We make followers of Jesus and help his followers grow

We make followers of Jesus and help his followers grow

Christ’s Church at Virginia Tech campus ministry

is a non-denominational Christian community of students who:

--believe Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God

--believe the Bible is the infallible Word of the one and only true God, and therefore embrace it as our first & final authority for faith & practice as it contains all the truth needed for salvation and living in Christ. (2 Timothy 3:16, Hebrews 4:12)

--strive to put our faith in action, to keep growing in our knowledge and love for God, and to transform our world by living as Jesus lived. (James 2:14-26, Colossians 1:9-12, Romans 12:1-2)

"The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever." -- Isaiah 40:8
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Progressive Dinner Friday Night

Have you ever been to a progressive dinner? It's so much fun. Here's how it works, and how we are going to do it: We meet at our campus house 5:30pm, Friday, for appetizers, courtesy of Bryan and Tiny. Then we all pile in a few cars (car pool) to Brittany and Corinna's apartment for the next course of our 5 course meal -- the soup. Next stop -- Sarah, Seth, and Luke's apartment for salad. Then it's off to Katherine, Lindsey, and Emily's apartment for the main course which Gavin and Amanda are preparing for us. And finally we top it all off with some delicious dessert prepared by Stacey, at me and Stacey's house.

It's so much fun piling in the cars and driving to different friends' places and getting to hang out with them in their own apartment for a change, talk, and enjoy some delicious food.

Our menu will follow an Italian theme. I don't want to spoil the element of surprise, because that is part of the fun of this, too, but I can tell you that from what I've heard, the hosts and hostesses are definitely not cutting corners on the food. This is going to be a really nice meal, even if you have to do a whole lot of traveling to get it all.

So join us this Friday at 5:30pm at the campus house, and bring a friend or two with you, if you want.

Look forward to seeing you there.
Steve

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Sakura Friday night

Hey everybody, we are getting together to go out to eat at Sakura this Friday night. Remember, we got snowed out last time we tried this, so hopefully the weather will cooperate with us this time.

We are planning to meet at the campus house 5:15pm to carpool there. Sakura is the Japanese steakhouse in the vicinity of the New River Valley Mall, but across 460 and closer to Kmart. They don't throw knives or build flaming volcanoes out of an onion, but on the plus side, there's not a long wait, and the prices are reasonable, and the food is still really good. So on the whole, it's a great place to go out to eat with friends. Yelp.com says the average meal ends up under $10 even with a drink, tax and tip.

After dinner we'll come back to the campus house to hang out and play some games.

So hope to see you Friday night, and don't forget to invite your friends.

Key facts: Carpool from campus house 5:15pm Friday.

Thanks.
Steve

Monday, February 18, 2013

CCVT's Relay for Life team

Katherine is leading CCVT's Relay for Life team this year. This is a great cause, obviously, so I encourage you to get involved and raise a lot of money for the American Cancer Society. Please read on for Katherine's explanation and instructions on how to join our team.

Thanks.
Steve


Hi friends!
Here are some details for this years event:
Where: Drillfield
When: From 5 p.m. on Friday, April 19, until early morning Saturday, April 20
What: This fundraiser is an all-night celebration to raise money in the fight against cancer. We will set up camp on the Drillfield, and enjoy the night's festivities!
How much: $10 to register. And, although not required, this event is to raise money for the American Cancer Society. So hit up your friends and family, and let them know that they can donate to the ACS and Relay for Life through you. I will give more details about fundraising this week at Oasis, if this is something you are interested in!

Soooooo…..
In order to register with our team:
Go to http://relay.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFLCY13SA?fr_id=48736&pg=entry (or go to http://www.relayforlife.org and search for Virginia Tech in the “SIGN UP OR FIND AN EVENT” search box.)
Click the orange box Sign Up.
Click the middle orange box option on the right, JOIN AN EXISTING TEAM.
In the box, “Select or type the name of the team you'd like to join”, enter our team name: Relay for Life 2013 (CCVT)
You can then proceed through the registration process.
FYI: Apparently this year, you must raise $100 in order to get a T-shirt. Keep this in mind when you set your fundraising goal. Remember, it is NOT a requirement to raise money to attend the event, but every little bit helps, if you are interested in fundraising for the American Cancer Society!
Love you guys, and looking forward to enjoying Relay for Life 2013 with you all!!

Katherine

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Let's Roll!

This Friday night we are going to go roller skating at Adventure World right over in Christiansburg.

If you have never been skating before, or like me, you've been skating, but you can count the number of times on one hand, and you never got very good at it, don't worry about it -- please come join us anyway. We are just doing this for fun, and trying something new is half the fun of it. We're not doing this to see who can skate the fastest or prettiest or anything like that. We're just getting together to have some fun doing something we don't get to do together very often.

The cost is $7 to skate, plus $4 to rent skates assuming you don't have your own to bring.

We're meeting at the campus house at 7pm to carpool on over.

The rink doesn't close until 11pm, so we'll all have plenty of time to skate to our heart's content, but I'm thinking we'll probably leave a while before that and go hang out somewhere else for a while anyway. Your ankles can only handle so much skating when they're not used to it. Maybe we'll go get some ice cream at Dairy Queen on the way home, or just go back to the campus house to hang out for a while. We'll see.

So invite your friends and come on over to the campus house at 7pm this Friday and we'll roll on over to Adventure World...and then roll some more.

See you then.
Steve

Friday, February 1, 2013

Super Bowl Party

Hey guys,
Here's the details on the Super Bowl party this coming Sunday. I hope you can join us.

We are going to watch the game on our big screen at the campus house. You are welcome to come anytime after 6pm. (The best information I can find says kickoff will be at 6:30pm.)

Of course, we will have some delicious "football food" to enjoy during the game, too. If you would like to bring something to share, feel free -- we would be happy to help you eat it. But don't feel like you have to bring anything to come. We've already had several people confirm they plan on bringing some "football food" to share.

At halftime we'll have a little devotional thought that will be more beneficial for everyone than God only knows what may end up in the halftime show.

Also, please invite your friends. This is not just for CCVT regulars. Everyone is welcome.

Whether you are coming to watch the game, the commercials, or just for the food and friends, we look forward to seeing you.

See you sometime after 6pm Sunday at the campus house.

If you need directions, just look on the right side of your screen. You're welcome to call me at 540-552-8292 if you need to.

Thanks. Hope to see you there.
Steve