Inclusive welcoming and involving people of all ages, abilities, cultures, languages and experiences and exercising language and practices that demonstrate hospitality to strangers, affirm the goodness of creation, create justice, cross boundaries that divide and separate, embody and extend community. Participatory designed for the participation of all people in services of worship which are shaped and led by members of the community. Missional by receiving, enacting and proclaiming God's mission in our midst through Word and Sacrament, we recognize ourselves as Christ's body given for the life of the world, and empowered for witness to the Gospel of Christ through our various vocations. Chapel services are held on class days, and Holy Communion is celebrated each Wednesday and on Lesser Festivals, such as days commemorating saints. Services are conducted by members of the seminary community.
Evening services attract commuters and other students who take evening classes.
Formal ELCA ecumenical agreements are observed by common services with other Hyde Park seminaries. Through these many opportunities students discover that faithful, regular attendance at community worship greatly helps to satisfy shared spiritual hungers. Planning for worship occurs through weekly worship teams consisting of students and staff and convened by a faculty member. The Dean of the Community and a student worship staff assist the Dean of the Chapel, Mark P. Bangert, in coordinating the planning process and in caring for practical matters. Mr. Larry Long plays the keyboard and provides other musical assistance.