{"id":3892,"date":"2017-04-24T10:06:42","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T14:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gcc.edu\/insider\/?p=3892"},"modified":"2022-11-16T17:03:54","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T22:03:54","slug":"missions-week-brought-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gcc.edu\/insider\/2017\/04\/24\/missions-week-brought-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Missions Week Brought Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Up until about eight years ago, Grove City College along with the InterVarsity Missions Fellowship chapter on campus hosted a large missions conference once a year. It was so large of an event that the IM Room was filled with missionaries ready to talk to students, much like the Career Fair. As InterVarsity got smaller as a group, so did this missions conference. Eight years ago, it had stopped altogether.<\/p>\n<p>Until now.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Keehlwetter, Benjamin Marasco, Graham Allen, and Andrew I. started up this conference again, calling it Missions Week.<\/p>\n<p>Graham Allen, a current junior majoring in Mechanical Engineering, says, &#8220;At a Christian in college, it&#8217;s important that we take the time to step aside and say, &#8216;Where do I fit in that specifically? Where is the Lord calling me to serve in missions as an engineer or an accountant?'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Allen continues, &#8220;We need to look at missions and realize that missionaries aren&#8217;t just people in far away places that we give money to. So this gives us the opportunity to ask the question, &#8216;How can I use my major for the kingdom&#8217;s greater purpose?'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Missions Week 2o17 consisted of three days focused on the question: Why Missions?<\/p>\n<p>A number of speakers came to campus during these days including&nbsp;John Iseminger, former director for Wycliffe Southern Africa and&nbsp;Dr. Hunter Farrell, director of World Mission Initiative.<\/p>\n<p>One special speaker for Missions Week, however, is Grove City College&#8217;s very own Professor Timothy Mech.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A lot of students know him as an entrepreneurship professor,&#8221; says Allen. &#8220;But, he is also someone who has such a heart for the Lord and such an incredible vision&#8230; This is his farewell address, and he has a lot of wisdom to share.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mech is retiring from Grove City College this year in order to assume full leadership of <a href=\"http:\/\/harvestbridge.org\/\">Harvest Bridge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;See how large God is. He is doing things in every facet of life, and if students say that they left the conference with a bigger view of God, we reached our goal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, Missions Week 2018 will be returning to campus next year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gcc.edu\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/03\/Facebook-Event-Photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3893 size-large alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gcc.edu\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/03\/Facebook-Event-Photo-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Facebook Event Photo\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gcc.edu\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/03\/Facebook-Event-Photo-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.gcc.edu\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/03\/Facebook-Event-Photo-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gcc.edu\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/03\/Facebook-Event-Photo-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.gcc.edu\/insider\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/03\/Facebook-Event-Photo.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Up until about eight years ago, Grove City College along with the InterVarsity Missions Fellowship chapter on campus hosted a large missions conference once a year. 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