by Sam Remington | May 6, 2015 | News Slider
Freshmen Jack Judkins and Tim Newman made the Ezell Center chapel home to a different kind of service during the spring semester. Every Thursday the two held a worship service and prayer time for anyone willing to come. The only catch — there was no chapel credit offered for coming. Judkins said they wanted a place where students could worship and pray together to spend time in the presence of God and fellowship with other believers at Lipscomb. “It’s a really simple time to take a moment out of your week and reflect,” freshman Danny Marsh said. The idea began when a group of freshmen were at The Gathering, a local worship service. Judkins and Newman said they felt God telling them to begin a similar type of service at Lipscomb on the weeks that The Gathering didn’t meet. “The crazy part is that a friend of ours was sitting on the opposite side of the room when God gave her the same idea right around the same time as He did with us,” Judkins said. “We spent a lot of time after that praying and working out the details of organizing our own chapel.” The special chapel service became a meeting place for approximately 30 students on a regular basis. The name of this special worship event — “Dwell” — fits the atmosphere of the place as people come for a stripped-down worship service and prayer time, according to the organizers. Judkins, Newman and the other freshmen leaders who organize each chapel said they are serious and motivated about creating an environment where people can come midweek and be surrounded by the...
