Spir­i­tual Life Team Hosts Af­ter­glow and Ves­pers

MISHAWAKA—Wednes­day, Sept. 16, at 9 p.m., the camp­fire glowed as stu­dents lifted their hands and voices in wor­ship.  

Af­ter­glow is Bethel a tra­di­tion as the con­clu­sion to Spir­i­tual Em­pha­sis Week. It is put on by the Spir­i­tual Life Team and takes place by the camp­fires near the Shiloh Prayer Chapel. What makes Af­ter­glow so spe­cial is that it pro­vides an op­por­tu­nity for stu­dents to open up about their own spir­i­tual lives and share how Spir­i­tual Em­pha­sis Week im­pacted them; it pro­vides op­por­tu­nity for con­ver­sa­tions that have been need­ing to hap­pen.  

Af­ter­glow was sched­uled for the Sat­ur­day af­ter Spir­i­tual Em­pha­sis Week but had to be resched­uled be­cause of the weather. It was pushed to Wednes­day and com­bined with Ves­pers that night. The event started out with wor­ship around the camp­fire then tran­si­tioned to small groups that broke off to dis­cuss Spir­i­tual Em­pha­sis Week and how it im­pacted them in­di­vid­u­ally.  

Over­all, Af­ter­glow went well with a de­cent turnout. Spir­i­tual Em­pha­sis Week def­i­nitely looked dif­fer­ent this se­mes­ter along with every­thing else hap­pen­ing dur­ing COVID-19. How­ever, this did not seem to af­fect the re­sponses stu­dents had and many shared how God used the week to speak to them and en­cour­age them in their walk with Christ.