<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/_dev-testing/2026-08-21/magazine/spring-2020/students-minister-residence-halls-and-local-churches.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Students Minister in Residence Halls and Local Churches</title><excerpt>'You are loved! You are capable! You are redeemed!” These phrases echoed through Emerson Hall this year. Spiritual Formation Coordinator (SFC) Paige MacLaren ’22 began saying this mantra to the women living around her, and they quickly learned to repeat it. “The spiritual formation coordinator program creates an intentional space for vulnerability and support for students’ faith, where we walk side by side as we yearn to follow Jesus more closely,” says Rachel Gorelik ’22, an SFC in Clark Hall. Created as a partnership between the Martin Institute and Residence Life, this student initiative seeks to accomplish two goals: cultivate the spiritual development of student leaders and empower them to foster and encourage spiritual growth among students in the residence halls.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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