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Agapé Center for Local & Global Engagement

The Agapé Center for Local & Global Engagement

At Messiah, we want to equip students to "learn by doing." The Agapé Center for Local & Global Engagement is the place students come on campus to seek experiences off campus. Our Center helps students to engage in diverse learning experiences through service and travel. Students can choose to stay local or go abroad. Whatever experience you say "yes" to at Messiah, we have no doubt it will be life-changing.

Contact our office if you want to learn how you can put your faith in action through service or step outside your comfort zone, applying your academics to new contexts through study away programs. We can't wait to see where you GO!

A group of messiah students outside. Service Learning Off-Campus Programs

2025-2026 Academic Year by the Numbers

Service Day - Over 1,000 students and staff participated in a service event either on-campus or off-campus.

Local Outreach - An average of 120 student volunteers served weekly at 11 different locations in the greater Harrisburg area.

Service Trips - 39 students participated in domestic/ international service trips.

Off-Campus Programs - Over 170 students studied off campus this year (semester abroad/away and cross-cultural trips).