Students lend Langley a hand
November 16, 2005
Noelle Nightingale
Over 300 Trinity Western University students reached out to the community of Langley for this year’s Fall Workday, which took place on Saturday, Oct. 22. These students included members of discipleship groups, outreach and evangelism ministries, and University 101 connection groups.
Students took part in Fall Workday in a variety of ways: some did clean-up at local churches or yard work for Langley residents, while others picked up trash along the side of the road or handed out food to the homeless in Vancouver.
“The whole thought [behind Fall Workday] is that Trinity takes a lot from our community, and we want to give back to our community,” said Student Ministries Intern Katrina Spencer, who coordinated the event. Spencer herself participated in the day of local outreach, by cleaning at Langley Presbyterian Church.
“They were extremely grateful,” said Spencer, who noted that this sentiment was shared by many of the community members who benefited from the work of Trinity students.
Laura Marx, a third year student who participated in Fall Workday with two girls from the discipleship group she leads, stripped wallpaper from a bedroom for an elderly woman with arthritis.
“It was good that we could be her hands for that day,” said Marx.
Marx said that it was also a good opportunity to talk to and get to know the two girls she worked with.
First year student Ligia Cota said that her experience — cleaning the glass sides of a balcony for several hours — was “humbling.”
“It showed me that God wants me on my knees,” said Cota, laughing.
Spencer noted that the experience of students varied. She said some students participated “a little more reluctantly” than others, but “everybody, in the end, was glad they participated…they absolutely loved it.”
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