Spiritual Deepening Week Began With an Emphasize on “Becoming…” and Community
By Claudia Villeda
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The Trevecca community welcomed Rev. Richard Griffiths as speaker for the week.
With the chapel theme of the year being “Becoming…”. Griffiths will lean into the theme by sharing messages on “competence, character and community”, said Erik Gernand, university chaplain.
Griffiths is lead pastor of Bronx Bethany Church of the Nazarene in New York City. Born in Jamaica but raised in Queens and the Bronx, Griffiths became “a cultural hybrid” and an “intergenerational bridge-builder.” Griffiths has served as a young adult pastor and is the founding pastor of Vine Church in New Rochelle. Griffiths values “relevantly communicating God’s love and timeless perspective on purposeful living.”
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