remembrance of Christ that is proclaimed during the Lord’s Supper, and he gives a word of prayer (06:38-16:15). Halbrooks leads in the partaking of the Lord’s Supper, and the choir sings two songs of worship (16:16-23:50). John Carlton ends the service with a word of prayer (23:51-24:48).