Story of Compassion
Kids enjoying the tire swing at After School Recess.
Changing Lives Through Hope & Compassion BY JOHN WHITSETT '82
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SNU MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2022
IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, people were freed from debts, servitude, and slavery during the Year of Jubilee. This image forms the vision behind Jubilee Partners—a community outreach founded by Kristen Donovan '07 dedicated to the support of at-risk youth by providing opportunities to enhance their education, build healthy relationships, and develop life skills. Raised in Enid, Oklahoma and active in the Nazarene church, Kristen sensed a call to ministry and came to SNU largely because of the Ministry Internship program. While serving at the First Indian Church of the Nazarene in Oklahoma City, her life trajectory changed. “I had no idea that ten miles from campus there existed such extreme poverty that stepping out of my car was like stepping off the plane in a third world country,” she said. This experience, coupled with the classroom content she was receiving, powerfully influenced her life.
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