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Every Friday morning at The ����aa����, a group of faculty and staff meet to pray for the school.

Dr. John Eickemeyer, professor of engineering and computer science and faithful member of the prayer group, says, “Prayer is one of the greatest means that we have at our disposal to be effective, so the Lord has raised up folks who have a heart to be on our knees together, seeking His face.”

The prayer group was born when a group of faculty and staff led by Dr. Paul Plew came together for weekly prayer meetings during the summer of 2018. When summer ended, Eickemeyer suggested they continue meeting every week, and since August of that year, the prayer meeting has been a steadfast tradition.

“1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 tells us to pray without ceasing. That is significant,” Eickemeyer says. “When Philippians 4 tells us to ‘be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God,’ what else ought we to do but pray?”

Eickemeyer suggests that a believer’s spiritual life can be compared to a laptop: If you remove the charging cable, the device will work for a short period of time. But without a necessary charge, the laptop will eventually die.

“We’ve been blessed with many students. The crops are abundant, and the fields are white for harvest,” Eickemeyer says. “We want to nurture these students academically and spiritually. We want to support our administration as they navigate challenging waters. We want to steer through trial and tribulation, as there are so many forces that are not on the side of ����aa����.”

Learn more about TMU’s faculty at masters.edu/faculty.