As the world struggles to carry the burdens of 2020, an organization located on campus seeks to bestow blessings on the Harding community through an activity known as Prayer Walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harding University Healthy Eating Active Living (HU HEAL), a campus organization initiated last fall by Dr. Britney Finley, assistant professor of kinesiology and HU HEAL director, promotes health among its members and the community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe just want to teach students healthy ways to take care of their bodies,\u201d Finley said. \u201cBut do it in a way that is Christ-centered and Christ-focused, so it\u2019s not about body image, but it\u2019s about taking care of our bodies so that we can do the work that God has prepared for us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Along with healthy living, HU HEAL decided to take on a new role of blessing campus with Prayer Walk, a prayer activity led by a prayer guide and prayer signs on campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou go around campus and follow that prayer guide,\u201d senior Britain Bossier, HU HEAL member, said. \u201cEach spot where the signs are [placed] has a different thing to pray about: over campus, over COVID, over our country and the students and the professors, and also just over the community of Searcy. It\u2019s all guided for you with scriptures and with specifics to pray about. It\u2019s a really nice thing to do with friends and we can see the power of prayer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The idea of Prayer Walk on campus originated from Bossier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was inspired by my sister,\u201d Bossier said. \u201cWhen she was in college, her student ministry \u2014 she went to Henderson State \u2014 had a prayer walk [at the] beginning of every semester. They\u2019d walk around and pray over the semester that year. And so, I think back in March, we were on Zoom with my Bible study group. I was originally saying that my Bible study group should go on a prayer walk, but Britney said, \u2018Well, let\u2019s make it bigger. Let\u2019s make the HEAL group and all of campus join in.\u2019 So, she kind of inspired the idea of all of campus being part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finley said the Prayer Walk does not occur at a certain time. She encourages everyone to participate with a group at their own convenience. The prayer guide is located on the HU HEAL Instagram page in the bio section. HU HEAL members such as sophomore Rebecca Hill hope that people will take advantage of the spiritual walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe purpose of the Prayer Walk is just to saturate our campus in prayers,\u201d Hill said. \u201cPrayers of praise, thanksgiving, confession and intercession [are] reforming things that we focus on. This is such a crazy time right now and every semester is [a crazy time]. Students struggle every semester but especially this time because we don\u2019t know what\u2019s happening. Prayer is definitely one of the amazing tools that we have that God has given us to lift things up to him.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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