Hurah

At the end of every semester Don hosts all of the campus ministry at his house. Compared to last semester we had a huge group! We have been so blessed with the growth and we are all motivated for next year.

We played some bachi ball, had fun singing some songs and eating good food. We had an amazing time sharing with each other and committing ourselves to be a light within the world.

CTI 14:21

It was so much fun to be able to host an event for the CTI group that Aaron has been apart of for the last year! The band showed up on Saturday evening and led worship for all of the Trinity UMC teens on Sunday morning.

The church had been doing a 30-hour famine and for them to be able to jump right in was incredible. On Sunday morning after most of the kids had such a powerful weekend feeling first hand how others feel because they can't eat that day, CTI jumped and drove everything home for them.

It was so great to see Aaron and it was a little crazy that even out in New Jersey I can meet up with friends. The band was so put together and played so well that we all wished they could have stayed longer and become the permanent worship band for Campus Ministry. Seeing them play really made me miss worship team and how much of a blessing that was for me to have every day.

After missing worship team so much and Rich really wanting me to audition I really started to re-look at going on a summer mission trip. I would absolutely love to but I don't think the time is right yet. I'll keep praying about it and hopefully I will get to do it.

Jim posing with all the 30-hour famine kids :)

Steve, Rich, Kalie, Aaron, Carrie, Jim, and Nicola

Enough

The Lord's Prayer: "Give us today our daily bread."

TODAY - right now
OUR - not just one, a community
DAILY - everyday we must rely on Him

~Where your treasure is your heart is there also
~When we gain something we lose something else
~Something great is always there we just need to know what to eliminate
~When we lose something we then realize how much a gift it is

Enough

by Chris Tomlin & Louie Giglio

You are my supply my breath of life

Still more awesome than I know

You're my reward worth living for

Still more awesome than I know

All of you is more than enough for

All of me for every thirst and every need

You satisfy me with your love

And all I have in you

Is more than enough

You're my sacrifice of greatest price

Still more awesome than I know

You're my coming King, You are everything

Still more awesome than I know

All of you is more than enough for

All of me for every thirst and every need

You satisfy me with your love

And all I have in you

Is more than enough

More than all I want more than all I need

You are more than enough for me

More than all I want more than all I need

You are more than enough

Are you in Tune?

There are two parts to being in tune:
1) faith
2) and actions because of that faith

Staying properly connected to God is an every moment tune-up.

- You can be in tune to what you believe but be out of tune with your actions
- You can also be in tune with your actions but out of tune with your beliefs

What are your thoughts about this? Do you think people can be in tune in one aspect and out of tune in another?

Thirsty Thursday

Normally this saying thirsty Thursday is connected with drinking galore because the upperclassmen don't have Friday classes and its time for the underage drinking to begin. Well I was a different type of thirsty this evening. I was thirsty for a good in depth conversation with fellow believers at the campus ministry get together. Well I just got back to my room and I'm still parched. And now everyone must go, its not like I would know who to talk to anyway. I guess thats why I blog. I can say all I need to and feel like people listen when really its just empty cyber-space.

Anyway. I find it ironic that tonight the topic for discusion was redifining the church, and in the middle of getting started, I think, of a good conversation when the right hour rolled around it was time to pray and go. How typical "church" is that? You are only here for a certain time and then its time to go about and live your merry lives. Argh. I am back in my room right now more frustrated about everything said in the last hour being totally contradicted. It overshadows all the good that happened to me today. Having a really good jumping lesson, a perfect standing wrap, an ok practice, a 100% on my math test, its all gone, I am just now left with a craving for that perfect end to my day. We can't say that something has to change and then not allow people to talk for hours getting somewhere!

A girl mentioned the song by Switchfoot Dare You to Move. Well I dare you! I seriously double dog dare you to move. You call yourself a Christian? Prove it to me. Our actions speak louder than our words. There is a song that says "they will know we are Christians by our love." No one sees your love if you don't give it away! Giving it away is moving. Its reaching. Its being a true Christ follower. That is redifining the church.

Can you handle that?