Us in their Talents Students Serve in Leadership Roles Behind the Scenes bocty at Harding promoted the Each year at hristmas. the Prison Fellowship allow ed Cl1ri stian atmospl1e re on campus. Every day s tudent prisoners to apply to have gifts sen t to the ir children at leaders led in c l1apel devotionals. conduc ted s. A. meetings home. Harding s tudents were g iven the opportunit y to and led devotionals. Many of the strongest leaders . fulfill the Christmas wishes of many o f thes children . They J1owever. were no t openly seen. These s tudents started were also able to he lp deliver g ifts ..., think tl1 b igges t thing projects. worked on committees. o rgani zed d \ 'Otionals for !the children] is that they don't tru t people: thi s gave and campaigns. o r just provided them someone to trus t ." sh encouragement to those around tl1em. t Cart er Ocivis used his talent s to serve o t11er s tudents in ways tha t w ere not obvious to tli e casual observer. A long w ith Kell y Montgomery. he organ ized the Thursday night devotionals. "The purpose of tile devo. in my m ind. is to provide a 45-minute break in the mids t of our busy PflOIO />!J Jolll<'S Alk11 "J enjoy getting to know different kinds of people around campus by being inuolued in many organizations." Wendy Northcutt said. They fill out the g ift fo rm and wonde r if it will rea ll y happen . and it does!" t Marquis Jackson made a difference to man y who kn w him. but particularly to the freshm n on his wing, wher h served as an R.A . ··1 try to have a genuine interest in people and care abou t them more than I care about Ji ves . we tr y to m a ke tl1 e myself. " he said. H f It that it ci tmospl1e re more re laxed than that o f Peak of the week... was very impo rtant that Chris ti an brothers and sisters 11e sa id . He rea li zed that his service as devo tional director share with and ace p t each o tl1er. and he continually forPiKappaEpsilon social c lubandassistan t dormmanager strove to g lo rify God through his actions . t These for Keller made people awar of l1is actions ..., try to be an s tuden ts leaders were representat ive o f many in the example to people and maybe point som one toward stud nt body who served. Whe ther the ir ac ti ons were Cl1ris1. I don-t tl1ink we reali ze wha t kind o f e ffec t we have seen by many or just a few , each did his or he r bes t to on people." he sa id . t Apri l Kenned y served the S ar y repres nt Christ by serving o thers . communit y and the campus tl1rough Project Angel Tree. t icole Brown C o Ill p u s L c u cl C' r s 205 S I ll (/ell I L if <'
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