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Students travel to Kansas for weekend campaign

April 1, 2015 by Betsy Smith

A group of 22 students participating in a weekend campaign, a volunteer-based, student-led community outreach, returned last weekend from a campaign with Shiloh Ranch Ministries. Shiloh Ranch Ministries, located in Solomon, Kansas, looks to empower youth and brighten their future by creating hope, goals and by providing a positive perspective on ... [Read More…]

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Men’s basketball to expand ACU mission in Costa Rica

March 27, 2015 by Rachel Fritz

This summer, the men's basketball team will travel to Costa Rica to play international teams, but more importantly, do mission work. Though specific details are not in place yet, the team is set to take off Aug. 9 and will return Aug. 14, about a week before classes start. The idea has been on the back burner for a while. Now, the opportunity ... [Read More…]

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Students deliver intentional care on Guatemala mission trip

March 24, 2015 by Rachel Fritz

This year, a wide array of students went to Suchitepequez, Guatemala, to provide medical care and provide quality healthcare to its citizens. Every month, students and health professionals travel to West Guatemala with Health Talents International to carry out mobile medical and dental clinics. ACU has partnered with organization and regularly ... [Read More…]

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Highland missions campaign focuses on Abilene

March 18, 2015 by Betsy Smith

The Highland Church of Christ student and university ministries teamed up over spring break to minister to the neighborhoods around the church during Restoration Week. Highland members, as well as a few local organizations around Abilene, volunteered to manage five- to 10-block radiuses focusing on doing what they could for the communities ... [Read More…]

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Students complete mission work in Honduras

March 18, 2015 by Johanna Fleming

Thirteen students traveled to Honduras over spring break to work with Mission Lazarus, an organization dedicated to improving quality of life for Hondurans. The students built eight latrines in the small, mountain-top village of Las Pitas and got a taste of what life is like for rural Hondurans. Erick Koster, a junior marketing major from San ... [Read More…]

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Missionary team visits campus to gather student interest

March 3, 2015 by Mercedez Hernandez

An East Texas organization that provides support for Christian missionaries will come to campus Wednesday to give interested students a glimpse inside its summer internship program. Missionary TECH Team is an organization based in Longview that works to provide national and international missionaries with materials for success. Services MTT ... [Read More…]

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Local ministry prepares container of relief for Ukrainian refugees

February 19, 2015 by Emily Studer

Jeremiah's Hope, a local nonprofit organization, will ship two containers full of donated relief aid items to Ukraine to help refugees. Aside from its regular ministry of serving orphans and children at risk in difficult family situations, the organization has provided housing, meals, clothing and care to the refugees of Ukraine. "The refugee ... [Read More…]

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CEO fundraising for Honduras service trip

February 19, 2015 by Josh Levinson

The Well Church in downtown Abilene will conduct a student-run concert Feb. 27 to benefit the Collegiate Entrepreneur's Organization (CEO) spring break service trip to Honduras with the Mission Lazarus foundation. ACU's own Ethan Alexander, XXX, and University of Texas at Austin student Colin Russell Leonard will provide live music ... [Read More…]

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Campaigns end year’s outreach programs

April 22, 2014 by Micah Hermsdorf

Spots are still available for any students interested in going on the free, final Weekend Campaign in Laredo from Friday to Sunday. Jaymee Myller, a senior nursing major from Arvada, Colo., is one of the leaders of the campaign. She is responsible for the location of the campaign at the Latin American Lutheran Mission. "My grandparents have ... [Read More…]

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Connected by Christ: Nursing students use God’s love to bridge language barrier in Guatemala

April 8, 2014 by Linsey Thut

It's Sunday morning, the day after their arrival in Montellano, Guatemala. Meghann McLeskey, Allie Greco and Christina Ponomarenko pack into an old church in the middle of the isolated village. The red walls of the building are discolored and peeling because of the immense humidity and the community's lack of money to fix the church. The people ... [Read More…]

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