Spiritual Life

Sacred Space

Saint Paul meets you where you are by offering a weekly worship and spiritual formation opportunity that we call Sacred Space every Tuesday at 11 AM. Many of us are busy leading worship in our own contexts, often neglecting our own spiritual well-being. Sacred Space will be an opportunity to pause and be fully present to the Spirit and to one another.
 
Each week, Sacred Space will include music, liturgy, scripture, prayer, and a homily or spiritual practice (e.g., lectio divina, art, or embodied prayer) led by a guest preacher or practitioner. We will also celebrate Eucharist at the final service of each month. At the start of each month, we’ll send out a Sacred Space newsletter with the schedule, resources, and updates. This will also be linked in the weekly Campus Messenger.
 

The 2025-26 student council theme is “Rooted and Grounded in Love,” with the scripture focus on Ephesians 3:16–17. Our chapel team will draw inspiration from the Tree of Contemplative Practice to shape these services, reflecting the diversity of community and traditions.

 
We welcome your creativity and participation! If you are on the Kansas Campus, join us in room C136. If you are on the Oklahoma Campus, join us in Harris Chapel. If you are joining us online, check your Campus Messenger for the Zoom Meeting ID or email Rev. Alanna Ireland ’23 or Rev. Trista Soendker-Nicholson '12. If you would like to see recordings of some of our past chapel worship services or our most recent Sacred Space offerings, you can view them on our YouTube channel or Facebook page.

SCHEDULE OF PREACHERS AND PRACTITIONERS

Schedule subject to change

Fall Term    Spring Term
August    January

8/12 Convocation 2025

8/19 led by Student Council; Kris Mayberry, guest preacher

8/29 Guest preacher - Rev. Mark Statler, Director of the Center for Leadership Development

  

1/13 Guest preacher, Jamie Moss '13

1/20 Guest preacher, Rabbi Michael Zedek, Rabbi-in-Residence at Saint Paul

 
September   February

9/9 Community Forum: Strategically Speaking

9/16 Guest preacher, Angel Garcia '23

9/23 Guest preacher, Ruby Quantson Davis

9/30 Blessing of the Pets

  

2/3 Guest preacher, Bishop Dee Williamston, '07

2/10 Guest practitioner, Brian Valentine, Missouri Annual Conference (UMC)

 
October   March

10/7  No Sacred Space (Reading Week)

10/14 No Sacred Space (FOCUS Week)

10/21 Community Forum: Faithful Intelligence: Ethics, Faith, and the Future of AI Forum

  

3/3 No Sacred Space (Reading Week)

3/10 No Sacred Space (FOCUS Week)

3/ 24 led by Student Council

3/31 No Sacred Space (Easter break)
November   April

11/4 Guest practioner - Death Cafe

11/11 Guest preacher, Bryan Wendling '12

11/18 A celebration of Black Poetry

11/25 No Sacred Space (Thanksgiving Week)

  

4/7 Guest preacher, Jonathan Drummond

4/21 Brady Preaching Award Finalists

4/28 Brady Preaching Award Finalists

 
December   May

12/2 World Aids Day Service

12/9 Community Hymn Sing

  

5/5 Brady Preaching Award Finalists

5/12 Senior Chapel

 

Spiritual Formation Retreats

 

Spiritual Formation Retreats are day-long gatherings of students, faculty, and staff for prayer, learning, and fellowship. 

By gathering in community, we seek to be formed for ministry; to grow in personal and social holiness and to deepen our sense of being the body of Christ in this place. 

 

NOTE: During events, photographers and videographers will take photos and videos that may be used in future Saint Paul School of Theology marketing materials. Events may be live-streamed.