Chapel Services
Gordon College is a Christian community that strives to love God with both heart and mind and as followers of Christ we recognize our calling and privilege to gather for corporate worship. We meet twice a week on Monday and Wednesday mornings to worship in song and prayer and hear various speakers, some of which are highlighted below. You can view our previous worship services or join us live on Monday or Wednesday beginning at 10:25 a.m.
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CHAPEL HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE SPRING: (View complete chapel schedule here)
February 1
Prof. Emmett G. Price III, Ph.D.
With an M.A. and a PhD in ethnomusicology, Emmett G. Price III is an expert in African American Music and Culture. He was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA and studied music at the University of California, Berkley and the University of Pittsburg. He is now an associate professor of music and African American studies at Northeastern University in Boston where he is working on a project studying the intersections of music and sport. Dr. Price is an ordained minister, a writer, composer and motivational speaker.
February 6–8: DEEP FAITH, Loving God with Heart & Mind
Mr. Michael Ramsden
Michael Ramsden is the European Director of RZIM Zacharias Trust and Director of the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics. He was raised in the Middle East and later returned to the UK to work as an investor of funds for the Lord Chancellor’s department. While doing research at Sheffield University he taught Moral Philosophy and lectured for the International Seminar on Jurisprudence and Human Rights in Strasbourg. Dr. Ramsden and his wife Anne have three children.
February 15
Rev. David Swaim
Born and raised in Arlington, MA, David Swaim has been Lead Pastor of Highrock Covenant Church since the year 2000. He lived nine years in Virginia and two overseas. He and his wife Michelle started dating in High School and have adopted seven children from all over the world.
February 27–29: Missions Week
Mrs. Libby Little
For thirty years Dr. Tom and Libby Little provided free medical care at an eye clinic in Afghanistan. In the summer of 2010 Dr. Little and nine other aid workers were murdered and Mrs. Little was presented with a Medal of Freedom by President Obama for their humanitarian work. She now travels internationally with Interserve, raising money to continue their work.
March 26: Human Rights Week
Mr. Mike Yankoski
After his sophomore year in college Mike Yankoski and his friend Sam Purvis took a semester off to live as homeless people do in six different American states. Their experiences are recorded in Mike's book Under the Overpass: A Journey of Faith on the Streets of America. Mike and his wife Danae now live in Vancouver, B.C. with their dog, Elliott. The Yankoskis are both studying for their Masters of Christian Studies (MCS) at Regent College.
April 2
Dr. Kurt J. Werthmuller
Dr. Werthmuller is a Research Fellow with Hudson Institute’s Center for Religious Freedom in Washington, D.C., where he is researching the status of non-Muslim minorities in the Arab world. He attended Messiah College, Harvard University and the University of California and is now an assistant professor of History at Azusa Pacific University in California.