Lope Family Sendoff

By Ralph Freso

GCU Welcome Week move-in is all done, so it was time for parents to head back home but not before wrapping up the week at Thursday's Lope Family Sendoff, when parents and their children gathered for worship and spent a few final moments together.

  • GCU Parent Council President Todd Kinley greets students and families at the Lope Family Sendoff at Antelope Gymnasium on Aug. 28, 2025.
  • Worship arts students perform during the Lope Family Sendoff at Antelope Gymnasium on Aug. 28, 2025.
  • Worship arts students perform during the Lope Family Sendoff at Antelope Gymnasium on Aug. 28, 2025.
  • Incoming students and their families sing in praise during the Lope Family Sendoff at Antelope Gym on Aug. 28, 2025.
  • Sheryl Johnson embraces freshman son Chance Johnson during the Lope Family Sendoff at Antelope Gym on Aug. 28, 2025.
  • CeCe Bedore and worship arts students perform during the Lope Family Sendoff at Antelope Gym on Aug. 28, 2025.
  • Incoming students and their families sing in praise during the Lope Family Sendoff at Antelope Gym on Aug. 28, 2025.
  • Worship arts alumni perform during the Lope Family Sendoff at Antelope Gym on Aug. 28, 2025.
  • Michele Iddings and her freshman daughter, Mary Iddings, sing together during the Lope Family Sendoff at Antelope Gym on Aug. 28, 2025.
  • Incoming students and their families sing in praise during the Lope Family Sendoff at Antelope Gym on Aug. 28, 2025.
  • Freshman Chance Johnson consoles his mother, Sheryl Johnson, as she has an emotional moment during the Lope Family Sendoff at Antelope Gym on Aug. 28, 2025.
  • Dean of Students and University Pastor Dr. Tim Griffin talks about the memories of when his son attended GCU during the Lope Family Sendoff at Antelope Gym on Aug. 28, 2025.
  • Spiritual Life Director Erik Nelsen speaks during the Lope Family Sendoff at Antelope Gym on Aug. 28, 2025.
  • Emotions ran high as parents spent some final moments with their children during the Lope Family Sendoff at Antelope Gym on Aug. 28, 2025.

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ViewCurrent February 2026

Bible Verse

Now as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside and said to them, "We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn Him to death and will turn Him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day He will be raised to life!" (Matthew 20:17-19)

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