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February 19 1999 FrhUy Page 6b
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Upcoming changes reflect Daily Assembly history
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Aaron TWeeton
Page Editor
Deity Assembly was again distracted-
thls rime by Something nW.
th'is time the distraetldn was a tiny red
dot projected by a hand-held laser pointer.
This polhter.might have been Useful but
now was pointing at people as some sort of
Jokei"'
This' time someone pointed back.
Pointing at Section F was the finger of
dean of students Wayne Barnard who was
standing behind the podium on the floor
trying to lead Daily Assembly.
The laser pointer may be new but dis-
tractions during Daily" Assembly aren't.
Daily Assembly has always been affected
by culture and circumstance prompting
yarlous changes over time.
J Originally Daily Assembly was void of
laser pointers as well as Power Point
presentations video screens special
lighting stadium seating and Vali-Dlnc
card scanners.
' During the 1912-24 presidency of Jesse
P. Scjyellwhlle the campus was at North
Firsttreet students were required to
attend Daily . .?
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AssVmb'ly
originally
called Chapel
from 8:30 to 9
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university
mLid? and as a Christian people.
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The purpose has always
been to glorify God and
fOor itO to be an
expression of who we
are a Christian university
ofSeeljtTHe- .
atre in 1929; ChapeTwas moved' to the
theatre and scheduled at 10 a.m. Monday
through Saturday. Classes were also in ses-
sion six days a week. Over the years as the
student body grew Chapel occurred three
times dally: 8 9 and 10 a.m. on Monday
Wednesday and Friday and 7:30 8:30
and 10 a.m. on Tuesday Thursday and
Saturday.
Students were required to attend one
Chapel per day. Attendance was recorded
by taking photographs of the seats and
later identifying the students who attend-
ed said Gayle Taylor administrative coor-
dinator for Campus Life. Taylor attended
Chapel as a student in the early 1960s.
Chapel was retocated to Moody Coli-
seum after its construction in 1968. By
the fall of J1986 the ChapeUprograht
became similar to what tt is today and
eventually became known as Daily
Assembly although many people still
use the older name. It took place at 11
a.m. dally and attendance was taken
using the Vali-Dine System card readers
Despite some initial skeptical respons-
es echoed in the September 1986 issues
of the Optimist the Vall-Dlne System
eventually replaced the older policy of
assigned seating.
In the fall of 1997 the Power Point
video prompter was installed in Moody
Coliseum to project announcements pre-
sentations and songs. Prior to this most
students would use church hymnals to fol-
low the words of songs. Also later that
year the Chapel web site
http:www.acu.edupeoplechapel was
posted providing information on prayer
requests and announcements
The most recent change for Dally
Assembly is expected to come by spring
break.
Campus Life plans to form a Chapel
' Committee
made up of
student and
faculty repre-
sentatives that
would help
with decisions
concerning
Dally Assem-
bly. Currently
most decisions
concerning
Dally Assem-
bly are decided
by Campus
Life. Mark
Lewis coordi
nator of Spiri-
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atre from 1929 to 1968. Afterward Daily Assembly regularly took place in Moody Coliseum. j
tual Development in Campus Life said
the Chapelt Committee will work with
Campus Life to integrate students facul-
ty and staff into the decision-making
process.
Campus Life already receives a great
deal of feedback and requests from facul-
ty and students prompting small changes
in how Daily Assembly operates.
One major result of those requests has
been the development of Small Group
Chapels which occur on Thursdays.
About 30 or more Small Group Chapels
currently exist ranging from African
Internship Chapel to World Wide Youth
Camps Chapel. These chapels take place
in various places around campus. Several
Spring Break Campaigns have also begun
meeting for their own chapel time on
Thursday.
Barnard explained the benefits Small
Group Chapels. He said Campus Life is
attempting to balance the sense of com-
munity brought out by Daily Assembly
while also allowing students to meet in
smaller groups in order to connect to one
another.
While what happens in Small Group
Chapels depends upon each particular
group most of the time in Daily Assem-
bly involves a speaker talking about a
particular topic or story. Most speakers
either request to speak in Daily Assembly
or arc recommended by a faculty or staff
member
Ryan Campbell . sophomore missions
major from Thousand Oaks Calif. was
one student requested by Lewis to speak In
Dally Assembly. When he spoke on Feb. 8
Campbell gave a testimony of how God
restored his health after a severe traffic
accident changed his life!. Campbell said
he appreciated students for being so cour-
teous during Daily Assembly.
However complaints have arisen about
noise levels on other days prompting
change in how announcements arc given.
Lewis said "Due to the creative nature
of some announcements it feels more like
an interruption of time of focused worship
to God."
Because of this problem the announce-
ments were moved to the end of Daily
Assembly during the fall of 1998. Howev-
er this change didn't last long after repeal-
ed instances of students walking out dur-
ing the announcements.
"If its a unique announcement tltat gets
their attention a lot of times it dlsruptsiftrf
flow of when we're trying to enter a timc-of
worship" Lewis said. "Creativity Is a gdod1
thing and it communicates well -The
dilemma' we face Is how to accommotlutd
that in a way that it doesn't disrupt thV
focus that is established when pcortie'
come in." rJ
The problems with disruptive ui&
nouncements and people walking outuv
the middle of a speech are not new TK
recent loser pointer' distractions reflect'
how technology has changed Daily Asstttr"-'
bly over the years. '
But despite the changes the reasoning1
behind Daily Assembly has remained
consistent. T-r
"The purpose has always been to glortf
God and for it to be an expression of whr
we arc as a Christian university and foh
Christian people" Barnardsaiu.
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