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SpiritualEmphasisWeek Presents Obstacles and Victory

ith such a large numbe r of students o n Campu s this year, the Campu s Pastors' Office kne w Spiritual Emphasis Wee k (SEW ) had a great deal of potential Upo n the arrival of student leadership, excitement for SE W spread rapidly throughout the campus. Dina Umstead, a prayer leader o n 26-1, said, "Yo u could tell that Go d wa s preparing our hearts. There wa s a deep anticipation that could almost be felt in the air - the student body, faculty and staff looking forward, preparing, praying and planning."

In the midst of this anticipation a setback wa s encountered whe n the scheduled speaker becam e ill and notified the school that he would not be able to attend Th e Campu s Pastors bathed the situation in prayer and worked together to compos e a list of substitute speakers, including last year's speaker, David Nasser Unknow n to those at Liberty, David Nasser wa s at hom e in Alabam a praying for Liberty's SE W scheduled speaker whe n he wa s contacted to be the speaker's replacement H e accepted and received a heart-felt welcome from the student body he had touched the previous year.

After seeing God's hand upo n the ie situation,

Liberty wa s ablaze with anticipation for the event Joey Colson of the Campu s Pastors' Office commented , "The massive numbe r of students carried out the momentum ; they took that excitement and pushed and pushed." Nearly 4,000 people attended each of the four nights of services. Nasser also spoke twice in Convocation that week Th e final night of SE W recorded 4,258 in attendance Fifty students were saved during SE W and twenty committed their lives to Christ the following week Numerou s redefining spiritual commitments were also made Go d used Nasser once again to bring both conviction and passion to students Th e unique wa y in which Go d worked through the situation and brought such results wa s an awesom e credit to His glory

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Students gather around to lift up a brother inprayer Entire groups came down to support individual students as they made decisions for Christ -Photoby

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Kicking offSEW, the traditional "AllNight ofPrayer"brings students out at 3 am to pray Traditions remained but i was ordinary about therj thathitcampus.

Toni Ortu relaxes on her sisterPeggy's bed during Family Weekend

Toni, 14, experienced college life, tagging along with her bigsister

-Photoby RachelPowell

Sporting their apparel, Sophomore Bryce Ruggier and mom Meleen, take a picture with Dr Falwell The mom and son duo enjoyed breakfast together inthe dining hall -Photoby RachelPick

Dr. Falwell addresses parents and students at the Meet and Greet in Reber-Thomas Dining Hall Parents were provided an opportunity to get to know ina more intimate setting and many lined up to get their picture taken with him -PhotobyRachel Pick

The Gorin family enjoys a guided tour of David's Place from their Freshman daughter Emily The family came from to spend the weekend together -Photo byRachel Pick