Homecoming Worship Service Booked at Mississippi College

Provine Chapel, site of the 2014 MC Homecoming worship service on October 19.

One of the signature events of Mississippi College’s 2014 Homecoming will be a campus worship service at the university’s historic Provine Chapel.

The program at 10 a.m. on Sunday October 19 will be hosted by the Class of 1964 marking its Golden Anniversary at the Baptist-affiliated university.

Gathering at a stately chapel that opened its doors in 1860 as Civil War battles raged on, members of the Class of 1964 will lead Homecoming guests in a celebration of the Lord.

It promises to be a spiritually uplifting program on the Clinton campus. The worship service closes the Christian university’s Homecoming this fall.

Homecoming activities will begin October 16 with alums convening at the 50-Year Club reunion at Anderson Hall at 6:30 p.m. A parade, Choctaws football game, golf tournament, plenty of tailgating on the Quad, hilarious Follies shows and an MC Singers concert are among dozens of events to follow during the weekend.

Jimmy Morrison, a certified financial planner and 1964 MC graduate, is delighted to be back at his alma mater for the Homecoming worship service, reunions and renewals of longtime friendships.

After a half-century of wandering around the globe, the Class of 1964 returns with many success stories to share. The group includes church missionaries, the president of the International Mission Board, educators, doctors, lawyers, ministers of music, and many more professionals.

A certified financial planner with Wells Fargo Advisors in Ridgeland, Morrison is certainly among the high achievers of the Class of 1964. The former Jackson public school teacher and former MC admissions counselor was recognized at the university’s 2013 Homecoming with the Order of the Golden Arrow Award.

Asking Jesus Christ to come into his life as his Savior and Lord at age ten was the first of three major decisions that changed his life. His second major decision was choosing to attend Mississippi College at age 18. His third was marrying his wife, Sally. Many of the students and professors that Jimmy met at MC, including his mentor, the late Doc Quick, “became my lifelong friends, my inspiration and my life models,” Morrison said.

Whether the people coming to the Sunday worship service are Mississippi College grads from 50 years ago or currently attend the 5,063-student university, they share common bonds. They love Mississippi College and embrace the values it represents.

Mississippi College newcomers like freshman Morgan McKee Broadwater, 18, of Clinton are eager to take part in the slew of Homecoming festivities.

“I guess you could say that MC is in my blood,” says Morgan, a third generation MC student. Her parents, Heather and Davis Broadwater, met while attending MC in the late 1980s. Her grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. Billy Lytal, also met while attending Mississippi College and became professors on the Clinton campus.

Morgan’s roommate, Elizabeth Lofton, is also a Clintonian. “The college provides many opportunities to grow spiritually,” says Morgan Broadwater, a Clinton Christian Academy graduate. “I love that MC is in the heart of the town and there is always something going on.”

For more information on Mississippi College’s 2014 Homecoming, contact Lori Bobo of the Alumni Affairs Office at 601-925-3252 or lbobo@mc.edu.