NCU Students MOVE into action

Community Outreach Day

On Sept. 12, North Central classes were put on hold for a day to allow the campuswide opportunity to reach out to the community in practical ways. Over 550 students united with faculty and staff to meet the practical needs of 27 churches and community organizations in the local and surrounding areas. Students mowed lawns, painted walls, cleaned facilities, picked up trash and worked on any project available to meet the organizations’ needs.

Student Ministries Board

Eight teams of students meet every week as a part of NCU’s Student Ministries Board. These students recognize that they are called to minister right where they are, and are serving the campus directly with weekly prayer support, reaching out to local populations of the homeless, victims of AIDS, the infirmed and hurting in the streets, as well as coordinating other outreach-focused events.

Ninedays

North Central’s fourth annual student-led international short-term missions program, ninedays, is once again sending out students who seek to give up their spring break to affect change beyond NCU’s local community. This year, over 70 students will reach out to eight different locations around the globe from March 1-9: Ghana, Japan, Nicaragua, Ireland, Utah, Guatemala, and Russia, as well as a team of students staying back who are dedicated to praying.

Ministry Service-Learning Projects

Part of being a graduate of North Central is understanding the importance of life-long service. The Ministry Service-Learning Program takes every student through four semesters of weekly service to churches and area non-profit organizations. This semester over 300 students will serve at nearly 90 different sites around the Twin Cities, to the benefit of the organization and the reinforcement of a servant mentality for the students.

Halloween Outreach

Every year on Oct. 31, the Student Ministries Board's Halloween Outreach invites kids from the Elliot Park neighborhood to eat candy and have a blast in North Central’s gymnasium. Hundreds of pounds of candy are collected from NCU students and given away simply to give kids a safe alternative to walking the streets of Minneapolis. Donations are always accepted to make this event a success! (See information below to contact Adam Schnaare.)