Students get active in missions

The Center for Ministry Training (CMT) held an expo in front of the Jerry Falwell Library Wednesday, Aug. 27, to help inform students about what CMT has to offer.

The event showcased the many different ministry opportunities available to students. Members of different ministries filled tables outside the library and helped find which ministry opportunity was the right fit. Other CMT members gave out free popcorn and cotton candy to students.

One ministry highlighted at the expo, Renew, is an all-girls ministry team. Renew consists of eight girls with a variety of different interests and talents who join together to minister to middle and high school age girls.

“Our vision for Renew is to share the truths of God’s word in order to encourage, challenge, and inspire our fellow sisters in Christ to pursue their relationship with him,” Carley Marcouillier, leader of Renew, said. “This vision is carried out through worship, group Bible study sessions, small group discussion time and topical workshops which help implement the truths of scripture into daily living.”

CMT’s largest ministry, Campus Serve, was also showcased at the event. Members of the outreach group meet every Saturday morning at 10 a.m. in DeMoss Hall 1114 before venturing out to serve the community. Students involved are part of teams that serve children and adults at inner-city sites, nursing homes and a juvenile detention center. One team also ministers to homeless people in the city.

“Within the Center for Ministry Training, we have a bunch of ministry opportunity for students to get involved in while they’re going to school to get trained and get exposed to different ministry opportunities out there for them,” Vince Valeriano, CMT campus mobilization coordinator, said.

The CMT also offers short term mission trips for students, as well as internships and practicum opportunities. CMT is designed to cater to all Liberty students, which is why students have a variety of ministry opportunities from which to choose.

“For me, I think that CMT is just one of the best ways for students to get that practical hands-on application and ministry focus while they’re at the university,” Valeriano said. “You can go through school and get a good education, but the CMT is going to really be that practical hands-on application where they are going to get trained to be disciple makers while they’re being doctors, while they’re being journalists, while they’re being teachers, or business people, anything.”

Valeriano pointed out that all Christians are to be involved in some form of missions and that believers should become disciple makers.

CMT is located in dorm 17, next to the Prayer Chapel and Hancock Welcome Center. For more information, visit liberty.edu/cmt.

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