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Service learning

Service Learning

The Agapé Center’s Department of Service Learning seeks to collaborate with community-based partners in local, national and international settings to address community needs, while providing holistic learning opportunities for students.  Through service, participants grow in identity development, gain cultural competence, and develop a lifelong commitment to civic engagement.

Core elements in service learning include:

  • CONTENT: Readings and discussions related to the population and/or community partner, which prepare volunteers for service.
  • AUTHENTIC SERVICE: Service can involve direct or indirect experiences; however, all service must address a significant goal/objective set by the community partner.
  • REFLECTION: Reflection is the element of service learning that transforms simple experiences into deep learning. Reflection encourages volunteers to see the intersectionality of academics, Christian discipleship and vocation to service.

Our Center offers weekly outreach opportunities to local nonprofits, regional service trips over academic breaks, and international service trips each summer.  If you are looking for one-time opportunities, you can jump into our annual Service Day programming!  For more information regarding our programs, please contact agapecenter@messiah.edu.

Local Outreach听is a student organization that works on a regular, ongoing basis with the Greater Harrisburg area, partnering with organizations that are invested in their communities and working towards holistic, capacity-building efforts.听

Download our Fall 2024 Service Opportunities Flyer .

The Agap茅 Center sponsors听Domestic听service trips.听Our team works with a variety of community partners to coordinate domestic trips during academic breaks. Through service, we hope students will experience enriching and challenging growth, which will help to foster learning of oneself, of the needs of others, and of the role that service plays in society through a lens of Christian faith.听

The Agap茅 Center sponsors听International听service trips.听Our team works with a variety of community partners to coordinate听international trips during late May/early June.听Through service, we hope students will experience enriching and challenging growth, which will help to foster learning of oneself, of the needs of others, and of the role that service plays in society through a lens of Christian faith.听

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