Sundays at the Chapel

August 26, 2026 – Pastor Jim

September 2, 2026 – Pastor Kate
September 9, 2026 – Pastor Jim
September 16, 2026 – Pastor Kate
September 23, 2026 – Pastor Jim
September 30, 2026 – Pastor Kate

October 7, 2026 – Pastor Jim
October 14, 2026 – Pastor Kate
October 21, 2026 – Pastor Jim
October 28, 2026 – Pastor Kate

November 4, 2026 – Pastor Jim
November 11, 2026 – Pastor Kate
November 18, 2026 – Pastor Jim
November 25, 2026 – No Celebrate! – Thanksgiving Break

December 2, 2026 – Pastor Kate
December 9, 2026 – Pastor Jim
December 16, 2026 – Pastor Kate

WINTER BREAK – No University Services

January 20, 2027 – Pastor Jim
January 27, 2027 – Pastor Kate

February 3, 2027 – Pastor Jim
February 10, 2027 – Pastor Kate – Ash Wednesday (ashes available)
February 17, 2027 – Pastor Jim
February 24, 2027 – Pastor Kate

March 3, 2027 – Pastor Jim
March 10, 2027 – No Celebrate! – Spring Break
March 17, 2027 – Pastor Kate
March 24, 2027 – Pastor Jim
March 31, 2027 – Pastor Kate

April 7, 2027 – Pastor Jim
April 14, 2027 – Pastor Kate
April 21, 2027 – Pastor Jim
April 28, 2027 – Pastor Kate

May 5, 2027 – Pastor Jim

SUMMER BREAK – No University Services

A message is given each Sunday morning by either one of our campus ministers, one of the Theology Department professors or a guest preacher.

We use a variety of worship settings over the course of the church year. Our impressive Reddel Memorial Organ and a choir help to lead the music most Sundays. On others, a praise band will help lead the music. There is may be a procession of people carrying in a smaller cross, torches, and the Bible at the start of the service. You’ll see the ministers and choir wearing robes. Our worshiping community is made up of students and their family members or friends, faculty and staff members and their families, and people from the larger Valparaiso area and beyond. Children are welcome, too! 

There are pads hanging from the chair in front of your seat that may be used during the prayers. If you choose not to kneel at these times, please sit forward in your seat so that the person behind you may kneel if they choose.

It is traditional that hats are removed when inside the Chapel as a sign of respect. However, there is no dress code! For Sunday mornings at the Chapel, people dress in a variety of ways, from jeans or shorts to dresses and jackets and ties. (Be comfortable! The Chapel was constructed without air conditioning.)

Sunday morning is one of eight different worship services held at the Chapel throughout the week. There are two late-night services, popular with students. On Sunday nights at 10 p.m., Candlelight Evening Prayer gathers around word, song and prayer. Celebrate! is our weekly praise band service of Holy Communion that meets on Wednesday nights at 10 p.m. Students dress comfortably for these services. Morning Prayer is a 20-minute service every weekday at 10:10 a.m. during the Chapel Break period of the academic day when classes are not in session. Each day of Morning Prayer offers a different style of worship through which the Valpo community joins together in prayer and praise. Valpo students play key parts in both planning and leading all of these services.

Yes! Communion is celebrated here each Sunday morning in the confidence of receiving from our Lord all that he promises when he gives his body and blood to eat and to drink. If you have any concerns about whether you should participate in this element of the service, please speak to the pastor before the service. You may also come to the communion table to receive a blessing instead of communion. Signify this by folding your arms across your body.

Our bread is gluten- and dairy-free. Dealcoholized wine is available. Ushers will direct you where to go.  

On Wednesday evenings, students are encouraged to participate in communion during our mid-week Celebrate! praise band service that begins at 10 p.m.

The Chapel is open to the public from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily during the academic year. Students, faculty and staff can use their identification cards to “swipe” into the Chapel in the evenings until 11 p.m. 

Valparaiso is a walking campus, but guests may be dropped off in the turnaround between the Chapel and Harre Union. There is limited handicap parking available there. We recommend that you park in Lot 20, down hill from the Christopher Center and Chapel, or in Lot 15.

The Chapel does not offer tours, but visitors are encouraged to pick up a self-guided tour booklet of the Chapel, available in the narthex, which offers information on different features of the Chapel as well an explanation of the stained glass windows.

You can also follow along with Pastor Jim in our video tour!

An ADA accessible doorway is located at the entrance opposite the Harre Union, from the Chapel turnaround. The Chapel has two family/ADA accessible restrooms on the main level, in the narthex. To access the Gloria Christi Chapel without using stairs, we recommend entering at the ground level on the eastern end of the building. (The Gloria Christi Chapel is a smaller chapel, built below the chancel, on the eastern end of the building.) There are sidewalks with ramps on the southern side of the Chapel and the Helge Center.

Many people find it a blessing to be able to pause in the Chapel of the Resurrection for prayer and personal reflection. You are welcome! There also is a prayer chapel in the Gloria Christi Chapel. The Resurrection Labyrinth, located outside the Chapel on the east end, is accessible 24/7 as a devotional space.