Corporate Worship
Being a member of the MVNU community is about practicing your faith in community.
Life at MVNU
Gather Together
Chapel is the heartbeat of our campus. It is a time when the MVNU community comes together to worship, reflect, and grow in faith. Three times each week, students, faculty, and staff have the opportunity to gather, united in a shared desire to encounter God.
These moments of worship aren’t just tradition — they’re transformative. As we lift our voices, open Scripture, and listen together, chapel becomes a place where hearts are shaped, community is strengthened, and Christ remains at the center.
2025 Chapel Theme
Our chapel theme is "Awaken," inspired by our university scripture for the year found in Isaiah 43:19: “For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it?”
This powerful verse invites us to open our eyes, hearts, and lives to the fresh work God is doing among us. In a world often marked by distraction, routine, and spiritual fatigue, "Awaken" is a call to renewed awareness, deeper faith, and active participation in God's movement.
As a community, we want to posture ourselves with expectancy — ready to see, hear, and respond to the new things God is birthing on our campus at MVNU and in our individual lives. Let this year be one where we awaken to His presence, His purpose, and His promises.
Chapel Times
Three times a week, students come together to grow spiritually and build community in the R.R. Hodges Chapel. Monday chapel unites the whole campus — faculty, staff, and students — while Tuesday evenings offer a space for student-led worship.
- Monday, 10:20 a.m.
- Tuesday, 9 p.m.
- Friday, 10:20 a.m.
"My favorite thing about MVNU is its Christ-centeredness. I wanted the college I chose to further my spiritual growth and MVNU has helped tremendously... I love that MVNU has various worship nights and 3 chapel services a week. These have helped me grow in my faith in ways I truly can’t explain. There’s something about looking around the chapel and realizing that although everyone is a different age, has a different major than you, and are from different walks of life, we can still all come together as one beautiful body of Christ."
Madigan Riley Kennedy, '27