Eagles Health Initiative is presenting a new five-week What Matters Bible study to focus on developing students to become servants to those around them, both locally and abroad.
“One of EHI’s main points is focusing on physical health, and a lot of our students want to go on mission trips, so our focus for this semester is on preparing ourselves for missions,” junior Jan Bian, vice-president of Eagles Health Initiative said. “We’re starting with preparing ourselves mentally to reach out to other people and then we’ll go on to reaching out to our communities, both local and abroad.”
Sophomore Caleb Barker leads the Bible study, and said he viewed this as an opportunity to advocate his passions.
“I saw this as a chance to tell people how I feel about missions and how important service and being a servant to those around you really is,” Barker said. “It’s important not only to the people you are serving, but to yourself, molding yourself to be a good Christian, who we are to be – the image of Jesus as he walked the earth.”
The first two Bible studies were a two-part study centered specifically on finding a godly purpose in life. This week’s Bible study will focus on acts of grace and love.
“This week we’ll be talking about people who are imperfect, which is everybody, and being able to look at them no differently than yourself – not judging them,” Barker said. “Everyone was created equal, we’re all equally broken, and sometimes we can help people in certain ways that they can’t help themselves.”
Along with preparing students to be servants locally, the Bible study aims to prepare students to serve abroad.
“I think there are a lot of mission opportunities on campus, both locally in the United States and then going to places like Rwanda or Guatemala, and it’s important for us to be able to prepare ourselves to help others,” Bian said.
Barker said one of his goals of the study is to get students involved with the world around them.
“I’m trying to inspire people to be active,” Barker said. “I want them to see the world as broken as it is and to go and do something about it.”
What Matters Bible study is Ethos-approved and is held every Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. in Scott Chapel until Dec. 3.
“We are very privileged to be in Edmond in Oklahoma, going to a Christian University,” Bian said. “Sometimes it’s good to take a step back and think about everything we’ve been given and how we can give back to God and to people who are less privileged than us.”
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