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| Jackson, Tenn. – Over 2,000 ethnic and linguistic
groups of people have little or no access to the gospel of Jesus Christ. During Global
Opportunities Week, 51ÉçÇø students were challenged with this fact and asked to
"think globally, and act locally." Go Week is an annual event created to highlight missions – past, present and future – focusing specifically on students’ roles in the United States and abroad. This year’s week of events started off with a chapel service Monday, Sept. 20, led by Minister to University Todd Brady and included recognition of Union’s many international students through testimonies and special music. The service also featured a special presentation from the Tennessee Women’s Missionary Union. Because of the international students represented on Union’s campus, Union President David S. Dockery, on behalf of Union, accepted the Peace Pole presented by the WMU as a symbol of bringing mankind to piece, not conflict. The Peace Pole Project was started in Japan in 1955 by a non-denominational church. Over 100,000 poles have been planted around the world. On the pole is written the statement "May peace prevail on Earth" and appears in four different languages - English, French, Japanese, and Brail. Union’s pole will be planted during a special dedication ceremony to be scheduled at a later date. A special statewide volunteer commissioning service was held Tuesday night in the G.M. Savage Memorial Chapel, honoring those who have volunteered in short-term international and national mission projects. Other activities that occurred during the week included two days of viewing special displays from students and their summer missions experiences, as well as meeting with Missions Representatives, and testimonies from Union students about their experiences with missions. Mission trips being offered this year range from national to international, including Honduras, Morocco, Israel and Naples and closer to home in Arlington, Texas, Phoenix, Ariz., Hilton Head, S.C., and Chicago, Ill. |
