The chapel program encourages students to intertwine their spiritual growth with their academic, intellectual, and emotional growth:

• Creates spaces for students to more deeply explore their own faith traditions as well as to learn from the faith traditions of others.
  
  
• Calls students to stop and ask questions of meaning and value, to step back and look more fully at their lives.
  
  
• Helps students take time out from the busy-ness of their lives to tell stories and get to know each other, building communities of small groups supporting each other.
  
  
• Provides pastoral support and insight. All members of the College community are welcome to arrange an individual conversation about any spiritual or moral concern with the Chaplain or Associate Chaplain.
  
  
• Offers retreat opportunities at key times in college life (decision-making skills for students declaring majors, re-entry retreat for students back from study abroad, mid-term afternoon in the woods, etc.)
  
  
• Offers leadership opportunities for students. Students on the chapel steering committee help plan and work on various chapel events. Student spirituality groups and denomination organizations are student-lead.
  
  
• Offers opportunities for social activism.
  
  
• Maintains collegial relations with several churches and other religious congregations and groups in Kalamazoo

  First Baptist Church St. Luke's Episcopal Church Congregation of Moses Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) First Congregational Church Mt. Zion Baptist Church First Presbyterian Church

  Episcopal Lutheran Ministry United Campus Ministry St. Thomas More Catholic Student Parish