大学教会和门徒事工

教堂出席

教堂 is central for our life together 和 regular attendance is a graduation requirement 对大多数学生来说.

住宅的学生

所有 full-time, degree-seeking undergraduate students 在 Bolivar campus are expected 在SBU上学的时候去教堂. 学生必须至少参加一门课程 of 75% of the 教堂 services offered during the semester.

Students must scan their student ID card at the Pike Auditorium exits before 和 after 每个礼拜仪式确认出席礼拜堂. 任何不出席的学生 他的身份证可以在教堂监控器的监控下进出. 任何丢失身份证的学生 should get a replacement through the Department of 安全 和 Security, located at 803 S. 派克大街.在上午8点到8点之间，美国玻利瓦尔，MO 65613.m. - 5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

Evening 和 weekend 教堂 services may occasionally be offered for extra credit. 教堂 is not a substitute for participation in the life of a local church 和 students are strongly encouraged to prioritize church membership

通勤的学生

所有 full-time degree-seeking undergraduate students who reside more than 15 miles away from the Bolivar campus are considered commuters. 鼓励通勤者 participate in chapel but are exempt from the attendance requirements. 所有non-commuting students are expected to meet the chapel attendance requirement.

其他学生

研究生, part-time, 和 high school students are welcome to participate. 所有的学生 who are not able to gather with us corporately are encouraged to attend virtually 在 SBU YouTube频道.

教堂豁免:

Semester-length chapel exemptions will only be granted to students whose academic program requires an internship, clinical rotation, or student teaching that takes 地点在教堂时间. Exceptional circumstances may be considered on a case-by-case 基础.

Students requesting exemption must complete 和 submit the 教堂 Exemption Request 在学期的前两周提交表格. 学生将收到一封电子邮件 confirm whether their request is approved or denied. 

教堂礼仪

We gather at 教堂 to be reminded of the goodness of God in a variety of ways. 所有 participants are asked to follow the 教堂 behavior guidelines listed below.

• Arrive in a timely manner 和 be seated before the service begins
• Engage as an active listener 和 participant in worship
• Refrain from the use of electronic devices, including computers 和 phones
• Refrain from engaging in personal conversations or other distracting behaviors
• Refrain from studying or any other reading not directly related to the 教堂 program
• 祈祷时摘下帽子

Students who do not observe these guidelines will be subject to disciplinary action which may include, but is not limited to, losing attendance credit for that 教堂.

教堂信用及纪律

Students failing to attend 75% of 教堂 in a given semester 将被放置在 教堂通知 下个学期. If the student missed four or fewer 教堂, he or she must meet the attendance requirement 和 make up the missed
教堂. If the student missed more than four 教堂, he or she must meet the attendance 要求，建造四个小教堂， ,要么 complete a book report (assigned by the campus pastor) or pay a $20 fine for each additional chapel missed the previous semester.

Students who fail to meet the attendance requirement while on 教堂通知 将被放置在 教堂缓刑 下个学期. While on probation, he or she must meet the attendance 要求，建造四个小教堂，
complete a book report (assigned by the campus pastor) 和 每个未完成的小教堂罚款20美元.

Students who fail to meet the attendance requirement in the semester after being placed on 教堂缓刑 will be suspended see page 22 of our 学生手册.

Any student who scans in or out for another student will forfeit the chapel credit 对两个学生来说. 两名学生还将被罚款25美元. 任何扫描进来的学生， leaves the auditorium for the duration of chapel, 和 then comes back to
scan out will lose credit for that chapel 和 be fined $25.

Students should check their chapel attendance weekly through their mySBU self-service 门户网站.