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Second Semester Kicks Off with a Bash G By Alicia Reeve

race College students celebrated their first week back on campus post-Christmas break with the Welcome Back Bash. Taking place in the Gordon Recreation Center on Jan. 12, many Grace Student Organizations set up booths and gave out goodies to those who attended. Free pizza was provided, and Roots Magazine released their Fall 2018 edition. Students were able to sign up for upcoming events, meet new students and catch up with familiar faces Student Senate and Serve partnered together to host a table that gave out complimentary candy and magnets as they informed their peers about the many opportunities to get involved that they will be providing

during the spring semester. Senate promoted their family game night, which is planned for Feb. 2 from 7pm to 9pm. Groups of students interested in this event can sign up for a fun evening of games and food at the home of a faculty member. If you missed the signups at the Bash, you can still your group up by emailing senate@grace.edu.

The Council for Diversity and Inclusion (CDI) also had a table at the Bash where they promoted their React Week events. These events included a luncheon, Q Union, Art & Justice, and The Other America. For information about these events and others, be sure to keep up with the Lowdown and the Lancer Life Instagram page.

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Grains of Grace: Grace College Firsts By Alaister McFarren

Grace’s first president was Alva J. McClain, after whom McClain Hall is named.

(From left to right) Alivia Lengacher, Megan Manuel, and Laura Rothhaar, members of Roots Magazine, celebrate their finished Fall 2018 catalogue by sharing them with their fellow students

The Sounding Board Celebrates 65 Years of Publication By Lorena Oplinger

his 2018-19 school year, the Sounding Board is celebrating its 65-year anniversary at Grace College. To celebrate, we’ve decided to look back at the paper’s origins and how it has evolved since its first edition, which was published on May 28, 1954. According to Dr. Paulette Sauders, Grace College professor of English and Journalism and current faculty adviser to the editorial staff of the Sounding Board, “It was made possible thanks to the initiative of a small group of school leaders who wanted to share information about the most important events that were happening on campus.” Simply put, it was created by and for students. For the past 65 years, the newspaper has reported changes in tuition, library and chapel schedules, faculty changes, enrollment information, campus activities, sports events, class elections and more. Dr. Terence White, Grace College professor of

Journalism, was the editor-inchief of The Sounding Board for the 1962-63 academic year. White remembers the long hours that he and his students spent printing the newspaper during those days. He also recalled that some of the students on his staff ended up getting married. “If you wanted to find your spouse,” he said, “you just needed to write for the school’s newspaper.”

possibly be, hoping that the Sounding Board will continue the legacy of quality reporting begun in 1954 for current and future generations of Grace students. All editions of

The Sounding Board can be accessed on Morgan Library’s website.

At the time of Grace’s founding under McClain in 1937, the school was only a seminary; the first undergraduate programs were not implemented until 1948.

Since its early days, the newspaper has undergone a complete transformation. Originally, students and staff members published early editions of the paper using an old-fashioned mimeograph that could not reproduce photos. Articles were longer than they are today, and the newspaper was only two pages long, double-sided and stapled on the corners. Thanks to changes in technology, today’s newspaper includes color, photos and can be printed at a much faster rate. Over the years, many writers and editors have put in countless of hours to make the Sounding Board the best student-led paper it can

Alva J. McClain served as the first president of Grace College & Seminary from 1937-1962. McClain also taught theology at the seminary

Grace’s first satellite school was founded in 2011 in Indianapolis. The site functioned as a commuter school at which students could attain their associate and bachelor degrees.

The first issue of the Sounding Board was published in 1954. This school year, the paper is celebrating 65 years of publication.

5 Dr. Paulette Sauders– veteran professor within Grace's Literary Arts department and editor and adviser for the Sounding Board staff– poses with the first issue of the Sounding Board's 65th volume, which was printed this past August.

Grace College men’s basketball team won their first NAIA Division II championship in 1992. Subsequent championships are, hopefully, forthcoming.

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Redzone:

Hall Basketball Tipoff

St. Francis vs. Grace By Ashley Gerhart

By Ashley Gerhart

ednesday night Jan. 9, 2019 Grace College Lady Lancers took on the Ladies of St. Francis. Unfortunately, the Lady Lancers fell short by two points. Despite the loss, Brooke Sugg had an 18 –point scoring game. Sugg was the highest scorer in the game. The fans were ravenous over the close game of two points. The redzone didn’t have very many Grace students, but the pep band showed full support by wearing redzone shirts and playing throughout the game. There were about 50 students in this band. They were cheering for the team as well as our cheerleaders. The cheerleaders are the biggest fans of our basketball team. They are at every game and cheer on the Lancers.

to the GREC when scheduled to, and hey scrimmage the other halls just to get to know their team and have a little fun”, says, Jess VandenBoom. The behind the scenes work comes from the GIP team. GIP runs all hall sports and intramural events. VandenBoom says, “this helps the GIP team to know how

he world of basketball is heated right now. The NBA is about a quarter way through their season and the Grace College hall basketball is just getting underway. Thursday Jan. 10,2019, from 9 p.m. to 12 a.m., is hall basketball tipoff. “Hall basketball is when halls come

many people from each hall are interested in playing and how we will divide teams for the season, which starts Mon. Jan. 14, 2019.” If anyone is interested there will also be just a women’s team and a men’s team which will also kickoff at the same time. These teams are for

anyone who doesn’t have a team and wants to play. “Basketball is huge in Indiana, and a lot of people are passionate about playing. Hall basketball gives people a chance to enjoy the sport no matter their skill level and build community with their hall in a fun and unique way,” says VandenBoom.

GIP Hosts Intense 3-on-3 Tournament By Andrea Castillo

The Lady Lancers will take on the Lady Knights of Marion on Sat. Jan. 12, 2019 at 1 p.m. Go show your support or watch it live on www. gclancers.com.

rew Beck, sophomore, Bekah Priskorn, freshmen and Braden Tadeo, sophomore, became champions on Saturday, Jan. 12, when they dominated the Grace Intramural Program’s (GIP) 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament at the Gordon Recreational Center. Beck, Priskorn, and Tadeo battled among 10 other teams, where every team included two guys and one girl. Without referees, it was up to the each player to call fouls, keep score and call timeouts. Three-pointers were worth two points and one-pointers were worth one point, each team played each game as if it were the championship.

So basically I viewed myself as LeBron and I knew I needed to assemble a super team if we were gonna win this thing...

The GIP team enjoys throwing together events where students can socialize and be competitive at the same time. Lancers take competition

very seriously, and Beck is no exception.

“So basically I viewed myself as LeBron and I knew I needed to assemble a super team if we were gonna win this thing,” Beck explained. “So first I called up Braden Tadeo, or in this case, the Flash himself: Dwayne Wade. After we had that dynamic duo established, I knew I needed to get our insidepresence-slash-secret-weapon so I called upon Bekah Priskorn aka Chris Bosh. Put out these three together and you got an unbeatable team.” In the end, Beck’s dream team prevailed. “It was a lot of fun to play in the tourney and it was even better being able to take home the chip!” he said.

Origins: Mischelle Murillo By Alicia Reeve

uring her three and a half years at Grace working on her undergrad, Murillo worked on campus as an RA in Alpha and the Lofts as well as a Growth Group Leader in Indy. When she graduated this past December with her bachelor’s in Facility and Event Management. She was not exactly sure what she wanted to do with her degree, but she cherished her time being involved in student affairs. Before she even took her last final, however, Murillo was offered a positios Grace’s newest admissions counselor. She was hired in November and officially started her new job January 3rd, 2019. “I was so blessed to immediately have this opportunity so soon after the semester ended. It was a huge weight lifted off my shoulders,” Murillo said. “I had a two week break between getting done with classes

and beginning this new job, which was nice, but I was eager to start.” During her first week of being an admissions counselor, Mischelle and a few of the other counselors traveled to Kalahari to

My life changed at Grace, so if I can be a part of a lifechanging experience for someone else, that’s awesome.”

connect with middle and high school students and tell them about Grace College. As an Admissions Counselor, Murillo's primary responsibilities

are to communicate with students who are visiting/ applying to Grace or have already declared their intent to attend the school. She is there to answer any questions they may have and help make sure Grace is a good fit for them. One thing Murillo was told during her hiring process was that admissions are a way to change lives. Murillo loved viewing this job through this lens, stating, “My life changed at Grace, so if I can be a part of a life-changing experience for someone else, that’s awesome.” Currently Mischelle is still in the shadowing, training and learning process of her new job. “They say the first year is all learning,” said Murillo. She already loves the work she’s doing. When asked her favorite part thus far she responded, “I really enjoy my fellow admissions counselors. They’ve done a great job training me and getting to know me.” Although she has not

met with any prospective students yet, Murillo looks forward to sitting down with them and having the

opportunity to let them know all about this place she loves.

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MLK Day Festivities Unfazed by Cold Snap By Ethan Horst

hile many Grace students were enjoying a day off, community members, faculty, and a few hardy students braved the single-degree temperatures to attend a variety of events honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The Committee to Commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Inc., and Warsaw Community Schools partnered with Grace College to host the 31st Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Luncheon in the Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center at 11:00 p.m. Community members, staff, faculty, and students gathered to hear songs from the Warsaw Community High School Choir, as well as a message from Chris Singleton. Singleton is a professional baseball player, signed to the Chicago Cubs organization, who became an inspirational speaker after his mother, Sharonda Coleman Singleton, was among the nine victims of a racially motivated shooting at the Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Singleton shared experiences from both that time and the years following, focusing on a single message that he credits God with giving him less that 24 hours after his mother was killed: “Love is stronger than hate.” Singleton added that it is “up to each and every one of us, not the people up top, to unite our cities” and that unity is only possible “when we teach our peers and youth to love based on character, not skin color.” Immediately following the luncheon, students had the opportunity to practice love at the Kindness Initiative, an event sponsored by Serve, a student-led ministry focused on providing students with an opportunity to use their talents in service to others. Students packed 200 goody bags with toys, candy, and cereal for the Baker Youth Club. “React Week is in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr, and he was a supporter of love and kindness towards all people. Providing this event gives our students a chance to honor Dr. King by showing kindness to people all around them here in Winona Lake and Warsaw,” said Madi Brill, SERVE coordinator for the Kindness Initiative. The final event was Q Union, sponsored by the Council for Diversity and Inclusion (CDI) in partnership with Q, an organization creating spaces for Christians to face the hard questions of today’s

culture. Q Union had five speakers, three recorded simulcasts from the national Q Union in October, and two students from Grace College. The simulcast presenters included Bob Goff, author of “Love Does” and “Everybody Always,” as well as author and speaker Jo Saxton and CEO and founder of Charity: water, Scott Harrison, while the students were seniors Dyneshia Smith, student chaplain, and Brittani Boyd, editor of the Inkspot magazine.

The theme for Q Union was “the power of We,” and each speaker spoke on the necessity of unity to drive change. Smith shared some of her own story, coming to Grace after being raised in a non-Christian home and the challenges of feeling like she needed to “catch up” with her peers in her knowledge of the Bible and Christian tradition. She challenged students to remember that other people may not have come from the same background, as well as not losing sight of the fact that many events seem like obligations, e.g. chapel and classes, should be regarded as privileges, as many people cannot participate in them. Boyd spoke about “the adverse asset,” technology, specifically, cell phones and social media. She clarified that she was fully a millennial, having created a MySpace account at the age of 10 and obtaining her first cell phone by 11. She pointed out that while social media and cell phones were created to connect people, they often drive isolation and anxiety. She challenged students to stop using social media as a

Madi Brill, Serve coordinator, displays three of the 200 goody bags packed by student volunteers. Each bag will go to a child attending Baker Youth Club’s after school events.

shield against awkwardness, to embrace uncomfortable social situations, and use that to facilitate uncomfortable but necessary conversations about tough topics like race, gender and politics.

Chris Singleton, professional baseball player for the Chicago Cubs and inspirational speaker, delivers the keynote speech at the 31st annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Luncheon. Singleton called for unity and understanding, asserting that “love is stronger than hate.”

Brittani Boyd, senior, spoke about technology and its impact on social authenticity. Boyd called for honesty and vulnerability in communication, quote Proverbs 17:17a, “A friend loves at all times,” regardless of awkwardness or difficulty of the topic.

Dyneshia Smith, senior, speaks at Q Union. Smith shared some her own story during the event, which featured several simulcast speakers paired with student talks.

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Eye On Missions: Urbana Edition What is Urbana? U

rbana is a catalytic event bringing together a diverse mix of college and graduate students, faculty, recent graduates, pastors, church and ministry leaders, missions organizations and schools. God uses Urbana to reveal his glory and call generations to surrender to Christ’s lordship. Urbana is a sacred space where students find calling and joining the Lord’s global mission whether across campus, zip codes, or the world. During this five-day conference, participants engage in a kaleidoscope of experiences including 16,000-person worship sessions, Bible exposition, messages and seminars, manuscript Bible studies, testimonies from the global church, and prayer ministry.

Urbana 18 Connecting Young People with Ministries Utilizing Their Gifts Staff Report

Dec. 29, 2018 e’re going on day two of Urbana 18, a tri-annual student missions conference in St. Louis, Missouri. Mission Network News has a team on the ground, along with several of our ministry partners like

...people with technical skills often don’t feel that God has gifted them in more wordoriented [skills]... ..But this is an avenue where God can use people with those technical giftings...

Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF). Crissie Rask with MAF says, “We love Urbana! It’s just such a biblically-focused, globallyfocused missions endeavor. We love engaging with the young people that will be there. I think it will be about 11,000 students this year whose hearts God has already touched for what He is doing.” From December 27-31, students at Urbana get a chance to explore God’s calling for their lives and how they can get involved in the Great Commission. Attendees can participate in large group worship sessions, access over 200 dynamic Christian speakers, engage with Bible exposition and studies, be involved with prayer ministry and hear testimonies from the global Church. This year’s theme, Rask explains, is Faithful Witness. “What does God want you to

Members gather around to pray over an MAF monoprop. Photo Credit: David Foster

do to be a faithful witness for Him?” asked Rask. “The book study, which is always so rich, is in Revelation.” MAF specifically uses aviation in partnership with other organizations to reach people in the hardest-to-reach parts of the world. Their ministry flies anything from food to aid supplies to doctors, teachers, pastors, and medical evacuation patients. Most

importantly, everything they do is in the name of Jesus. “I think we have a unique niche in the world of missions in that we are quite specific in utilizing people with technical skills,” said Rask. “That defines who would join MAF, but also it’s a little bit different in the sense [that] people with technical skills often don’t feel that God has gifted

SHE Is… An Initiative to Empower Female Students “S By Lorena Oplinger

HE Is…” is a new Grace College initiative designed with the mission to empower female students and help them discover the purpose that God has placed in their hearts. It

This program offers female students the opportunity to talk openly about topics that represent stigmas for all Women.

celebrates different aspects of a woman’s life. “This program offers female students the opportunity to talk openly about topics that represent stigmas for all Women,” said Meredith Cowman, who transferred into Grace this year. Cowman added, “They are going to learn to develop a new set of skills in different settings.”

“SHE is…” has been created to equip women, so all female students are invited to participate. The main discussion topics will be mental and emotional health, beauty and fitness, and the role of the women at home and workplace. Kearstin Criswell, director of student involvement, Kailey Owes, and Meredith Cowman are the leaders and coordinators of this program. They have already prepared the agenda for this academic year. “We are very excited,” Cowman stated. “We cannot wait to share this opportunity with the students.”

Both students and organizers planned to meet at the GREC last Saturday, Jan. 19. .The theme of their first meeting was to be “SHE Is Able!” The main goal for the students was learning how to accomplish things that seem difficult to do. Some of the challenges were learning how use the fitness equipment appropriately and change a flat tire. Unfortunately that event was cancelled due to the snow. CDI will host an event once

Meredith Cowman, junior, is one of the organizers and leaders of the new program, “SHE is…” for Grace women.

a month on campus and each event will touch a different topic. Next meeting is scheduled on Feb. 9 at 9 a.m. in the morning at Russel Center. The main theme is “SHE Is Sexual!” Dr. Deb Musser, director of student

health and counselling, will be speaking about women’s psychology and female anatomy. For more information, please contact Meredith Cowman at cowmanmp@grace.edu

We cannot wait to share this opportunity with the students

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As Urbana 18 Ends, EveryCampus Begins

I believe this generation is looking for something they can do with passion, and their hearts are for the Lord,

them in more word-oriented [skills] – although we do believe [sharing] the Word is a distinct part of disciplemaking. But this is an avenue where God can use people with those technical giftings and place them…where they would have entree into the lives of international people that might not otherwise have a connection to the Gospel.” As older generations pass on their legacy of faith and have paved the way for missions today, this generation of young men and women

Staff Report

MAF members load cargo onto a waiting helicopter Photo Credit: Mission Aviation Fellowship

is taking up the banner to continue to spread the Gospel.

see young people absolutely willing to take that.”

“I believe this generation is looking for something they can do with passion, and their hearts are for the Lord,” says Rask. “We are praying, and we know other organizations particularly are praying and churches are praying that God would touch young people. We know it’s hard to make that decision and we go to some hard places, but we

Rask adds, “Following Urbana is a missions conference [called] CROSS For The Nations and MAF will be there as well. It’s just another venue to allow young people to see and have a glimpse of the glory of God in the nations and what He is doing. It’s an honor for us to share that message and bring glory to Him.”

Showcasing the Gospel Message Through Art By Alex Anhalt, MNN Correspondant

ver the last few days, we’ve been talking about mission fields of the future, starting with the worlds of technology and business. Today, we connected with Shin Maeng, a freelance illustrator who has worked with InterVarsity on several projects, including a few for Urbana ‘18.

so accessible in the modern age. “Everyone sees art, everyone looks at art,” he says. “Even in this new Instagram age, people are photographers, even if they wouldn’t say they are, because now there are

filters and all these things that are accessible to people, so everyone’s constantly looking at art.” From photography and graphic design to drama and music, art is everywhere; yet, Cont., Pg 6

Maeng thinks the world of art can help people access the Gospel, especially since art is

Everyone sees art, everyone looks at art. Even in this new Instagram age, people are photographers, even if they wouldn’t say they are, because now there are... all these things that are accessible to people, so everyone’s constantly looking at art.

Intervarsity's EveryCampus initiative involved marking the college campus students chose to pray for with a small electric candle. Candles were clumped together everywhere from Florida to Canada, New York to California, and everywhere in between.

irport shuttles are busy as Urbana 18 participants leave St. Louis, Missouri. Urbana 18 brought together hundreds of college kids for five days of seminars, worship, and Bible study. As students head home today, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship is equipping them for spiritual battle. The “EveryCampus” initiative is starting now, explains InterVarsity’s Jon Hietbrink. “The initial goal [of EveryCampus] is to mobilize a prayer walk on all 5,000 campuses of the country between now and January 1, 2020,” he states. As explained here, approximately 77% of U.S. college campuses lack a community of Christ-sharing believers. EveryCampus is designed to change that. It’s a collaborative prayer effort between several campus ministries, prayer networks, and church networks. “Certainly, people have prayed on these campuses before, but never in a concerted, unified way,” Hietbrink says. Through EveryCampus, collaborators are trying to accomplish something they couldn’t do through individual effort: namely, trying to mobilize witness on every single campus in the country. Prior to launching at Urbana

" Shin Maeng's piece "What's Worth Dying For" was comissioned by Intervarsity, the missions organization responsible for organizing Urbana, and which heavily included the arts into Urbana's structure. Photo Credit: Mission Network News

Certainly, people have prayed on these campuses before, but never in a concerted, unified way.

18, collaborators developed and tested a prototype of the EveryCampus website. Now that the site is live, “students can go on and download a customized prayer guide for every single campus in the country,” Hietbrink says. “They can sign up and receive – either by text or by email – this customized prayer guide that, after they leave Urbana, they can [use to] go and prayer walk on the campus.” EveryCampus collaborators are trying to mobilize prayer for campuses and on campuses, adds Hietbrink. Along with Urbana, the movement is premiering at a lot of Cru’s winter conferences, and then some additional conferences and other places as well. “From here, our hope is that students and faculty, volunteers, church members, parents – anyone, really – will join in and start prayer walking campuses all over the country.” You don’t have to be a college student to pray on campus. The “magic number” is down from 5,000 campuses to about 4,500. The dream is that that number would be zero by the time the year is out in 2019, said Hietbrink. “We’re no more than a degree or two removed from every campus in the country right now,” Hietbrink continued, “and I just think this is something Jesus is in… [I] have a lot of hope that that’s actually going to happen.” Pray for organizers and leaders as they meet in the coming weeks. Plans are underway to highlight EveryCampus on February 28, 2019, the Collegiate Day of Prayer.

6 The Sounding Board Maeng thinks Christians have not used art as well as they could be in recent decades. That’s unfortunate, since Maeng says artists are uniquely equipped to explore the complexity of the Gospel message. “Artists always have to look at the brokenness of the world or the beauty of the world,” he says. “I think because everyone inherently looks for the beauty and also experiences pain and brokenness in the world, the Gospel’s perfect for bridging that gap.” God redeemed the world through beauty and through brokenness, and art gives us a chance to relay that emotion. Art can be relatable, beautiful and intriguing. It can be visual, musical, and physical. It provides opportunities for conversation that can lead to exploring the Gospel message. Maeng created large pieces of art for the Urbana ‘18 conference to grab people and disarm them, hoping to start conversation about beauty and brokenness. He started by working with the evangelism department on an arts ministry project, but the art quickly evolved into something larger. Now, it’s all about equipping Christians to pursue their own creativity. “We don’t hope that there are only a couple of specialists,” Maeng says. “We want lots of people running around being bringers of the Gospel and the good news.” Good art means good conversation, and students and young people are starting to use that. Maeng thinks art gives people a chance for vulnerability, honesty, and community, but art needs artists. He wants the Church to encourage young people to pursue creativity. “Pray that there would be other artists that would rise up and create art that is evangelistic, that would rise up and see the beauty of God and tell the story to the new generation of why God is beautiful and why God cares for them.” Not sure you’re cut out for art? Maeng says Jesus could be knocking on the very door you’re sure is closed. “Look at what passions are burning in your heart that you’re saying “no” to and let Jesus into that,” said Maeng. “Let Jesus walk with you in that. It might not be jumping into the deep end, but it might be a few steps here and there moving you forward into a new stage of life.”

I think because everyone inherently looks for the beauty and also experiences pain and brokenness in the world, the Gospel’s perfect for bridging that gap.

Above: Another one of Shin's artworks which were feattured at Urbana 18. These artworks are utilized to engage the world and to engage people with the Gospel message in a new way. Workshops were held during the course of Urbana, training eager and interested students in how to use cards to introduce people to new ideas through the power of the visual arts Photo Credit: Mission Network news Left: Shin hails from New Jersey and New Haven, CT. He currently lives in Cambridge, Mass and is married to his lovely wife Sarah. Shin has been an full time artist for the past 5 years, after an eight-year hiatus. He started seeing faces and profiles in empty spaces 25 years ago. He draws his inspiration from graffiti, comic books, the pictures he sees as he prays for his community and the city. Shin has graduated from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary with a Masters degree in Urban Leadership.

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Responding to Urbana 18 By Alex Anhalt, MNN Correspondant

hat happens when you put thinkers from the forefront of missions, organizations equipped with the tools to do missions all over the world and thousands of college students hungry for opportunities to share the Gospel all under one roof? Urbana 18 happens. I was able to attend the conference a week ago both as a reporter and as a college student. Now that we’ve shared some of the stories and voices we’ve heard, I wanted to offer my own perspective. The conference had a little bit of everything. From meticulously organized corporate Bible studies to spontaneous, heartfelt worship, examples of believers coming together perpetuated every corner of the conference halls. Everywhere I looked, the Church was meeting together in prayer, dialogue, and praise. Men and women of faith were

using their drive to work for Christ and their varied expertise to collaborate on projects that can benefit the whole Church.

But why do we need an event like Urbana at all? If you ask thinkers like John Inazu, author of “Confident Pluralism: Surviving and Thriving Through Deep Difference,” it’s because the body of believers is exactly that; a body, not an assortment of standalone pieces.

the unique opportunity for some of the brightest minds in missions to sit side by side. Among others, I spoke to CEOs, NASA engineers, technology entrepreneurs, and even Hollywood script writers, all of whom provided enlightening reminders of what it means to follow Christ in every field imaginable.

This conference brought people together. Sharp minds collaborated on technology that could Urbana 18 was about change the face of partnership and missions. Christians from community. InterVarsity creative access countries and the myriad of other were met with emphatic participating organizations applause, not oppressive provided practical orders to stop, when they networking opportunities, explained their work. passionate and empathetic Young believers signed conversation, and on with organizations motivational reminders that could change their to pursue the Great own lives and countless Commission. Every others. Brothers and sisters individual I interviewed in Christ cried into one believed wholeheartedly another’s arms as they that Urbana could kickstart shared the movement of a generation of worldthe Gospel in their lives. shaking servants. The conference walked Urbana also provides through Revelation and the

Above: Urbana attendees craft a quiet moment in the buzzing conference hall to come to God with their thoughts Below: A display from the Urbana 18 Conference floor brightly encourages students to pursue wholesome Urban ministry Photo Credit: Mission Network News

seven letters sent to seven churches. Each reminder of what the Church could become was met with open hearts and considerate minds. The prophecies of Revelation might not have a timeline, but for now, Urbana 18 indicates that the Church’s future could be one of partnership and community. Urbana exists to encourage young believers glean what they could from a wide field of resources and understanding. Urbana 18 helped kickstart

missions movements in this generation. In this reporter’s mind, the community and devotion to God conferences like this one inspire can shake the world. Pray about what part you could play in the movement of missions during 2019. Ask God how you can support workers and thinkers on the forefront of missions. Most of all, thank Him for a rising generation taking their place as workers seeking the harvest.

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