Lee University to Hold Annual Missions Week
The students, staff, and faculty of Lee University are preparing
for the 2012 Dee Lavender Missions Week to be held Oct. 22-26. This
year’s theme is “Lee for India,” and will focus attention on, and
send aid to, El Shaddai Home for Children in Igatpuri, Maharashtra
in India.
“Missions Week is an on-campus opportunity to focus on a
specific part of the world. We will pray for them, we will
learn more about their culture, and we will raise money for a
project within that country in order to further the Gospel of
Christ,” said Campus Ministry Secretary Deborah Page.
Since 1991, Missions Week has been carried out in honor of Lee
University student, Dee Lavender, who died on a summer mission trip
to Panama just before her 21st birthday. Missions Week projects
have been in place for nearly 20 years, and a week devoted to
missions has been part of Lee programming since the forties.
During the week, chapel services and guest lecturers will
provide students with information about India and other mission
opportunities. Lee will continue to sell Missions Week T-shirts,
and all profits and other donations will go directly to help the
Indian community. In addition, missionaries will have exhibits in
the Paul Conn Student Union so that they can share with students
more about the life of a missionary.
Funds raised from Missions Week T-shirts will go towards the
purchase of a pre-existing compound built to be an orphanage. Lee
will work with a team in India to allow for more than 100 boys and
girls to have proper accommodations to enhance their opportunity
for growth in body, mind, and spirit.
For more information about missions at Lee University visit https://www.leeuniversity.edu/missions-week/ or
to make a donation, contact Campus Ministries at (423) 614-8420.
“Lee for India” t-shirts are available for a $15 donation in
the Conn Center at Parker & 11th Street during
office hours.
PHOTO: Students and staff get ready for Missions Week
2012 (l to r) Brandon Humphries, Jordan Bates, Alex Ingram, Amanda
Gilkeson, Fijoy Johnson, Desiree Colon, Casey Beavers, and Campus
Pastor Jimmy Harper
