Andrews University Seminary Students Minister to Syrian Refugees. Seminary Student Forum (SSF) at Andrews University has coordinated an optional service day following the Week of Spiritual Emphasis, providing a practical application of what was presented in the days prior. A group of around 35 volunteers, including translators, traveled to Kalamazoo, Michigan, to minister to the Syrian refugees living there. “This is a foreign land to these families, and we must do all we can to make them feel welcomed and at home,” says Hafiz Ally, a seminary student at Andrews University and president of the SSF. “We want to build a bridge by which a friendship can form. We must be the hands and feet of Christ. . . As Christians we often focus on words to preach a sermon or works to teach a lesson,” says Ally. “While words have their place, we often neglect action. We forget how both are equally important.” SSF planned to give each individual a winter coat and provide canned food and grocery gift cards for each family. From Andrews University, “The Hands and Feet of Christ: Students take action to help local refugees.”
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://spectrummagazine.org/article/2017/02/13/andrews-university-seminary-students-minister-syrian-refugees-news-shorts