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raised money and built the Dixon Ministry
Center, which houses the Jeremiah Chapel.
As the new facility opened in 1996, Dixon
signaled the transition to the new chapel
with students carrying hymnals from the
old building into the new.
Wi l li am Brown cont inued the
traditional emphasis on chapel by speaking
every Monday, training his beloved
students to think with a biblical worldview.
He dismissed students each day with the
memorable, “Have an awesome day in
Christ.” Through four different buildings
and four different presidents in the last
60 years, alumni, students, faculty, and
staff will all testify to the importance and
centrality of chapel.
This August at the annual Fall
Bible Conference, nearly 100 students
professed faith in Christ while more
than 90 answered a call to ministry.
Whether professing faith, repenting of
sin, answering the call to ministry, or
making other spiritual decisions, students
have been significantly impacted by their
chapel experience.
STONE OF REMEMBRANCE
The summer of 2016 will be the 20-
year anniversary of the Jeremiah Chapel in
the Dixon Ministry
Center. While this
facility has served
Cedarville well, the
time has come for
renovation. The life
expectancy of the
pews has expired,
while the color of the
carpet and pattern on the fabric testify to
the style of a time gone by. Additionally,
our video and sound equipment is greatly
out of date. Moreover, the student body
has grown from 2,509 in 1996 to 3,711 in
the fall of 2015, thus requiring additional
space through expanding the auditorium
into one of the classrooms along the back.
Yet, for all the expanding, updating, and
renovating, the foundation for chapel
remains the Word of God, and the
message of chapel is still the Testimony of
Jesus Christ.
As we renovate every area of the chapel
— the sound, video, carpet, seating, paint,
rails, lights, and stage — we ask for your
help. We want to provide an opportunity
for alumni and friends of the University
to invest in the most important part of
Cedarville — to invest in eternity for
generations to come. We are also raising
money for this renovation because we
don’t want these upgrades to be financed
in any way through student tuition or fees.
Your support will provide a state-of-the-art
chapel facility that does not depend at all on
current students’ funds.
After the Israelites had finally crossed
over the Jordan River in Joshua 4, the
Lord commanded Joshua to take 12
representatives from the tribes of Israel and
have them construct a memorial out of 12
stones from the Jordan. This memorial was
to serve as a reminder to future generations
of God’s faithfulness to His people and His
promises, signaled by the Jordan’s waters
drying up as the Ark of the Covenant
passed over.
Establishing a memorial can serve
as a reminder to those to come of God’s
faithfulness, just as it was for the people of
Israel. As part of our chapel renovation, we
invite you to raise up your own “stone of
remembrance” through placing a plaque on
a seat in chapel, signifying all that God has
done in this place, and thereby reminding
future students of God’s faithfulness to
Cedarville University throughout its 127-
year history.
For a gift of $250 dollars or more, we
will place a plaque of remembrance on a
seat in the renovated chapel. On this plaque,
we will inscribe a Bible reference of your
choice, along with your initials, and your
year of graduation (if applicable). Some
may choose only the Bible reference, which
can be a life verse, something you heard
in chapel, or a special verse representing
a time when God worked in your life. The
seats will be randomly assigned to avoid any
appearance of violating James 2 and valuing
one area over another, and we will map
out where each plaque is placed. Imagine
Whether professing faith, repenting of sin,
answering the call to ministry, or making
other spiritual decisions, students have been
significantly impacted by their chapel experience.
William Brown, President of Cedarville University from
2003 to 2013.
Chapel renderings courtesy of Worship Space Advisors
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