IV Newsletter 2.6

January 20th, 2009

1. Small Groups
2. preLarge Group Prayer
3. Large Group
4. Town Meeting
5. Praise Night @ the RITz
6. Leadership Summit
7. Superduper cool story

1. If you aren’t part of a small group, you’re missing out! Join one.

2. Starting this week we’re praying before Large Group. Join us at 6:30 PM in 8-1250. Look for David Kraines and me (Arricka).

3. Large Group: 7 PM Friday, Building 8, 1250 like always this quarter. We’re hearing John Iamaio speak on Confession and Forgiveness: Learning to let go.

4. Next week, Friday January 30th, stay a little after Large Group and discuss with us how we’re doing or what we should be doing (or not) at our Quarterly Town Meeting. Bring ideas, questions, comments.

5. Afterwards, it’s Praise Night at the RITz! Worship led by Gospel Ensemble, Agape Tricampus (Eastman, UR, RIT), an acoustic duo, and CCC Praise Band. Free wings and pizza. Fellowship with Christians from Agape, BASIC, BCM, CCC, Gospel Ensemble, and InterVarsity. Friday, January 30th, 10 PM -12 AM. Sponsored by CAB.

6. InterVarsity Leadership Summit is Saturday January 31st at the University of Buffalo. Take a break from regular academia and spend a day with your brothers and sisters in Christ learning about evangelism, spiritual gifts, small group leading, and serving. Cost is $10 and lunch is provided. We’ll be leaving from Gracies at 7:30 AM and returning around 6 PM.

7. Jess Jordan, one of the TAVA small group leaders, writes the following:

So last night [Monday] was truly a blessing for me. I had heard some talk about President Destler coming but was not sure that he would actually show up. Then just as we opened up our bibles to get into Joshua 6, in walks the big man himself. It was really cool to see how interested he was in what a “small group” actually does.  We read around and Destler participated in reading the scripture when it came to his turn.  As we went into our discussion, you could tell his mind was stirring. He asked questions about the significance of the number 7 and the killing of everyone and the animals after the fall of the wall of Jericho. We had a great discussion on how the Scripture related to events in our life. We also had a deep discussion of how the old testament differs from the new testament and how Jesus made all that possible. Dr. Destler is a Unitarian Universalist but last night he got a big ole spoon full of the gospel. Because it was getting late he left before closing prayer.  I am so glad that he came and I hope that the brief exposure to TAVA was influential in transforming his soul and this campus. I was filled with joy to have been part of the evening.

“Then the LORD said to Joshua, ‘See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men.’ ”

Arricka Nowland

students and faculty transformed
campuses renewed
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