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    Community Worship Services

    Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. and Sundays, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

    Date  Time  Event 
    Every Saturday 10:30 a.m. Shaw Community Worship Service
    August 13-14 3:45 p.m.-4:30p.m. New Student Informational Sessions
    August 18 1:30 p.m.

    Opening Divinity School Worship Service
    Speaker: Dr. Johnny Hill, Dean of the School of Divinity

    August 19 12:30 p.m. Opening University Chapel Service
    Speaker: Rev. Gerald Thomas, Ph.D., Chaplain
    August 26 12:30 p.m. University-Wide Prayer Service
    *Honoring the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. National Day of Prayer
    September 6 11:00 a.m. Blue Coat Ceremony *
    Presiding: Ryan Wright, SGA President
    October 2 11:00 a.m. Bessie-Boyd Holman Lecture Series on Ethics and Values
    October 9 11:00 a.m. Visionary Leadership Forum*
    October 20 TBA Annual Women’s Conference
    October 21 12:00 p.m. Homecoming Opening Worship Service
    October 25 10:00 a.m. Founder’s Day Memorial Service
    (Tupper Memorial Garden)
    October 25 11:00 a.m. Founder’s Day Convocation*
    (Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts)
    October 28 12:00 p.m. Homecoming Closing Worship
    January 24 11:00 a.m. Martin Luther King Jr. Service and Program*
    January 31   Religious Emphasis Week Kick Off
    February 2-7 Times Vary

    Religious Emphasis Week

    • Feb. 3, 11 a.m. - Chapel Service "Let the Millennials Speak- New Voices"
    • Feb. 4, 7 p.m. - New Voices-New Action- New Challenges Forum 
    • Feb. 5, 7 p.m. - Chapel Service -Social Justice Day: Why we must vote?. 
    • Feb. 6, 7 p.m. - Black Church Connection: Do We Need It?
    • Feb. 7, 11 a.m. - Chapel Service CASES Event
    February 14  11:00 a.m.  Chapel Service - Valentines Day, "Healthy Relationships"
    February 21 11:00 a.m. Black History Month Celebration
    March 7  11:00 a.m. Chapel Service - African Heritage
    March 21 11:00 a.m.  Graduating Senior Day
    March 28 11:00 a.m. Chapel Service - Thomas J. Boyd Appreciation Day
    April 4  11:00 a.m.  Chapel Service - "The Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr."
    April 11 11:00 a.m. CASES Event - "Spiritual and Ethical Formation"
    April 25 11:00 a.m.

    Closing University Chapel Service "He Lives!"
    May 5 12:30 p.m. Senior Sunday Service
    May 10 9:30 a.m. Baccalaureate Service

    * Cultural and Spiritual Enrichment Seminars (CASES)
    All events take place in the Thomas J. Boyd Chapel unless otherwise noted.