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University Passage

We desire to be a community that is shaped by the Word of God. One of the ways we try to be attentive to God is by committing, as a university, to the study of a single passage of Scripture for an entire year. We spend the year studying the context of the passage, thinking about its implications, striving to live it out, and often memorizing it. This passage is engaged in chapel, in the classroom, in staff meetings, on sports teams, in board meetings, in D-Groups, on leadership teams—literally across the campus.

Faculty, staff, and students seek God’s wisdom for the selection of this passage. The entire community is invited to make recommendations, and each year hundreds of recommendations are received by the Office of the Campus Pastors. A team of faculty, staff, and students from all parts of campus come together to review the recommendations and to pray about where God might be leading us.

Matthew 5:1–16

This year, the university will be studying Matthew 5:1–16, a passage from the Sermon on the Mount, which includes the Beatitudes and a calling to live as salt and light. We would love to have you join us in our campus-wide study of this passage. We encourage you to consider committing this passage to memory over the next 12 months, discussing it with a friend, praying through the passage, and watching for what God might want to do in your life through this significant piece of Scripture!