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Teaching the Bible Grant helps undergraduates learn to relax

Posted December 18th, 2024

The Rev. Maggie Alsup, chaplain and director of service at Lyon College, had been brainstorming with the director of the college’s counseling and student life center on “ways to help students integrate practices to help them rest and address stress and anxiety” when she saw a call for applications from the PC(USA)’s Teaching the Bible Grant. Lyon College, a Presbyterian-related college and member of the Association for Presbyterian Colleges and Universities, is in Batesville, Arkansas, two hours west of Memphis, Tennessee, and 90 minutes north of Little Rock, Arkansas.

Big decisions along the border

Posted September 4th, 2020

Two college students who participated in a border ministry event last year found that the biggest impact came within themselves, and they responded by dedicating their lives to serving others.