Calvin to Host Missions Fair in February

January 10, 2007 == MEDIA ADVISORY

In February, the Calvin College chapter of Intervarsity Mission Fellowship
will host an array of missions organizations at the annual Missions Fair.

The idea behind the fair, which will be held from 9 am to 4 pm on February
6-7, is to showcase the many forms mission work takes today, and the many
opportunities these missions present for students.

"It's easy to think of missionaries as full-time," says senior Melody Joachim,
co-leader of the Intervarsity leadership team at Calvin, "but there are so many
opportunities for people our age to go even for a summer or a couple of years.
This fair is a good way for them to learn about it and a good way to know about
which organization might fit them."

For the fair, some 15 organizations will be represented in booths throughout
the Hekman Library lobby, including Africa Inland Mission, Mennonite Mission
Network, Mennonite Central Committee, Wycliffe, English Language
Institute/China (ELIC) and more.

One returning feature of the missions fair will be the popular "Missionary
Hotseat," which this year will be held from 8:30 to 9:30 pm on Tuesday,
February 6 in the choir room of the chapel undercroft at Calvin. The hotseat
is a panel of missionaries who answer students' questions about mission work.
The questions traditionally focus in on the practical aspects of being a
missionary says Joachim.

The Missions Fair is more than a vocational showcase says Calvin freshman
Rebekah Bell, a secondary education student from Zimbabwe who also serves on
the Intervarsity leadership team.

"We want to make people aware that there are a lot of things going on that we
don't realize or seek out to realize, that there are a lot of things God is
doing outside America and outside Calvin College," she says. "It's important to
realize that we are part of a global church, which we sometimes forget, and
that we are connected to people in Africa and Asia and elsewhere."

For the full story see
http://www.calvin.edu/news/releases/2006-07/missions-fair.htm

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Received on Wed Jan 10 10:28:54 2007