Back to School!

This has been, by far, my favorite year of going "back to school," with the added bonus of not taking any classes! September is flying by as students return to Providence and the school year begins.

Our first event of the month was 'Student Activities Night,' where clubs & organizati

ons set up booths to tell students about their club. Our table looked great this year with our fancy new banner and board explaining who we are and what we do. We gave away cups with information on upcoming events, how to contact us, and a list of recommended churches in the area. Students love free things (as do I), so some people come just to take a cup. Sometimes we are able to have good conversations

and even share the gospel with these students. We also have a sign up list at our booth so students can get our weekly emails. This also helps us to see who is at least somewhat interested in Christianity, and we will use these lists to try and meet with students to disciple.

The next night was our first Tuesday Night Truth (TNT) of the year! We went into detail about our four main ideas for the club, Connect to the Local Church, Fellowship, Discipleship, and Missions. After explaining who we are, Travis (the campus minister) spoke on the importance of the local church. We had a good turn out of both new and returning students.

Our Friday Bible study has been great this year too! Every Friday we have 'Coffee & Scripture.' As the name implies, we meet at Starbucks for coffee, and we read the Bible together. We started reading Acts this fall. The students always ask questions and we

end up having really good conversations as we go.

The rest of the month will be filled with meeting up with students to work towards building discipling relationships, planning

upcoming small group Bible studies, and keeping up with my reading for 10:2b and books I'm reading with students. I am currently reading Stop Dating the Church by Joshua Harris, which has now gone through a title change and is now called Why Church Matters. It is such a great book, I recommend it to everyone!

Please pray that students would get plugged in to a local church quickly and that they would make Christ their priority as they continue in their college career.