Expect God.
“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us.”
— Ephesians 3:20
Every Wednesday morning at 11:30am, we gather as staff, faculty, students, alumni, and visitors together for Chapel.
In the 2025–26 academic year, we gather under the theme Expect God. This theme reminds us that Christian life and ministry are lived in anticipation of God’s presence, power, and surprising work. Week by week, our community comes together to be renewed in worship and to imagine the future God is shaping in us and through us.
Dean of Chapel
Rev. Dr. Mark Andrew Jefferson
Associate Professor in the John Gladstone Chair of Preaching and Worship
PHONE: 902-585-1803EMAIL: mark.jefferson@acadiau.ca2025–26 Chapel Journey
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Fall 2025: Expect God to Form & Teach You
In the fall semester, we focus on Amplify Formation and Mobilize Education. Services will highlight spiritual disciplines, stories of call, wisdom traditions, and both faculty and student preaching. Together we will listen for the God who forms leaders and teaches disciples. -
Winter 2026: Expect God in Community & Imagination
In the winter semester, we turn to Empower Connection and Ignite Innovation. We will celebrate the global Body of Christ, hear diverse voices, experiment with creative worship, and open ourselves to the Spirit’s prophetic imagination. We will expect God to surprise, reconcile, and inspire.
Join Us
Wherever you are on your journey, you are welcome in Chapel. Whether in person or online, we invite you to join us as we worship, learn, and grow together.
This year, let’s Expect God — to form, to teach, to unite, to surprise, and to do more than we can ask or imagine.
If you would like the link to join us online, please email communications@acadiadiv.ca
Winter 2026 Chapel Dates
Start Time: 11:30 am, followed by Community Lunch at 12:30pm
Location: Sarah Daley Nickerson Chapel | Online via Zoom
Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
| January 14 | Siobhan Parr | Master of Divinity Student at ADC | Hope: A Journey Explored |
| January 21 | Rev. Dr. Melody Maxwell | Professor, Hannah Maria Norris Chair of World Christian History & Women in Ministry, ADC | Praise Past, Present & Future |
| January 28 | Rev. Dr. Mark Andrew Jefferson | Associate Professor, John Norris Gladstone Chair of Preaching & Worship at ADC | Do You Really Want a Revival? |
| February 4 | Rev. Dr. Lennett J. Anderson | Assistant Professor of Leadership & Racial Justice, ADC | Stretched by the Struggle |
| February 11 | Rev. Dr. Mark Andrew Jefferson | Associate Professor, John Norris Gladstone Chair of Preaching & Worship at ADC | Can You Dig It? |
| February 18 | Reading Week – No Chapel Service | |
| February 25 | Rev. Andrea Anderson | Pastor, East Preston Baptist Church | Barrier Breaker |
| March 4 | Rev. Dr. Mark Andrew Jefferson | Associate Professor, John Norris Gladstone Chair of Preaching & Worship at ADC | Reset to Repair |
| March 11 | Mike Hogeterp & Nichole Forbes | Canadian Learning Community for Decolonization and Innovation in Theological Education for NAIITS | Regospeling: A Call Back to Audacious Hope |
| March 18 | Dr. Adam Jortner | Goodwin-Philpott Eminent Professor of Religion, Department of History, Auburn University | Legions of Demons and the Christian Community |
| March 25 | Melinda Daye | Community Advocate, Educator, and Public Speaker | A Courageous Faith |
| April 1 | Margaret Mensah | Master of Divinity Student at ADC | |
| April 8 | Rev. Dr. Anna Robbins | President, ADC; Dean of Theology, Acadia University |
