Southwestern Adventist University is thrilled to host the second-annual Praise Break event on March 27-28. Praise Break is a high-energy, spiritually renewing weekend experience designed to bring high school students onto our campus to encounter God in a personal and powerful way. The event features community bonding, opportunities to worship together, and have real conversation through small-group discussions. Music and interactive campus activities are a big part of the weekend.

The feature speaker for this year is Dr. Heather Thompson Day, an interdenominational speaker and an ECPA bestseller. Day has been a contributor for Religion News Service, Christianity Today, Newsweek and the Barna Group. Her new podcast, What If I’m Wrong? debuted in the top 200 of all Christian podcasts. Day’s writing has been featured on outlets like the Today Show, and the National Communication Association. She has been interviewed by BBC Radio Live and The Wall Street Journal.

Day was a communication professor for nearly 15 years. She is now the founder of It Is Day Ministries, a nonprofit organization that trains churches, leaders, and laypeople in what Day calls Cross Communication, a gospel centered communication approach. Day’s message for this year’s event is “You Belong at the Table,” based on 2 Samuel 9:7.

Participants can register now at swau.edu/praise-break.

 

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For 133 years, Southwestern Adventist University has offered Christian education. A small comprehensive university, the beautiful campus is in Keene, Texas, about 20 minutes south of Fort Worth. Southwestern Adventist University offers personable professors, numerous programs including business, music, education, nursing, master’s programs, and many ways for students to get involved both on campus and abroad. With a diverse student body that includes international students from dozens of countries and an average student/teacher ratio of 11:1, Southwestern Adventist University offers a uniquely diverse and personal college experience.