The Center of What We Do: Chapel & The Collective
At the very center of campus is the Bryce & Jo Jessup Prayer Chapel. Not a coincidence—there is great intentionality in having the chapel be at the center of campus, just as Jesus is at the center of everything Jessup does and stands for.
For Jerome Williams, Assistant Director of Campus Ministries, Discipleship & Spiritual Formation, chapel at Jessup should be purpose-driven, accessible and placed in the hands of those it’s designed for—students.
Williams oversees The Porch, a Monday night, student-led chapel where “students have the opportunity to preach, lead worship, and pray for one another in a meaningful and authentic way.”
Also helping to steward The Collective, a regional young adult ministry that Jessup oversees, Williams explains, “we gather three times a year to host worship gatherings…creating space for community among college-aged young adults and young adults beyond college.”
When asked the intent behind The Collective, he says, “Our mission is simple: Collected as one + Connected by One.”
Jessup’s involvement means being available to the spiritual lives of young adults wherever they are which, Williams notes, can be crucial. “For many young adults, it’s the first time they find themselves fully surrounded by other young men and women who love Jesus just as deeply as they do.”
Current Jessup students have the opportunity to get more involved through student leadership, where they could hold a variety of leadership roles, including Collective Interns, Chapel Interns, and Discipleship Interns.
“Being part of student leadership provides meaningful one-on-one time with our campus pastoral staff and the opportunity to help shape the spiritual atmosphere of campus—through chapel programming and by helping lead and host Collective gatherings,” Williams explains.
Whether through campus chapels open to the public, regional worship nights, or quiet conversations over coffee, Jessup’s ministry presence continues to widen—creating space for connection, unity, and transformation across an entire generation.
