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Megan Barta serves as assistant director of worship for freshman with ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ College Campus Ministries, helping create opportunities and community for freshmen at ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ who are interested in employing their creative gifts in the worship arts. As someone who was significantly shaped in faith and trained in leadership by the ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ College worship team, she is eager to open the door to anyone who wants to be involved in such a beautiful ministry in their first year at ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½. 

As a graduate of the ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Forward program, Megan is excited about opportunities to give back (or give forward) to the college. Her engagement in groups like Student Congress, Nykerk, ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ College Worship, the Saint Benedict Institute, Genesis/Exodus 90, undergraduate research, CASA, TEDx, MSOs, Chapel Choir, the music department, and intramural/club sports positions her with a broad and sweeping knowledge of some of the activity of ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ College students and what is important to them. She can’t wait to harness the passion of musically inclined freshmen to glorify God and serve in and around the campus in the worship arts. 

EDUCATION

• B.A., psychology, ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ College, 2025

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

In addition to her work with Campus Ministries, Megan serves as the office manager for the ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½-Western Prison Education Program (HWPEP). Her introduction to that program was through Campus Ministries: she had the opportunity to visit the Muskegon Correctional Facility with a few other worship team leaders in the fall of her senior year at ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½. Megan’s love of the worship team stems from three incredible years spent singing, playing guitar, and leading with ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ College Worship in Dimnent Chapel. 

WHY I LOVE HOPE

Megan loves ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ because of the way that people at the college know one another and are known. Many of her favorite relationships were born out of long, laughter-filled lunches in Phelps dining hall. She is proud to work for an institution that is making education accessible to anyone who is determined to achieve a degree and use it for good, be that through the ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Forward program or the ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½-Western Prison Education program. Finally, Megan loves the way that ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ is ecumenically faithful. It is a great joy to her to come to Dimnent Chapel or Saint Anne’s oratory and find her peers, friends, colleagues, and professors all worshiping together. 

OUTSIDE THE COLLEGE

Outside of ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½, Megan is involved in the which keeps her reading and thinking about scripture and how to live a faithful Christian life as a young post-schooling adult. She loves reading (especially realistic fiction novels), playing board and card games (Catan, anyone?), swimming in Lake Michigan, and making music with friends.