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Summer of Service
The Summer of Service (SOS) program at Northwestern College challenges, prepares and encourages students to be effective Christian servants in the world. It also exists to assist and support missionaries and the communities they work in. Each year, 20 to 25 students serve cross-culturally for at least six weeks in the U.S. or overseas. Past participants have traveled to countries like Croatia, India, Jamaica, Malawi, Russia, South Africa and Thailand to serve with mission agencies like The Luke Society, Pioneers International and TEAM (The Evangelical Alliance Mission). They have worked in hospitals, orphanages and refugee camps; taught Vacation Bible School and English as a second language; and served in sports and hospitality ministries.
Summer of Service team members return from their summer experiences more aware of the world’s problems and promises and more equipped to wrestle with biblical applications to what they experienced. Often these students remain involved in service and mission, either full- or part-time after graduating from college.
In keeping with Standards of Excellence in Short-Term Mission, NWC mission trips are characterized by:
- God-centeredness
- Empowering relationships
- Mutual design
- Comprehensive administration
- Qualified leadership
- Appropriate training
- Thorough follow-up
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