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Summer 2009 | Volume 67, No. 4
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Southwestern Ministers During Seminary Stride
by Keith Collier
Students and faculty at Southwestern Seminary used the school’s 27th annual Seminary Stride to minister to a faculty member, April 25.
More than 150 participants from both the campus and the wider community gathered at Southwestern’s Recreation and Aerobics Center (RAC) during the Seminary Stride, a 5K run that weaves around the seminary’s campus.
This year, the event was expanded to include an ALS Walk in honor of Robert Mathis, professor of administration in the School of Educational Ministries. Better known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) affects nearly 30,000 Americans, and approximately 5,600 people are diagnosed with it every year.
Over the past two years, students, staff, and faculty have participated in an ALS Walk in Dallas in honor of Mathis. This year, organizers decided to walk at the seminary in order to draw more participants. This year, the group raised more than $1,000 for the ALS foundation.
“And yet, the amount of participants and money contributed can never demonstrate in full the amount of love and support the seminary family has for Dr. Mathis,” Anthony Moore, director of the RAC, said. “He is truly a testimony of the impact someone can have when they hope in Christ beyond present circumstances.”
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