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Hymn Sing at Old Rugged Cross Church, July 22

You are invited to a Hymn Sing. We’ll be singing your favorites from the Christ in Songs hymnal.... read more >

Hymn Sing at Old Rugged Cross Church, July 22

You are invited to a Hymn Sing. We’ll be singing your favorites from the Christ in Songs hymnal. Please remember to bring your copy of the hymnal with you. If you have more than one, please bring them along to share with others.

Tour of the historic site and a short film on the story behind the hymn, “The Old Rugged Cross” will follow immediately after the hymnsing.

Date and time: July 22, 2017 (Sabbath), 6–7 p.m.

Place: The Old Rugged Cross Church, 61041 Vermont St., Pokagon, MI 49047

For further information, contact Melchizedek Ponniah, (269) 876-7476, melponniah@gmail.com.

Thank you from Desmond Murray Family

Thank you for the outpouring of your love and support. The family—our mom, Desmond, Walter, Dave, Yvonne and... read more >

Thank you from Desmond Murray Family

Thank you for the outpouring of your love and support. The family—our mom, Desmond, Walter, Dave, Yvonne and Neil—of Pastor Hartwell Murray is deeply touched and moved. We thank you.

As we close out this historic week in the life of our family, we leave you with our dad's favorite hymn, and hope it ministers to your soul as it did for our father. We love you all. You are also welcome to view our celebration of his life.

His burial is merely a prelude—a seed planted—for resurrection and legacy. We remain strong and continue on with blessed assurance.

So Send I You

So send I you to labor unrewarded,

To serve unpaid, unloved, unsought, unknown,

To bear rebuke, to suffer scorn and scoffing-

So send I you to toil for Me alone.

So send I you to bind the bruised and broken,

O’er wand’ring souls to work, to weep, to wake,

To bear the burdens of a world aweary-

So send I you to suffer for My sake.

So send I you to loneliness and longing,

With heart ahung’ring for the loved and known,

Forsaking home and kindred, friend and dear one-

So send I you to know My love alone.

So send I you to leave your life’s ambition,

To die to dear desire, self-will resign,

To labor long, and love where men revile you-

So send I you to lose your life in Mine.

So send I you to hearts made hard by hatred,

To eyes made blind because they will not see,

To spend, tho’ it be blood, to spend and spare not-

So send I you to taste of Calvary.

Andrews Named Gold Level Campus Again

By Becky St. Clair In February 2016, Andrews University became a registered institution with... read more >

Andrews Named Gold Level Campus Again

By Becky St. Clair

In February 2016, Andrews University became a registered institution with the American College of Sports Medicine “Exercise is Medicine® on Campus” (EIM-OC) initiative and was awarded the Gold Level Award shortly after. In April 2017, Dominique Gummelt, director of University Health & Wellness, announced that Andrews University had earned Gold Level status for another year.

The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) is the highest governing body for exercise and fitness in the world. Its health initiative, Exercise is Medicine® on Campus, is a program aimed at colleges and universities around the world to encourage and promote physical activity among students, faculty and staff. The initiative includes the following criteria:

Making movement a part of the daily campus culture
Assessing physical activity at every student health visit
Providing students with the tools necessary to strengthen healthy physical activity habits that can last a lifetime
Connecting university healthcare providers with university health fitness specialists to provide a referral system for exercise prescription

Andrews University is not only a registered EIM on Campus institution, but has also achieved Gold Level Recognition and received the Gold Level Award from ACSM for the implementation of the initiative’s vital health signs around campus.

“It is an incredible honor for Andrews University to have been identified as a Gold Level Campus by the Exercise is Medicine on Campus initiative for the second year in a row,” says Gummelt.

The Gold Level Campus award is a high-level recognition, both nationally and internationally. In 2016, Andrews was the first private university to gain this status and the seventh university in the United States to achieve this level.

The Andrews University Health & Wellness initiative coincides with the criteria of EIM-OC and is the reason for Andrews being recognized with this high-level award. The initiative approaches its efforts from a holistic perspective and focuses on physical activity as a key element in promoting physical wellness.

“Exercise is truly medicine, and we look forward to continue promoting this medium among this campus, and the local and global community, to strive for a higher quality of life,” says Gummelt. “This will bring greater happiness and wellbeing.”

In addition to the American College of Sports Medicine, Andrews is also a registered member of the American College Health Association and an educational partner with the American Council on Exercise.

To find out more about the University Health & Wellness initiative, visit andrews.edu/wellness or email wellness@andrews.edu.