Thrive!

You might be asking yourself, "what is Thrive?" In my last newsletter I wrote briefly about Thrive. I want to take some time to expand on it a bit more.

Thrive is a new meeting we have started that will meet weekly and is open to any and all students. It is a place where students can go deeper in their faith as they receive practical tools and resources to live out their faith on campus. Each week they will be challenged with a weekly application, to go out that week and take a risk in trying, and be prepared to come back the next week and share how it went. It is a place where students can be around other students that are passionate about their faith and desire to grow more as well.

As students draw closer to God and live out their faith on campus, they will THRIVE. Through scripture, prayer, and practical applications some of the main topics we will be looking at are: prayer, justice, witness, and reaching out across barriers. Please be praying for myself, staff, and senior student leaders as we lead this new meeting.

This last Sunday the application/challenge was a prayer treasure hunt. Students spent time listening to God and seeing if there was a person, people group, or place that came up for them. The challenge was to in the next week, be open to the name or places that God brought up in a way that would give them an opportunity to love, serve, and share the gospel! Here is an e-mail I just received from a junior student leader, Chrissy Hayward (pictured below on the right).

"I know you said to keep you updated with cool stories from what we were challenged with last night so....I was really encouraged to do more one on one's with some of the girls in my bible study, considering the huge size and all. So this girl Ashley came to my mind and we met up today. But what was really sweet is that when I texted her last night, she said she was praying to God to show her someone to talk with. She is really shy with sharing her feelings and is having a hard time right now with life, so this was so wonderful for her. Talk about the holy spirit moving! Anywho, your challenge is already at work :)"
Pray that many more students like Chrissy would say yes to challenges so that they can see how big and alive God is in their lives!