Social clubs allo"· d tudents to bond on a deeper b ·cl in 2016, as students in Yarious clubs were able to encourage each other spiritua!Jy. One large club noticed a hift in their club members as they \\Orked to trengthen their faith. Sub T-16 created Yarious ways for members to encourage each other to grow throughout the year. The club held annual spiritual rf'treats, which allowed members to connect and focus on building their faith. The retreat \1-cre held at Camp Tahkodah in early spring 2016, and allowed the members to spend the weekend together bonding in their faith. Alumni orche trated the event and older member. u ·ed the time as an opportunity to mentor the newer member . The focus of the retreat was based on becoming men of God. For senior president ~Iitchell Freer, the retreat \ l"aS a great way for a!J the members to come together and bond on a deeper lc\'el. "There is a certain b-cl or bonding and [connecting] that you aren't going to get just by playing softball togethc1~" Freer said. "It helped us as a club [to] come together and really bond on a deeper level." \ \'hile all the members were able to connect at the retreat. they also made other efforts to encourage each other throughout the emester. They allO\-ved meeting time to be a time of devotion, which allowed club members to come together to reflect on God and discuss rclc\'ant i sues. Members also frequently posted prayer request on the club's Facebook page where other members would see it and pray for them. Sub T-16 sponsor Steve Lake, assistant \1.CC president of adrnncement, focused on Proverbs 27 when rcficcting on what the members worked to do for one another. "':\s iron sharpens iron, so one person ~harpcns another.' and really that's what we hope is happening here," Lake said.''\ \'e're hoping alJ of these older guys arc making these younger guys better by teaching them how to be men of God, and as they grow older they'll do the same." The club was able to sec e\'idence of this as younger members worked to get more spiritually inrnh-cd. Freer said one younger member stood out to him and he felt this member would be a great spiritual leader in the future. Sub T-16 was unique in that members were either elected or appointed positions within the club and Freer helped to appoint this member,. ophomorcJake \ Volfe, after seeing how spiritually mature he was. \\'olfe worked Lo facilitate club deYotionals and to encourage his fellow members Lhrough ·mall group meetings. He said he really noticed spi,itual growth in his friends and fellow members throughout the course of the year and that excitcd him. "Christianity is mcanl to hold each other's burden., help each other, [and] carry each other to the finish line," Wolfe said. ·'I tell the guys in the group [to] just come to me." Freer said the club's spiritual life growth contributed to making Sub T-16 a crucial part of his college experience. "£\·er ince joining Sub T, I ha\·e been continually blessed by the men that surround me," Freer said. "There has been a new focus on being authentic men of God, and always challenging your brother to be the best person he can be. My Harding experience wouldn't have been the same without my brothers in Sub T-16." Chancellor Emeritus Dr. Clifton l.. Gan10 throw;, !he Sub T-16 lhumh while r/Jorling hi:i club jerse_J' on campus on .\ ·01•. 29. Canu;, wa.1 a member of Sub T-1 C Ji-om 1939- 19./3. I Photo ~J' Julia Reinbold! Senior Jlitc/zell Freer 1•elcnme; member:i, old and new. lo the Sub T-16 alumni breakfast during Homecoming weekend 011 alurda_v. Oct. 29, in Cone Chapel. Freer was the president of Sub T- 16 fall 2016 througlz spring 20 I 7. I Photo ~Y Aa::u Fujisawa !J). > \OCI.\I. CUB\
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