Last weekend the BSU took students to the Great Commission Conference held this year at Ridgecrest Baptist Church in Springfield, MO. At the conference they were blessed by messages from Greg Stier of Dare 2 Share, John Avant, Senator James Lankford (R.-OK), and illusionist Jared Hall among others. The format this year was a combination of the Missouri Baptist Convention’s Evangelism and Engage Conferences. On Sunday morning, rather than listen to another speaker, however, students from MSSU and Crowder College elected to volunteer at the launch event of Relevant Life Church, a brand new church plant on the south side of Springfield. They served in a variety of roles from directing parking to helping in the children’s ministry.