Every Upper School student at Mount Pisgah attends chapel every week, but they often brush off the message immediately, returning to their academic worries and lives. Having advisory directly after chapel would provide extra time for students to reflect, process, connect with and talk about the message. 

“I feel like having advisory after chapel would help us connect more with the message and better understand it with our advisory groups,” said sophomore Emily Shelton. “It would be nice to have time to reflect on the message rather than just returning to classes and returning to the mindset of academics.”

While some chapels are more fun, many chapels have deeper meanings and students should be provided the opportunity to reflect on them. As well as this, it can allow for more spiritual connection between advisory groups.

“Often, advisory brings us a great opportunity for discussing a little more about what was experienced during chapel, so having advisory after chapel could give students some space and time to dig deeper into what we discussed and discovered in chapel,” said Mr. Hilliard.

Going back to classes after chapel can be a big distraction, drawing students away from the true meaning of having chapel. It may cause students to just see chapel as another class they have to go through, rather than a time to learn and connect with Jesus. 

”I think that having class directly after chapel makes it much harder to reflect on what we talked about. It causes me to just skip over what we talked about in chapel and move on to what I have to do in my next class,” said sophomore Cydney Rowand. “Because of this, I think that having the chance to have advisory directly after chapel would be a good opportunity to talk to other people and reflect on what I learned, and also see what other people learned in chapel that day.” 

Adding advisory after chapel would create a deeper meaning of chapel and allow for a better spiritual connection for the Upper School student body. 

Rather than rushing back into academics, students would be provided time to slow down, reflect on and share what they gathered during the message. This will allow students at Mount Pisgah to actually experience chapel rather than just attend it.