Hannah, one of our student leaders, read out loud from Matthew 13, a parable comparing soil and people. I paused from gobbling a gooey brownie to pray that God would make the gospel alive to our friends. I took a handful of dirt and scattered it in our flower pot. Brice, next to me, prayed Christian students would be sensitive to their friends’ needs. We spent the evening praying for God to prepare unbelievers’ hearts, asking Him for opportunities to share our faith, and praising Him for sending witnesses into our lives. To help us engage with our prayers, we planted and watered geranium flower seeds.
Coffee House, our weekly prayer and fellowship meeting, is a lively, relaxed place for us to creatively talk with God. We pray for the lost, the oppressed, and the fatherless. We ask Him to move in our lives, around campus, and throughout the world. And we do it all while enjoying Hannah’s gifts of coffee, tea, and homemade treats. Freshmen are coming to meet new people and meet with God. Upperclassmen are finding refreshment and renewed focus to follow God’s call on our community.
At last week’s Coffee House, we gathered around our flower pots full of sprouting leaves to praise God for growing our chapter in evangelism and bringing our friends to Him.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Poverty Week
Did you know that around the world, 15 million children die of hunger each year? Or that despite economic progress, India is home to 25% of the world’s poor?
Students exposed themselves to facts like these as they spent no more than $25 on food for the week. Stats like these seem pretty depressing, until you hear about the other half of the story. They contemplated verses like Proverbs 21:13, Romans 12:16 and Jeremiah 22:15-16. This helped them consider the good news that God cares deeply for the poor, the hungry, and the defenseless. God invites and even commands us to respond to the causes and effects of poverty, as well as to personally love the poor. As they experienced slight pangs of hunger or had to refrain from eating out, they got just the tiniest glimpse of what many live through without choice or escape.
Members invited their friends to join with them in Poverty Week. Most said no, but 30 students came to the Feast at the end of the week, where we shared about God’s heart and response to the poor and our plan to donate to World Vision. Students donated $200, enjoyed some amazing home cooked food, and prayed for God to move.
Students exposed themselves to facts like these as they spent no more than $25 on food for the week. Stats like these seem pretty depressing, until you hear about the other half of the story. They contemplated verses like Proverbs 21:13, Romans 12:16 and Jeremiah 22:15-16. This helped them consider the good news that God cares deeply for the poor, the hungry, and the defenseless. God invites and even commands us to respond to the causes and effects of poverty, as well as to personally love the poor. As they experienced slight pangs of hunger or had to refrain from eating out, they got just the tiniest glimpse of what many live through without choice or escape.
Members invited their friends to join with them in Poverty Week. Most said no, but 30 students came to the Feast at the end of the week, where we shared about God’s heart and response to the poor and our plan to donate to World Vision. Students donated $200, enjoyed some amazing home cooked food, and prayed for God to move.
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