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evotion Leaders are vital

to keeping the spiritual

life of campus at a high

level. They try to follow

Christ's example of lead­

ership by serving others.

Although being a Devotional One way in which the

Leader is not an easy job, it DL's assisted the spiritual students, it does

does develop one's life growth of those in their not mean you can

skills" which will be useful charge was by leading

in future occupations, nightly devotions. never have fun or

relationships, and leadership Sometimes the students led

positions. Devotion Leaders in a time of testimony and that you will be

learn to "bind up the praise and other times they

wounds" of their roommates developed devotionals with treated differently.

and unit-mates. They exhort appropriate themes if they The key to good

when exhortation is needed sensed discouragement,

and reprove when rebuke is discontent, or some other

required. Above all, they are potential problem.

leader who truly serve. They Not all their work was

assume partial responsibility "spiritual." They were also

for helping students assigned in charge of being sure that

to their quarters mature room jobs were done and

spiritually. Leading a group seeing that things ran

of students is a position smoothly in their room or

taken seriously by each unit. On occasion, they even

"DL". It requires balancing had to serve as arbitrator

out personal needs with the between two unhappy

needs of others, sacrificing roommates.

for the good of the whole The DL's had assistants

room, combining compassion this year. The "ADL's" were

and firmness, and leading a in charge of devotions one

circumspect life. It does not night a week and in the

require perfection, but absence of the DL assumed

demands that one is on the his or her responsibilities.

quest for perfection which is Good training for possible

in Christ. future Devotion Leaders.