Chapel is a part of students lives each week. A 40 minute chapel is held Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The Office of campus ministries creates a schedule that gives students the opportunity to hear from many different individuals and ministries. Faculty members, area pastors, and other outside speakers share the Gospel in these services.  Every other week the Hillcrest Praise Team will lead the student body in a time of praise to our Heavenly Father.  Chapel times often concentrate and focus the student body to look and see the great mission of the church and the student body can be active in sharing and giving toward the great commission.

Quiet Times are scheduled at the end of a  typical day of a dormitory student. Our young people are challenged to spend a few minutes each day reading God’s Word. We believe in a healthy devotional life for our students and we pray that they will make good use of the time given to them.

Classroom Devotions are a natural part of each class.  Hillcrest teachers have a chance to discuss how the Lord has been working in their lives. Each teacher is also encouraged to incorporate into their lesson plans how God's Word is validated through mathematics, science, and the study of social science.

Senior Peer Ministry gives students a chance to be part of a weekly small-group meeting led by seniors.  This program is a training ground in which students learn to listen to the needs of their peers and lead them to God's Word for direction and guidance.  The Peer Ministers also help to plan chapels, spiritual emphasis times and prayer days throughout the year.

Mission and Outreach is another important component for the spiritual development of the students at Hillcrest.  Each student will have the opportunity to be involved with an outreach beyond the walls of Hillcrest.  The Hillcrest Mexico outreach gives seniors an opportunity to serve, give and articulate the Gospel in a cross-cultural setting.  The students will present the Gospel, conduct VBS and sports clinics, build churches, and feed and visit orphans and those in need.  Another outreach allows for juniors to be involved with a ministry that is working to revitalize an inner city neighborhood in St. Louis with construction and the Gospel presentation.  The sophomores and freshmen are able to help with local outreach ministries in the Fergus Falls area throughout the year.  The model for the Hillcrest outreach comes from the Scripture that you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.  Our students are to use the gifts, talents, and resources they have to share and bring others the saving message of the death and resurrection of Christ.

Prayer Day is a day in which regular classroom schedules are put aside in order to spend the morning in prayer together.  The time together involves personal reflection of sin and repentance, thankfulness for the forgiveness that is offered through Jesus Christ, and a time to seek the Holy Spirit's guidance regarding the mission that he has for the church and for His filling to empower the student body for action.  Prayer is also an emphasis not only during prayer day but throughout the day for each Hillcrest student.