Carpenters for Christ to return hospitality to NGU
Tigerville SC (June 19, 2013) “Go ye into all the
world” is the mission of Carpenters for Christ. The volunteer members of this
national mission organization take that biblical principle seriously (and
literally)!
Carpenters for Christ donate their knowledge of construction to help out local
communities across the nation. This week, groups from Prattville and
Montgomery, AL will be serving the Lord at North Greenville University by
helping to build two 72-bed residence halls.
NGU has experienced major growth in student population over the past 19
years. Campus housing was near capacity this past school year with 1,515
residential students. There is a significant need for additional residential
living space.
Membership in the two mission groups is approximately 150. Their main goal for
the week is to complete the framing and roofing of both residence halls before
they leave the campus on June 15.
The Carpenters for Christ website says, “We feel that you are either a
missionary or in need of one. Each of us is a missionary wherever we are. Our
Lord has sent us in answer to someone's prayers. We want to be the common
ordinary laborers that work in His field."
The men sacrificing part of their summer to labor for the Lord in Tigerville
are not all laymen - some are actually full-time construction workers. They are
not strangers to our area, either. The Carpenters assisted Bible Baptist Church
(just down Highway 253 from the NGU campus) in the construction of their new,
modernized church building. When the group worked on that project, NGU provided
them with sleeping accommodations on campus. Working on NGU's residence halls
is a way for Carpenters for Christ to "repay" the school for its
hospitality.
"They were appreciative of us offering them a place to stay during that
time and wanted to return the favor by helping us," said Joe F. Hayes, NGU
Director for Development.
Raymond Mathis, who is head of the Prattville
group, said, "This will be the largest project we've had as a group."
NGU is privileged that such a self-sacrificial group would choose the
University as a recipient of the services they have to offer. Mathis
acknowledged that they had help from the Lord on choosing to build on campus.
"We are so impressed with the number of salvations the college has had,
that we felt the Lord was in this job,” said Mathis. “We'll get the job done
with His help.”
God has abundantly blessed NGU in the past and
continues to do so. He always provides and this coming week, His blessing will
be in the form of 150 hard-working men, completely sold out to Christ and
cheerfully following his command to serve others.
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