{"id":34704,"date":"2015-11-16T10:08:16","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T18:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/?p=34704"},"modified":"2015-11-13T10:08:24","modified_gmt":"2015-11-13T18:08:24","slug":"missionaries-to-africa-share-in-chapel-this-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/2015\/11\/16\/missionaries-to-africa-share-in-chapel-this-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"Missionaries to Africa share in chapel this morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>David and Debby Thomas<\/strong>, missionaries to Rwanda, Africa, with Evangelical Friends Mission for the past 20 years, will speak in chapel today (<strong>Tuesday<\/strong>) as part of the university&#8217;s annual Quaker Focus Week.<\/p>\n<p>While in Rwanda the Thomases were involved in many aspects of ministry, including leadership training, national church organization leadership, church planting, translation, starting a small school, starting two businesses, and holistic community development. During their last eight years in Rwanda the Thomases especially focused on Discipling for Development, a form of holistic community development that combines spiritual and physical aspects of transformation.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday&#8217;s message (10:50 a.m., Bauman Auditorium) will focus on bringing transformation by living as children of light. David and Debby will share about their years of being involved in whole-life transformational development in Africa and encourage students to bring transformation into their own society by living as children of light.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to their chapel presentation, the Thomases also will speak in Paul Anderson&#8217;s History and Doctrine of Friends class (Wednesday, Nov. 18, 8 a.m., Stevens 101) and Spiritual Formation class (Thursday, Nov. 19, 2:50 p.m., Stevens 209).<\/p>\n<p>The George Fox community and the public are welcome to attend any of these events.<\/p>\n<p>Questions? Contact <strong>Paula Hampton<\/strong> at <a href=\"mailto:phampton@georgefox.edu\">phampton@georgefox.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David and Debby Thomas, missionaries to Rwanda, Africa, with Evangelical Friends Mission for the past 20 years, will speak in chapel today (Tuesday) as part of the university&#8217;s annual Quaker Focus Week. 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