From Allison Hill to Grantham and Beyond:

Learning from the Community Now and in

the Future

Fall Convocation
September 1, 2009
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Allison Hill Grantham

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1968 2008

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College Office of Marketing and Public Relations
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1997

Photo of Boyer Scholar

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Institute, The Joshua Group, and Danzante
Learning from the Community:

Why, What and How?

 Genesis1:26
Genesis 1

Then God said, "Let us make humans in our image,

in our likeness”
Imago Dei
 Image of God

Michael Jackson “Black or White” 1991 Epc Sony Music Entertainment

 Genesis 1:26

Then God said, "Let us make humans in our image,

in our likeness”
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We
are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in
a single garment of destiny.”

Martin Luther King, Jr. “Letter from Birmingham City Jail”

(Washington, 1986:290)
Imago Dei

Active Body
Elmer Yazzie
1991
Learning from the Community:

What?
 Pastor Brenda Alton
Kingdom Embassy Church
Harrisburg, PA
Vanessa Brubaker
Outreach Director
Agape Center
 Craig Dalen
Program Manager
Messiah College’s Harrisburg Institute
Learning from the Community:
Our mission is to educate men and women toward
maturity of intellect, character and Christian faith in
preparation for lives of service, leadership and
reconciliation in church and society.
Learning from the Community:

How?
 Rev. Vladimir Beaufils
President of Firm Foundation
Harrisburg, PA
 Katy Argueta
Latino and Migrant Education Coordinator
Agape Center
Learning from the Community:

How?
There is no one like our God
You're the God of this City

You're the King of these

people

You're the Lord of this

nation
You are

You're the Light in this

darkness

You're the Hope to the

hopeless

You're the Peace to the

restless

You are
There is no one like our
God

There is no one like our

God

For greater things have

yet to come

And greater things are still

to be done in this City

Greater things have yet to

come

And greater things are still

to be done in this City
You're the God of this City

You're the King of these

people

You're the Lord of this nation

You are

You're the Light in this

darkness

You're the Hope to the

hopeless

You're the Peace to the

restless

You are
There is no one like our God

There is no one like our God

For greater things have yet

to come

And greater things are still

to be done in this City

Greater things have yet to

come

And greater things are still

to be done here

“God Of This City”

Chris Tomlin
We are called…