Students reevaluate lifestyle choices

Many students gathered in the Memorial Student Center Auditorium Oct. 26-27 for the Dying to Live Summit with this year's theme Pause: Where Are You Headed?
Hooking the audience with her captivating and powerful voice Evangelist Ramona Stevens, founder and CEO of Mercy Chose Me Ministries, gave insight about "The Process" Friday evening. "No one can have a process unless you first have a beginning," she said.
Stevens explained The Process begins when a person realizes that "all things begin with God." It is important to know man is a three part being made up of the body, spirit, and soul. Feeding the spirit with the word of God and acknowledging the need of God, along with being able to make the right decisions rather than living a life of sin is part of finding one's true identity during The Process. "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me," said Stevens.
Students met again in the MSC Auditorium Saturday afternoon for the final day of the summit. Minister Lamar Cherry and Minister Shawn Flowers spoke to young men and women about failure not being an option. They provided practical ways to succeed in life and with God and how to stop failure and disappointments from holding a person back.
Special guest speaker Tye Tribbett also spoke to the audience about where they are going in life. He strongly advised others to pause, take the time out and analyze if what they were doing is leading to them to the right path. This time should be taken to evaluate all actions and relationship with God. Tribbett expressed that it is not too late to get on the right track if one is on the wrong path, because it could lead to bad situations.
"Listening to Tye Tribett made me reflect on life and change some things I realized that certain types of music that I listen to actually does pull me away from God," said Courtney Cherry, a sophmore mass communication major.
Audience members had the chance to show off their special talents later that evening after contemporary gospel group Soulfruit left the audience in awe with their jaw-dropping performance. The talents ranged from people singing, dancing, spoken word, and a guitar solo. The singing group ASAP took first place leaving with a cash prize.
The Dying to Live Summit left people with a new, if not better, way of thinking in dealing with issues and conflicts and encouraging people to put God first in their lives. "Origin is God, destination is God," said Stevens.