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Outreach, Service, Ministry Opportunities

Messiah College is dedicated to intentionally blending learning and Christian faith in unique and meaningful ways so that our students will be equipped to be agents of change in the world and to serve others.

As part of the Messiah community, you’ll find many places and programs where you can apply the values of your faith in practical, hands-on ways. The opportunities for spiritual growth and service are abundant at Messiah College — and the rewards for you and others are tremendous.

Service opportunities

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Each year, Messiah students collectively volunteer tens of thousands of hours to community service — locally, nationally, and globally. The Agapé Center for Service and Learning provides service and learning opportunities for you in and out of the classroom and offers service-learning resources to all our faculty.

Service learning programs include:

Human Rights Awareness Week
International service and missions programs
Local Community Service Outreach teams
Service trips
World Christian Fellowship
Service Day — a day where teams of students, faculty, and staff fan out into the local community to do service projects such as painting, construction work, preparation of meals, landscaping, packing food bags, cleaning, playing and working with children and adults in the community
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Engagement Day
Into the Streets — a day of local service for all first year students during Welcome Week

Spiritual growth experiences include:

Twice-weekly chapel and worship services
Mid-week Powerhouse, a student-led praise service
Discipleship groups
Ministry outreach teams
Community service
Mission trips
Issachar’s Loft, a discipleship program that provides leadership opportunities and weekly fellowship
Life Groups

A Sampling of Student Ministries at Messiah:

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Abba’s Place
Acclamation Dance Ministry
Allison Hill Tutoring
Amnesty International
Best Buddies
Bethesda Mission
Big Brothers, Big Sisters
Boys & Girls Club
Capital Area Therapeutic
- Riding Association (CATRA)
Catholic Worker House
Central PA Food Bank
Habitat for Humanity
I’m Worth Waiting For
Institute for Cultural Partnerships
International Justice Mission
Klowns for the Kingdom
Migrant Education
Morning Star Pregnancy Services
Mt. Pleasant Hispanic Center
Saint Barnabas Center for Ministry
Schaffner Youth Detention Center
Urban Young Life
Women’s Rights Awareness Group

http://www.messiah.edu/ministries/

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Klowns for the Kingdom is a student ministry that brings the Word of God to all ages through skits and comedic interaction. The Klowns are available for performance or even to just twist balloon animals at large events or small gatherings. They strive to break down the Biblical concepts presented through their skits so children can understand the truths and apply them to their lives.

“…Messiah nurtures its students in the values of community building, peacemaking, and reconciliation. It also promotes diversity. It equips students for service, especially to the poor and the dispossessed. And it leads students to think through — and to act on — thorny social issues such as wealth and poverty, global warming and race relations.”
Richard T. Hughes

Richard T. Hughes is distinguished professor and senior fellow in the Ernest L. Boyer Center at Messiah College. Excerpt from Patriot News (Harrisburg, Pa.) Sunday, May 6, 2007. Read the entire article here.

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