STUDENT
DIRECTORS
ELEANOR JO HARWELL DIRECTOR
I love the Gospel and I love the Lord and the Oaks is an avenue for people to know! and the Lord to be glorified!
JACOB LEE, DIRECTOR
I feel like it was just obedience to apply but the longer I'm apart of it the more I see where this is a gift from God that He is using to impact freshman and auburn.
COUNSELOR
TRAINERS
&
HEAD OF
PRAYER
DREW CLEMENT, COUNSELOR TRAINER
I really want to be able to help equid people to share the gospel in their interactions with others. I have seen the good fruit from the oaks over the years and want to help contribute top that and help make it even better. In my mind, if just one freshmen's life in changed towards Christ because of our work, that is more than enough. I'm excited to see what the Lord will do
LAUREN NOBLITT, COUNSELOR TRAINER
It changed a ton about my life with teaching me the power and freedom of confession so why wouldn’t I want to be a part of it?!
REESE SPRINGS, COUNSELOR TRAINER
I love what the heart behind the oaks is, I love that the goal is to love on freshmen as they come into a crazy New World because I know that I needed that when I was a freshman. I love how much it stresses vulnerability and accountability and discipleship and being active in your church. And I simply just want to be a part of it.
ALLISION TANNER, COUNSELOR TRAINER
I learned to walk with Jesus bc of the Oaks!!! Praise God for Anne Deupree being my Oaks counselor and teaching me to read the Bible!
MEGAN JACKSON, HEAD OF PRAYER
God really used it to minister to me as a freshman and to teach/grow me as a counselor. I want to keep coming back to it with open hands and to help create those moments for others!
PUBLIC RELATIONS
TEAM
NATHAN MIER, HEAD OF MARKETING STRATEGY
I chose to go to the oaks my freshman year because I heard how much of a benefit it was to start off college with likeminded people and knowing ministries before ever stepping foot on the campus. I love the Oaks because of what it stands for: being Christ centered and the community that forms from the Oaks.
SIDNEY KICKLIGHTER, HEAD OF MEDIA
It’s where I decided to rededicate my life to Christ! So just has been super important to me since I went as a freshman. Also loved getting to serve as a counselor and wanted to see what this side of the serving looks like
HOPE BEARDEN, HEAD OF COMMUNICATION
The Lord has used the Oaks so faithfully to bring glory to His name and bring about His salvation and sanctification in my own life and the lives of many others I know, and I desire to serve Him through it with even more of my time and energy.
CHARLIE KNOTT, HEAD OF FUNDRAISING
I want to give back to others in the way people have given to me. The oaks has blessed so many and I am honored to be apart of it this year.
OPERATIONS
TEAM
TULLIS NELSON, HEAD OF OPERATIONS
Impactful on me, want to be able to help connect freshmen not only with other freshmen coming into Auburn but more importantly to a good church home.
ASHER TATUM, HEAD OF SUPPORT STAFF
I love gospel, I love the big C, and I love fun.
CASON STEVENS, HEAD OF OPERATIONS
Impactful on me, want to be able to help connect freshmen not only with other freshmen coming into Auburn but more importantly to a good church home.
IAN MALINOWSKI, HEAD OF MAIN SESSIONS
I love seeing freshman being impacted by the ministry of reconciliation at the Oaks Retreat, and changing the culture on Auburn University's campus where Christ can be magnified.
CHAZ HART, HEAD OF SUSTAINMENT
"Coming to the oaks freshman year I was really surprised by the amount of impact it had on me and it got me very excited about coming to auburn. I met a ton of people and one of the guys I roomed with has ended up being one of my best friends at auburn. I knew that I wanted to be involved with the oaks so I applied and was a counselor my sophomore year and served on support staff my junior year. When I served on support staff I got to see more of the behind the scenes things and just how much leadership depended on the Lord and it blew me away with how He provided each and every time. I felt a strong call at the end of the retreat to be on leadership and had several people encourage me to apply."
BLAIR WALTMAN, HEAD OF HOSPITALITY
Our mission in life is to spread the word and make disciples and Oaks is an amazing way to do that and a great opportunity to make His name more known!!
ELIZABETH MIDDLETON, ASSITANT TO HOSPITALITY
I love being used by the Lord to spend time with freshman before a huge change in their life!! seeing freshman chose the Lord to start their college career is so bold and awesome! I also love seeing the self less leadership and everyone coming together to serve others and love each other well!!
TEAM
ADMINISTRATIVE
LILY KATE BOWMAN, HEAD OF REGISTRATION
Because I want to serve the freshman but more importantly serve God! He is so good and so worthy of praise. I find joy in oaks and giving glory to Him through oaks!
ANNA POOLE, HEAD OF LOGISTICS
“The Oaks has just been a ministry that I clearly see the Lords hand at work. It has held a lost if firsts for me, including the first time I learned the value of confession and the first time I understood what it meant to seek Christ daily in community. I knew ever since my first retreat that I wanted to be a part of the Oaks for years to come”
MADISON DUTTON, ASSISTANT TO LOGISTICS
“The Oaks Retreat impacted me more than I possibly could even say! It is a wonderful ministry that provides a good, Biblical community in a time that is very unsure, scary, and confusing. We get to be the hands and feet of Jesus and be there for incoming Freshman and it is such a sweet blessing from the Lord!”