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Trevecca students join poverty simulation to better understand low-income challenges

26Nov

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Trevecca students join poverty simulation to better understand low-income challenges

Alana Mclaughlin Senior Reporter Trevecca students participated in a Poverty Simulation on Monday, Nov. 17, in the Boone Convocation Center to raise awareness about what it’s like to live in a typical low-income family. Around 88 participants assumed the roles of 26 different families facing poverty. The task of the “families” was to provide for basic necessities and shelter during the course of four 15-minute “weeks.” Jamie Casler, director of the Center for Social Justice, served as coordinator for this event. “Part of my responsibility and role as director is to provide experiences for students to experience poverty, so they can empathize with the people that we’re serving in our community,” said Casler. This event, based on the MACA (Missouri Association for ...

Spiritual deepening week ends with challenge to ‘dwell’ and love others

19Sep

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Spiritual deepening week ends with challenge to ‘dwell’ and love others

Photo from Monday night chapel with Michaele LaVigne (left) and Erik Gerneand (right) in their Mr. Roger's sweaters and slippers / Won Seo - Trevecca Marketing By Lauren Steinbrook News and Engagement Editor Trevecca’s annual Spiritual Deepening Week has come to a close, leaving students with a call from guest speaker Michaele LaVigne to become good neighbors who reflect the love of Jesus. Spiritual Deepening Week is a campus tradition each semester designed to create space for the Trevecca community to pause from their routines, gather for worship and prayer, and seek a deeper relationship with God. Michaele LaVigne preaching during Tuesday Morning chapel/ Won Seo -Trevecca Marketing This semester’s theme, “Dwell,” invited students to consider what it means to remain ro...

Trevecca students gather in prayer, urging unity on campus

19Sep

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Trevecca students gather in prayer, urging unity on campus

By Keturah Tobias, Jasmin Enriquez Martinez Senior News Reporter, Features Editor Students praying at the student-led see you at the pole event on campus / TrevEchoes More than 50 students gathered on Tuesday at Benson Auditorium to pray, after students worked to organize a prayer event on social media following the shooting of Charlie Kirk last week. Kyle Plant, a junior music business major, said he wanted to host the event to demonstrate that Christians can put aside political differences and gather safely on a college campus. He originally planned the event to be at the flagpole outside the library, but they moved to Benson Auditorium because of rain. “First off, my main message to them was that I wanted them to take away from it is that we as Chris...

20Feb

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Spiritual Deepening Week on campus

Photo by Alayna Simons, Editor-in-Chief By Antonia Lopez Staff Writer Trevecca welcomed Olivia Metcalf as the guest speaker for Spiritual Deepening Week. “It’s always fun to be on one of our college campuses. There’s a lot of life and energy,” said Metcalf. “I know that entering into [chapel] is such an honor and privilege because the Holy Spirit does really powerful things when we’re engaged and gathered.” Spiritual Deepening Week occurs every third week of each semester. It is an opportunity for students to slow down and remember that going to college is more than attending class and doing extracurriculars, said Erik Gernand, university chaplain. The theme for the six sessions throughout the week was based on the word “peripateō,” the Greek word for “to walk’’. It came...

6Feb

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Black History Month events planned

By Michelle Loria Alvarado Contributor Trevecca will kick off Black History Month with several events until April with the theme “Many cultures, one community.” The goal is to be intentional about celebrating experiences outside of the dominant culture at Trevecca which can lead to a more healing community, said Terrence Schoefield, ASC provost for mission excellence and reconciliation. “People hurt in isolation and a lot of times when you get in a community and have those social conversations..you understand about the experience [of other cultures],” he said. Black History Month is celebrated in February to appreciate African American culture and commemorate those in history who fought for the equality of races. Trevecca’s Diversity Council and Walen...

Chapel Theme Addresses ‘Epidemic of Loneliness’

13Oct

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Chapel Theme Addresses ‘Epidemic of Loneliness’

Photo courtesy Trevecca Marketing By Mia Agee Assistant News Editor Prior to attending Trevecca, Naomi Akinbade, senior biology major and student body chaplain, had been deeply wounded by her friendships and other close relationships. Though she considers herself an extrovert and an avid people person, these “love wounds” caused her to maintain shallow relationships and isolate herself from others. Once she confessed her struggles to her friends and began practicing vulnerability–a challenge she said God placed on her heart–she discovered that many of her friends were facing some of the same things. This calling, paired with conversations with Erik Gernand, university chaplain, birthed the idea for this year’s chapel theme–“a binding together in love.” The university’s cha...

Chapel Redesign Moves Services Across Campus, Online for Spring 2021 Semester

27Jan

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Campus News, Coronavirus, Spiritual Life

Chapel Redesign Moves Services Across Campus, Online for Spring 2021 Semester

Trevecca chapel is back to meeting in-person this semester and requirements and fines will be enforced again. After a semester of no required attendance and all virtual chapels, a return to previous chapel plans and requirements is underway. Students will be required to wear masks and socially distance and the number of required chapels is 14 this semester, instead of the usual 24. Online viewing was down last semester when attendance wasn’t a requirement, so a shift back to mandatory chapel credits is necessary to get students to engage with the content on a regular basis, University Chaplain Erik Gernand said. With more than 24 options for attendance this semester, Worship & Witness chapels will be held Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m. in Boone Convocation, Benson Auditoriu...

2Nov

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Rachel Held Evans speaks at Trevecca

By Christy Ulmet Thursday morning, Trevecca brought in a special guest named Rachel Held Evans to lead the weekly chapel service. She told a story about a yearlong experiment she tried, which led her to the conclusion that, “It’s not about what you do, it’s about how you do it.” Evans, New York Times bestselling author of “A Year of Biblical Womanhood” and blogger, spoke Thursday morning in chapel, and she will be back tonight as a part of the Common Ground series. Evans has written three books about her experience growing up in the church and wrestling with some of the hot button topics, such as changes in the modern church, biblical womanhood and learning to admit that we don’t know everything, and that it’s okay to ask questions. (more…)

5Nov

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Spiritual Deepening Week at Trevecca

by Bailey Basham Next week, February 2-6, students and faculty will gather for Trevecca’s bi-annual Spiritual Deeping Week. Deirdre Bower-Latz, president of Nazarene Theological College in Manchester, England, will be delivering a series of messages inspired by Psalm 42:7 and will be wrestling with what the scripture means in regards to her own faith and spiritual journey. (more…)

6Nov

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Trevecca students raise money for reentry into Croatia

By Amy Taylor A group of five Trevecca students and alumni need to raise about $100,000 if their dream of establishing a Nazarene ministry in Croatia is going to come true. The Trevecca students, who will serve as Mission Corps volunteers through the Church of the Nazarene, are planning to leave for Croatia in August as the Nazarene Church’s first missionaries there in five years. “It’s a really good opportunity and a huge step for the Nazarene Church letting college students go in,” Emily Humble, a member of the team, said. (more…)