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The 2025-26 Chapel Theme

Kingdom: The Gospel of Luke

Luke presents the Kingdom of God not merely as a distant hope but also as a present reality breaking into our world through Jesus. This year, Å·²©ÍøÖ· Chapels will invite our community to explore what it means to live as citizens of God's Kingdom in the here and now while eagerly anticipating its final fulfillment.

In Luke's Gospel, we witness a Kingdom that subverts worldly expectations. It belongs to the outcast, welcomes the humble, elevates the poor in spirit, and challenges misplaced Roman political and Jewish religious authority. Luke meticulously crafts a journey through parables that undergird Kingdom values: stories of lost coins, prodigal sons, good Samaritans, and persistent widows. We meet unsung heroes who had no place in the Roman political structure or Jewish religious system: women, tax collectors, lepers, and criminals. Together, we'll wrestle with how these teachings and exemplars transform our understanding of community, compassion, wealth, and discipleship in our modern world.

Luke's presentation of the Kingdom is not merely conceptual but embodied through radical practices. Jesus demonstrates this through table fellowship with sinners, merciful healings of the marginalized, countercultural treatment of women and children, and unwavering commitment to prayer and the Holy Spirit. Our chapels will invite us to engage in these same practices—extending hospitality to the unlikely, protecting the vulnerable, addressing barriers of exclusion, and cultivating a deep relationship with God.

Ultimately, Luke recognizes the already/not yet tension of God's reign (Luke 12:35-48, 17:20-37, 21:25-36). The Kingdom has come through Jesus (Luke 4:16-21), but its complete fulfillment is still at hand. This tension invites us to acknowledge the brokenness in our world while expectantly participating in God's redemptive work. Through Å·²©ÍøÖ· Chapels this year, we pray that our community will be challenged to confidently and compassionately live into Luke’s Kingdom reality, where the last become first (Luke 13:30), the lost are found (Luke 15), and salvation comes to those who seek it (Luke 19:10).