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Wednesday, March 3,1999
The Pilot
GWU students to spend break on mission
Angela D. Sanders
Pilot staff
Over 50 Gardner-Webb
University students will spend
their spring breaks doing sever
al mission trips.
Fifteen people are expect
ed to participate in a trip to
Puerto Rico March 6-14. The
trip is being led by Charles
Shelton, who has devoted his
life to taking teams of people
on short-term mission trips.
“Several Gardner-Webb
students participate in some of
his trips which are not sanc
tioned by the university, as
well,” said Campus Minister
Tracy Jessup.
The team will be working
with a church in Puerto Rico.
“This group will do evangelis
tic type witnessing. They will
be meeting people in the mall
area and sharing Christ with
them,” stated Jessup.
Two teams will be partici
pating in a trip to Florida. Mike
Mustian, Assistant to the
President, will be leading one
team and Paul Leigh will be
leading the other. One team
will be going to a church in
Ocklawaha, Florida and the
second will be visiting a church
in Live Oak. The group will be
doing church-wide revivals.
“There will also be some
very specific ministry to the
youth. In many ways, it is
almost like a week long Focus
trip,” said Jessup.
There is also a trip to
Charlotte planned during this
time. Sixteen people are
expected to participate. David
Stone, campus ministry intern,
will be leading the Charlotte
team.
This trip is in cooperation
with the Baptist State
Convention of North Carolina
and is part of the campus min
istries.
“They are celebrating 75
years of Baptist campus min
istry in North Carolina. During
three weeks, beginning with
the last week of February, stu
dents from colleges and univer
sities all over North Carolina
will converge on Charlotte,”
said Jessup.
The central project will be
the construction of a Habitat
for Humanity house.
“However, for this project to be
effective, only twenty five peo
ple will be able to work with
the house, in order to avoid
overcrowding,” stated Jessup.
The rest of the team mem
bers will be working with
Jackson Park Ministries, an
inner-city ministry in
Charlotte. One of their biggest
ministries is to unwed mothers
who are trying to get back on
their feet.
“They have renovated an
apartment complex which still
needs some work. Our team
will help with the painting and
other areas to be done. This
will help them (mothers) feel
good about themselves as indi
viduals and as parents as well,”
said Jessup.
It is expected that between
200 and 300 college students
will participate in the ministry
throughout the Piedmont area.
“Other ministries will be taking
place in Union, Cabarras and
Mecklenberg Counties,” said
Jessup.
Jessup is pleased to have so
many students participating in
missions. “I think it says a lot
about our student body. There’s
not only the sacrifice of their
time, but an out-of-pocket sac
rifice as well,” stated Jessup.
Students to experience Russia on trip
Angela D. Sanders
Pilot staff
Red Square, the Kremlin,
monasteries... These are just a
few of the many places some
Gardner-Webb University stu
dents will get to visit over
spring break.
A trip to Russia, led by Dr.
Alexander Strokanov,
Professor of History, is sched
uled for March 6-14. Stokanov
has led groups on tours to
Russia in the past.
Maria Carswell, a Gardner-
Webb student, visited Russia
last year and is returning again
this year. She mentioned some
of the activities the group will
participate in while in Russia.
There will be a lot of sight
seeing, said Carswell. While in
Russia, the group will visit
Moscow, St. Petersburg and
Sergiev Posad. In Moscow, the
group will visit the Kremlin,
Red Square, Bolshoi Theater,
The World War II memorial
and the Armory Museum.
There will also be a train
ride from Moscow to St.
Petersburg. In St. Petersburg,
they will visit Mariinskii
Theater and the Catherine the
Great Palace. “ We will have
the opportunity to see a
Russian ballet and opera at the
theater,” said Carswell.
In Sergiev Posad, the group
will visit the St. Sergius
Radonezski Lavra Monastery.
“We will get to experience the
typical cuisine eaten in Russian
monasteries,” said Carswell.
The group will also go to a
Russian circus. “A circus in
Russia is quite different from
one here in America. There is
only one ring and everything is
brought into this ring. There are
also exhibitions outside,” said
Carswell.
An important aspect of
Russian culture is the church.
Churches are open 24 hours in
Russia. “There is a great deal of
respect for everything inside
the church,” stated Carswell.
Church services are recited in
the Old Slovanic language.
“I didn’t understand what
was being communicated to us.
I was later told that probably no
one knew, but you could defi-
nately feel what they are say
ing. You know it’s not some
thing made up,” said Carswell.
In Russian churches, no
one is allowed to sit during ser
vices, except for the elderly.
This is done out of respect for
God. There are no musical
instruments allowed during ser
vice, as well. Everything is
sung accapella. This is a way of
staying as close to nature as
possible.
Carswell said she felt com
fortable traveling even though
she doesn’t speak the Russian
language.
“I didn’t hear any English
the whole time I was there, but
I could basically look at pic
tures and tell where certain
things were,” said Carswell.
She did note that her tour guide
was a big help. “Had I been
alone, I believe it would have
been much more difficult,” stat
ed Carswell.
Carswell spoke on why she
loves Russia so. “I chose to go
to Russia for its beauty and his
tory, alone. As soon as we land
ed in Russia, I could just feel
the history. I saw so many won
derful things while there,” said
Carswell.
Students can receive one to
three hours of credit for the
trip. “Depending on how many
hours you need, you must do
said
that amount of work,’'
Carswell.
Carswell is thrilled to have
the opportunity to visit Russia
again. “Russia is a beautiful
country. I would definately rec
ommend that other students go
if they are given the opportuni
ty,” said Carswell.
Career Workshop
A two day career workshop for
students undecided about their nnajor
will be held
March 22 - 23,
3:30 - 5:00
in the DCC Board Room
Deadline to sign up is March 18
For more information,
call Career Services at 4562
or come by DCC 204
Tnterim Position Available
An Interim Minister of Music is needed
for Second Baptist Church in Shelby.
If interested, please contact
Dr. Alice Cullinan • ext 4459
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Gardncr-Webb University
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Box 7313
Phone: 3803
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