Singspiration Archives

Coffee, questions, and worship

Biola Admissions hosts prospective students for a time at Singspiration along with free coffee.

Olivia Kam, News Editor • January 31, 2024

On Jan. 28, Biola Admissions for undergraduate students hosted an event called Coffee & Singspiration where prospective students were able to come with their questions to Heritage Café for a free coffee before heading over to Singspiration, one of Biola’s weekly chapels. Singspiration is an hour-long...

Hootenanny hums with harmonious hymns

Biolans worship at a special Singspiration chapel on Sunday night.

Patricia Yang, Editor-in-Chief • January 17, 2023

On Sunday, Jan. 15, the Chase gymnasium was a cacophony of sound — guitars, violins, ukuleles and kazoos were but a few of the instruments there. Then the lead drummer struck a beat, and music rang throughout the gym as a unique Singspiration chapel began that night: the Hootenanny. Singspiration...

Chimes News Quiz

Hannah Larson, Editor-in-Chief • January 21, 2022

Biolan sisters create Singspiration-inspired worship night

Green Hills Church offers seven:nine to remedy lack of in-person services and chapels.

Jayne Bickford and Ashley Grams • October 14, 2020

With chapels fully online this semester, students are looking for other ways to worship. Junior administration major Alissa Wooley and her sister Aidyn Wooley, a Biola alumna, have partnered with Green Hills Church in La Habra to create a Singspiration-inspired worship night called seven:nine. “My...

John Mark McMillan serenades campus

With his heart on his sleeve, the “How He Loves” originator led Biolans into tender, emotional worship.

Pierce Singgih, Editor-in-Chief (Fall 2019) • February 18, 2019

After the Feb. 17 edition of Singspiration, John Mark McMillan led a stripped-down, acoustic worship session with vocalist and wife Sarah McMillan and pianist Benjamin James Roberts in Chase Gymnasium. Current and prospective students alike entered John Mark McMillan’s vulnerable atmosphere during...

New chapel series focuses on the theme holy spirit “Poured Out”

A new chapel series called “Poured Out” will focus on extended time of worship through the empowerment of the Holy Spirit.

Emily Law, Freelance Writer • February 15, 2019

On Sunday night, the dimmed lights of Chase Gymnasium created an atmosphere of community as a band from Los Angeles-based church Restauracion Total Los Angeles led the students in a time of prayer and worship during Singspiration. Oscar Merlo, the director of the Center for the Study of the Work and...