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LWC celebrates heritage, ties with United Methodist Church Lindsey Wilson College was founded 105 years ago by Methodist Episcopal Church, South, as training school for Vanderbilt University. From it's beginnning LWC has walked hand-in-hand with the church, District Superintendent R. Darren Brandon says. By Duane Bonifer, LWC Director of Public Affairs The Lindsey Wilson College community celebrated its United Methodist heritage on Wednesday morning on the college's annual Church-College Celebration Day. And according to the service's speakers, the college's relationship with The United Methodist Church has never been stronger. "From its beginning, Lindsey Wilson has walked hand-and-hand with the church," said the Rev. R. Darren Brandon, Columbia District superintendent of The United Methodist Church's Kentucky Conference. 'Church and college perfectly in sync' "At this point, the church and the college are perfectly in sync."Lindsey Wilson was founded in 1903 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South to serve as a training school for Vanderbilt University in Tennessee, which was then affiliated with the Methodist church. After Vanderbilt's relationship with the Methodist church came to an end in 1914, Lindsey Wilson continued to play a vital role in Methodist education in Kentucky. Today, Lindsey Wilson remains affiliated with The United Methodist Church's Kentucky Conference; half of the college's trustees are approved by the Kentucky Conference. As a sign of the college's strong relationship with the church, Wednesday's ceremony was also attended by several United Methodist clergy, who were on campus for a continuing-education event. "The church needs Lindsey Wilson College, and Lindsey Wilson College needs the church," Brandon said at the ceremony, held in V.P. Henry Auditorium. A key reason for the strong relationship between the college and the church is the Lindsey Wilson mission, which focuses on serving the educational needs of "every student, every day." "Lindsey Wilson's mission is calling us to be something bigger than just ourselves," Brandon said. "Service and compassion are at the heart of Lindsey Wilson's mission. ... The church loves your mission because it's our mission." In his message, Dean of the Chapel Terry Swan gave thanks for Lindsey Wilson. Dean Swan: 'Faith is blossoming . . .""We are fortunate to be at a place where faith is blossoming," he said.Swan, who has been at Lindsey Wilson for almost a quarter-century, said he's noticed a shift in college students' attitudes toward spiritual living. "You can't help but notice there is a hunger for things of the spirit on college campuses right now," he said. "Times change, peoples change, institutions change. ... The paradigm is changing." Swan said that Lindsey Wilson is uniquely positioned to meet students' growing spiritual hunger because "we have a different spirit here at Lindsey Wilson College ... faculty and staff who have bought into the mission." Swan called the Lindsey Wilson faculty and staff "rich souls that spill over into the lives of others - changing, healing, inspiring and helping out precious students." "Lives are being changed," he said. "Let's re-commit ourselves to this all-important, all-encompassing effort, this mission to not only have our personal souls rich toward God but continue to build a Lindsey Wilson College rich in its institutional soul." This story was posted on 2008-10-02 03:07:10
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