On Tuesday August 30, Joe and Betsy attended a lecture at Auburn University given by Bryan Stevenson, the founder and director of The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) and the author of the recent award-winning memoir Just Mercy. Auburn selected this book as their 2016-2017 Common Book. These thoughts were written by Joe and were inspired by Mr. Stevenson’s lecture … Read more
The forecast called for highs in the low 40s and lows in the mid 20s (practically arctic weather for Alabama!), but that couldn’t stop our friends from Auburn Wesley and ARM@AU from serving! We’re so thankful for the group of about 30 volunteers who served last Saturday, Feb 13th at 4 sites across Lee and Macon … Read more
The Auburn Wesley Foundation held the first Super Mission Saturday or SMS with us on August 22. The Auburn Wesley Foundation is the United Methodist Church’s college ministry on Auburn University’s campus. We have been partnering with them for the past several years doing 2-3 Super Mission Saturdays during each semester. Many of our summer … Read more
Last week we held our first official ARM @ AU meeting. We were so excited that almost 35 students turned out to hear how they can be more involved with ARM’s service throughout the school year! ARM @ AU was started in the Spring of 2015 by past summer staff member, Jake Lovelace. Since Jake graduated in May, … Read more