# @swu_edu on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B8ExvM6BG61
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/14979485-swu-edu-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2020-02-02T18:31:28.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Southern Wesleyan University (@swu_edu) — https://gondola.cc/swu_edu

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Meet Matt and Deborah Rhodes! We are excited to welcome this power couple of SWU grads to the chapel stage for Spiritual Emphasis Week! Matt and Deborah are church planters that recently moved back to SC after feeling God’s call to co-pastor Parkside Church in Greenville starting this fall. Deborah is also the administrative assistant for Student Life! We decided to ask them a few questions:
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🙌What are you excited for this week?
“We’re both just excited to see how God will move in hearts and change lives. SWU was incredibly influential in our own spiritual journeys and we’re grateful to get to be a part of that for others through Spiritual Emphasis.”
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🎓What brought you both to SWU?
Matt: “I wanted to study ministry and also SWU seemed like a fun place to be.”
Deborah: “I visited campus and immediately knew that it was where I was supposed to be.  It was the only college I applied to. After graduation I worked in Academic Records for a year and then was the RD in Stu-Be for 2 years. We moved out of state for 12 years and when we moved back last Summer and I started working in the Student Life office.”
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😲What is a fun fact about y'all that most people may not know?
Matt: “I think that Chick-Fil-A and The Princess Bride are both overrated.”
Deborah: “I was a SWU Cheerleader for 2 weeks during my Sophomore year. I quickly realized that I wasn’t coordinated enough to be a cheerleader.”
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We can’t wait to hear what God has laid on your hearts to share this week. Show some love for the Rhodes family!
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#TeamSWU #SWUpalmsup

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