The servant-leader is servant first.  It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve.  Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead.  The best test is:  do those served grow as persons:  do they, while being served, become healthier, wiser, freer, more autonomous, more likely themselves to become servants?  And, what is the effect on the least privileged in society; will they benefit, or, at least, not be further deprived?
The Servant as Leader
Robert K. Greenleaf      

As part of Celebrate the Servant, December 1– December 7, 2008, LaGrange College will present Servant-Leader Awards to individuals who embody the characteristics of servant-leadership.  Three awards will be presented:  one each to an adult, a young adult (under 18) in the Troup County area and a current LaGrange College student.  Previous recipients are Miss Claire Acree, Miss Elizabeth Adams, Miss Lee Ann Brooks '08,  Chief Lou Dekmer, Mr. David McMillian '07, Mr. Oliver Greene, Mr. Bill Parsons '67, Ms. Madeline Sauter and Mrs. Ruth Ellen Trotter. 

You are invited to nominate individuals in the LaGrange/Troup County community or current LaGrange College students whom you believe to be servant-leaders. The deadline for submitting nominations is October 17, 2008. Awards will be presented at a 7:00 p.m. ceremony on Monday, December 1st in the College Chapel.  Everyone is welcome.