fi~fi@Dull~ fi[])11@8 bible It's more than just preaching There is more to it than just preaching : Numerous Bible majors and a few other students have found that it is true of their weekend ministries with churches in some of the smaller Arkansas communities, that the job involves a lot more than just preaching . Although there are those who look at their responsibility with the congregations as just good preaching experience, senior Bible major Kregg Hood wanted more. Stating that at first he saw being a student preacher as good experience only, Kregg related that now "I want to help people , not just 'get experience.' " But to really help the congregations they serve . student preachers need to fit in. " It's hard, " commented Kregg , "when you're 60 miles away to get into people 's lives It's almost imRight REPRESENTING another aspect of the Bible field, Monte Cox, Patti Clark, and Lee Whitaker review some preparatory mission material. These three are part of a group 0/ ten planning to leave for Ireland this summer to do mission work. Above right A MEMBER 0/ the Ireland mission team, Lee Whitaker, d iscusses future p lans. Above le/t, KREGG HOOD ex· presses an opinion about the vital work needed done in Ireland during one of the group's weekly meetings. 202. Bible possible to really make them feel like you're one of them. " Part of the problem, for Kregg at least, was in the difference in life styles between Harding and Culpepper , Arkansas , where he preached . Of his experiences Kregg said, " I feel like I'm gaining more than they're gaining. " Continuing, he told how some of the things which Harding students often take for granted that everyone realizes are a lmost new concepts to some where he preached and other places as we ll. Trying to counsel the congregation he said he told them , "The only way things are going to work out is if they depend on the Lord ." For a ll student preachers, leaving a place for good upon graduation is a sad occasion. Yet, each student preacher leaves something at the place where they were for the next student to build on. Kregg said that the men who preached at Culpepper last year "left a part of themselves with the people which continues today. " He hoped that at the end of this year when he had graduated and left for Ireland that a part of himself would also remain , and with him would go a part of the people he served as an aid in his future work.
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