MEET NICOLE JOHNSON—OCBP ‘96
PROFESSOR OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES, MOUNT UNION, OH; CO-AUTHOR: FAITHFUL WITNESS IN A FRACTURED WORLD
Niki was a first year student at Westminster College, where she and Willemina first met. In the summer ’96, she attended the Ocean City Beach Project as one of the participants while Willemina was acting director. In her own words, she describes her experience:
"I can trace so much of my current faith commitments and theological perspectives back to that summer. It's rather unbelievable. Of course, that summer is connected to so many other things, like mentoring by campus ministry staff and my college courses and things like that, but I would say the beach project was a comprehensive, all-encompassing, culminating experience of so many other pieces. I would say without a doubt that that summer is where it all got real. It's where all the theoretical stuff got to be practiced in really tangible ways and with intention." - Niki
"I can trace so much of my current faith commitments and theological perspectives back to that summer. It's rather unbelievable. Of course, that summer is connected to so many other things, like mentoring by campus ministry staff and my college courses and things like that, but I would say the beach project was a comprehensive, all-encompassing, culminating experience of so many other pieces. I would say without a doubt that that summer is where it all got real. It's where all the theoretical stuff got to be practiced in really tangible ways and with intention." - Niki