This Wednesday, for our last Oasis of the year, we will be having a special Christmas Oasis.
We will enjoy some delicious Christmas cookies, hot chocolate, and various "Christmas snacks" by the fireplace while the sounds of some of your favorite Christmas music fill the air. I'll have a Christmas devotional to share, and we'll continue one of CCVT's most beloved traditions -- the always entertaining, often hilarious, "White Elephant" gift exchange.
What's a White Elephant Gift Exchange? Well, I have no idea where the name comes from, but it's a really fun, yet inexpensive, way to celebrate Christmas by exchanging gifts.
Here are your instructions: Bring a gift worth only about 2 or 3 dollars. This keeps things affordable. It doesn't even have to be brand new, as long as it is in good condition and is something that someone might enjoy and is worth about $2-3. You might be surprised how cool some gifts can be even while they are that inexpensive. It just takes a little creativity and imagination.
Students in past years have found some great gifts combing the isles of dollar stores, and thrift shops like Good Will, or the YMCA thrift shop on North Main Street. Sometimes the shopping part of this game turns out to be almost as much fun as the game itself. (Picture yourself in the toy department of the dollar store reliving your childhood. This time there's no parent telling you you can't buy it.)
Besides toys, some other popular ideas from years past are: cool Christmas ornaments, some nifty gadget, or yummy food, like maybe some homemade cookies, or just some candy, or Little Debbies or something like that. Use your imagination. What would you enjoy getting?
Now that you have your gift, there is one more very important thing you need to do with it. You need to wrap it, and you need to wrap it well enough that nobody can tell what it is. This is part of what makes the game fun. We're all going to put our gifts in a big pile and take turns picking a present out of the pile. There is more to it than that, but this mystery is part of what makes the game fun, like when you were a kid and couldn't wait to open your presents under the Christmas tree and kept shaking them and tapping them trying to figure out what they might be. So wrap it well enough that it's not obvious what it is.
If you don't have wrapping paper, use newspaper or paper grocery bags or something. It doesn't have to be pretty, just a mystery. Besides, I've seen gifts wrapped in these that ended up looking surprisingly good.
We'll explain the rest of the rules on Wednesday. Suffice it to say, we always have a lot of laughs with this game.
After the gift exchange, we'll probably play some other games, enjoy some Christmas snacks, and maybe watch some Christmas movies for all who want to watch!
Hope you can join us. 7:30pm, Wednesday, at the campus house, as usual.
The next day is Reading Day so you've got no homework! Yippee! So come blow off some steam before you start cramming for exams. And bring a friend with you!
Steve and the student leaders of CCVT
We make followers of Jesus and help his followers grow
Monday, December 7, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Upcoming Events
Dec. 1, Tuesday, 7pm -- Girls' Gel Group (small group Bible study)
Dec. 2, Wednesday, 7:30pm -- Oasis (large group Bible study) Last lesson in the Storm series
Dec. 2, Wednesday, after Oasis -- Core Group Team (student leadership) meeting
Dec. 4, Friday, 8pm -- Decorate Your Own Christmas Cookies & Game Night -- We will have the cookies and everything you need to decorate them. Just bring yourself and maybe some friends and blow off a little steam in the middle of this hectic time between Thanksgiving Break and final exams. We will also have indoor games of all kinds -- party games, board games, card games, but most of all, fun games. You've been working hard. It's time to take a break and relax for a little while. Come join us.
Dec. 6, Sunday, 8pm -- Guys' Gel Group (small group Bible study)
Dec. 8, Tuesday, 7pm -- Girls' Gel Group (small group Bible study)
Dec. 9, Wednesday, 7:30pm -- Special Christmas Oasis & Christmas Party -- to include, of course, Christmas carols, the hilarious annual "White Elephant" gift exchange, and lots of your favorite Christmasy snacks.
Dec. 10, Thursday, 4:30pm -- Out to eat at The Homeplace -- meet at the campus house at 4:30pm to carpool to The Homeplace for as good of eats as you will ever find in a restaurant!
Dec. 2, Wednesday, 7:30pm -- Oasis (large group Bible study) Last lesson in the Storm series
Dec. 2, Wednesday, after Oasis -- Core Group Team (student leadership) meeting
Dec. 4, Friday, 8pm -- Decorate Your Own Christmas Cookies & Game Night -- We will have the cookies and everything you need to decorate them. Just bring yourself and maybe some friends and blow off a little steam in the middle of this hectic time between Thanksgiving Break and final exams. We will also have indoor games of all kinds -- party games, board games, card games, but most of all, fun games. You've been working hard. It's time to take a break and relax for a little while. Come join us.
Dec. 6, Sunday, 8pm -- Guys' Gel Group (small group Bible study)
Dec. 8, Tuesday, 7pm -- Girls' Gel Group (small group Bible study)
Dec. 9, Wednesday, 7:30pm -- Special Christmas Oasis & Christmas Party -- to include, of course, Christmas carols, the hilarious annual "White Elephant" gift exchange, and lots of your favorite Christmasy snacks.
Dec. 10, Thursday, 4:30pm -- Out to eat at The Homeplace -- meet at the campus house at 4:30pm to carpool to The Homeplace for as good of eats as you will ever find in a restaurant!
Monday, November 16, 2009
Thanksgiving Dinner
You are invited to CCVT's annual Thanksgiving Dinner which will be, as usual, the last Wednesday before Thanksgiving Break. That's this Wednesday! It is always so much fun and the food is always so good. So please make plans to come join us.
We are going to have turkey, of course, with mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, corn, sweet potato casserole, rolls, corn bread or biscuits, cranberry sauce/relish, pumpkin or sweet potato pie, and more, including a lot of desserts.
Stacey and I are hosting the banquet at our house this year. We will carpool from the campus house, so if you need a ride, don't worry about it. We'll get you a ride. Just meet us at the campus house at 7:00 PM.
I hope you can make time to join us. Like I said, it is always a lot of fun, and your taste buds will enjoy it, too.
Looking forward to giving thanks to God with you,
Steve
We are going to have turkey, of course, with mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, corn, sweet potato casserole, rolls, corn bread or biscuits, cranberry sauce/relish, pumpkin or sweet potato pie, and more, including a lot of desserts.
Stacey and I are hosting the banquet at our house this year. We will carpool from the campus house, so if you need a ride, don't worry about it. We'll get you a ride. Just meet us at the campus house at 7:00 PM.
I hope you can make time to join us. Like I said, it is always a lot of fun, and your taste buds will enjoy it, too.
Looking forward to giving thanks to God with you,
Steve
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Ping-Pong Tournament
CCVT is hosting a Ping-Pong Tournament Saturday, Nov. 14, starting at 8pm. People of all skill levels are invited to join.
This has become a semi-annual event at CCVT because everyone always seems to have so much fun, and no matter what your skill level, there is always someone else who is just as good as you, or just as much of a beginner as you, so everyone always ends up enjoying some good close games. So please come join us. We will also have some other entertainment available while we wait for our turn at the table, although some of the games become pretty interesting to watch, especially between the better players.
There is no entry fee, it's totally free. Just bring yourself and some friends to the campus house. You don't have to be a member of CCVT to enter the tournament. Everyone is welcome.
Hope to see you Saturday at 8pm.
Keep your feet dry.
Steve
This has become a semi-annual event at CCVT because everyone always seems to have so much fun, and no matter what your skill level, there is always someone else who is just as good as you, or just as much of a beginner as you, so everyone always ends up enjoying some good close games. So please come join us. We will also have some other entertainment available while we wait for our turn at the table, although some of the games become pretty interesting to watch, especially between the better players.
There is no entry fee, it's totally free. Just bring yourself and some friends to the campus house. You don't have to be a member of CCVT to enter the tournament. Everyone is welcome.
Hope to see you Saturday at 8pm.
Keep your feet dry.
Steve
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
VT vs East Carolina Football Party
Hey everybody,
Just wanted to let you know that CCVT is planning a Football Party for the game against East Carolina Thursday night. The game starts at 7:30pm. You are invited to come watch it with us at the campus house, and we are going to have some "football food" to enjoy as well.
Feel free to bring some food to share, or just bring yourself. We might order some pizza or something, too. We'll see how hungry we feel.
Hope to see you at 7:30pm tomorrow night. Bring a friend.
Steve
Just wanted to let you know that CCVT is planning a Football Party for the game against East Carolina Thursday night. The game starts at 7:30pm. You are invited to come watch it with us at the campus house, and we are going to have some "football food" to enjoy as well.
Feel free to bring some food to share, or just bring yourself. We might order some pizza or something, too. We'll see how hungry we feel.
Hope to see you at 7:30pm tomorrow night. Bring a friend.
Steve
What Next?
Sometimes we get so caught up in the busyness of this life -- working hard to get good grades, trying to find time to exercise to take good care of our bodies, looking for a job, and all kinds of stuff -- sometimes we really don't stop to think about how soon this is all going to be over for us, and then what? What is going to happen to us after this life?
We are going to spend a whole lot more time in the next life than we spend in this one, but what we do in this life determines what happens to us in the next life, so if we are smart, we will make time to think about the next life, and make plans accordingly. We might find that we need to make some changes in our order of priorities in this life.
Tonight at Oasis we'll be taking time to study what the Bible has to say about our next life. I hope you will join us.
It all starts at 7:30pm tonight (and every Wednesday during the semester) at CCVT's campus house (directions below).
Hope to see you soon,
Steve
Directions to CCVT's campus house: If you need directions to our campus house, probably the best way to get them is to type "413 West Clay St., Blacksburg, VA" into Google maps. You'll see that our campus house is only about a block away from most of the dorms on campus, over by the Washington Street tennis courts. It's much closer than most of your classes!
If you are walking from on campus, do this: When you are standing on Washington Street between O'Shaughnessy (O'Shag) Hall and Johnson Hall you are only one short block away. Cross to the other side of the street and take the sidewalk up the hill towards VT's Cranwell International Center. (You will see a sign for Cranwell on Washington St.) VT's Tennis Courts will be on your right. As you are walking up the hill veer to your left off of the sidewalk and walk up the grassy hill. (Veer left before you get to the chain link fence with all the vines growing on it. We are on the other side of that fence.) You will see the campus house facing you. It's a two story red brick house with a big front porch and a banner on the balcony railing that says "Christ's Church @ VT Campus Ministry" -- so you'll know you found the right place once you get here! It's really pretty simple, but feel free to call me if you have any trouble: 540-552-8292.
We are going to spend a whole lot more time in the next life than we spend in this one, but what we do in this life determines what happens to us in the next life, so if we are smart, we will make time to think about the next life, and make plans accordingly. We might find that we need to make some changes in our order of priorities in this life.
Tonight at Oasis we'll be taking time to study what the Bible has to say about our next life. I hope you will join us.
It all starts at 7:30pm tonight (and every Wednesday during the semester) at CCVT's campus house (directions below).
Hope to see you soon,
Steve
Directions to CCVT's campus house: If you need directions to our campus house, probably the best way to get them is to type "413 West Clay St., Blacksburg, VA" into Google maps. You'll see that our campus house is only about a block away from most of the dorms on campus, over by the Washington Street tennis courts. It's much closer than most of your classes!
If you are walking from on campus, do this: When you are standing on Washington Street between O'Shaughnessy (O'Shag) Hall and Johnson Hall you are only one short block away. Cross to the other side of the street and take the sidewalk up the hill towards VT's Cranwell International Center. (You will see a sign for Cranwell on Washington St.) VT's Tennis Courts will be on your right. As you are walking up the hill veer to your left off of the sidewalk and walk up the grassy hill. (Veer left before you get to the chain link fence with all the vines growing on it. We are on the other side of that fence.) You will see the campus house facing you. It's a two story red brick house with a big front porch and a banner on the balcony railing that says "Christ's Church @ VT Campus Ministry" -- so you'll know you found the right place once you get here! It's really pretty simple, but feel free to call me if you have any trouble: 540-552-8292.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Lost & Loving It
Normally lost and loving it don't go together, but this Friday night you might find that they do for you, for a little while, because we are going to go get lost in an amazing maze cut out of a corn field, and it's a little bit of a challenge to find your way out considering you will be doing it in the dark. (You do get to use a flashlight, though.)
The farm is only about 15 minutes from campus and it only costs $6, or $5 if you bring your student ID.
It's a lot of fun, so bring your flashlight and student ID and meet us at the campus house at 6pm Friday. And be sure to wear some boots or something like that. After all, this is a cornfield we're talking about. Corn does grow in dirt, you know, so your shoes will get some dirt on them, and it is a little bumpy from where the plows have been, and the corn stalks on the ground and stuff. It all adds to the effect and makes it more fun. Can you tell I've been there before?
Anyway, bring some friends with you, and if you have any extra flashlights to share, bring those, too, please.
Don't forget: 6pm Friday at CCVT's campus house -- we'll carpool from there.
Hope you can make it.
Steve
If you need directions to our campus house, probably the best way to get them is to type "413 West Clay St., Blacksburg, VA" into Google maps. You'll see that our campus house is only about a block away from most of the dorms on campus, over by the Washington Street tennis courts. It's much closer than most of your classes!
If you are walking from on campus, do this: When you are standing on Washington Street between O'Shaughnessy (O'Shag) Hall and Johnson Hall you are only one short block away. Cross to the other side of the street and take the sidewalk up the hill towards VT's Cranwell International Center. (You will see a sign for Cranwell on Washington St.) VT's Tennis Courts will be on your right. As you are walking up the hill veer to your left off of the sidewalk and walk up the grassy hill. (Veer left before you get to the chain link fence with all the vines growing on it. We are on the other side of that fence.) You will see the campus house facing you. It's a two story red brick house with a big front porch and a banner on the balcony railing that says "Christ's Church @ VT Campus Ministry" -- so you'll know you found the right place once you get here! It's really pretty simple, but feel free to call me if you have any trouble: 540-552-8292.
The farm is only about 15 minutes from campus and it only costs $6, or $5 if you bring your student ID.
It's a lot of fun, so bring your flashlight and student ID and meet us at the campus house at 6pm Friday. And be sure to wear some boots or something like that. After all, this is a cornfield we're talking about. Corn does grow in dirt, you know, so your shoes will get some dirt on them, and it is a little bumpy from where the plows have been, and the corn stalks on the ground and stuff. It all adds to the effect and makes it more fun. Can you tell I've been there before?
Anyway, bring some friends with you, and if you have any extra flashlights to share, bring those, too, please.
Don't forget: 6pm Friday at CCVT's campus house -- we'll carpool from there.
Hope you can make it.
Steve
If you need directions to our campus house, probably the best way to get them is to type "413 West Clay St., Blacksburg, VA" into Google maps. You'll see that our campus house is only about a block away from most of the dorms on campus, over by the Washington Street tennis courts. It's much closer than most of your classes!
If you are walking from on campus, do this: When you are standing on Washington Street between O'Shaughnessy (O'Shag) Hall and Johnson Hall you are only one short block away. Cross to the other side of the street and take the sidewalk up the hill towards VT's Cranwell International Center. (You will see a sign for Cranwell on Washington St.) VT's Tennis Courts will be on your right. As you are walking up the hill veer to your left off of the sidewalk and walk up the grassy hill. (Veer left before you get to the chain link fence with all the vines growing on it. We are on the other side of that fence.) You will see the campus house facing you. It's a two story red brick house with a big front porch and a banner on the balcony railing that says "Christ's Church @ VT Campus Ministry" -- so you'll know you found the right place once you get here! It's really pretty simple, but feel free to call me if you have any trouble: 540-552-8292.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Know Your Enemy
"Know your enemy." Have you ever heard that proverbial saying? It is a well known saying that holds a lot of truth in it. If an army is going into battle, they had better know their enemy well enough to know what to expect them to do, so that they can be prepared to counteract it. In sports, a team needs to know what the strengths and weaknesses of the opponent are so that they can defend against their strengths and exploit their weaknesses.
The spiritual realm is no different in this respect. Satan is our enemy who seeks to destroy us. He knows what our weaknesses are and takes full advantage of them. The questions is, do we know his strengths and weaknesses? Do we know how to defend against his attacks, and counterattack him?
Tonight at Oasis we'll be taking a look at what strategies Satan uses to defeat us, and how we can defend against his attacks and even fight back.
It all starts at 7:30pm tonight (and every Wednesday during the semester) at CCVT's campus house (directions below).
Hope to see you soon,
Steve
Directions to CCVT's campus house: If you need directions to our campus house, probably the best way to get them is to type "413 West Clay St., Blacksburg, VA" into Google maps. You'll see that our campus house is only about a block away from most of the dorms on campus, over by the Washington Street tennis courts. It's much closer than most of your classes!
If you are walking from on campus, do this: When you are standing on Washington Street between O'Shaughnessy (O'Shag) Hall and Johnson Hall you are only one short block away. Cross to the other side of the street and take the sidewalk up the hill towards VT's Cranwell International Center. (You will see a sign for Cranwell on Washington St.) VT's Tennis Courts will be on your right. As you are walking up the hill veer to your left off of the sidewalk and walk up the grassy hill. (Veer left before you get to the chain link fence with all the vines growing on it. We are on the other side of that fence.) You will see the campus house facing you. It's a two story red brick house with a big front porch and a banner on the balcony railing that says "Christ's Church @ VT Campus Ministry" -- so you'll know you found the right place once you get here! It's really pretty simple, but feel free to call me if you have any trouble: 540-552-8292.
The spiritual realm is no different in this respect. Satan is our enemy who seeks to destroy us. He knows what our weaknesses are and takes full advantage of them. The questions is, do we know his strengths and weaknesses? Do we know how to defend against his attacks, and counterattack him?
Tonight at Oasis we'll be taking a look at what strategies Satan uses to defeat us, and how we can defend against his attacks and even fight back.
It all starts at 7:30pm tonight (and every Wednesday during the semester) at CCVT's campus house (directions below).
Hope to see you soon,
Steve
Directions to CCVT's campus house: If you need directions to our campus house, probably the best way to get them is to type "413 West Clay St., Blacksburg, VA" into Google maps. You'll see that our campus house is only about a block away from most of the dorms on campus, over by the Washington Street tennis courts. It's much closer than most of your classes!
If you are walking from on campus, do this: When you are standing on Washington Street between O'Shaughnessy (O'Shag) Hall and Johnson Hall you are only one short block away. Cross to the other side of the street and take the sidewalk up the hill towards VT's Cranwell International Center. (You will see a sign for Cranwell on Washington St.) VT's Tennis Courts will be on your right. As you are walking up the hill veer to your left off of the sidewalk and walk up the grassy hill. (Veer left before you get to the chain link fence with all the vines growing on it. We are on the other side of that fence.) You will see the campus house facing you. It's a two story red brick house with a big front porch and a banner on the balcony railing that says "Christ's Church @ VT Campus Ministry" -- so you'll know you found the right place once you get here! It's really pretty simple, but feel free to call me if you have any trouble: 540-552-8292.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Football Party -- VT vs. Georgia Tech
Do you love watching football? Do you love eating delicious food while you watch football? Do you love eating delicious food while watching other people watch football, because you really don't like watching football, but you like hanging out with friends? If any of these is true of you, then you should come join us this Saturday night to watch the VT vs. Georgia Tech football game.
It starts at 6pm this Saturday and we are going to watch it on our 84 inch screen at our campus house. A bunch of us are pitching in to bring all kinds of traditional football party snack food to share and we need your help eating it. Feel free to bring some food to share, or just bring yourself and a friend. We'll have plenty of food so don't feel like you have to bring anything to come.
We're hoping to meet some new people besides enjoying the game with old friends, so please come whether you are a fixture at CCVT or coming for the first time. Maybe this is your first year at Tech and you are just now adjusting to classes and a new campus enough to feel ready to leave your homework behind for a few hours and kickback and relax and checkout our campus ministry.
At any rate, CCVT's student leaders who planned this party are really hoping you'll join us this Saturday at 6pm at our campus house. I am too.
Remember, our campus house is right on the edge of campus by most of the dorms, over by the Washington Street tennis courts -- probably closer than most of your classes if you live on campus. If you need directions, probably the best way to get them is to type "413 West Clay St., Blacksburg, VA" into Google maps.
If you are walking from on campus, do this: When you are standing on Washington Street between O'Shaughnessy (O'Shag) Hall and Johnson Hall you are only one short block away. Cross to the other side of the street and take the sidewalk up the hill towards VT's Cranwell International Center. (You will see a sign for Cranwell on Washington St.) VT's Tennis Courts will be on your right. As you are walking up the hill veer to your left off of the sidewalk and walk up the grassy hill. (Veer left before you get to the chain link fence with all the vines growing on it. We are on the other side of that fence.) You will see the campus house facing you. It's a two story red brick house with a big front porch and a banner on the balcony railing that says "Christ's Church @ VT Campus Ministry" -- so you'll know you found the right place once you get here! It's really pretty simple, but feel free to call me if you have any trouble: 540-552-8292.
See you 6pm Saturday.
Steve
It starts at 6pm this Saturday and we are going to watch it on our 84 inch screen at our campus house. A bunch of us are pitching in to bring all kinds of traditional football party snack food to share and we need your help eating it. Feel free to bring some food to share, or just bring yourself and a friend. We'll have plenty of food so don't feel like you have to bring anything to come.
We're hoping to meet some new people besides enjoying the game with old friends, so please come whether you are a fixture at CCVT or coming for the first time. Maybe this is your first year at Tech and you are just now adjusting to classes and a new campus enough to feel ready to leave your homework behind for a few hours and kickback and relax and checkout our campus ministry.
At any rate, CCVT's student leaders who planned this party are really hoping you'll join us this Saturday at 6pm at our campus house. I am too.
Remember, our campus house is right on the edge of campus by most of the dorms, over by the Washington Street tennis courts -- probably closer than most of your classes if you live on campus. If you need directions, probably the best way to get them is to type "413 West Clay St., Blacksburg, VA" into Google maps.
If you are walking from on campus, do this: When you are standing on Washington Street between O'Shaughnessy (O'Shag) Hall and Johnson Hall you are only one short block away. Cross to the other side of the street and take the sidewalk up the hill towards VT's Cranwell International Center. (You will see a sign for Cranwell on Washington St.) VT's Tennis Courts will be on your right. As you are walking up the hill veer to your left off of the sidewalk and walk up the grassy hill. (Veer left before you get to the chain link fence with all the vines growing on it. We are on the other side of that fence.) You will see the campus house facing you. It's a two story red brick house with a big front porch and a banner on the balcony railing that says "Christ's Church @ VT Campus Ministry" -- so you'll know you found the right place once you get here! It's really pretty simple, but feel free to call me if you have any trouble: 540-552-8292.
See you 6pm Saturday.
Steve
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Beautiful Views and Great Food
Beautiful views and great food is what we have planned for Friday afternoon this week. Since Friday is Fall Break and you don't have any classes, but you are probably not going home for the weekend because you have tickets to the Boston College game Saturday (does this sound like you?), because of all that, Friday afternoon is the perfect time for a hiking trip we've been wanting to take for a while.
Here's the plan: We meet at the campus house at Noon and carpool to Dragon's Tooth trail about 30 minutes from here. We take about 1 1/2 hours to hike up the trail to the top where these huge white limestone slabs of rock are sticking straight up out of the ground about 40 feet into the air. They really do look like huge dragon teeth. You can climb around on them if you are careful, which is really fun. The view is fantastic -- miles and miles in many directions, especially this time of year, of course. We usually spend about a half hour climbing around on the rocks up there at the top and enjoying the view before heading back down the trail.
The hike is not too hard and not too easy. It's just right. You don't have to be in great shape -- it's only about a 3 hour hike round trip -- but it's not just some level, boring trail either. You are hiking up a mountain and you are going to be rewarded with a mountain top experience once you get there.
By the time we finish hiking back down the mountain you will have built up a big appetite. Perfect, because we are going to drive about 5 minutes over to The Homeplace restaurant and eat our money's worth of all-you-can-eat delicious homemade food served family style. That means they bring out a big platter of fried chicken, and another platter of roast beef or ham, and a big bowl of mashed potatoes and a gravy boat, and everyone in our group sits around one big table and we just pass the food around and you get what you want and pass it on like you do when you eat with your family at Thanksgiving or something like that. You also get homemade biscuits, green beans, corn, pinto beans, homemade cinnamon apple butter (everything is homemade, I'm just not saying it in front of every single word), sweet tea, lemonade, coffee, and cobbler for dessert! You get all of this for about $13 which even includes the tax! It is so worth it. And after all that hiking, you will definitely be able to eat your money's worth. The food is so good!
Oh, and the weather is so right for this. It's not supposed to rain, and it's going to be in the 70's all afternoon. Perfect.
So bring a friend and meet us at the campus house at 12 Noon this Friday (October 9), and bring your car if you have one and don't mind driving. We might need it for the carpool.
Don't forget to bring some water with you for the trail, and wear your hiking boots or something comfortable for hiking. (Flip flops are definitely not recommended for this trip.) Also, don't forget to bring money for the meal at The Homeplace restaurant.
Hope to see you at Noon, Friday.
Steve
Here's directions to the campus house in case you need them:
Probably the best way to get them is to type "413 West Clay St., Blacksburg, VA" into Google maps. You'll see that our campus house is only about a block away from most of the dorms on campus, over by the Washington Street tennis courts. It's much closer than most of your classes!
If you are walking from on campus, do this: When you are standing on Washington Street between O'Shaughnessy (O'Shag) Hall and Johnson Hall you are only one short block away. Cross to the other side of the street and take the sidewalk up the hill towards VT's Cranwell International Center. (You will see a sign for Cranwell on Washington St.) VT's Tennis Courts will be on your right. As you are walking up the hill veer to your left off of the sidewalk and walk up the grassy hill. (Veer left before you get to the chain link fence with all the vines growing on it. We are on the other side of that fence.) You will see the campus house facing you. It's a two story red brick house with a big front porch and a banner on the balcony railing that says "Christ's Church @ VT Campus Ministry" -- so you'll know you found the right place once you get here! It's really pretty simple, but feel free to call me if you have any trouble: 540-552-8292.
Here's the plan: We meet at the campus house at Noon and carpool to Dragon's Tooth trail about 30 minutes from here. We take about 1 1/2 hours to hike up the trail to the top where these huge white limestone slabs of rock are sticking straight up out of the ground about 40 feet into the air. They really do look like huge dragon teeth. You can climb around on them if you are careful, which is really fun. The view is fantastic -- miles and miles in many directions, especially this time of year, of course. We usually spend about a half hour climbing around on the rocks up there at the top and enjoying the view before heading back down the trail.
The hike is not too hard and not too easy. It's just right. You don't have to be in great shape -- it's only about a 3 hour hike round trip -- but it's not just some level, boring trail either. You are hiking up a mountain and you are going to be rewarded with a mountain top experience once you get there.
By the time we finish hiking back down the mountain you will have built up a big appetite. Perfect, because we are going to drive about 5 minutes over to The Homeplace restaurant and eat our money's worth of all-you-can-eat delicious homemade food served family style. That means they bring out a big platter of fried chicken, and another platter of roast beef or ham, and a big bowl of mashed potatoes and a gravy boat, and everyone in our group sits around one big table and we just pass the food around and you get what you want and pass it on like you do when you eat with your family at Thanksgiving or something like that. You also get homemade biscuits, green beans, corn, pinto beans, homemade cinnamon apple butter (everything is homemade, I'm just not saying it in front of every single word), sweet tea, lemonade, coffee, and cobbler for dessert! You get all of this for about $13 which even includes the tax! It is so worth it. And after all that hiking, you will definitely be able to eat your money's worth. The food is so good!
Oh, and the weather is so right for this. It's not supposed to rain, and it's going to be in the 70's all afternoon. Perfect.
So bring a friend and meet us at the campus house at 12 Noon this Friday (October 9), and bring your car if you have one and don't mind driving. We might need it for the carpool.
Don't forget to bring some water with you for the trail, and wear your hiking boots or something comfortable for hiking. (Flip flops are definitely not recommended for this trip.) Also, don't forget to bring money for the meal at The Homeplace restaurant.
Hope to see you at Noon, Friday.
Steve
Here's directions to the campus house in case you need them:
Probably the best way to get them is to type "413 West Clay St., Blacksburg, VA" into Google maps. You'll see that our campus house is only about a block away from most of the dorms on campus, over by the Washington Street tennis courts. It's much closer than most of your classes!
If you are walking from on campus, do this: When you are standing on Washington Street between O'Shaughnessy (O'Shag) Hall and Johnson Hall you are only one short block away. Cross to the other side of the street and take the sidewalk up the hill towards VT's Cranwell International Center. (You will see a sign for Cranwell on Washington St.) VT's Tennis Courts will be on your right. As you are walking up the hill veer to your left off of the sidewalk and walk up the grassy hill. (Veer left before you get to the chain link fence with all the vines growing on it. We are on the other side of that fence.) You will see the campus house facing you. It's a two story red brick house with a big front porch and a banner on the balcony railing that says "Christ's Church @ VT Campus Ministry" -- so you'll know you found the right place once you get here! It's really pretty simple, but feel free to call me if you have any trouble: 540-552-8292.
Why Does God Allow Suffering?
Have you ever asked that question? Probably just about everybody has at some point in their life. But did you get any good answers?
There are good answers to that question. Some people have never heard them because they haven't asked the right people. But even if they have asked the right people and gotten some good answers, they were probably still left with some lingering question marks in their mind. That's because this question of suffering is one of those very big questions in life that goes to the very heart of what life is all about and what our purpose in life is and why we are here, so the subject is so vast, you can't possibly expect to sum it all up in 5 minutes or less, or even several hours. So does that mean we shouldn't even try to answer these questions? Of course not. That would be foolish. The most important questions in life are exactly the ones we should invest the most time into seeking answers to.
Tonight you will have an opportunity to spend about a half hour getting some of the best answers you can get (in such a limited time) to some of those most important questions.
Seek the answers with us. Seek them for your own good -- if you don't feel the need for them now, there's no doubt the time will come soon enough when suffering will enter your life and you will feel the need for them then. Be prepared. Seek them for the sake of your friends, too -- you may be the only one some of them know who could give them a good answer, a biblical answer, a true answer. Are you ready to rise to the occasion when you are called on to do so? It may be you who God wants to work through to meet that desperate need for hope in a hurting friend's life some day, sooner or later.
Answers and exploration at Oasis, 7:30pm tonight (Wednesday).
If you need directions to our campus house, probably the best way to get them is to type "413 West Clay St., Blacksburg, VA" into Google maps. You'll see that our campus house is only about a block away from most of the dorms on campus, over by the Washington Street tennis courts. It's much closer than most of your classes!
If you are walking from on campus, do this: When you are standing on Washington Street between O'Shaughnessy (O'Shag) Hall and Johnson Hall you are only one short block away. Cross to the other side of the street and take the sidewalk up the hill towards VT's Cranwell International Center. (You will see a sign for Cranwell on Washington St.) VT's Tennis Courts will be on your right. As you are walking up the hill veer to your left off of the sidewalk and walk up the grassy hill. (Veer left before you get to the chain link fence with all the vines growing on it. We are on the other side of that fence.) You will see the campus house facing you. It's a two story red brick house with a big front porch and a banner on the balcony railing that says "Christ's Church @ VT Campus Ministry" -- so you'll know you found the right place once you get here! It's really pretty simple, but feel free to call me if you have any trouble: 540-552-8292.
It all starts at 7:30pm tonight, and every Wednesday (during the semester).
Check out our schedule of other upcoming events below.
Hope to see you soon,
Steve
There are good answers to that question. Some people have never heard them because they haven't asked the right people. But even if they have asked the right people and gotten some good answers, they were probably still left with some lingering question marks in their mind. That's because this question of suffering is one of those very big questions in life that goes to the very heart of what life is all about and what our purpose in life is and why we are here, so the subject is so vast, you can't possibly expect to sum it all up in 5 minutes or less, or even several hours. So does that mean we shouldn't even try to answer these questions? Of course not. That would be foolish. The most important questions in life are exactly the ones we should invest the most time into seeking answers to.
Tonight you will have an opportunity to spend about a half hour getting some of the best answers you can get (in such a limited time) to some of those most important questions.
Seek the answers with us. Seek them for your own good -- if you don't feel the need for them now, there's no doubt the time will come soon enough when suffering will enter your life and you will feel the need for them then. Be prepared. Seek them for the sake of your friends, too -- you may be the only one some of them know who could give them a good answer, a biblical answer, a true answer. Are you ready to rise to the occasion when you are called on to do so? It may be you who God wants to work through to meet that desperate need for hope in a hurting friend's life some day, sooner or later.
Answers and exploration at Oasis, 7:30pm tonight (Wednesday).
If you need directions to our campus house, probably the best way to get them is to type "413 West Clay St., Blacksburg, VA" into Google maps. You'll see that our campus house is only about a block away from most of the dorms on campus, over by the Washington Street tennis courts. It's much closer than most of your classes!
If you are walking from on campus, do this: When you are standing on Washington Street between O'Shaughnessy (O'Shag) Hall and Johnson Hall you are only one short block away. Cross to the other side of the street and take the sidewalk up the hill towards VT's Cranwell International Center. (You will see a sign for Cranwell on Washington St.) VT's Tennis Courts will be on your right. As you are walking up the hill veer to your left off of the sidewalk and walk up the grassy hill. (Veer left before you get to the chain link fence with all the vines growing on it. We are on the other side of that fence.) You will see the campus house facing you. It's a two story red brick house with a big front porch and a banner on the balcony railing that says "Christ's Church @ VT Campus Ministry" -- so you'll know you found the right place once you get here! It's really pretty simple, but feel free to call me if you have any trouble: 540-552-8292.
It all starts at 7:30pm tonight, and every Wednesday (during the semester).
Check out our schedule of other upcoming events below.
Hope to see you soon,
Steve
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Whatever You Like
Whatever you like on your pizza, that's what you can have Friday night, because CCVT is having a Build Your Own Pizza Night!
We will have all the ingredients ready to go for you, including the pizza crusts. All you have to do is decide what you want to put on it. You get to put the sauce, cheese, and toppings on your pizza just the way you've always wanted.
And it's all FREE!
While we wait for the pizzas to bake in the ovens, we'll play some fun games we have planned for the night. It's going to be a lot of fun.
So come join us, and feel free to bring some friends with you.
It all starts at 7pm, Friday (Sept. 23).
If you need directions to our campus house and live off campus, probably the best way to get them is to type "413 West Clay St., Blacksburg, VA" into Google maps. You'll see that our campus house is only about a block away from most of the dorms on campus, over by the Washington Street tennis courts.
If you are walking from on campus, do this: When you are standing on Washington Street between O'Shaughnessy (O'Shag) Hall and Johnson Hall you are only one short block away. Cross to the other side of the street and take the sidewalk up the hill towards VT's Cranwell International Center. (You will see a sign for Cranwell on Washington St.) VT's Tennis Courts will be on your right. As you are walking up the hill veer to your left off of the sidewalk and walk up the grassy hill. (Veer left before you get to the chain link fence with all the vines growing on it. We are on the other side of that fence.) You will see the campus house facing you. It's a two story red brick house with a big front porch and a banner on the balcony railing that says "Christ's Church @ VT Campus Ministry" -- so you'll know you found the right place once you get here! It's really pretty simple, but feel free to call me if you have any trouble: 540-552-8292.
Don't forget: Build Your Own Pizza at 7pm Friday at CCVT's campus house -- 413 West Clay St.
Check out our schedule of other upcoming events three posts down.
See you Friday night,
Steve
We will have all the ingredients ready to go for you, including the pizza crusts. All you have to do is decide what you want to put on it. You get to put the sauce, cheese, and toppings on your pizza just the way you've always wanted.
And it's all FREE!
While we wait for the pizzas to bake in the ovens, we'll play some fun games we have planned for the night. It's going to be a lot of fun.
So come join us, and feel free to bring some friends with you.
It all starts at 7pm, Friday (Sept. 23).
If you need directions to our campus house and live off campus, probably the best way to get them is to type "413 West Clay St., Blacksburg, VA" into Google maps. You'll see that our campus house is only about a block away from most of the dorms on campus, over by the Washington Street tennis courts.
If you are walking from on campus, do this: When you are standing on Washington Street between O'Shaughnessy (O'Shag) Hall and Johnson Hall you are only one short block away. Cross to the other side of the street and take the sidewalk up the hill towards VT's Cranwell International Center. (You will see a sign for Cranwell on Washington St.) VT's Tennis Courts will be on your right. As you are walking up the hill veer to your left off of the sidewalk and walk up the grassy hill. (Veer left before you get to the chain link fence with all the vines growing on it. We are on the other side of that fence.) You will see the campus house facing you. It's a two story red brick house with a big front porch and a banner on the balcony railing that says "Christ's Church @ VT Campus Ministry" -- so you'll know you found the right place once you get here! It's really pretty simple, but feel free to call me if you have any trouble: 540-552-8292.
Don't forget: Build Your Own Pizza at 7pm Friday at CCVT's campus house -- 413 West Clay St.
Check out our schedule of other upcoming events three posts down.
See you Friday night,
Steve
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Was Jesus really God, or just a good teacher?
If he wasn't God, then how could he be a good person while he was making the outrageous, and blasphemous claim to be God? This middle ground idea of Jesus not being God but being a good teacher won't hold water. Either he was who he said he was, or he was a despicable con man, or just mentally ill. But would a con man stick to his story all the way to his death, without even trying to run away? And even more importantly, would his teachings be so wise, cogent, and coherent, and would his life have lived up to his teachings so well?
Maybe the reason most people find it so easy to claim Jesus was a good teacher, but not God, is that they have never even read Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John enough to know he himself claimed to be God, let alone enough to see for themselves the cogency and wisdom of his words.
Maybe they are too quick to swallow what the majority of people around them believe, hook, line, and sinker, and too slow to think through it and examine the evidence.
Or maybe they don't want to know the truth, if it isn't what they already believe. Maybe they are afraid of what they might find, and the change it might require of them.
What about you? Do you really want to know the truth? If you think you know it, could you explain it to one of your friends who doesn't already know it? If you can't, what is going to happen to them?
"It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.... Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved." (Acts 4:10-12)
1 Peter 3:15 says, "Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have." Are you prepared?
Come and learn. Be prepared.
If you need directions to our campus house, probably the best way to get them is to type "413 West Clay St., Blacksburg, VA" into Google maps. You'll see that our campus house is only about a block away from most of the dorms on campus, over by the Washington Street tennis courts. It's much closer than most of your classes!
If you are walking from on campus, do this: When you are standing on Washington Street between O'Shaughnessy (O'Shag) Hall and Johnson Hall you are only one short block away. Cross to the other side of the street and take the sidewalk up the hill towards VT's Cranwell International Center. (You will see a sign for Cranwell on Washington St.) VT's Tennis Courts will be on your right. As you are walking up the hill veer to your left off of the sidewalk and walk up the grassy hill. (Veer left before you get to the chain link fence with all the vines growing on it. We are on the other side of that fence.) You will see the campus house facing you. It's a two story red brick house with a big front porch and a banner on the balcony railing that says "Christ's Church @ VT Campus Ministry" -- so you'll know you found the right place once you get here! It's really pretty simple, but feel free to call me if you have any trouble: 540-552-8292.
It all starts at 7:30pm tonight, and every Wednesday (during the semester).
Check out our schedule of other upcoming events two posts down.
Hope to see you soon,
Steve
Maybe the reason most people find it so easy to claim Jesus was a good teacher, but not God, is that they have never even read Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John enough to know he himself claimed to be God, let alone enough to see for themselves the cogency and wisdom of his words.
Maybe they are too quick to swallow what the majority of people around them believe, hook, line, and sinker, and too slow to think through it and examine the evidence.
Or maybe they don't want to know the truth, if it isn't what they already believe. Maybe they are afraid of what they might find, and the change it might require of them.
What about you? Do you really want to know the truth? If you think you know it, could you explain it to one of your friends who doesn't already know it? If you can't, what is going to happen to them?
"It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.... Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved." (Acts 4:10-12)
1 Peter 3:15 says, "Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have." Are you prepared?
Come and learn. Be prepared.
If you need directions to our campus house, probably the best way to get them is to type "413 West Clay St., Blacksburg, VA" into Google maps. You'll see that our campus house is only about a block away from most of the dorms on campus, over by the Washington Street tennis courts. It's much closer than most of your classes!
If you are walking from on campus, do this: When you are standing on Washington Street between O'Shaughnessy (O'Shag) Hall and Johnson Hall you are only one short block away. Cross to the other side of the street and take the sidewalk up the hill towards VT's Cranwell International Center. (You will see a sign for Cranwell on Washington St.) VT's Tennis Courts will be on your right. As you are walking up the hill veer to your left off of the sidewalk and walk up the grassy hill. (Veer left before you get to the chain link fence with all the vines growing on it. We are on the other side of that fence.) You will see the campus house facing you. It's a two story red brick house with a big front porch and a banner on the balcony railing that says "Christ's Church @ VT Campus Ministry" -- so you'll know you found the right place once you get here! It's really pretty simple, but feel free to call me if you have any trouble: 540-552-8292.
It all starts at 7:30pm tonight, and every Wednesday (during the semester).
Check out our schedule of other upcoming events two posts down.
Hope to see you soon,
Steve
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Nebraska, Football, and the 3G Network
Here's a post just for the men:
Hey guys,
Are you still reveling in the last minute victory of the Hokies over Nebraska? I am. I can't wait for Miami this Saturday. I just hope we get a lot more offense going this time.
Speaking of offense, how much ground are you gaining in your spiritual life? If you will play along with my metaphor, are you racking up yardage, or are you actually losing ground like Nebraska going from scoring a touchdown, to not even being in field goal range because they had so many penalties and made so many mistakes? It was such a bad run of events for Nebraska that I almost couldn't believe it, but sometimes we don't do any better when it comes to living our lives the way God intended us to. Are you honoring God with your life, or are you moving in the wrong direction?
"Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body." (1 Corinthians 6:19-20)
Look, we all make mistakes. We all screw up sometimes. But the question is, when you screw up, what are you going to do? Are you going to keep doing what you are doing, which will result in you continuing to move in the wrong direction, or are you going to get some help from some people who care, which will result in you changing direction and beginning to make progress again?
That's what the 3G Network (aka Guys' Gel Group) is about. It's just a small bunch of guys getting together once a week to support each other, talk about how their week has been, pray for each other, and study a little bit of the Bible together to gain insight into what God's will is for their lives. It's simple, and it is exactly what everyone needs, and few people find.
This semester 3G is meeting Tuesday nights at 8pm at CCVT's campus house and is studying 1 Peter -- How to Cope When the World is Against You, Faith that Works, Hope, Caring for One Another. Those are some of the topics that will be covered over the next several weeks.
If your offense could use a little help (and since there is always room for improvement, who couldn't?) then come join the guys meeting Tuesday nights at 3G.
That's 8pm at the campus house.
If you need directions:
Remember, our campus house is right on the edge of campus by most of the dorms, over by the Washington Street tennis courts -- probably closer than most of your classes if you live on campus. If you need directions from off campus, probably the best way to get them is to type "413 West Clay St., Blacksburg, VA" into Google maps.
If you are walking from on campus, do this: When you are standing on Washington Street between O'Shaughnessy (O'Shag) Hall and Johnson Hall you are only one short block away. Cross to the other side of the street and take the sidewalk up the hill towards VT's Cranwell International Center. (You will see a sign for Cranwell on Washington St.) VT's Tennis Courts will be on your right. As you are walking up the hill veer to your left off of the sidewalk and walk up the grassy hill. (Veer left before you get to the chain link fence with all the vines growing on it. We are on the other side of that fence.) You will see the campus house facing you. It's a two story red brick house with a big front porch and a banner on the balcony railing that says "Christ's Church @ VT Campus Ministry" -- so you'll know you found the right place once you get here!
Finally, to borrow a phrase from EA Sports, "Get in the Game." You won't regret it.
Steve
Hey guys,
Are you still reveling in the last minute victory of the Hokies over Nebraska? I am. I can't wait for Miami this Saturday. I just hope we get a lot more offense going this time.
Speaking of offense, how much ground are you gaining in your spiritual life? If you will play along with my metaphor, are you racking up yardage, or are you actually losing ground like Nebraska going from scoring a touchdown, to not even being in field goal range because they had so many penalties and made so many mistakes? It was such a bad run of events for Nebraska that I almost couldn't believe it, but sometimes we don't do any better when it comes to living our lives the way God intended us to. Are you honoring God with your life, or are you moving in the wrong direction?
"Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body." (1 Corinthians 6:19-20)
Look, we all make mistakes. We all screw up sometimes. But the question is, when you screw up, what are you going to do? Are you going to keep doing what you are doing, which will result in you continuing to move in the wrong direction, or are you going to get some help from some people who care, which will result in you changing direction and beginning to make progress again?
That's what the 3G Network (aka Guys' Gel Group) is about. It's just a small bunch of guys getting together once a week to support each other, talk about how their week has been, pray for each other, and study a little bit of the Bible together to gain insight into what God's will is for their lives. It's simple, and it is exactly what everyone needs, and few people find.
This semester 3G is meeting Tuesday nights at 8pm at CCVT's campus house and is studying 1 Peter -- How to Cope When the World is Against You, Faith that Works, Hope, Caring for One Another. Those are some of the topics that will be covered over the next several weeks.
If your offense could use a little help (and since there is always room for improvement, who couldn't?) then come join the guys meeting Tuesday nights at 3G.
That's 8pm at the campus house.
If you need directions:
Remember, our campus house is right on the edge of campus by most of the dorms, over by the Washington Street tennis courts -- probably closer than most of your classes if you live on campus. If you need directions from off campus, probably the best way to get them is to type "413 West Clay St., Blacksburg, VA" into Google maps.
If you are walking from on campus, do this: When you are standing on Washington Street between O'Shaughnessy (O'Shag) Hall and Johnson Hall you are only one short block away. Cross to the other side of the street and take the sidewalk up the hill towards VT's Cranwell International Center. (You will see a sign for Cranwell on Washington St.) VT's Tennis Courts will be on your right. As you are walking up the hill veer to your left off of the sidewalk and walk up the grassy hill. (Veer left before you get to the chain link fence with all the vines growing on it. We are on the other side of that fence.) You will see the campus house facing you. It's a two story red brick house with a big front porch and a banner on the balcony railing that says "Christ's Church @ VT Campus Ministry" -- so you'll know you found the right place once you get here!
Finally, to borrow a phrase from EA Sports, "Get in the Game." You won't regret it.
Steve
Friday, September 18, 2009
Upcoming Events
Sept. 19, Saturday, 1pm -- Tailgate with grilled corn on the cob before the game vs. the Nebraska Cornhuskers (grilled hamburgers and hot dogs will also be available)
Sept. 22, Tuesday, 7pm -- Girls' Gel Group (small group Bible study)
Sept. 22, Tuesday, 8pm -- Guys' Gel Group (3G network) small group Bible study
Sept. 23, Wednesday, 7:30pm -- Oasis (large group Bible study) -- Questions about Jesus
Sept. 25, Friday, 7pm -- Make Your Own Pizza Night & Games -- Ingredients supplied, just choose your toppings and pop it in the oven. We have some fun games lined up to play while they bake.
Sept. 29, Tuesday, 7pm -- Girls' Gel Group
Sept. 29, Tuesday, 8pm -- 3G (Guys Gel Group)
Sept. 30, Wednesday, 7:30pm -- Oasis -- Questions about Jesus (part 2)
Oct. 2, Friday, 7pm -- Out to eat at CiCi's Pizza & a Movie
Oct. 3, Saturday, 7pm -- vtONE -- VT campus ministries unite for worship and prayer
Oct. 6, Tuesday, 7pm -- Girls' Gel Group
Oct. 6, Tuesday, 8pm -- 3G (Guys Gel Group)
Oct. 7, Wednesday, 7:30pm -- Oasis -- Questions about Suffering
Oct. 7, Wednesday, after Oasis -- Core Group Team (student leadership) meeting
Oct. 9, Friday, 12 noon -- Dragon's Tooth and The Homeplace -- No Classes, Fall Break!
Meet at the campus house at noon to carpool to the trailhead. Hike Dragon's Tooth trail, building up a big appetite, then eat all you can eat family style at The Homeplace restaurant. Delicious!
Oct. 13, Tuesday, 7pm -- Girls' Gel Group
Oct. 14, Wednesday, 7:30pm -- Oasis -- Questions about Prayer
Sept. 22, Tuesday, 7pm -- Girls' Gel Group (small group Bible study)
Sept. 22, Tuesday, 8pm -- Guys' Gel Group (3G network) small group Bible study
Sept. 23, Wednesday, 7:30pm -- Oasis (large group Bible study) -- Questions about Jesus
Sept. 25, Friday, 7pm -- Make Your Own Pizza Night & Games -- Ingredients supplied, just choose your toppings and pop it in the oven. We have some fun games lined up to play while they bake.
Sept. 29, Tuesday, 7pm -- Girls' Gel Group
Sept. 29, Tuesday, 8pm -- 3G (Guys Gel Group)
Sept. 30, Wednesday, 7:30pm -- Oasis -- Questions about Jesus (part 2)
Oct. 2, Friday, 7pm -- Out to eat at CiCi's Pizza & a Movie
Oct. 3, Saturday, 7pm -- vtONE -- VT campus ministries unite for worship and prayer
Oct. 6, Tuesday, 7pm -- Girls' Gel Group
Oct. 6, Tuesday, 8pm -- 3G (Guys Gel Group)
Oct. 7, Wednesday, 7:30pm -- Oasis -- Questions about Suffering
Oct. 7, Wednesday, after Oasis -- Core Group Team (student leadership) meeting
Oct. 9, Friday, 12 noon -- Dragon's Tooth and The Homeplace -- No Classes, Fall Break!
Meet at the campus house at noon to carpool to the trailhead. Hike Dragon's Tooth trail, building up a big appetite, then eat all you can eat family style at The Homeplace restaurant. Delicious!
Oct. 13, Tuesday, 7pm -- Girls' Gel Group
Oct. 14, Wednesday, 7:30pm -- Oasis -- Questions about Prayer
Tailgate -- Corn on the cob...
As most, if not all, of you know, VT is playing the Nebraska Cornhuskers tomorrow at 3:30pm in Lane Stadium.
What you might not know is that CCVT is having a Tailgate starting at 1pm.
We are having grilled corn on the cob to foreshadow what the Hokies are going to do to the Cornhuskers on the field. Of course, we will also have grilled hamburgers and hot dogs, and sides like potato salad, etc. And it's all FREE!
You are invited! Feel free to bring some friends with you to hang out and enjoy a great tailgate before making the short walk on over to the stadium from our campus house. (It's only about 300 yards away!)
If you need directions to our campus house, probably the best way to get them is to type "413 West Clay St., Blacksburg, VA" into Google maps. You'll see that our campus house is only about a block away from most of the dorms on campus, over by the Washington Street tennis courts.
If you are walking from on campus, do this: When you are standing on Washington Street between O'Shaughnessy (O'Shag) Hall and Johnson Hall you are only one short block away. Cross to the other side of the street and take the sidewalk up the hill towards VT's Cranwell International Center. (You will see a sign for Cranwell on Washington St.) VT's Tennis Courts will be on your right. As you are walking up the hill veer to your left off of the sidewalk and walk up the grassy hill. (Veer left before you get to the chain link fence with all the vines growing on it. We are on the other side of that fence.) You will see the campus house facing you. It's a two story red brick house with a big front porch and a banner on the balcony railing that says "Christ's Church @ VT Campus Ministry" -- so you'll know you found the right place once you get here! It's really pretty simple, but feel free to call me if you have any trouble: 540-552-8292.
Don't forget: Tailgate at 1pm Saturday at CCVT's campus house -- 413 West Clay St.
Hope to see you there,
Steve
What you might not know is that CCVT is having a Tailgate starting at 1pm.
We are having grilled corn on the cob to foreshadow what the Hokies are going to do to the Cornhuskers on the field. Of course, we will also have grilled hamburgers and hot dogs, and sides like potato salad, etc. And it's all FREE!
You are invited! Feel free to bring some friends with you to hang out and enjoy a great tailgate before making the short walk on over to the stadium from our campus house. (It's only about 300 yards away!)
If you need directions to our campus house, probably the best way to get them is to type "413 West Clay St., Blacksburg, VA" into Google maps. You'll see that our campus house is only about a block away from most of the dorms on campus, over by the Washington Street tennis courts.
If you are walking from on campus, do this: When you are standing on Washington Street between O'Shaughnessy (O'Shag) Hall and Johnson Hall you are only one short block away. Cross to the other side of the street and take the sidewalk up the hill towards VT's Cranwell International Center. (You will see a sign for Cranwell on Washington St.) VT's Tennis Courts will be on your right. As you are walking up the hill veer to your left off of the sidewalk and walk up the grassy hill. (Veer left before you get to the chain link fence with all the vines growing on it. We are on the other side of that fence.) You will see the campus house facing you. It's a two story red brick house with a big front porch and a banner on the balcony railing that says "Christ's Church @ VT Campus Ministry" -- so you'll know you found the right place once you get here! It's really pretty simple, but feel free to call me if you have any trouble: 540-552-8292.
Don't forget: Tailgate at 1pm Saturday at CCVT's campus house -- 413 West Clay St.
Hope to see you there,
Steve
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Who wrote the Bible -- God or men?
Did God write it all on stone tablets? Did he write it on gold plates? No? If most of it was written with ink by the hands of men, then on what basis can we say that it is more than just different men's ideas? How can we say it is from God?
There are good answers to these questions. Would you be able to give a good answer to a friend who asked you one of these questions?
1 Peter 3:15 says, "Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have." Are you prepared?
Come and learn. Be prepared.
This is what we will be studying and discussing at Oasis tonight.
For those of you who may not know, "Oasis" is our main, large group gathering that we have every week. It's kind of the center of our life as a campus ministry and includes Bible Study, group discussion, sharing with friends, prayer, & celebration through heartfelt worship. It all happens at our campus house every Wednesday night at 7:30 during the semesters.
If you need directions to our campus house, probably the best way to get them is to type "413 West Clay St., Blacksburg, VA" into Google maps. You'll see that our campus house is only about a block away from most of the dorms on campus, over by the Washington Street tennis courts. It's much closer than most of your classes!
If you are walking from on campus, do this: When you are standing on Washington Street between O'Shaughnessy (O'Shag) Hall and Johnson Hall you are only one short block away. Cross to the other side of the street and take the sidewalk up the hill towards VT's Cranwell International Center. (You will see a sign for Cranwell on Washington St.) VT's Tennis Courts will be on your right. As you are walking up the hill veer to your left off of the sidewalk and walk up the grassy hill. (Veer left before you get to the chain link fence with all the vines growing on it. We are on the other side of that fence.) You will see the campus house facing you. It's a two story red brick house with a big front porch and a banner on the balcony railing that says "Christ's Church @ VT Campus Ministry" -- so you'll know you found the right place once you get here! It's really pretty simple, but feel free to call me if you have any trouble: 540-552-8292.
All of us at CCVT are really looking forward to seeing you at Oasis, so I hope to see you there.
Don't forget: Oasis Bible study at 7:30pm every Wednesday (during the semester).
See you soon,
Steve
There are good answers to these questions. Would you be able to give a good answer to a friend who asked you one of these questions?
1 Peter 3:15 says, "Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have." Are you prepared?
Come and learn. Be prepared.
This is what we will be studying and discussing at Oasis tonight.
For those of you who may not know, "Oasis" is our main, large group gathering that we have every week. It's kind of the center of our life as a campus ministry and includes Bible Study, group discussion, sharing with friends, prayer, & celebration through heartfelt worship. It all happens at our campus house every Wednesday night at 7:30 during the semesters.
If you need directions to our campus house, probably the best way to get them is to type "413 West Clay St., Blacksburg, VA" into Google maps. You'll see that our campus house is only about a block away from most of the dorms on campus, over by the Washington Street tennis courts. It's much closer than most of your classes!
If you are walking from on campus, do this: When you are standing on Washington Street between O'Shaughnessy (O'Shag) Hall and Johnson Hall you are only one short block away. Cross to the other side of the street and take the sidewalk up the hill towards VT's Cranwell International Center. (You will see a sign for Cranwell on Washington St.) VT's Tennis Courts will be on your right. As you are walking up the hill veer to your left off of the sidewalk and walk up the grassy hill. (Veer left before you get to the chain link fence with all the vines growing on it. We are on the other side of that fence.) You will see the campus house facing you. It's a two story red brick house with a big front porch and a banner on the balcony railing that says "Christ's Church @ VT Campus Ministry" -- so you'll know you found the right place once you get here! It's really pretty simple, but feel free to call me if you have any trouble: 540-552-8292.
All of us at CCVT are really looking forward to seeing you at Oasis, so I hope to see you there.
Don't forget: Oasis Bible study at 7:30pm every Wednesday (during the semester).
See you soon,
Steve
Friday, September 11, 2009
Back by Popular Demand
Ever play Flashlight Tag when you were a kid? If so, Friday night is your chance to play a nostalgic game of it by Duck Pond. If not, Friday night is your chance to enjoy what you missed out on as a kid!
We did this last year and it was sooo much fun. I think it exceeded everyone's expectations. There are so many great hiding places over by Duck Pond. So we are doing it again this year, by popular demand. Come join us!
Bring yourself and a flashlight, and maybe some friends too. If you have any extra flashlights you could lend to somebody who doesn't have one, please bring it.
Meet at CCVT's campus house at 8pm and we'll go over to the Duck Pond together. Or, if you live over towards Duck Pond and just want to meet us there, meet by the gazebo on Duck Pond at 8:15pm.
When we are done playing, we might go get some ice cream or something at Deet's or someplace, so you might want to bring your Hokie Passport with you, or whatever. We'll see what everyone is in the mood for.
Hope to see you tonight.
Steve
We did this last year and it was sooo much fun. I think it exceeded everyone's expectations. There are so many great hiding places over by Duck Pond. So we are doing it again this year, by popular demand. Come join us!
Bring yourself and a flashlight, and maybe some friends too. If you have any extra flashlights you could lend to somebody who doesn't have one, please bring it.
Meet at CCVT's campus house at 8pm and we'll go over to the Duck Pond together. Or, if you live over towards Duck Pond and just want to meet us there, meet by the gazebo on Duck Pond at 8:15pm.
When we are done playing, we might go get some ice cream or something at Deet's or someplace, so you might want to bring your Hokie Passport with you, or whatever. We'll see what everyone is in the mood for.
Hope to see you tonight.
Steve
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Evolution
Are you evolving? Do you believe in evolution?
There is at least one kind of evolution I believe in. I believe that you and I should be evolving and improving in our spiritual growth every day. I believe that if you are not growing and strengthening your faith on a consistent basis, your faith is destined to be extinct by the time you graduate college. I just read "There is a 42% drop in weekly church attendance from high school graduation to age 25" in America. How about you? Do you want to be one of the 42%, or one of the 58%? It's your choice. No one can make it for you.
Am I buggin' you? Don't mean to bug ya. I just feel responsible to God to tell you the truth and not let you become one of the 42% without ever even being warned about the spiritual dangers that seem to be part of the college years.
So how do you avoid becoming one of the 42%? Make good habits now, at the beginning of your college career. If you quit being involved in church now, you are likely to continue in that pattern indefinitely. If you make time to be with other Christians studying the Bible a priority now, even when you feel like you have too much homework, you will probably continue to make it a priority the rest of your life. (You will always feel like you have too much homework, so it is futile to wait for a time when you think you are fine on your homework. Ask any Senior.)
Think I'm just saying this to get you to come to CCVT campus ministry? No, actually it's the other way around: CCVT exists because what I have said is true. CCVT is a place where you can make friends with other Christians, study the Bible together, worship God together, pray for each other, have fun with each other, support each other, be there for each other in good times and in bad, and basically just be what Christians are supposed to be for each other so that they don't end up as lunch meat for that lion that is always prowling around looking for someone to devour. (1 Peter 5:8 "Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.")
By the way, you won't experience that just going to a local church, sitting in the back pew, and leaving right after services without talking to anybody. You don't make any friends that way. For your Christian faith to be real, you need to be in community with other Christians -- real friendships. Going to church is not about having your ticket punched enough times so God will let you into heaven. That's not the way it works. Go somewhere where you can make real Christian friends.
Are you still with me? Or have I become your enemy? (In Galatians 4:16 the apostle Paul says, "Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?")
CCVT is a great place to make real Christian friends, because that is what we are all about. It is our focus, and we are here specifically for college students. Why not start tonight by making some friends at "Oasis"?
Tonight's "Oasis" Bible study is about evolution and creation, and what Christians believe about those. To find out what CCVT believes you'll have to come tonight. It's going to be pretty interesting.
For those of you who may not know, "Oasis" is our main large group gathering that we have every week. It's kind of the center of our life as a campus ministry and includes Bible Study, group discussion, sharing with friends, prayer, & celebration through heartfelt worship.
If you need directions to our campus house, probably the best way to get them is to type "413 West Clay St., Blacksburg, VA" into Google maps. You'll see that our campus house is only about a block away from most of the dorms on campus, over by the Washington Street tennis courts. It's much closer than most of your classes!
If you are walking from on campus, do this: When you are standing on Washington Street between O'Shaughnessy (O'Shag) Hall and Johnson Hall you are only one short block away. Cross to the other side of the street and take the sidewalk up the hill towards VT's Cranwell International Center. (You will see a sign for Cranwell on Washington St.) VT's Tennis Courts will be on your right. As you are walking up the hill veer to your left off of the sidewalk and walk up the grassy hill. (Veer left before you get to the chain link fence with all the vines growing on it. We are on the other side of that fence.) You will see the campus house facing you. It's a two story red brick house with a big front porch and a banner on the balcony railing that says "Christ's Church @ VT Campus Ministry" -- so you'll know you found the right place once you get here! It's really pretty simple, but feel free to call me if you have any trouble: 540-552-8292.
All of us at CCVT are really looking forward to meeting you at Oasis, so I hope to see you there.
Feel free to bring a friend.
Don't forget: Oasis Bible study at 7:30pm every Wednesday (during the semester)
Check out our schedule of other upcoming events on the post below.
Looking forward to seeing you,
Steve
There is at least one kind of evolution I believe in. I believe that you and I should be evolving and improving in our spiritual growth every day. I believe that if you are not growing and strengthening your faith on a consistent basis, your faith is destined to be extinct by the time you graduate college. I just read "There is a 42% drop in weekly church attendance from high school graduation to age 25" in America. How about you? Do you want to be one of the 42%, or one of the 58%? It's your choice. No one can make it for you.
Am I buggin' you? Don't mean to bug ya. I just feel responsible to God to tell you the truth and not let you become one of the 42% without ever even being warned about the spiritual dangers that seem to be part of the college years.
So how do you avoid becoming one of the 42%? Make good habits now, at the beginning of your college career. If you quit being involved in church now, you are likely to continue in that pattern indefinitely. If you make time to be with other Christians studying the Bible a priority now, even when you feel like you have too much homework, you will probably continue to make it a priority the rest of your life. (You will always feel like you have too much homework, so it is futile to wait for a time when you think you are fine on your homework. Ask any Senior.)
Think I'm just saying this to get you to come to CCVT campus ministry? No, actually it's the other way around: CCVT exists because what I have said is true. CCVT is a place where you can make friends with other Christians, study the Bible together, worship God together, pray for each other, have fun with each other, support each other, be there for each other in good times and in bad, and basically just be what Christians are supposed to be for each other so that they don't end up as lunch meat for that lion that is always prowling around looking for someone to devour. (1 Peter 5:8 "Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.")
By the way, you won't experience that just going to a local church, sitting in the back pew, and leaving right after services without talking to anybody. You don't make any friends that way. For your Christian faith to be real, you need to be in community with other Christians -- real friendships. Going to church is not about having your ticket punched enough times so God will let you into heaven. That's not the way it works. Go somewhere where you can make real Christian friends.
Are you still with me? Or have I become your enemy? (In Galatians 4:16 the apostle Paul says, "Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?")
CCVT is a great place to make real Christian friends, because that is what we are all about. It is our focus, and we are here specifically for college students. Why not start tonight by making some friends at "Oasis"?
Tonight's "Oasis" Bible study is about evolution and creation, and what Christians believe about those. To find out what CCVT believes you'll have to come tonight. It's going to be pretty interesting.
For those of you who may not know, "Oasis" is our main large group gathering that we have every week. It's kind of the center of our life as a campus ministry and includes Bible Study, group discussion, sharing with friends, prayer, & celebration through heartfelt worship.
If you need directions to our campus house, probably the best way to get them is to type "413 West Clay St., Blacksburg, VA" into Google maps. You'll see that our campus house is only about a block away from most of the dorms on campus, over by the Washington Street tennis courts. It's much closer than most of your classes!
If you are walking from on campus, do this: When you are standing on Washington Street between O'Shaughnessy (O'Shag) Hall and Johnson Hall you are only one short block away. Cross to the other side of the street and take the sidewalk up the hill towards VT's Cranwell International Center. (You will see a sign for Cranwell on Washington St.) VT's Tennis Courts will be on your right. As you are walking up the hill veer to your left off of the sidewalk and walk up the grassy hill. (Veer left before you get to the chain link fence with all the vines growing on it. We are on the other side of that fence.) You will see the campus house facing you. It's a two story red brick house with a big front porch and a banner on the balcony railing that says "Christ's Church @ VT Campus Ministry" -- so you'll know you found the right place once you get here! It's really pretty simple, but feel free to call me if you have any trouble: 540-552-8292.
All of us at CCVT are really looking forward to meeting you at Oasis, so I hope to see you there.
Feel free to bring a friend.
Don't forget: Oasis Bible study at 7:30pm every Wednesday (during the semester)
Check out our schedule of other upcoming events on the post below.
Looking forward to seeing you,
Steve
Monday, September 7, 2009
Upcoming Events
Sept. 8, Tuesday, 7pm -- Girls' Gel Group (small group Bible study)
Sept. 8, Tuesday, 8pm -- Guys' Gel Group (3G network) small group Bible study
Sept. 9, Wednesday, 7:30pm -- Oasis (large group Bible study)
Sept. 11, Friday, 8pm -- Flashlight Tag @ Duck Pond
Sept. 15, Tuesday, 7pm -- Girls' Gel Group
Sept. 15, Tuesday, 8pm -- 3G (Guys Gel Group)
Sept. 16, Wednesday, 7:30pm -- Oasis
Sept. 16, Wednesday, after Oasis -- Core Group Team (student leadership) meeting
Sept. 19, Saturday, 1pm -- Tailgate with grilled corn on the cob before the game vs. the Nebraska Cornhuskers (grilled hamburgers and hot dogs will also be available)
Sept. 8, Tuesday, 8pm -- Guys' Gel Group (3G network) small group Bible study
Sept. 9, Wednesday, 7:30pm -- Oasis (large group Bible study)
Sept. 11, Friday, 8pm -- Flashlight Tag @ Duck Pond
Sept. 15, Tuesday, 7pm -- Girls' Gel Group
Sept. 15, Tuesday, 8pm -- 3G (Guys Gel Group)
Sept. 16, Wednesday, 7:30pm -- Oasis
Sept. 16, Wednesday, after Oasis -- Core Group Team (student leadership) meeting
Sept. 19, Saturday, 1pm -- Tailgate with grilled corn on the cob before the game vs. the Nebraska Cornhuskers (grilled hamburgers and hot dogs will also be available)
Friday, September 4, 2009
Food, Football, Friends, and Alabama vs. VT Saturday night
Do you love watching football? Do you love eating delicious food while you watch football? Do you love eating delicious food while watching other people watch football, because you really don't like watching football, but you like hanging out with friends? If any of these is true of you, then you should come join us this Saturday night to watch the Alabama vs. VT football game.
It starts at 8pm this Saturday and we are going to watch it on our 84 inch screen at our campus house. A bunch of us are pitching in to bring all kinds of traditional football party snack food to share and we need your help eating it. Feel free to bring some food to share, or just bring yourself and a friend. We'll have plenty of food so don't feel like you have to bring anything to come.
We're hoping to meet some new people besides enjoying the game with old friends, so please come whether you are a fixture at CCVT or coming for the first time. Maybe this is your first year at Tech and you are just now adjusting to classes and a new campus enough to feel ready to leave your homework behind for a few hours and kickback and relax and checkout our campus ministry.
At any rate, CCVT's student leaders who planned this party are really hoping you'll join us this Saturday at 8pm at our campus house. I am too.
Remember, our campus house is right on the edge of campus by most of the dorms, over by the Washington Street tennis courts -- probably closer than most of your classes if you live on campus. If you need directions, probably the best way to get them is to type "413 West Clay St., Blacksburg, VA" into Google maps.
If you are walking from on campus, do this: When you are standing on Washington Street between O'Shaughnessy (O'Shag) Hall and Johnson Hall you are only one short block away. Cross to the other side of the street and take the sidewalk up the hill towards VT's Cranwell International Center. (You will see a sign for Cranwell on Washington St.) VT's Tennis Courts will be on your right. As you are walking up the hill veer to your left off of the sidewalk and walk up the grassy hill. (Veer left before you get to the chain link fence with all the vines growing on it. We are on the other side of that fence.) You will see the campus house facing you. It's a two story red brick house with a big front porch and a banner on the balcony railing that says "Christ's Church @ VT Campus Ministry" -- so you'll know you found the right place once you get here! It's really pretty simple, but feel free to call me if you have any trouble: 540-552-8292.
See you 8pm Saturday.
Steve
It starts at 8pm this Saturday and we are going to watch it on our 84 inch screen at our campus house. A bunch of us are pitching in to bring all kinds of traditional football party snack food to share and we need your help eating it. Feel free to bring some food to share, or just bring yourself and a friend. We'll have plenty of food so don't feel like you have to bring anything to come.
We're hoping to meet some new people besides enjoying the game with old friends, so please come whether you are a fixture at CCVT or coming for the first time. Maybe this is your first year at Tech and you are just now adjusting to classes and a new campus enough to feel ready to leave your homework behind for a few hours and kickback and relax and checkout our campus ministry.
At any rate, CCVT's student leaders who planned this party are really hoping you'll join us this Saturday at 8pm at our campus house. I am too.
Remember, our campus house is right on the edge of campus by most of the dorms, over by the Washington Street tennis courts -- probably closer than most of your classes if you live on campus. If you need directions, probably the best way to get them is to type "413 West Clay St., Blacksburg, VA" into Google maps.
If you are walking from on campus, do this: When you are standing on Washington Street between O'Shaughnessy (O'Shag) Hall and Johnson Hall you are only one short block away. Cross to the other side of the street and take the sidewalk up the hill towards VT's Cranwell International Center. (You will see a sign for Cranwell on Washington St.) VT's Tennis Courts will be on your right. As you are walking up the hill veer to your left off of the sidewalk and walk up the grassy hill. (Veer left before you get to the chain link fence with all the vines growing on it. We are on the other side of that fence.) You will see the campus house facing you. It's a two story red brick house with a big front porch and a banner on the balcony railing that says "Christ's Church @ VT Campus Ministry" -- so you'll know you found the right place once you get here! It's really pretty simple, but feel free to call me if you have any trouble: 540-552-8292.
See you 8pm Saturday.
Steve
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Want some Good Answers to the Tough Questions?
How about that? First day of September and all of the sudden it feels like fall is here and summer is gone. It's like the weather was watching the calendar closely. Well, I hope you have been able to enjoy the cooler temperatures between classes and homework, and that you will be able to enjoy some time meeting and talking with some other Christian students here at CCVT's "Oasis" Bible study tomorrow night.
If you weren't able to make it out last week for the free spaghetti and Oasis, well, I'm sorry we won't have any spaghetti for you this week, but we will have Oasis, this week and every Wednesday, at 7:30pm. We understand that the first week of school is always extra crazy and you may have had a hard time finding time to come out and join us, but now that things are starting to settle down, we expect there will be a lot of people who are coming for the first time, so you won't be alone. Don't be shy. We are still looking forward to meeting you and welcoming you to CCVT. Only don't put it off too long or you will make a habit that you may regret later on when you realize how much easier life would have been on you if you had taken the time to make Christian friends in CCVT early in the semester. Students I've talked to in the past often express regret that they didn't get involved sooner.
Those of you who were here last week, we are definitely looking forward to seeing you again and getting to know you better.
For those of you who may not know, "Oasis" is our main large group gathering that we have every week. It's kind of the center of our life as a campus ministry and includes Bible Study, group discussion, sharing with friends, prayer, & celebration through heartfelt worship.
This week we are starting a new lesson series, "Storm". We will be discussing a lot of the tough questions people ask about Christianity and what we believe. This series will help you be better prepared to answer those questions in the future. It would also be a great place to bring your non-Christian friends, or your friends who are from a Christian background, but have really been doubting their faith recently. This series could really help answer a lot of their questions and revive their faith, or maybe bring them to faith for the first time. Please bring your friends.
If you need directions to our campus house, probably the best way to get them is to type "413 West Clay St., Blacksburg, VA" into Google maps. You'll see that our campus house is only about a block away from most of the dorms on campus, over by the Washington Street tennis courts. It's much closer than most of your classes!
If you are walking from on campus, do this: When you are standing on Washington Street between O'Shaughnessy (O'Shag) Hall and Johnson Hall you are only one short block away. Cross to the other side of the street and take the sidewalk up the hill towards VT's Cranwell International Center. (You will see a sign for Cranwell on Washington St.) VT's Tennis Courts will be on your right. As you are walking up the hill veer to your left off of the sidewalk and walk up the grassy hill. (Veer left before you get to the chain link fence with all the vines growing on it. We are on the other side of that fence.) You will see the campus house facing you. It's a two story red brick house with a big front porch and a banner on the balcony railing that says "Christ's Church @ VT Campus Ministry" -- so you'll know you found the right place once you get here! It's really pretty simple, but feel free to call me if you have any trouble: 540-552-8292.
All of us at CCVT are really looking forward to seeing you at Oasis, so I hope to see you there.
Don't forget: Oasis Bible study at 7:30pm (Wednesday, Sept. 1)
Check out our schedule of other upcoming events by scrolling to the bottom of this page. Thanks.
Looking forward to seeing you Wednesday night,
Steve
If you weren't able to make it out last week for the free spaghetti and Oasis, well, I'm sorry we won't have any spaghetti for you this week, but we will have Oasis, this week and every Wednesday, at 7:30pm. We understand that the first week of school is always extra crazy and you may have had a hard time finding time to come out and join us, but now that things are starting to settle down, we expect there will be a lot of people who are coming for the first time, so you won't be alone. Don't be shy. We are still looking forward to meeting you and welcoming you to CCVT. Only don't put it off too long or you will make a habit that you may regret later on when you realize how much easier life would have been on you if you had taken the time to make Christian friends in CCVT early in the semester. Students I've talked to in the past often express regret that they didn't get involved sooner.
Those of you who were here last week, we are definitely looking forward to seeing you again and getting to know you better.
For those of you who may not know, "Oasis" is our main large group gathering that we have every week. It's kind of the center of our life as a campus ministry and includes Bible Study, group discussion, sharing with friends, prayer, & celebration through heartfelt worship.
This week we are starting a new lesson series, "Storm". We will be discussing a lot of the tough questions people ask about Christianity and what we believe. This series will help you be better prepared to answer those questions in the future. It would also be a great place to bring your non-Christian friends, or your friends who are from a Christian background, but have really been doubting their faith recently. This series could really help answer a lot of their questions and revive their faith, or maybe bring them to faith for the first time. Please bring your friends.
If you need directions to our campus house, probably the best way to get them is to type "413 West Clay St., Blacksburg, VA" into Google maps. You'll see that our campus house is only about a block away from most of the dorms on campus, over by the Washington Street tennis courts. It's much closer than most of your classes!
If you are walking from on campus, do this: When you are standing on Washington Street between O'Shaughnessy (O'Shag) Hall and Johnson Hall you are only one short block away. Cross to the other side of the street and take the sidewalk up the hill towards VT's Cranwell International Center. (You will see a sign for Cranwell on Washington St.) VT's Tennis Courts will be on your right. As you are walking up the hill veer to your left off of the sidewalk and walk up the grassy hill. (Veer left before you get to the chain link fence with all the vines growing on it. We are on the other side of that fence.) You will see the campus house facing you. It's a two story red brick house with a big front porch and a banner on the balcony railing that says "Christ's Church @ VT Campus Ministry" -- so you'll know you found the right place once you get here! It's really pretty simple, but feel free to call me if you have any trouble: 540-552-8292.
All of us at CCVT are really looking forward to seeing you at Oasis, so I hope to see you there.
Don't forget: Oasis Bible study at 7:30pm (Wednesday, Sept. 1)
Check out our schedule of other upcoming events by scrolling to the bottom of this page. Thanks.
Looking forward to seeing you Wednesday night,
Steve
Friday, August 28, 2009
Free Pancake Brunch & Mini-golf
Congratulations! You finished your first week of the semester. I hope you are still excited about it and not feeling too overwhelmed by the three year's worth of assignments your professors told you you would be doing this semester. Don't worry, you can do so much more than you think you can. You'll do fine. Just pray for God to help you manage your time well, and study when it's time to study, and take a break when it's time to take a break so that you can hit the books again fresh, later.
And since the weekend is here, Saturday would be a great time to take one of those breaks! That's why the student leaders here have planned a FREE Pancake Brunch for tomorrow (Saturday) at 11AM at our campus house. We want to give you a chance to blow off some steam and relax and enjoy some delicious pancakes and sausage, and get to know each other better, or maybe meet you for the first time.
Afterwards we're thinking about going miniature golfing if the weather cooperates. So if that sounds like fun, plan on doing that with us, too. The mini-golf place also has batting cages, and a driving range if you want to do that while we're there.
Bring some friends if you want. Everyone is welcome.
If you need directions to our campus house, one of the best ways to get them is to type "413 Clay St. SW, Blacksburg, VA" into Google maps. You'll see that our campus house is only about a block away from most of the dorms on campus, over by the Washington Street tennis courts. It's much closer than most of your classes if you are on campus!
If you are walking from on campus, when you are standing on Washington Street between O'Shaugnessy (O'Shag) Hall and Johnson Hall -- cross to the other side of the street and take the sidewalk up the hill towards VT's Cranwell International Center. (You will see a sign for Cranwell on Washington St.) VT's Tennis Courts will be on your right. As you are walking up the hill veer to your left off of the sidewalk and walk up the grassy hill. You will see the campus house facing you. It's a two story red brick house with a big front porch and a banner on the balcony railing that says "Christ's Church @ VT Campus Ministry" -- so you'll know you found the right place once you get here! It's really pretty simple.
Don't forget: FREE Pancakes and sausage, 11AM tomorrow (Saturday, August 25) at 413 West Clay St.
Check out our schedule of other upcoming events at the bottom of this page. Just scroll down. Thanks.
We are really hoping to see you Saturday.
Working up an appetite,
Steve
And since the weekend is here, Saturday would be a great time to take one of those breaks! That's why the student leaders here have planned a FREE Pancake Brunch for tomorrow (Saturday) at 11AM at our campus house. We want to give you a chance to blow off some steam and relax and enjoy some delicious pancakes and sausage, and get to know each other better, or maybe meet you for the first time.
Afterwards we're thinking about going miniature golfing if the weather cooperates. So if that sounds like fun, plan on doing that with us, too. The mini-golf place also has batting cages, and a driving range if you want to do that while we're there.
Bring some friends if you want. Everyone is welcome.
If you need directions to our campus house, one of the best ways to get them is to type "413 Clay St. SW, Blacksburg, VA" into Google maps. You'll see that our campus house is only about a block away from most of the dorms on campus, over by the Washington Street tennis courts. It's much closer than most of your classes if you are on campus!
If you are walking from on campus, when you are standing on Washington Street between O'Shaugnessy (O'Shag) Hall and Johnson Hall -- cross to the other side of the street and take the sidewalk up the hill towards VT's Cranwell International Center. (You will see a sign for Cranwell on Washington St.) VT's Tennis Courts will be on your right. As you are walking up the hill veer to your left off of the sidewalk and walk up the grassy hill. You will see the campus house facing you. It's a two story red brick house with a big front porch and a banner on the balcony railing that says "Christ's Church @ VT Campus Ministry" -- so you'll know you found the right place once you get here! It's really pretty simple.
Don't forget: FREE Pancakes and sausage, 11AM tomorrow (Saturday, August 25) at 413 West Clay St.
Check out our schedule of other upcoming events at the bottom of this page. Just scroll down. Thanks.
We are really hoping to see you Saturday.
Working up an appetite,
Steve
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Free Spaghetti Dinner & Oasis Bible Study
Hey, hope your first two days of classes have gone great and you were able to find all of them without getting lost or anything like that. Here at Christ's Church at VT campus ministry (CCVT) we are excited about having our first "Oasis" Bible study of the year tomorrow, Wednesday, which is our main large group gathering that we have every week. It's kind of the center of our life as a campus ministry and includes Bible Study, group discussion, sharing with friends, prayer, & celebration through heartfelt worship. We are really looking forward to welcoming everyone who is new to VT to our group, like you maybe! So please plan on coming.
To help us get to know each other, we have planned a free Spaghetti Dinner for before "Oasis". Just come on over to our campus house at 6:30pm and we will enjoy some home cooked spaghetti with sauce, garlic bread, sides, drinks and dessert.
Oasis starts at 7:30pm. Jesus said, 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.' So we are going to hear a little bit from God's word during Oasis, particularly from a parable Jesus (the "bread of life") told us.
If you need directions to our campus house, probably the best way to get them is to type "413 Clay St. SW, Blacksburg, VA" into Google maps. You'll see that our campus house is only about a block away from most of the dorms on campus, over by the Washington Street tennis courts. It's much closer than most of your classes!
All of us at CCVT are really looking forward to seeing you at Oasis, and we really hope you can join us for some free spaghetti, too, so I hope to see you there.
And feel free to bring some friends with you.
Don't forget: Spaghetti Dinner at 6:30pm, Oasis Bible study at 7:30pm (Wednesday, August 25)
Check out our schedule of other upcoming events by scrolling to the bottom of this page.
Looking forward to seeing you Wednesday night -- Steve
To help us get to know each other, we have planned a free Spaghetti Dinner for before "Oasis". Just come on over to our campus house at 6:30pm and we will enjoy some home cooked spaghetti with sauce, garlic bread, sides, drinks and dessert.
Oasis starts at 7:30pm. Jesus said, 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.' So we are going to hear a little bit from God's word during Oasis, particularly from a parable Jesus (the "bread of life") told us.
If you need directions to our campus house, probably the best way to get them is to type "413 Clay St. SW, Blacksburg, VA" into Google maps. You'll see that our campus house is only about a block away from most of the dorms on campus, over by the Washington Street tennis courts. It's much closer than most of your classes!
All of us at CCVT are really looking forward to seeing you at Oasis, and we really hope you can join us for some free spaghetti, too, so I hope to see you there.
And feel free to bring some friends with you.
Don't forget: Spaghetti Dinner at 6:30pm, Oasis Bible study at 7:30pm (Wednesday, August 25)
Check out our schedule of other upcoming events by scrolling to the bottom of this page.
Looking forward to seeing you Wednesday night -- Steve
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Your Last Homemade Dinner
OK, so hopefully it won't be your last homemade meal ever, but it will probably be your last homemade dinner until you go home for a weekend. So don't miss out on this chance to enjoy some good home cookin' and make some new friends at Christ's Church at VT campus ministry (CCVT).
The menu includes pork BBQ, chicken, cheese and potato casserole, and for those of you who are more adventurous, deer roast! If you've never had any, it's time you tried it. I think this will be my first time trying it, but I like to try new things, so I'm looking forward to it. Call it your first cultural experience at VT.
It's all FREE, so come join us at our campus house right on the edge of campus by the dorms at 413 Clay St. SW, Blacksburg, VA. (Copy and Paste that into Google maps for great directions.) Here is a photo of the house:
It all starts at 6pm Saturday! (August 22)
Come find your campus ministry before you get busy with classes next week. And feel free to bring a friend with you, or many friends. See you soon. -- Steve
The menu includes pork BBQ, chicken, cheese and potato casserole, and for those of you who are more adventurous, deer roast! If you've never had any, it's time you tried it. I think this will be my first time trying it, but I like to try new things, so I'm looking forward to it. Call it your first cultural experience at VT.
It's all FREE, so come join us at our campus house right on the edge of campus by the dorms at 413 Clay St. SW, Blacksburg, VA. (Copy and Paste that into Google maps for great directions.) Here is a photo of the house:
It all starts at 6pm Saturday! (August 22)Come find your campus ministry before you get busy with classes next week. And feel free to bring a friend with you, or many friends. See you soon. -- Steve
Monday, August 3, 2009
Fall 2009
Upcoming Fall Events -- Save the Date
(check back soon for details)
August 20, Thursday, 10am -- Campus House Work Day
August 20, Thursday, 6pm -- CCVT Reunion Dinner
August 21, Friday, 6pm -- Cookout with Volleyball (and maybe Badminton!)
August 22, Saturday, 6pm -- "Your Last Homecooked Meal"
August 23, Sunday, 7:30pm -- Worship Team Meeting
August 26, Wednesday, 6:30pm -- Spaghetti Dinner & Oasis (large group Bible study)
August 28, Friday, 2-7pm -- Gobblerfest/Student Organization Showcase (Come see us at our display)
August 29, Saturday, 11am -- Pancake Brunch & Mini-golf (bowling if it rains)
Sept. 2, Wednesday, 7:30pm -- Oasis (large group Bible study)
Sept. 2, Wednesday, after Oasis -- First Core Group Servant Team meeting of the semester
Sept. 5, Saturday, 8pm -- Football Party, Alabama vs. VT (away game)
(check back soon for details)
August 20, Thursday, 10am -- Campus House Work Day
August 20, Thursday, 6pm -- CCVT Reunion Dinner
August 21, Friday, 6pm -- Cookout with Volleyball (and maybe Badminton!)
August 22, Saturday, 6pm -- "Your Last Homecooked Meal"
August 23, Sunday, 7:30pm -- Worship Team Meeting
August 26, Wednesday, 6:30pm -- Spaghetti Dinner & Oasis (large group Bible study)
August 28, Friday, 2-7pm -- Gobblerfest/Student Organization Showcase (Come see us at our display)
August 29, Saturday, 11am -- Pancake Brunch & Mini-golf (bowling if it rains)
Sept. 2, Wednesday, 7:30pm -- Oasis (large group Bible study)
Sept. 2, Wednesday, after Oasis -- First Core Group Servant Team meeting of the semester
Sept. 5, Saturday, 8pm -- Football Party, Alabama vs. VT (away game)
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