Chapel and other worship opportunities

Calvin Seminary is first and foremost a worshiping community, and you will find daily opportunities to gather with others to pray, sing, and meditate on Scripture.

• The community gathers in the beautiful Seminary Chapel at 10 a.m. each Wednesday and Friday for a student- and faculty-led service.
• A 10-minute Matins service is offered each day from 7:40-7:50 a.m. before classes begin.
• Prayer groups meet at 10 a.m. each Monday morning.
• Korean students gather each weekday morning for prayer and have several other worship gatherings at differents times of day and on the weekends.

Chapel is planned and led by students, faculty, and staff. From chapel planning team to Seminary Choir, ensembles, drama, and dance, chapel is a place where you can use the Spirit’s diverse gifts to lead others in worship. Want to get involved?

Social activities and regular events

Connect with students, faculty, and staff at regular activities and events throughout the year. Each fall, the year starts off with a Seminary-wide picnic dinner for the entire community, including families. It ends with a graduation breakfast for seniors. In between, here are just a few of the ways we cultivate community:

• Donut and fellowship time after Wednesday chapels
• Town hall gatherings with $1 a slice pizza (sometimes free) provided
• Regular potlucks for Seminary student and families, including international-themed dinners.
• Christmas Around the World dinner
• Die Natalis – a birthday party for Calvin Seminary celebrated annually.
• Annual table tennis tournament
• Table hockey leagues
• Intramural sports leagues
• Book clubs for students and spouses

Student organizations, publications and service opportunities

Student clubs and publications vary from year to year, but here are a few recent organizations you can get involved in at Calvin Seminary:

• Church Planting Club
• Seminary Choir
• Seminarians for Social Justice
• Korean Student Association
• Old Testament Club
• Kerux (student newsletter)
• Stromata (annual journal)
• Idema Food Pantry (service opportunity)

Fitness and Recreation

As a Seminary student, you and your family will have access to the state-of-the-art recreational facilities available on Calvin Seminary’s shared campus with Calvin College. This means you will be near miles of paved paths for running, walking, and biking, as well the nature trails in Calvin’s Ecosystem Preserve.

The Spoelhof Fieldhouse Complex has a 10,000-square foot fitness center that includes 60 cardio machines and dozens of strength machines and free weights. The complex also has an Olympic-sized pool with regular open hours, a 38 square-foot climbing wall patterned after the Red River Gorge in Kentucky, an indoor track, indoor tennis courts, and a racquetball court. Multiple gyms are also available for pick-up basketball and volleyball games.

Arts, Dining and Entertainment on Campus

You will find many free and low-cost activities available for Seminary students at Calvin College.

• The Student Activities Office hosts $2 film nights, an impressive concert series that regularly features well-known artists like Ingrid Michaelson, The National, and Jeff Tweedy, and the biannual Festival of Faith and Music.
• Most Calvin College lectures, including the renowned January Series, are free and open to Seminary students. See the college calendar to find upcoming offerings.
• Take advantage of family-friendly facilities and programming at the Calvin Observatory (telescope), the Ecosystem Preserve, Center Art Gallery, Bruce M. Dice Mineralogical Museum and more.

Find a variety of food options at eight college dining facilities. The Fish House coffee shop, located in Johnny’s Cafe, is the best place on campus to get Fair Trade coffee and artisan espresso beverages.