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African Children’s Choir Spreads Awareness, Shows Beauty in Trials

The African Children’s Choir will perform at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 30, in the DMC Chapel. The 80-minute performance features a choir composed of children from single or non-parental households in Africa. In this program, children are able to travel the world to spread awareness of the conditions of their respective countries while still maintaining their education. The choir, who performed earlier this year for the queen of England, has visited Cedarville before, and Greg ...

Heartsong Members Say They’re Promoting the Gospel and Cedarville

Heartsong, a group of four touring worship teams, acts as both an outreach ministry and a recruiting tool for Cedarville University. Isaac Murrell, a senior singer and guitarist for the Heartsong Green team, said he has experienced the impact of its outreach. “I first heard of Heartsong through my worship pastor and wife who graduated from Cedarville and were on traveling teams before it was called Heartsong,” Murrell said. Sam DeLoye, a senior pianist for the Heartsong Red team, ...

FestiFall

Photos of students enjoying Cedarville's first annual FestiFall. View a video of the event here. [metaslider id=1492]

ReKindle Worship Band Aims to Revitalize Worship

ReKindle is an all-girl worship band made up of nine Cedarville students that aims to revitalize worship while ministering to others. Band members said ReKindle was founded on 2 Timothy 1:6-7: “For this reason I remind you to kindle afresh the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline.” (NASB) Sophomore student and first-year bass player Maranda Smith said that when worshipping, ...

Jackets Fight Diabetes, Rally to Beat Kentucky Wesleyan

On a day dedicated to supporting the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the Cedarville volleyball team took another step towards the regular season G-MAC championship with a comeback win over Kentucky Wesleyan on Saturday afternoon, 21-25, 22-25, 25-23, 25-20, 15-9. The Jackets led for the majority of the first set, but a run of unforced errors allowed the Panthers to win the set 25-21. The Jackets regrouped at the beginning of the second set by opening with a 7-1 lead. The Panthers ...

On Senior Night, Jackets Sweep Trojans, Take Conference Lead

The Cedarville volleyball team took another step towards the regular season G-MAC title with a win Friday night over Trevecca Nazarene. The Jackets lost to the Trojans in five sets when they played at Trevecca earlier in the month, but tonight, they swept the Trojans, 25-22, 35-33, 25-14. With tonight’s victory, the Jackets are in sole possession of the conference’s number one spot, but they are not looking too far ahead. “We haven’t cinched anything up yet,” Coach Doug Walters ...

FestiFall Celebration Unifies Student Body [VIDEO]

Cedarville's FestiFall class council event brought freshmen through senior students together for fall activities. WATCH:

Class Councils Host A Friday Night for Fall

Friday evening will cool down into the mid 50s, perfect for a thick sweater or fleece jacket to spend the night out and about. The class council is making the most of it and sponsoring the first annual FestiFall on Friday, Oct. 24 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. outside the lower SSC. Throughout the evening there will be food, games, hot apple cider and a costume contest open to the campus. The costume contest winners will be announced at 6 p.m. Also at 6 p.m., there will be a pie-eating contest to ...

Foreign Film Series Exposes Students to Other Cultures

Cedarville will present “The Hidden Blade,” a Japanese film, at 7 p.m. on Oct. 23 in BTS 104 as part of its Foreign Film Series. The film is open to the entire campus, but a $2 donation for admission is requested. The Foreign Film Series (FFS), created by associate professor of English Daniel Clark and professor of Spanish Andrew Wiseman, has been a part of Cedarville since the spring of 2005. “We were looking for ways to open windows to other cultures,” Clark said. The ...

Yellow Jackets Stumble Against Slippery Rock

The Cedarville men's soccer team fell to a talented Slippery Rock Saturday night, 5-2. Turnovers in the mid-field and fouls hurt the Jackets throughout the game. Cedarville had 16 fouls and two yellow cards contrasted with seven fouls and one yellow card against Slippery Rock. The game started out well for the Jackets. Junior Connor Gilmour scored on a header in the seventh minute and Cedarville looked to be in control. But the momentum quickly swayed to Slippery Rock. They scored three ...