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UK Band: The Factory ministers to GWU
Erin Boyd
Pilot staff
The Factory is a revival team on a
search for normal Christianity—
Christianity that, according to them,
seeks Christ above all else. This group
of young adults from around the world
is traveling to universities across the
United States because they want to see
people transformed to be more like
Jesus. Their first stop was Gardner-
Webb.
From Tuesday, Feb. 20 through
Thursday, Feb. 22, The Factory praised
with, preached to and challenged
Gardner-Webb students to die to them
selves and live for Christ.
“The key-the foundational thing
that our lives have to come to—is that
we have to die, so he [Christ] can live
through us,” said TrE Sheppard, The
Factory's praise and worship leader, at
Wednesday night’s revival meeting.
The team preached that Jesus must
be sought above all in order for revival
to take place.
“Not even revival is the answer-
seeking Jesus is the answer. Usually
when people are seeking Jesus revival
happens,” said Sheppard.
The Factory is convinced that
Christian young people are on a search
for a deeper meaning in their lives than
what many have grown up learning in
church.
“We believe there’s something
sleeping inside thousands of young peo
ple waiting to be awakened,” said
Sheppard. “Young people around the
world aren’t looking for a new strate-
Tuesday night’s service. “God blew my
face off,” said senior Walter Miller.
“The Word was the strongest we’ve
heard this year at GaP.”
The Factory challenged students to
not only seek and live for Jesus, but also
to turn this world upside down for him.
“Finally somebody is speaiiing truth.
It’s about time we all stop just talking
about stuff and get real.”
Aleasha Winters, Sophomore
gy—they’ve been systematized and
strategized out. They’re looking for
Jesus.”
The Factory came to GWU in the
aftermath of Celebration Week. The stu
dent-led revival held in late-January
saw many make commitments to Christ.
Amy Armstrong, director of student
ministries, wanted The Factory revival
to serve as a follow-up to the student-
led one.
“I wanted students to experience
something new—a follow-up to
Celebration Week that will keep us
excited about going deeper with our
faith,” said Armstrong.
Excitement was evident after
“I’ve heard Christians called many
things,” said The Factory speaker Trent
Sheppard on Tuesday night.“But, let me
tell you what I have not heard people
saying about Christians: ‘These people
have turned the world upside down.’”
Gardner-Webb students are
responding to these challenges with
enthusiasm.
“Finally somebody is speaking
truth. It’s about time we all stop just
talking about stuff and get real. Reality
starts with me and you seeking Jesus,”
said sophomore Aleasha Winters, after
Wednesday night’s meeting.
The Factory is a group of young
adults associated with Youth With A
Mission (YWAM) and based out of
England. Team members are from all
over the world. They receive no pay for
leading university revivals except for
love offerings taken up at the meetings.
The team leaders are Mark and
Krista Harris. Krista Harris graduated
from Gardner-Webb in 1996. The
Harris’ chose to come to GWU because
they knew that God was at work on this
campus.
Tuesday night Krista reflected on
her time at Gardner-Webb. She remem
bers spending time praying for the cam
pus in the chapel. She challenged stu
dents, “Don’t miss the opportunities
God has given you here. Boiling
Springs will be shaken because of you
and the way you live your life.”
The Factory encouraged students to
not give up on God if they do not see
revival right away.
“You don’t have to seek God to see
if he wants to move here—He does. We
can’t produce revival, but we certainly
can prepare for it,” said TrE Sheppard.
The Factory preached that young
people do not have to go on living in
complacency. Looking to the Book of
Acts, they encouraged students to get
back to normal Christianity.
“I’m sick of lesser living,” said
Trent Sheppard. “I’m aching for normal
Christianity.”
New shops here in Boiling Springs: What’s coming
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Mike Shade
Pilot staff
Boiling Springs is growing. It may
not be a raging metropolis or even a rag
ing village, but it is expanding. Three
new businesses have already opened
their doors and several more have plans
to move in.
Cleveland Physical Therapy was
the first to open in the new strip mall on
East College Avenue that will soon be
called University Square. It is an exten
sion of their main Shelby location and
intended to better serve Cleveland
County.
The Ink Link, which stayed in town
for a few months, is gone and has been
replaced by Kathy’s Hair Place on
North Main Street. Ovmed by Kathy
Hendrick, the store specializes in nails
and hair and will offer tanning in the
future.
“I hope to get a lot of business from
Gardner-Webb students,” Hendrick
said.
Farther down College Avenue
towards Shelby is a second new strip
mall. It's first business is Maxwell Pool
Supplies and Tanning. They have a
large supply of tanning lotions that are
20 percent off for a limited time.
Several new restaurants are prepar
ing to open their doors in the coming
months.
Michelangelo’s Pizza will be locat
ed in University Square two doors down
from Cleveland Physical Therapy. This
will be Michelangelo’s fifth store loca
tion and their first in North Carolina.
Michelangelo’s will also offer a deliv
ery service. For students without cars
this comes as very exciting news.
“We really feel they will do well,”
said Paul Bridges, owner of the
University Square property.
According to Bridges, a Chinese
restaurant is under contract for the prop
erty between Michelangelo’s and
Cleveland Physical Therapy. The
restaurant will be the third location for
the family-owned business. A name has
yet to be decided, but it should be open
ing within the next two or three months.
“Boiling Springs is a great market,”
Bridges added. He has one more space
for lease in University Square and hopes
to fill it soon.
Mainstreet Media, across from cam-
pus on South Main Street, will shorten
the trip students currently make to get a
movie, as they plan to open March 1.
The family owned business has ren
ovated the property with new carpet,
shelves and ceilings. They have also
added a new automated check-out sys
tem. Mainstreet Media plans to offer
extended hours including weekends.
They have a competitive selection, from
the most recent new rele£ises to the old
classics. DVD’s are also in stock, along
with Playstation, Playstation 2,
Dreamc^t and Nintendo 64 games.
Whether you looking for pizza
delivery, movies, video games, a hair-do
or a good tan. Boiling Springs offers
more choices than ever before.
G.E.M. adds exciting option for students
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prepared for the working world,” said
Honts, “but will have an advantage in an
increasingly competitive job market.”
According to Judge Van Graham,
GEM professor of Business Law and
Ethics, the real-life experiences gained
through the new program will make gradu
ates more marketable.
“These days businesses have so many
applicants they have to scan through the
resumes," he explained. "Anything that
allows our graduates to stand out is a good
thing.”
Not only will the new program help
graduates achieve more in the business
environment but, according to Judge John
Gardner, GEM will be a “recruiting tool”
for GWU.
“Once word gets out that this type of
program is available at Gardner-Webb,”
Gardner said, “we anticipate it will attract
a lot of quality students to the program.”
For students meeting the criteria for
GEM and desiring more information, there
will be meeting in Blanton Auditorium on
Monday, March 12, at 4:00 p.m.
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due March 2