SJUT Chapel

“I rejoice with those who said to me, ‘Let us go to the house of the Lord.’” Psalm 122: 1

This is the Chapel located on the campus of Saint John’s University of Tanzania. Like most Anglican churches the “hangings” are changed to reflect the season, the purple is up as Lent begins. When we arrived the “hangings” and Altar hanging were orange. I am not familiar with the use o f that color in the USA

Retired Bishop Etiruka serves as the Chaplain for the University, officiates for the “English Service” and also joins “Pastor Frank” in officiating the Swahili service that takes place at the Chapel Sunday mornings. Two services take place each Sunday; the English Service begins at 7:30 and lasts about one hour. The Swahili service follows at 9:00 and last usually 2- 2.5 hours.
John and I have enjoyed the Swahili service and I find the singing very helpful understanding how to pronounce the words printed in the small paper song book. A lot of the songs I know in English and it are so nice to hear them sung in another language. “Great is they Faithfulness”, “Trust and Obey” and of course- “Amazing Grace”! We have just picked up a dual language Bible to help follow along, many of the westerners here have told us how much the Bible has helped them with their language. Still a real uphill for me! I am working on the numbers!