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		<title>Learning Above and Beyond the Classroom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Service-Learning is a type of curriculum that intentionally integrates academic learning with community service in a credit bearing academic course.  Students apply their knowledge learned in the classroom into serving the greater community. This spring&#8217;s courses are offered in disciplines ranging from the arts to marketing to biology.
&#8220;We all just ended up with the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.messiah.edu/pspservice/2010/02/25/learning-above-and-beyond-the-classroom/</link>
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		<title>Reaching Out to the Community</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Agape Center Outreach Teams send hundreds of students out into a variety of local community service experiences in Harrisburg and the surrounding area.  The Outreach Teams aim to express “faith through action by partnering with local community organizations to assist in fulfilling their needs and to facilitate student learning and growth.”  Students [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.messiah.edu/pspservice/2010/02/18/reaching-out-to-the-community/</link>
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		<title>Serving Without Borders</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every spring break and summer, Messiah seeks to involve students in International Service and Missions. Teams of 8 to 15 students engage in cross-cultural and ministry experiences as far as Ireland, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Bolivia, and others for 1 to 2 weeks. The Agape Center for Service &#38; Learning partners with organizations such as Food [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.messiah.edu/pspservice/2010/02/09/serving-without-borders/</link>
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		<title>Service Plunge Days</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Each year, the Agape Center plans and organizes three Service Plunge Days for the entire campus.  These days include:

Into The Streets &#8211; where first year students spend one day of their orientation before the Fall semester begins out in our local community doing all sorts of service projects for area organizations.  In 2008-09, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.messiah.edu/pspservice/2010/02/01/service-plunge-days/</link>
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		<title>An ethic of servanthood</title>
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At Messiah, everyone reaches high. But the focus is not on achievement itself.  Inside and outside the classroom – accomplishments are an offering to God. The more you hone your gifts, the more capable you become and the more powerfully you can serve others. Service is an integral part of a Messiah College education. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.messiah.edu/pspservice/2010/02/01/an-ethic-of-servanthood/</link>
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		<title>How Students Served in 2008-09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Students taking service-learning courses in 2008-09 served our community and world by:

Assisting with Vacation Bible School and various other children&#8217;s programs
Building relationships and ministering to individuals who are incarcerated
Developing phone applications for World Vision staff in Zambia
Engaging in Outreach Team events and programs
Participating in medical missions
Serving as summer interns
Serving in international mission trips to Uganda [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.messiah.edu/pspservice/2010/01/21/how-students-served-in-2008-09/</link>
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		<title>MLK Community Engagement Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Life&#8217;s most persistent and urgent question is, &#8220;What are you doing for others?&#8221; &#8211; Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The mission of Dr. King Community Engagement Day is to provide an experience for students and employees to engage with the vision of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in an active manner through the service [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.messiah.edu/pspservice/2010/01/06/mlk-community-engagement-day/</link>
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		<title>Service Trips</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Service Trips have a powerful legacy at Messiah College. Ernie Boyer&#8217;s essay, &#8220;Retaining a Legacy of Messiah College,&#8221; describes how two students in 1967 decided to form a &#8220;committee for the inner-city,&#8221; and in turn ventured on a service trip to Kentucky. While such trips had been taking place for many years, they eventually became [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.messiah.edu/pspservice/2009/12/17/service-trips/</link>
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		<title>Klowns for the Kingdom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Klowns for the Kingdom is a student ministry that brings the Word of God to all ages through skits and comedic interaction. The Klowns are available for performance or even to just twist balloon animals at large events or small gatherings. They strive to break down the Biblical concepts presented through their skits so children [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.messiah.edu/pspservice/2009/12/17/klowns-for-the-kingdom/</link>
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		<title>A Snapshot of Service: Sarah and SciTech High School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While many other college students make their way to class on Friday afternoon, Sarah, a 2009 English major makes her way to SciTech High School, a Harrisburg City School excelling in rigorous academics and college preparation. With the help of fellow Messiah College students, Sarah has created a &#8220;Writing Workshop&#8221; to aid high school students [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.messiah.edu/pspservice/2009/12/07/a-snapshot-of-service-sarah-and-scitech-high-school/</link>
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