Lubbock Christian University (LCU) held its fifth annual day of service, LCU for LBK, Thursday, April 3. LCU students, faculty, and staff spent the afternoon spread out across the city in a community-wide day of service, the latest effort in a broader commitment to serving our local and global communities.

Volunteers gathered in the Rhodes Perrin Recreation Center for lunch together before heading out across the city. Dr. Sam Ayers, Best-Buchanan-Wynn Endowed Chair of Education and Director of Graduate Education for LCU, provided a word of encouragement and inspiration to serve followed by a prayer of blessing as the volunteers set out for an afternoon of service.  

Kaili Hutchinson, LCU Assistant Dean of Students, was instrumental in pulling together the event this year. She shared, “LCU for LBK is a campus wide event that embodies what we want to be. We want to be the hands and feet of Jesus, and to help make the communities we find ourselves in a better place.”

Some of the locations that the LCU community served in coordination with the Volunteer Center of Lubbock were Boys and Girls Club, Catholic Charities of Lubbock, High Point Village, Habitat for Humanity, and South Plains Food Bank. In total, 293 participants volunteered at 17 different locations and entities across Lubbock— opportunities to serve in a variety of ways and make a meaningful contribution to the Lubbock community, while in turn being blessed by the experience.

LCU for LBK is an opportunity for students, faculty and staff to step away from their normal routines and focus on the needs of others. Hutchinson concluded, “LCU for LBK has become a staple on our campus that we hope will continue to be a long-standing event.”

This annual event is a part of a larger initiative to expand on LCU’s efforts to serve the Lubbock community, and even those beyond. This year, Hutchinson has also expanded LCU for LBK beyond the annual event, also hosting smaller, monthly events, and participation has been growing in those endeavors.

LCU also participated in Spring Break mission trips hosted by area churches, like South Plains Church of Christ’s recent trip to Cuiudad de Angeles, an orphanage in Cozumel, or their trip to serve at Impact Houston—each including students from LCU.

“The mission of LCU is to transform the hearts, minds, and hands of our students for lives of purpose and service,” emphasized Hutchinson, “and afternoons like this are exactly how we can do that.”

The event was made possible through a partnership with the Volunteer Center of Lubbock and sponsored by United Supermarkets.