University Chapel Time

It was an awesome privilege for our team to be able to sing for a chapel service at Hirosaki Gakuin University. It was difficult at first to prepare because there were some very specific requests regarding songs and style. However, our team ended up arranging two acapella hymns and took advantage of the fact that every member of our team could sing! These two acapella songs ended up being a musical highlight for some of our team members and were well received by the people at the chapel service. After the service, we were treated to lunch in one of the school cafeterias and had the opportunity to hear more about the history of the school. The school is a Christian school, but contains very few practicing evangelical Christians. The school is well known for its English program and receives a large number of students coming to study English, often ignoring the fact that it is a Christian institution. After lunch, our team was able to play a contemporary set of worship songs at a welcoming party for 4 exchange students coming from Wisconsin. It was amazing to see so many people excited about this style of church music and we hope that it will change some people’s perceptions on what church might be. Harvest Chapel is an easy bus ride from the school and we hope that one day, there will be a large number of University students coming to worship and be part of the Harvest church community.