Contact Us
Email: slad@swau.edu
Call: (817) 202-6462
Southwestern Adventist University’s (SWAU) Spiritual Life and Development (SLAD) team provides students with a college campus life full of worship, service, and missions. They seek to help students spiritually prosper through multiple opportunities and experiences. Led by a mixture of students and seasoned leaders, there is something for everyone.
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Student Missions
Want to see what it takes to be a missionary? Learn more from our past missionaries and get informed about our current opportunities!
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Become a missionary
Student Missions
Want to see what it takes to be a missionary? Learn more from our past missionaries and get informed about our current opportunities!
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LIFT
Every third Saturday of the month, we join our Keene Church family in sharing food and resources with members of our community who are in need by providing a food bank.
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LIFT
Every third Saturday of the month, we join our Keene Church family in sharing food and resources with members of our community who are in need by providing a food bank.
Ignite Service
We host service projects each year that impact churches, schools, and charities across Tarrant and Johnson Counties through 800-1,200 hours of service at dozens of locations.
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Ignite Service
We host service projects each year that impact churches, schools, and charities across Tarrant and Johnson Counties through 800-1,200 hours of service at dozens of locations.
The Navajo Mission Trip
This spring, join the ministry serving the Navajo Nation over spring break.


The Navajo Mission Trip
This spring, join the ministry serving the Navajo Nation over spring break.
Events
Sep
11
1:00 PM -
Week of Prayer
Sep
12
11:20 AM -
Week of Prayer
Sep
12
7:30 PM -
Vespers
Sep
12
9:00 PM -
Afterglow
Sep
13
11:00 AM -
Collegiate Sabbath School
Sep
13
3:00 PM -
Hopps Museum
Sep
14
6:30 PM -
Table Talk
Sep
16
5:00 PM -
Women’s Bible Study
Sep
17
5:00 PM -
Résumé Prep Workshop
Sep
17
7:30 PM -
Wednesday Knight Worship
Sep
18
8:00 PM -
Self-Care/Stress Relief Workshop
Sep
20
3:00 PM -
Hopps Museum
Sep
20
4:45 PM -
Refugio (The Refuge)
Sep
22
6:00 PM -
Scholarship Gala
Sep
23
5:00 PM -
Women’s Bible Study
Sep
27
3:00 PM -
Hopps Museum
Sep
27
3:00 PM -
SWAY-Jam Session
Sep
27
3:00 PM -
Uplift Card Ministry
Sep
28
6:30 PM -
Table Talk
Sep
30
All Day -
Wentzel Family
Sep
30
5:00 PM -
Women’s Bible Study
Oct
1
All Day -
Ignite Service Day
Oct
1
All Day -
Wentzel Family
Oct
2
All Day -
Wentzel Family
Oct
3
All Day -
Wentzel Family
Oct
4
All Day -
Wentzel Family
Oct
4
3:00 PM -
Hopps Museum
Oct
4
7:00 PM -
May Family Birthday Event
Oct
5
All Day -
Wentzel Family
Oct
6
All Day -
Wentzel Family
Oct
7
All Day -
Wentzel Family
Oct
8
7:30 PM -
Wednesday Knight Worship
Oct
9
6:00 PM -
SWAU STEM Arts Showcase
Oct
11
3:00 PM -
Hopps Museum
Oct
11
7:00 PM -
Nursing Dedication
Oct
12
6:30 PM -
Table Talk
Oct
14
5:00 PM -
Women’s Bible Study
Oct
15
8:00 AM -
Mid-Semester
Oct
15
7:30 PM -
Wednesday Knight Worship
Oct
16
All Day -
Fall Holiday
Oct
17
All Day -
Fall Holiday
Oct
18
All Day -
Fall Holiday
Oct
18
3:00 PM -
Hopps Museum
Oct
19
All Day -
Fall Holiday
Oct
21
5:00 PM -
Women’s Bible Study
Oct
22
8:00 AM -
SWAU Career Fair
Oct
22
7:30 PM -
Wednesday Knight Worship
Oct
23
5:00 PM -
University Days
Oct
24
8:00 AM -
Deadline for SU Incompletes
Oct
24
8:00 AM -
University Days
Oct
25
10:00 AM -
University Days
Oct
25
3:00 PM -
Hopps Museum
Oct
25
3:00 PM -
Uplift Card Ministry
Oct
26
6:30 PM -
Table Talk
Oct
28
5:00 PM -
Women’s Bible Study
Oct
31
8:00 AM -
Last Day to Withdraw
Oct
31
5:00 PM -
Cancelled - Vespers
Oct
31
7:30 PM -
Departmental Vespers
Nov
1
3:00 PM -
Hopps Museum
Nov
2
All Day -
SWAU Thanks & Giving Run 2025
Nov
3
All Day -
Advising Weeks Begins
Nov
3
8:00 AM -
Spring Registration Begins
Nov
4
All Day -
Advising Weeks Begins
Nov
4
5:00 PM -
Women’s Bible Study
Nov
5
All Day -
Advising Weeks Begins
Nov
5
7:30 PM -
Wednesday Knight Worship
Nov
6
All Day -
Advising Weeks Begins
Nov
7
All Day -
Advising Weeks Begins
Nov
8
3:00 PM -
Hopps Museum
Nov
9
3:00 PM -
University Experience
Nov
9
6:30 PM -
Table Talk
Nov
10
All Day -
Advising Weeks Begins
Nov
10
8:00 AM -
University Experience
Nov
11
All Day -
Advising Weeks Begins
Nov
11
5:00 PM -
Women’s Bible Study
Nov
12
All Day -
Advising Weeks Begins
Nov
12
7:30 PM -
Wednesday Knight Worship
Nov
13
All Day -
Advising Weeks Begins
Nov
14
All Day -
Advising Weeks Begins
Nov
15
3:00 PM -
Hopps Museum
Nov
16
6:30 PM -
Table Talk
Nov
18
5:00 PM -
Women’s Bible Study
Nov
19
7:30 PM -
Wednesday Knight Worship
Nov
22
3:00 PM -
Hopps Museum
Nov
22
3:00 PM -
Uplift Card Ministry
Nov
24
All Day -
Thanksgiving Break
Nov
25
All Day -
Thanksgiving Break
Nov
25
5:00 PM -
Women’s Bible Study
Nov
26
All Day -
Thanksgiving Break
Nov
27
All Day -
Thanksgiving Break
Nov
28
All Day -
Thanksgiving Break
Nov
29
3:00 PM -
Hopps Museum
Dec
1
7:30 AM -
Instruction Begins
Dec
2
5:00 PM -
Women’s Bible Study
Dec
3
7:30 PM -
Wednesday Knight Worship
Dec
6
3:00 PM -
Hopps Museum
Dec
7
6:30 PM -
Table Talk
Dec
10
7:30 PM -
Wednesday Knight Worship
Dec
13
3:00 PM -
Hopps Museum
Dec
15
7:30 AM -
Examinations
Dec
16
7:30 AM -
Examinations
Dec
17
7:30 AM -
Examinations
Dec
17
7:00 PM -
Nurses' Pinning
Dec
17
7:30 PM -
Christmas Vacation Begins
Dec
18