What kind of mission and outreach opportunities are there?
What are your gifts for service? Student Senate-sponsored groups offer numerous ways for students to be involved in mission opportunities. You can teach English as a Second Language at Manos de Cristo; repair a home with the spring “Bluebonnet Blitz” Hands on Housing project; pedal with the “Faithful Flyers” during the Hill Country Ride for AIDS; engage in a ministry of presence with homeless families through the Interfaith Hospitality Network or Micah 6; participate in the “Kairos Weekend” at Hughes Prison in Gainsville; march to the Capitol steps for fair and just legislation; or learn how to address trauma in the aftermath of disaster through Austin Area Interreligious Ministries’ Community Chaplaincy program. If you don’t find what you’re looking for, create a program and recruit volunteers. Austin Seminary is an intimate and responsive community—the kind of place where you can make a difference.
