Miracle Day
Disciples on Campus
Chapman University
Orange, CA
The Disciples on Campus (DOC) ministry is by no means only “on campus."
The students participate and facilitate many off-site service projects
throughout the year. Students drove 500 miles each way to Northern
California to participate in the Northern California-Nevada regional
event, Miracle Day. Miracle Day is a church restoration event in which
people gather from miles around to restore the building of a church and
work together with church members with a spirit of giving that helps
restore the real church, the community that worships in the building.
The DOC students rode in one vehicle for several hours until late
Friday night to stay with a local pastor’s family. Early Saturday
morning, the students awakened to drive forty-five minutes to the
church work-site.
The students were part of the team that went door-to-door in the
church’s community to let them know about the progress of the church
and to welcome them to see it for themselves. They also sanded,
painted, hammered, and cleaned with people of all ages from throughout
the state. After all that, the students ate dinner with some fellow
workers and worshiped at local churches the next morning before driving
the 500 miles back.
Bethany Firch
Second-round result
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Chapman: Progressive
Christian Dialogue
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35% |
Chapman: Miracle Day
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65% |
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Feeding at Peoples Park
Disciples on Campus
Chapman University
Orange, CA
A group of seven of us had driven to All People’s Christian Church in
South Central Los Angeles one Sunday morning in February. After worship
service, we participated in a Feeding at Peoples Park. Hundreds of
people were living on the streets, some lucky enough to own a tent that
was pitched on the sidewalk. The street was littered with garbage
piles. The smell of urine filled my nostrils as I pardoned myself
stepping over a gentleman lying on the street, who thanked me for the
service which I was to provide. “God Bless you”, another shouted from
across the street. I was here to help these people, if only for a day,
to give what I take for granted everyday, a warm meal. This was a whole
community whose community had forgotten them.
We walked into the shelter, hands loaded with plates, cups, pots of
hot, thick soup, sandwiches, chicken, hot dogs, fruit and vegetables.
This began, what would be one of the most fulfilling experiences of my
life. We showed people love by feeding their souls and spirits what
their bodies needed so badly, food. This was the amazing ministry of
the feeding at Peoples Park. “The King will reply, whatever you did for
one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did it for me.” Matthew
25:40 NIV
Alice Kolbe-Williams
| Second-round result |
Chapman: Feeding at
People's Park
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68% |
| Chapman: Breathing Life
Conference |
32% |
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