Graduate Student Ministries

Graduate Student Ministries (GSM) seeks to encourage students and their families as they adjust to life at the Graduate School, primarily through fellowship and worship offered at Grad Chapel. Grad Chapel is held once a week, on Wednesday mornings, from 10:30 am to 11:15 am, in the Billy Graham Center. Chapel provides the opportunity to journey together with the Lord within the context of life in community at Wheaton.

The Graduate Student Ministries leadership team is led by the Chaplain's Office Discipleship Coordinator, Gary LaVanchy, along with graduate students committed to fostering the spiritual life of their peers. The leadership team welcomes the involvement of other graduate students (or spouses of graduate students), similarly interested in investing in the spiritual life of the graduate community. In addition to chapel, each year, opportunities exist to lead and/or participate in discipleship small groups, and to receive or take part in prayer ministry. Incoming or returning students should feel free to express their interest in any of the above ministries by contacting GSM leadership at Grad Chapel or by sending an e-mail to Gary LaVanchy at Gary.T.LaVanchy@wheaton.edu.

Other Resources: For spiritual respite and personal prayer, graduate students are welcome to use the Billy Graham Museum Chapel, on the first floor of the Billy Graham Center (open Monday through Saturday from 9:30 am - 5:30 pm, and on Sunday from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm), and Gold Star Chapel in the Beamer Center (open daily from 6:00 am to 1:00 am). The Chaplain of the College, Dr. Stephen Kellough, serves as pastor to the Wheaton College community, and is available for personal counsel and prayer (Chaplain's Office, Beamer Student Center, ext. 5087).