Greenville College Welcomes Missionaries for Global Impact Week

Teaching Students to Make a Difference Globally

GREENVILLE, ILL. - Global Impact Week at Greenville College takes place October 2-6, 2006. The week focuses on missionary living, both within the states and worldwide, through chapel speakers and additional campus wide programming.  Greenville College invites the public to join during this special time.  For more information, contact Chaplin Lori Gaffner at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or 618-664-7120.

Director of World Outreach and Missions Elizabeth Hehman organized this week to encourage awareness about the issues of the global church, and highlight opportunities to respond in love and compassion.  Different missionaries and mission agency representatives from various organizations and ministries nationwide will be joining the Greenville College community on campus during the week. 

"Global Impact Week is a special emphasis week for college community to focus on needs and problems around the world and ways we can get involved to make an impact around the world," Hehman said.  "We hope that it will inspire the students to consider how they can apply their discipline of study to these problems and think about using their future to make a difference globally."

Some of the participating organizations include African Inland Mission, Intl., Café 140, and Food for the Hungry.  The Chapel themes for the week are:

Monday - How our view of God shapes our role and responsibility in the global community.

Tuesday - Prayer and reflection guide available for processing Monday's message.

Wednesday - Why mercy matters; the impact of Christian compassion.

Thursday - Vespers- student led.

Friday - Living "missionally" in the here and now. (Greenville Student Outreach testimony & opportunities)

In addition to the special chapel schedule, special guests and events will allow students to explore opportunities for global impact, and network with various Christian sending organizations.  Some additional programs include Adopt a Missionary, where residence floors will host visiting mission representatives for the week, class presentations, and book discussions.  A number of workshops on topics ranging from Islam to single missionaries will also be held on Monday and Tuesday afternoon. 

Jodi Hogue, a senior Urban Cross Cultural Ministry major, believes this week will have a positive influence on the students who get involved.  "There's so much more to the world then what we know," Hogue stated.  "I think by having the different missions organizations here [students will] see how they can use their major, that you don't have to be a ministry major, they'll just be aware of the possibilities they have after graduation.  Even if you don't go into something like that then you'll know what's going on."

The chapel themes for the week correspond with the Fall Semester Chapel theme of "Building a Christian Worldview."  Chapel times on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday begin at 9:30 a.m. in the Whitlock Music Center, Vespers on Thursday begins at 9:30 p.m. in the Whitlock Music Center, and Tuesday prayer and meditation chapel begins at 1:30p.m. in the sanctuary of the Free Methodist Church.  Greenville College broadcasts Chapel every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday on WGRN 89.5 FM.

Greenville College is a four-year accredited Christian liberal arts school with more than 1300 traditional undergraduate, graduate, and adult degree completion students.  Founded in 1892 and affiliated with the Free Methodist Church, the college is located in Greenville, Illinois, 45 miles east of St. Louis.