Academic year opens with chapel service and ribbon cutting
On Monday, September 25, Disciples Divinity House held its first service of this academic year in the Chapel of the Holy Grail. Incoming scholars and residents got to experience their first taste of what chapel and Monday dinners are like, and returning scholars and residents got to join together in community once again. Guest speaker, Colton Lott, took the anointing at Bethany as his text. He considered why anointing is needed in these times and how a certain extravagance -- including perhaps an extensive renovation -- may be a necessary act of faith in difficult times. After the chapel service, trustees, staff, and alums offered blessings for re-inhabiting the building. Students celebrated the renovations with a ribbon cutting ceremony to officially welcome everyone back to the new and improved House.
Colton Lott, an alumnus and trustee, is the Senior Minister of First Christian Church of El Reno, Oklahoma. His sermon, Some extravance, was later published in the DDH Bulletin. Pictured with the ribbon and scissors are Sai Srinivas, Ella Johnson, Lilia Ellis, and Delaney Beh. Delaney is the president of the student-run House Council.