1985 View Book

Over 80% ofthe student body willingly invests time a,ul ener~ in Christian ministries. The influence ofthese ministries touches lives in places as dose as a local children's home a,ul as distant as mainland China (pictured). "You grow by serving. Working with the high school students at the Ohio Veterans Children's Home gave me that opportunity. Teaching made me learn and internalize many spiritual truths. Witnessing stretched me and sharpened myfaith. Coordinating the high school program taught me a great deal about leadership. I also developed special friendships with the students who served with me. When you pray together each week and share the spiritual burden ofa ministry, you get close to people. My Christian ministries involvement really helped me develop personally. It was an important part ofmy college education." Tom Blackburn, a 1984 prelaw graduate, attends the Temple University School of Law in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.