An exciting event took place this past weekend for the Maranatha family; Ben Hoover won the NCAA Division III wrestling regional tournament and is now headed to the NCAA wrestling championships.  Maranatha has never had a team or individual make it to an NCAA national tournament so we are excited for Ben.  Do pray for him as he travels to Souix City, Iowa on March 7-9 for that tournament.  Ben transferred to Maranatha this year and has shown a real heart for ministry. He is a youth leader at our church-working mainly with the junior high boys.  My wife and I are thrilled since our son is in his care group.

One of the advantages of your son or daughter attending Maranatha is the opportunity to get involved in various local church ministries.  There is no campus church that students attend or one church at which everyone must attend.  However students are required to attend church on a regular basis for Sunday school, morning and evening services, and Wednesday night.  This gives them the opportunity to be involved in real-life church ministry experiences.  Maranatha students attend nearly 60 churches in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois and have the opportunity to minister in many different areas.  Not only will your child receive a quality education while at Maranatha, but he or she will also be able to get actively involved in local church ministry.  Whether your son or daughter is planning to be a pastor, home maker, banker, or landscape company owner, they will be a member of a church and what they can learn at their extension church now, will reap great dividends in the future.

That's one parent's perspective.