Jack Frost puts Iron Chef on ice

Breaking News:
Witnesses report Iron Chef has been severely iced by Jack Frost. Never before has the usually red hot Iron Chef taken such a dramatic setback. But don't count him out. He's been known to make dramatic comebacks before.

Translation:
Our Iron Chef event originally scheduled for this Saturday night has been postponed due to the forecast of 10-15 inches of snow for Blacksburg by Saturday evening. We currently plan to allow Iron Chef to make his comeback Saturday, Feb. 20, so keep your secret recipes on simmer.

In the meantime, if you are able to get out and about Saturday afternoon and feel like having some fun in the snow, join us at the campus house at about 3pm. We'll make a CCVT snow man, or get in a snow ball fight, or go sledding down the hill by the tennis courts, or somewhere else, or make a snow fort, or play snow football, or whatever snow games everybody feels like playing. Afterward we can warm up inside with some hot chocolate, and maybe order some pizza and watch movies or play games or whatever everybody feels like doing. We'll see. Just come at 3pm and we'll figure it out.

Hope you can join us.

For more upcoming events, just scroll down two posts, or search "events". Thanks.

"Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow."
Steve

What's It All About?

What is being a Christian all about? Is it about going to church once a week and getting your "frequent worshipper card" punched enough times to get one free trip to Heaven when you die? Is it about being such a good, moral person that when you die God will not find it necessary to send you to Hell? Is it about being a nice person who is always smiling and never makes anyone feel anything unpleasant in any way, but constantly exudes nothing but sweetness and light? What do you think? What's the right answer?

Tonight at Oasis we'll be studying what the Bible indicates the Christian life is really all about. I hope you will join us -- especially if you are not very sure you know the answer.

It all starts at 7:30pm tonight (and every Wednesday during the semester) at CCVT's campus house. (Directions to the campus house available in the side bar to the right.)

Hope to see you soon,
Steve

Upcoming Events

Jan. 27, Wednesday, 7:30pm -- Oasis (large group Bible study)

Jan. 29, Friday, 2:40pm -- Worship Team meeting

Jan. 30, Saturday, 3pm -- Snow Games at the campus house -- make a CCVT snow man, or get in a snow ball fight, or go sledding down the hill by the tennis courts, or somewhere else, or make a snow fort, or play snow football, or whatever snow games everybody feels like playing. Afterward we can warm up inside with some hot chocolate, and maybe order some pizza and watch movies or play games or whatever everybody feels like doing.

Jan. 31, Sunday, 7pm -- Girls' Gel Group (small group Bible Study)

Jan. 31, Sunday, 8pm -- Guys' Gel Group (small group Bible study)

Feb. 3, Wednesday, 7:30pm -- Oasis (large group Bible study)

Feb. 3, Wednesday, after Oasis -- Guys meet to plan Valentine's Day Banquet for girls Feb. 12.

Feb. 5, Friday, 2:40pm -- Worship Team meeting

Feb. 7, Sunday, 6:30pm -- Super Bowl Party

Feb. 10, Wednesday, 7:30pm -- Oasis (large group Bible study)

Feb. 10, Wednesday, after Oasis -- Core Group Team (student leadership) meeting

Feb. 12, Friday, 2:40pm -- Worship Team meeting

Feb. 12, Friday, 7:00pm -- Game Night -- Play a little Charades-in-a-Box, maybe some foosball, or X-box, or whatever you're in the mood for.

Feb. 14, Sunday, 7pm -- Girls' Gel Group (small group Bible Study)

Feb. 14, Sunday, 8pm -- Guys' Gel Group (small group Bible study)

Feb. 17, Wednesday, 7:30pm -- Oasis (large group Bible study)

Feb. 19, Friday, 2:40pm -- Worship Team meeting

Feb. 20, Saturday, 7:00 to 11:00pm -- Iron Chef -- Come to compete or come to eat -- either way you're a winner.

Feb. 21, Sunday, 7pm -- Girls' Gel Group (small group Bible Study)

Feb. 21, Sunday, 8pm -- Guys' Gel Group (small group Bible study)

Feb. 24, Wednesday, 7:30pm -- Oasis (large group Bible study)

Feb. 26, Friday, 2:40pm -- Worship Team meeting

Feb. 27, Saturday, 8pm -- Hide & Seek in Squires Student Center -- bet you've never played Hide & Seek on this scale before

Feb. 28, Sunday, 7pm -- Girls' Gel Group (small group Bible Study)

Feb. 28, Sunday, 8pm -- Guys' Gel Group (small group Bible study)

Mar. 3, Wednesday, 7:30pm -- Oasis (large group Bible study)

Mar. 3, Wednesday, after Oasis -- Core Group Team (student leadership) meeting

Mar. 5, Friday, 2:40pm -- Worship Team meeting

Let's Celebrate!

Have you survived the ice storm without any broken bones or other serious injuries? Did you get out of any classes when they were canceled yesterday afternoon and evening, and this morning?

If your answer is yes to either of these questions, then let's celebrate by going out to eat at Red Robin Saturday night. OK, even if you answered "no", you can still come with us. We'll help you with your crutches and pillows.

We are meeting at the campus house at 5:30pm Saturday to carpool to Red Robin over by the New River Valley Mall.

There is some talk of possibly going to see a movie afterward since we will be right over there by the movie theater, so if you are interested in doing that, you might want to bring some extra money along.

Hope to see you Saturday night.
Steve

(If you need directions, check the sidebar to the right on this screen.)

Free Spaghetti Dinner & Oasis

Welcome back to Blacksburg! Hope your break was great, and your first day back in classes is going just as well.

Here at CCVT we are getting back in the swing of things with a free Spaghetti Dinner Wednesday night before Oasis Bible Study. The dinner starts at 6:30pm. Oasis will start at 7:30pm as usual.

The dinner comes complete with home cooked spaghetti with marinara sauce, garlic bread, drinks and dessert. It'll be a good chance to catch up with everybody on what they did over break, and get to know some new people, too. I know of at least one new transfer student who I'm expecting to meet at the dinner, and if you haven't been coming to CCVT recently, now would be a great time to start. You won't be the only new person, and we are starting a new study, and it's still early in the semester when your homework load is not as heavy as it will be later in the semester. So please come join us for dinner on us, and give us a chance to introduce ourselves.

It's all going down at CCVT's campus house, as usual. 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! If you need any more help with directions or have any questions, please give us a call at 552-8292.

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, January 20)

Check out our schedule of other upcoming events on our last post (below).

Looking forward to seeing you Wednesday night,
Steve Wilkin
Campus Minister

Upcoming Events

Jan. 20, Wednesday, 6:30pm -- Spaghetti Dinner & Oasis (large group Bible study)

Jan. 20, Wednesday, after Oasis -- Core Group Team (student leadership) meeting

Jan. 22, Friday, 2:40pm -- Worship Team meeting

Jan. 23, Saturday, 5:30pm -- Out to Eat at the Red Robin -- Meet at CCVT's campus house to carpool to Red Robin.

Jan. 24, Sunday, 7pm -- Girls' Gel Group (small group Bible Study)

Jan. 24, Sunday, 8pm -- Guys' Gel Group (small group Bible study)