The Ohio Christian University Summer Camp Teams have now wrapped up their ministry for 2016. A group of 49 OCU students ministered at 27 camps this summer in seven different states—Ohio, Kentucky, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Georgia, and Indiana.
The students were hand-selected through an application and interview process and received over 50 hours of training in preparation.
Student Camp Leader, Mekayla Deffenbaugh, shared her experience with camp teams saying, "OCU Camp Teams have given me the opportunity to expand my comfort zone, meet amazing people, test my patience, impact kids with God's love, and use my gifts and abilities in a way that can further the Kingdom.”
OCU traveling music ministry team, Ablaze, also served this summer. These students were trained and well prepared to not only lead in worship, but to be camp counselors and lead activities as well.
Brett Wilson, Camp Missionary for Mt. Hope Bible Camp, shared that, “The OCU Camp Teams are consistently focused on developing relationships with campers and teaching them the Gospel. These students are compassionate, caring, and display a level of maturity that is needed in the camp setting."
Please pray for our students as they return to classes next week in the Residential Undergraduate Program.
Archived Articles of Interest
OCU Student Taking Action Against Trafficking
Published: September 2, 2015
Passion without action is useless, particularly when trying to fight back
locally against human trafficking in the sex trade.
That was the message Circleville native and recent Ohio Christian University
graduate Natasha Hudnell conveyed Tuesday to U.S. Sen. Rob Portman and a
roundtable of college leaders, area economic development officials and
representatives of local governments conducted by Portman on the OCU campus.
Hudnell, 22, working with the blessing of OCU President Mark Smith, has been
leading the charge to energize the student body to help put a stop to
trafficking in
Passion without action is useless, particularly when trying to fight back
locally against human trafficking in the sex trade.
That was the message Circleville native and recent Ohio Christian University
graduate Natasha Hudnell conveyed Tuesday to U.S. Sen. Rob Portman and a
roundtable of college leaders, area economic development officials and
representatives of local governments
Passion without action is useless, particularly when trying to fight back
locally against human trafficking in the sex trade.
That was the message Circleville native and recent Ohio Christian
Kids on Campus
Published: July 1, 2015
Ohio Christian University’s commitment to education isn’t exclusively
highereducation; this commitment includes every stage of a person’s
learning experience.That’s why OCU is a dedicated to “Kids on Campus”
– a summer enrichmentprogram for first through fourth graders that allows
them to experience academiclife on a college campus, while improving their
math, science, art, and technologyskills.The program is a partnership with
Pickaway HELPS (Higher Education for LearnersPartnership) and Ohio Christian
University with generous support from PPGindustries.Campus rarely lacks
youthful
Ohio Christian University’s commitment to education isn’t exclusively
highereducation; this commitment includes every stage of a person’s
learning experience.That’s why OCU is a dedicated to “Kids on Campus”
– a summer enrichmentprogram for first through fourth graders that allows
them to experience academiclife on a college campus, while improving their
math, science, art, and
Ohio Christian University’s commitment to education isn’t exclusively
highereducation; this commitment includes every stage of a person’s
learning experience.That’s why OCU is a dedicated to “Kids
Not Done Yet: Continuing the Lord’s work in Papua New Guinea
Published: June 29, 2015
A Google search of “Papua New Guinea” brings up countless images of
indigenous people in in traditional dress; articles about cannibalism,
sorcery, and sexism; and an undeniable sense of other, foreign, and
different. Mountainous, fertile, forested, landscapes dotted with villages
highlight how vastly different this island nation is from its more industrial
counterparts. According to Dr. David Lattimer, PNG is “the kind of place
that if you ever visit, you won’t ever forget.”It would be easy to
abandon such an isolated nation to its own devices, allow it to continue down
a path of
A Google search of “Papua New Guinea” brings up countless images of
indigenous people in in traditional dress; articles about cannibalism,
sorcery, and sexism; and an undeniable sense of other, foreign, and
different. Mountainous, fertile, forested, landscapes dotted with villages
highlight how vastly different this island nation is from its more industrial
counterparts. According to Dr.
A Google search of “Papua New Guinea” brings up countless images of
indigenous people in in traditional dress; articles about cannibalism,
sorcery, and sexism; and an undeniable sense of other,
Battle Over Books Hosted at Maxwell Center
Published: June 8, 2015
There is rarely a lack of youthful exuberance on OCU’s
campus, especially once warmer temperatures arrive, but this spring the mood
heightened even more as OCU hosted Battle Over Books for the first time in
the event’s six-year history. Battle Over Books is a fierce, yet friendly,
set of competitions among local middle and high school student teams:
complete with buzzers and lighting rounds Nearly 60 high school
students participated in the April 10th competition, representing
Circleville, Logan, Logan Elm, Teays Valley and Westfall schools. The May
11th middle
There is rarely a lack of youthful exuberance on OCU’s
campus, especially once warmer temperatures arrive, but this spring the mood
heightened even more as OCU hosted Battle Over Books for the first time in
the event’s six-year history. Battle Over Books is a fierce, yet friendly,
set of competitions among local middle and high school student teams:
complete with buzzers and
There is rarely a lack of youthful exuberance on OCU’s
campus, especially once warmer temperatures arrive, but this spring the mood
heightened even more as OCU hosted Battle Over Books
OCU Professor Leads Student Research Teams in Ghana, West Africa
Published: June 26, 2014
Teams of students led by Prof. Matt Decker, Assistant Professor of Psychology
and Counseling, are gaining valuable experience in the field. Last year nine
OCU students joined Prof. Decker on a research trip to Ghana, West Africa.
Their goal was to research rates of mental health symptoms among West
Africans and to assess the level of Psychological Flexibility among
Ghanaians. In May 2014, Decker and 12 OCU undergraduates returned to Ghana to
continue the research and practice the skills they’ve learned in the
classroom.
Prof. Decker uses the research trips to teach students interview
Teams of students led by Prof. Matt Decker, Assistant Professor of Psychology
and Counseling, are gaining valuable experience in the field. Last year nine
OCU students joined Prof. Decker on a research trip to Ghana, West Africa.
Their goal was to research rates of mental health symptoms among West
Africans and to assess the level of Psychological Flexibility among
Ghanaians. In May 2014,
Teams of students led by Prof. Matt Decker, Assistant Professor of Psychology
and Counseling, are gaining valuable experience in the field. Last year nine
OCU students joined Prof. Decker on a