LITTLE IS MUCH WHEN GOD IS IN IT
Winford Akins ‘62, Tommy Davis’63, Stan Wilkins’62, Conley Henderson ‘63
BY M I C H EL E B AR L E T TA MB A ‘ 2 3
"A Bag of Tools" by R.L. Sharpe Isn’t it strange That princes and kings, And clowns that caper In sawdust rings, And common people Like you and me Are builders for eternity? Each is given a bag of tools, A shapeless mass, A book of rules; And each must make— Ere life is flown— A stumbling block Or a steppingstone.
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SNU MAGAZINE | SUMMER 2022
WHAT DO YOU SPEND $5 A MONTH ON? This is all it takes to help a student fund their education at Southern Nazarene University. Thanks to a group of four alumni from the classes of 1962 and ’63, there is now a fund that everyone can afford to support. Tommy Davis, Conley Henderson, Stan Wilkins, and Winford Akins have founded the Little is Much fund, based on the idea that no amount is too small to make a difference. The thought first came about when Davis found out there are currently more than 33,000 BNC and SNU alumni across the world. It got him thinking, what if every one of them donated just five dollars a month, how much money could he raise?
The math is simple, but the concept is powerful. Five dollars a month equals $60 a year. Multiply that by 33,000 alumni and you get just under two million dollars. The founders of the group were excited to join, with full confidence in Davis’ idea. Akins explained that the figures did all the talking for themselves when it came to getting him onboard. Even when you feel like you can give just a little, your five dollars could be a part of something much greater. Numerous times the scriptures show us that Little is Much when God is in it as the old hymn says. Perhaps the miracle of the five loaves and two fish is the most well-known. “If a lot of people give a little, it truly is much,” Akins explained.
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