Responding to the lack of men’s chapel on Thursdays this semester, the Men of Sewell Hall began hosting their own church every Tuesday at 10:30 p.m. for just the guys.
This year, as with every new school year, breakout chapel options have changed. But some men on campus have noticed a problem with the changes. Even though women’s chapel still exists, there is no longer a chapel just for men.
To make up for the absence of men’s chapel, Sewell resident assistants Hunter Wright and Farron Sutherland got together and decided to create their own non-mandatory, non-credit chapel called Bro Church.
“Basically the goal of it is to get community within Sewell,” Wright said. “And just provide that place where brothers can come together and just have that fellowship.”
Every Bro Church meeting has a theme, which most of the time relates to Christianity in the modern world. For example, the Sept. 4 meeting was about politics, with emphasis on this question: can a Christian be a political representative?
The men who were there said it was a good meeting because everyone was able to share their thoughts and ideas in a really relaxed and open-minded setting.
Wright said the best part of Bro Church is not only that every meeting is very informal, but the guys get a chance to express themselves.
“A lot of times at Lipscomb, with chapel, bible class, etc., we’re always given input,” he said. “We can’t output, we can’t talk back. This is a place where you’re with brothers who aren’t going to criticize your opinion, who aren’t going to attack you. You can just talk. We want to listen to you.”
And of course, according to bro-tocol there’s always bro-ing out afterwards. Much snacking is involved, the usual soda and bro-ritos, as well as facing bro-pponents in ping pong and video games.
If you’re a guy needing your weekly dose of bro-tein, the men of Sewell invite you to come be more bro-active and join your fellow brosephs every Tuesday night at Bro Church.