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Chapel Attendance Requirements

Fall 2008

All full-time Mount Vernon students, both commuters and residents, are required to attend Chapel.  Below are the guidelines for Chapel attendance, Chapel make-up activities and Chapel exemptions:

    Students must attend 6 of the 8 Chapels.

The chapel dates are:

September 2

September 16

September 30

October 14

October 28

November 4

November 18   

December 2

Please note the following:

Students are required to attend six of the eight chapel services each semester. Any student who does not attend the required number of Chapels for any semester must contact Lynn Jackson in the Provost Office and complete a make-up activity to earn a “Chapel credit”.   One make-up activity is required for each chapel missed over the allotted two absences per semester. The guidelines for completing one make-up activity are as follows:

• Go to the Brewton-Parker College library and watch a DVD or video of a sermon.
• Write a summary of the entire sermon. The summary must be a minimum of two pages, single-spaced.
• On a separate sheet, include an outline (pastor's name and church, title of sermon, scripture references, and main points).
• Include your name, student I.D., campus box or address, telephone number, and date of video.
• Return to Lynn Jackson, Office of the Provost, in Gates Hall or return by United States Postal Service to Lynn Jackson, Brewton-Parker College, CMB 2003, P. O. Box 197, Mount Vernon, Georgia 30445.
• Transcripts will not be issued to students or sent to other institutions until all Chapel attendance requirements have been met for all semesters attended.  This applies both to graduating and transferring students. 
• All offices—including the library, cafeteria, snack bar, and bookstore—will be closed to students during Chapel. 
• Chapel begins at 11:00 a.m.  Students arriving late might not be granted a credit for attendance.  Students who leave early will not be granted credit for attendance.

The list below details exemptions and requires a

Chapel Exemption Request Form 

   All exemptions must be approved by the President's Office.

Chapel Exemption may only be requested for one semester at a time.

Exemptions may be granted if:

1. Student teaching is required during the semester.
2. A full-time commuter student has no day classes on Tuesday.
3. A full-time night student has no day classes on Tuesday.
4. The student is a full-time night student who works during the day, cares for children, or drives a long distance to BPC. This requires a typed letter stating circumstance, especially from employer if applicable.
5. The student is employed during the Tuesday chapel hours of 11:00 a.m. until 12:00 Noon.  If this is the case, the student must obtain a typed letter from their employer on company letterhead stating that they are working during chapel hours.  This letter must be attached to the Chapel Exemption Request Form and taken to the Provost Office in the Gates Hall.
6. If none of the above exemptions apply to your situation, attach a typed request to the Chapel Exemption Request Form explaining why you are requesting a Chapel exemption.

For further information and to obtain a

Chapel Exemption Request Form, please contact

Lynn Jackson by email at ljackson@bpc.edu or

by phone at (912) 583-3239. 

Bring your student ID to be scanned for Chapel.