SCORR Conference
SCORR Conference
Student Congress on Racial Reconciliation
Please continue to check back for information regarding SCORR 2010, ocurring February 26-27, 2010. Registration will be up soon!
SCORR'S annual conference is held at Biola University in California with the purpose of glorifying God by empowering students to better face the challenges existing on their campuses, in their communities, and in society at large through multi-ethnic awareness and engaging in the active process of racial needs of students from diverse ethnic backgrounds who currently attend Christian colleges and universities. Students have the opportunity to meet one another, fellowship, dialogue and pray together for a weekend. See SCORR website.
Application Deadline is: CLOSED
Five students were selected to receive a scholarship in varying amounts to attend the Student Congress on Racial Reconciliation (SCORR) conference held annually at Biola University. Congratulations goes to: Rachel Henley, Amalija Laslo, Shereen Sherman, Autumn Van Meter, and Jaclyn Webb.
A total of thirteen students will be in to CA, February 26th– March 1st, 2009 with their advisors: Joel Perez, Dean of Transitions and Inclusion; Meredith Dougherty, Orientation Coordinator; and Shelley Yonemura, Interim Director of Multicultural Services.
The Annual Student Congress on Racial Reconciliation is a unique conference which focuses on the needs of students from diverse ethnic backgrounds who currently attend Christian colleges and universities. Students have the opportunity to meet one another, fellowship, dialogue and pray together for a weekend.” [Taken from SCORR’s website]
SCORR 2009
"Repairers of the Breach"
Isaiah 58:9-12
An oppurtunity to meet one another, fellowship, dialouge and pray together. Our diverse cultures, customs, styles of worship and the different perspectives that we bring all add to the richness that makes up the vitality in the Body of Christ. As we grow in Christ,we also grow to know and better serve one another.
Through sessions and interactions with one another we seek to grow in our vision for social justice and compassion for all peoples. We all play a crucial role in the building of the kingdom of God on earth.
We hope to stimulate and encourage one another to embrace the challenges of interacting in a more meaningful way.
Theme of Conference
Justice and Righteousness are themes that run throughout the book of Isaiah. In chapter 58, themes of fasting, the Sabbath and true worship are the focus, as these practices, when void od a heart that honors God, become empty.
But true worship from the heart manifests itself in caring for the marginalized on the earth. "If you extend your soul to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul...then the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your soul in drought and strengthen your bones. You shall be like watered garden like a spring of water whose waters do not fail." What is the result of our lives as we "satisfy the afflicted soul"? "You shall build the old waste places; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; You shall be called the Repairer of the Breach, the Restorer of the Streets to dwell in." (Is. 58:12)
As we serve the marginalized of our society, the Lord's blessings will be manifest in us and through us. As we embark on the 13th annual Student Congress on Racial Reconciliation, let us focus our hearts and minds on honoring God who cares for the afflicted soul, and we will find our souls will be as a watered garden...we will be called the Repairers of the Breach in our broken world.
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