Dylan White is Lead Editor for MBU Timeline. White is a broadcast media major with a journalism and English double minor. He is a member of the MBU Jazz, Concert and Pep bands, and he works in MBU’s Records Office. After graduating, White plans to pursue a career in news radio and commentary.
Bruce Springsteen released his 19th studio record in June 2019 at age 70. The album, “Western Stars,” gives listeners insight on the state of reflection and self-evaluation “The Boss” has come to as he’s gotten older. Although this record doesn’t break new musical ground, it’s an unfamiliar sound for Springsteen fans and ultimately enjoyable. As Springsteen prepares to release his next album, “Letter to You,” next month, this music review will get you tuned up for the next phase of his 50-year career.
Scleroderma is a rare autoimmune disease that hardens and tightens skin and connective tissue, affecting 0.1% of people in the United States, or just one out of every 1,000 people. There is no known cure for the disease, and while many patients live full lives with scleroderma, it can be fatal. Ashley White is an MBU regional learning student in Jefferson County, Missouri, working toward a degree in middle school education in science, and in addition to her schoolwork, she must deal with the complications of being one of the few afflicted by scleroderma. Here is her story.
MBU’s Service Day is dedicated to bringing together faculty, staff and students to demonstrate the grace and mercy of Christ by serving others. The MBU community had the opportunity to package meals for Meals for a Million to feed families in need throughout Missouri, stuff bears for hospitalized children with Sharing Smiles and donate their lightly used shoes to the less fortunate in Haiti.
Photos by Dylan White
Lindsey Peters, founder of the charity Sharing Smiles, talks to fellow MBU students while making a stuffed bear. Peters began Sharing Smiles in 2008 when she was 8 years old to spread the joy of God to children in local hospitals. Click on the photos in the gallery to see larger images.
MBU students had the opportunity to work with Sharing Smiles, an organization that has appeared at previous service days.
Andrea Robb, director of spirit and community engagement, joins the assembly line for Sharing Smiles and talks to students.
MBU students were involved with every step of the bear making process: tracing the patterns, cutting the fabric and stuffing the bears.
Sharing Smiles bears are crafted in stages. First, the bear’s fabric must be cut into the correct shape.
Kelsey Hall, MBU athletic trainer, works alongside students at the cutting station.
A plastic bin filled with completed bears ready to join the others for delivery to hospitals.
Autumn Heaton, left, and Audrey Frost, right, carefully cut out the stenciled bear shape.
Students were able to receive free Chick-fil-A sandwiches after participating in service day activities.
Emily Carter, right, socializes with the volunteers working at the Chick-fil-A table.
Completed meals moving through the line for Meals for a Million.
Students followed a particular protocol to properly assemble the meals for packaging, adding different elements in proper quantities and ensuring the package was the proper weight.
Students use a press to seal the packages full of rice, nutrients and other ingredients.
According to Meals for a Million’s website, each package MBU students finished provides a complete meal for six children, or four adults.
Cherith Laubinger, left, Luke Little, center, and Michaela Remper, right, load rice into large bins to distribute to students for packing.
A student packs one of many boxes filled during the day for families in need across the St. Louis region.
MBU students had the chance to write encouraging letters to missionaries in Haiti and commit to praying over them for a month.
Finished letters offering encouragement written for missionaries in Haiti.
MBU’s Office of Faith and Service accepted donations of lightly used shoes to send to children in need in Haiti.
When students enter college, they often have a vision for their lives and a plan for the path they want to take. However, their experiences and interests may change over time, leading them to a place they never imagined. MBU Timeline field reporter Dylan White interviewed MBU students who found their plans changed since they’ve been in college and learned you don’t need to have all the answers when you enter college.
The Missouri Baptist University Jazz Band has grown exponentially under the direction of Shane Williams, who leads the bands at MBU and teaches in the Fine Arts Division. For this band of talented student musicians, the sky is the limit.
Photos by Peter Lee
The MBU Jazz Band rehearses for an upcoming concert. The Jazz Band performs Tuesday, Nov. 27, in the Perk following the Hanging of the Green festivities, and again Friday, Dec. 7, in the Mabee Great Hall, during a private show for donors that precedes the annual Christmas Concert.
Here are some interesting facts about MBU Timeline, the student newsmagazine of Missouri Baptist University, in St. Louis:
*Our mission statement is: MBU Timeline is the student news network of Missouri Baptist University, a private Christian university that embraces the essential core value of “social change through service and leadership.”
*The Bible verse that drives our mission is 2 Timothy 2:15 (Worldwide English Version): “Tell the true message in the right way.”
*The WordPress website has been up since late-fall 2013. We average about 3,000 sessions and about 5,000 pageviews per month.
*Our stories and galleries get as few as 40 or 50 hits, or as many as 8,000 hits.
*We have readers in every state and more than 90 countries around the world. We have several readers in South America, the United Kingdom, India and Australia.
*Most of our readers are in Missouri, followed by Illinois, California and Texas.
*We do not accept advertising as we are a not-for-profit online newsmagazine.
*We welcome contributors from all walks of MBU life, regardless of your major. Reach out to us on Twitter at: @mbutimeline.
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