2008 Woodie Awards
University commissions eight teams to Jan Term missions
Jessica Oliver
Issue date: 12/7/07 Section: News
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Eight teams of Southwest Baptist University students, faculty and staff were commissioned to the mission field at Chapel Wednesday, Dec. 5.
The service provided an opportunity to recognize the teams that will spend Jan Term (some of them Christmas) serving in another state or country. Members of the University faculty, staff and students prayed for each team. Other students present in Chapel were encouraged to pray for these teams as well.
Fifteen students will spend Christmas in East Asia. Also in Asia in January will be a 10-member team working in the Philippines and a 12-member team serving in Thailand. Twenty-four students will work at Casa Bernabe Orphanage in Guatemala, and 11 students will serve at an orphanage in Peru. Seven students will travel to Zambia.
"Being surrounded by my friends praying for me was encouraging," said senior Kristen Dougherty. "It was nice to see them standing in support of what God has called me to do by going on a mission trip. I was encouraged to see the support."
Sixteen students will ring in 2008 in New York City, and 22 students will work with children in Houston, Texas.
Seniors Brett and Rachelle Roberts were also recognized during Chapel. The couple will spend six months abroad to fulfill the requirements of the Intercultural Studies program.
Although the team was not recognized at Chapel, Curtis Goss, assistant professor of Spanish, will lead a team of students to Panama in January. Students involved with this team receive credit to fulfill part of the foreign language requirement.
The SBU Missions and Ministries Department has been involved in a strategic program for the purpose of equipping students in missions for over 25 years.
According to the Department of Missions and Ministries website, "As an increased interest in missions grew, an effort to centrally locate and unify the total SBU missions emphasis was created in the development of the Department of University Missions in August of 1985.
The missions office was created to serve the SBU family by: informing the SBU family of mission news and opportunities, enlisting members of the SBU family to serve in mission assignments, equip mission volunteers with skills vital to their endeavors and emphasize evangelism as the primary focus for mission service."
In 2006, the North American Mission Board awarded the University's Missions Department first in the nation for the number of student missionaries mobilized in 2005.
"It shows that students recognize that people support them," said Diana Gallamore, director of University Missions. "Students see that missions is more than just about them. They see the impact of SBU students on the world of missions."
The service provided an opportunity to recognize the teams that will spend Jan Term (some of them Christmas) serving in another state or country. Members of the University faculty, staff and students prayed for each team. Other students present in Chapel were encouraged to pray for these teams as well.
Fifteen students will spend Christmas in East Asia. Also in Asia in January will be a 10-member team working in the Philippines and a 12-member team serving in Thailand. Twenty-four students will work at Casa Bernabe Orphanage in Guatemala, and 11 students will serve at an orphanage in Peru. Seven students will travel to Zambia.
"Being surrounded by my friends praying for me was encouraging," said senior Kristen Dougherty. "It was nice to see them standing in support of what God has called me to do by going on a mission trip. I was encouraged to see the support."
Sixteen students will ring in 2008 in New York City, and 22 students will work with children in Houston, Texas.
Seniors Brett and Rachelle Roberts were also recognized during Chapel. The couple will spend six months abroad to fulfill the requirements of the Intercultural Studies program.
Although the team was not recognized at Chapel, Curtis Goss, assistant professor of Spanish, will lead a team of students to Panama in January. Students involved with this team receive credit to fulfill part of the foreign language requirement.
The SBU Missions and Ministries Department has been involved in a strategic program for the purpose of equipping students in missions for over 25 years.
According to the Department of Missions and Ministries website, "As an increased interest in missions grew, an effort to centrally locate and unify the total SBU missions emphasis was created in the development of the Department of University Missions in August of 1985.
The missions office was created to serve the SBU family by: informing the SBU family of mission news and opportunities, enlisting members of the SBU family to serve in mission assignments, equip mission volunteers with skills vital to their endeavors and emphasize evangelism as the primary focus for mission service."
In 2006, the North American Mission Board awarded the University's Missions Department first in the nation for the number of student missionaries mobilized in 2005.
"It shows that students recognize that people support them," said Diana Gallamore, director of University Missions. "Students see that missions is more than just about them. They see the impact of SBU students on the world of missions."
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