May 19, 2008
Making himself available to be used by God.
Making himself available to be used by God.
Chapter Camp is often a crucial transition for InterVarsity students. It's not unusual to hear alumni reflect back and say it was at a camp experience of some type where their faith matured in a significant way. It's a sign post in the journey of their life; they can look back and see it.
The faith disconnect that occurs when Christian high school students make the transition to college or career has been estimated at 70 percent. The faith dropout rate is a challenge to InterVarsity and other campus ministries. Responding directly to the challenge is a new coalition called the Youth Transition Network.
The world is a terrifying place. With so much to be afraid of, as Christians, how then should we choose to live?
Arts Ministry is spreading in the Great Lakes West Region. Arts ministry is an outreach to graduate and undergraduate students, as well as faculty, in music, creative writing, dance, visual arts and design, film and media, theater — creating witnessing communities for these often under-served population groups. The arts ministry also invites these artists to help in our communication to the whole campus — finding new and creative ways to tell the Jesus story to today's contemporary culture.
Pentecost is a Sunday in the church's liturgical calendar to honor the Holy Spirit.
Bill Hanawalt and Steve Nicholson were looking for a church that reflected their InterVarsity fellowship experiences in college and the spirit of renewal that was growing around the country. The congregation they started, based on their InterVarsity experiences, still nurtures InterVarsity students and staff (and hundreds of other people) three decades later.
Leighton Ford has felt himself changing. The shift is not so much a departure from the principles of evangelism and outreach, he says, but rather a redirection of those energies.
When Joy returned to Knox College in the fall, she approached some students in InterVarsity wanting to know more about Jesus Christ
Today’s nurses continue to follow in the tradition of Florence Nightingale