Sermons from Student Led Renewal 2017 centered on Hebrews 13:8
John Peardon, Staff Writer
Students worship during one of the services of Student Led Renewal. Photo courtesy of Hunter Merck.
Student Led Renewal has officially wrapped up at North Greenville University, and many people around campus are still talking about it.
Every year in the spring semester, North Greenville dedicates an entire week of chapel services for students to lead. Every sermon is delivered by a student, and the worship is also led by students.
Students who spoke this year were Josh Heatherly, Ethan Griggs, Cody Kopacz, Dalton Mitchell and Blake Faulkner. Each speaker had his own topic, and the topics ranged from justification, sanctification to glorification.
Mike Landrum, who teaches youth ministry on campus, works hard to make sure the students are not only great speakers, but that they prepare well before they preach. “Our goal is to have people chosen before we go home in December, so that they can start writing their sermon over the break,” said Landrum. “They have to present a written copy of the sermon to me before they preach,” he said.
Grant Richardson, a senior youth ministry major, served as one of six male interns who helped to come up with the theme for the sermons. “The vision came from Hebrews 13:8, and from that came different topics and the different theological topics we wanted to teach from,” said Richardson. “We wanted to bridge them together as one cohesive thought from Hebrews 13:8.”
Katie Galyean, a senior mass communication major, who worked alongside with Ruth McWhite to help coordinate the events, said she definitely encountered the presence of God during student led renewal in a powerful way. “It is good to take a step back and realize, ‘I am going to worship the God of the universe.’”
She also loves the feeling other students get when they see their peers preach. “I really think it is special, because it is the students who are involved,” said Galyean. “It can come across as more personal, because it is your peers.”
