Share the love dinner provides encouragement and community to widows for Valentine’s day
By Julia Swain
On a day known for romance, Beavercreek Christian Church is prioritizing widows by hosting a special community gathering.
The “share the love” dinner, which the church hosted on Saturday, February 8, helps support attendees through fellowship, food, and entertainment, which has included trivia, a fun video, and bingo in past years. The dinner is around two and a half hours long and is put on by volunteers who help with every facet of the event.
“We came up ...
Cedars March for Life 2025
By Sam Sofio
Prior to the National March for Life, Cedarville students walked to the Washington Monument, where the rally would take place. As they approached, they heard the sound of worship getting louder and louder.
On January 24th, Cedarville University’s Students for Life chapter joined tens of thousands of Pro-Life supporters from all over the nation in Washington, D.C,, for the National March for Life:A march calling for the end of the barbaric genocide of millions of babies ...
International Student Spotlight: Martin from Albania
By Sam Sofio
Born in Tirana, Albania, sophomore Martin Kita has seen the love of God gently lead him both to salvation and to pursue Psychology at Cedarville University.
Despite the impact the Gospel has had on Albania through the Apostle Paul, foreign countries began to occupy Albania and hinder the advancement of the Gospel. The most recent country to occupy Albania was Germany during the 1940’s.
“We were a communist country,” Kita said. “We had no religion, and we were ...
King’s Kids seeks to serve and support refugee children in the Dayton area
By Julia Swain
Four days. That is how long a group of young girls had been in the U.S. before crossing paths with King’s Kids–a ministry dedicated to serving refugee children in the Dayton area since its founding in 2012.
With the girls not speaking any English, the students volunteering that night were not sure how they would get through to the girls.
Then, something beautiful happened. The girls’ sisters and friends, who spoke both Swahili and English, began to ...
Growing through service: two students share their journey of discipleship in the local church
By Julia Swain
On the first Sunday following fall break, junior Social Work major Bekah Williams walks into Sunday school at Grace Baptist Church in downtown Cedarville, anxiously anticipating being able to see the elementary-aged students after an almost two week long hiatus.
Upon entering the room, she is immediately bombarded with hugs and the sound of excited squeals.
“Church isn’t the same without you here,” one child yells out.
The enthusiasm of the ...
Cedarville Students March for the Rights of the Unborn
By Ashleigh Clark
On Friday, October 4, 120 Cedarville students boarded two charter buses en route to Columbus, Ohio. Every student was there to protest abortion in the Ohio March for Life.
The group of 120 students was led by the Students for Life Org on campus and Communications Professor Dr. Andrew Harris.
Paige Johnson, a member of CU Students for Life, described the March as “the fight for the lives of the unborn in the state of Ohio.”
According to Johnson, “It ...
International Student Spotlight – Bianca Ferrario
By Julia Swain
Bianca Ferrario is a freshman nursing student from Milan, Italy. When Ferrario was in her freshman year of high school, her family moved to California, where her walk with Christ began.
The transition from Italy to California was rough for Ferrario and her family, especially because it happened at the beginning of COVID-19.
“Me and my mother were stuck in a very small apartment in Italy because Covid was so bad and we couldn’t get out,” Ferrario said. ...
Beavercreek’s Coffee Hub Fills the Coffee-Shaped Hole in My Heart
By Ashleigh Clark
I like coffee shops. No matter where they are, what they look like, or what coffee they serve, all coffee shops have this special place in my heart. Coffee shops present an alternative in a world where teens and young adults are losing real-life hangout spaces. The cozy atmosphere of a local coffee shop makes them great places to bring friends.
I’ve been exploring cafés outside of Cedarville and my search brought me to Coffee Hub in Beavercreek. Some may know ...
Skeleton Key Adventures unlocks a dream for Joshua and Emily Kaster
By Maggie Fipps
When Joshua and Emily Kaster moved to Cedarville in 2012, Main Street looked very different. Lola’s Mexican restaurant did not exist, Orion Coffee and Tea went by Stony Creek and Double Dragon, a Chinese restaurant, inhabited the white building at 46 N. Main St.
12 years later, 46 N. Main St. will now be Skeleton Key Adventures, an escape room the Kasters opened after years of pouring into the Cedarville community.
The Kasters said they met in a Missouri ...
Olympics: The last American unifier?
By Maggie Fipps
When was the last time everyone felt truly proud of the United States of America?
Think back to when you got goosebumps from Lee Greenwood’s classic “God Bless the USA,” not just from the excellently timed cymbal crash, but from pure pride in the red, white and blue.
The Paris Olympics, beginning in just a few months, could be a chance to regain a sense of national pride that the USA’s breakdancer could beat France in an epic battle, (yes, that is ...
