ONE uses film to teach about the conditions of children During theWorld Mission Workshop, ONEshowed the independent film "Invisible Children" in the Heri– tage Auditorium Oct. 14. The film showed children in Sudan and Northern Uganda who were kidnapped nightly from their homes and forced to become soldiers under the Lord's Resistance Army. "1l1e auditorium was packed," sophomore Travis Trull, ONE vice president, said. "We were surprised at the turnout and felt people went away with a benet understanding of the need for missions." In addition to the film, the Bible organization set up an informational booth in the McInteer Rotunda during the WIvfW Oct. l3-15. The goal was to draw attention to an area of the aIpha~ llilo malaehi Freshman Coleman Yoakum and senior Derek Wilson sing during an OutReach America devotional and cookout Aug. 24. OutReach America, a domestic missions group, sent church-planting teams to places such as Seattle, Orlando and New Jersey. -Russell K"k world that was in need. "Primarily, we hoped to encourage people to pray for these suffering children," Trull said. Being missionary children themselves, Trull and junior Josh Granberg, ONE president, said they were motivated to start a fire in the hearts of the students at Harding. "After spending the summer in Uganda, I really wanted to find a way to let people know what was going on in Uganda and what needed to be done," Trull said. ONE also sponsored a bonfire the Saturday after the WMW called "A Week Later," where students who had commirted their lives ro missions could fellowship and pray For each other. ONE hoped to continue uniting students in the future. Members said they felt strongly about the mission of God to minister to the lost and wanted to make didoskalos the biggest impact they could through the future at Harding. ONE began with a small group of students who wanted to serve God and further His work "ONE is a small group of people," Trull said. "We have a dream to unite Harding with a central focus, the mission of God." As the organization's first major project, the group helped sponsored the UMOJA project in 2004, a c.1.m– paign to raise money for a hospital in Nimule, Sudan, and the Chepkong'ony school in Kenya. The group's focus hung on the dream of uni ting Harding students and making a difference in the lives of the lost. The members of the club wanted to make their dreams of unity happen as soon as they could, and not wait until after they graduated. "We want togo now," Granberg said. "We\vanttoget out into the community and simply talk to people." -Andrew Dorsey Row 1: R. Kellis, A. Zarate, D. Bielefeld, C. Akins, J. Freeman, A. Brown. Row 2: J. Sawyer, C. Meeks, A. Wilson, J. Hawk, W. Kuryluk, C. Kirk. Row 3: D. Reese, C. Borchers, F. Wallace, K. Neller, G. Parks, O. Aifuwa, B. Khanna . Row 1: K. Balduf, R. White, A. Toye, A. Wells, K. Brown. Row 2: C. Whittaker, M. Jones, M. Ca llaway, S. Cox, E. Parkinson. Row 3: J. Bowling, C. Simpson, S. Webb, K. Laffoon, M. Laffoon, A. Wilson. • " l:: organizalions
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