April and May Update

April & May 2013

Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God.
“The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!” - Mark 1:14,15

Here are some highlights:

• Two of our student leaders gave powerful large group talks: 

• Aris taught from Zaccheus’ story in Luke 10 about following God in college.  

• Kim who will be an InterVarsity Intern this fall taught from John 4 about the healing redemption of Christ across cultures.  Kim invited us to write some of our struggles in marker especially around identity and then to wash them as an act of offering our idenity up to Jesus to be healed and remember we are sons and daughters of God in faith.

• We called 12 to be on our new leaders team that will lead our growing fellowship to renew the campus with Jesus’ gospel bringing his kingdom just as Jesus sent his apostles in Luke 9. We are praying for wisdom about trying something new to give more students ownership and have a bigger impact on the campus. Our idea is that next year in addition to the leaders team we would have a core team of people who are not leaders but who want to be a part of moving InterVarsity forward kind of like the 72 that Jesus sends out in Luke 10.  
• Mark Camp - a week walking with Jesus through the gospel of Mark studying and living out the scripture 8 hours a day is coming up! 15 students who gave up a week of summer and $210 for Jesus to show up and transform their lives!

For me the biggest things are saying goodbye to my intern team whom I love and will miss as they go on the next place God is calling them. Please be praying for my team as they continue to fundraise and give their careers to bring Christ to college students as InterVarsity staff: Ivanna as she goes back to her alma mater University of Arizona, Bridget to Northern Arizona University, Tom as he goes to Colorado State University and Kathryn and I as we step into the full staff role at CU Boulder. Over summer all 5 of us will be deep in fundraising and encouragement and prayer is much appreciated. 

Grace, Mercy and Peace,
from God and Jesus
Amen

Daniel