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University Ministries Sponsors 2014 Immersion Trips

Student group sightseeing in Washington D.C.
Student group sightseeing in Washington D.C.

Approximately 80 Belmont students, faculty and staff traveled across the world last week as part of Immersion 2014, Belmont’s Spring Break mission trip program sponsored by University Ministries. Every Immersion trip gives participants a chance to be immersed in local culture and in the cares and concerns of local communities while also providing an intense exposure to what God is doing all over the world.

This year groups traveled to diverse locations all over the world, exploring immigration and border issues in Las Cruces, examining creation in Cumberland Island, Ga., engaging in servant leadership in D.C. and working in the inner cities of New York and Guatemala, among other excursions. To see blog entries from the immersion trips, click here.

“My experience with Belmont’s Immersion program was the best spring break choice I’ve ever made. I was able to gain a new perspective on poverty and homelessness, problems so many Americans face every day. I created meaningful relationships with other students and was able to experience a different side of Washington, D.C. than most tourists ever see,” senior Emily Cox said about her trip to D.C.

Belmont staff and students smile with Dr. John Perkins during their Immersion trip to Jackson, Miss.
Belmont staff and students smile with Dr. John Perkins during their Immersion trip to Jackson, Miss.

Each of these trips had its own theme and unique contexts, but shared prayer as a commonality. Each team used the same prayer guide daily to lead and inspire them through their missions.

University Ministries’ Director of Outreach Micah Weedman said, “Immersion trips are a powerful opportunity for our students, faculty and staff to immerse themselves in God’s love for God’s world—the people and the places—and to find themselves in God’s love by proclaiming it in service, learning and reflection.”

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