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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Saturday, August 31, 2013

Catch a Ride to Church Sunday AM

We are carpooling to church again this week and every week, so if you haven't already found a church home, why not come join us? You are welcome to catch a ride with us whether you've been here before, or this would be your first time. Doesn't matter.

We will meet at our campus house at 10:15am and carpool to Belmont Christian Church. We'll even have some fruit, donuts, or something for you to snack on while we wait for everyone to arrive.

Bring some lunch money along, too, if you want to go out to lunch with us. But we can drop you off on campus before lunch if you need to get back in time for a meeting or something, so don't let that stop you.

Feel free to bring a friend.

Like I said, we are meeting up at our campus house which is right on the edge of campus, just one block from Lee Hall -- about a 2-3 minute walk for most of you. For a map & simple directions, just look on the right side of your screen.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Hope you can join us.

VT vs. Alabama Football Party

So I'm sure you are all well aware of the football game Saturday at 5:30pm against Alabama. Well, I just wanted to remind you we are throwing a little football party for the game and you are invited to come watch it with us on our 84 inch screen and enjoy some good "football food" with us, too.

If this would be your first time at Christ's Church at VT campus ministry (CCVT for short) we'd love to welcome you and meet you. If you've been here before, we'd love to get to know you better while we have fun watching the game. And feel free to bring a friend.

Come on over a few minutes early so you don't miss any of the game.

For a map & simple directions, just look on the top right side of your screen. If you live off campus and ride the bus, we are only 100 yards from the tennis courts bus stop on Washington Street. If you drive, we have parking.

Let's recap: 5:15pm Saturday, Aug. 31, at CCVT's campus house.

Hope you can make it.

Thursday, August 29, 2013

It's Sundae Night on Friday Night!

No, we are not presuming to have the power to rearrange the days of the week. Just planning a little ice cream sundae making party for Friday night.

This Friday night you are the master of your own sweet icy treat destiny! You choose your ice cream flavors. You choose your toppings. Will it be hot fudge, caramel, strawberry? Do you want whipped cream on that? Cherry on top, or no cherry? And no one can tell you whether to split your banana lengthwise or in slices, because YOU are the MASTER ARCHITECT of your own banana split! Can you feel the exhilaration already? Can you feel the anticipation building?

We will also have an amazing array of other toppings to choose from, including Dr. Pepper cherry dessert topper, Orange Crush orange/vanilla cream dessert topper, A&W Root Beer Float dessert topper, and more. Special guest Mr. Sprinkles will be joining our party in both chocolate and rainbow form. It'll be a childhood dream come true!

So save some room for dessert when you eat supper Friday, and then mosey on over to CCVT's campus house about 8pm and we'll play a few games, make some new friends, and exercise our culinary creativity seeing what kind of ice cream sundae masterpieces we can conjure up.

As always, feel free to bring a friend.

For a map and simple directions to CCVT's campus house only one block from Lee and Miles Hall, just look on the top right side of your screen. If you live off campus and ride the bus, we are only 100 yards from the bus stop on Washington Street by the tennis courts.

So that's Friday at 8pm.

Hope you can make it. It's gonna be a lot of fun.

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Free Spaghetti Dinner and Oasis Bible Study this Wednesday Night

So how are you feeling about classes now that you have probably been to all of them at least once? Hopefully you are feeling pretty good about them, but if you are feeling at all intimidated, try to remember that what looks like an insurmountable mountain of assignments early in the semester usually turns out not to be so bad when you just take a deep breath and start chipping away at it bit by bit, with perseverance. At the end of the semester you look back and stand amazed at how much you were able to get done. Pray for God's help and trust him to answer your prayer and you will probably do even better, and have a lot less anxiety in the meantime.

Trusting God and doing your best is key to success not only in academics, but in life in general. And part of trusting God is not putting him on a shelf, or on the back burner of your life, but keeping him front and center -- the top priority in your life. I hope you will do that throughout your college career. If you will, not only your academics, but your whole life will be much more blessed.

I believe that is why God invented the Church. He knew that in order for us to keep him at the center of our lives, we all would need to spend time with other believers often, to learn God's ways and to enjoy the support of good friends. That is what Christ's Church at VT campus ministry (CCVT for short) is here to do. I hope you will take advantage of it while you are here at Tech.

One of the main ways we do that is through our main weekly meeting every Wednesday night at 7:15pm which we call "Oasis". As the name implies, it's a place to come for spiritual refreshing. Oasis includes Bible Study, group discussion, sharing with friends, and prayer.

This week we have an extra special treat to kickoff the new school year. We are going to have a free homemade spaghetti dinner before Oasis, complete with meat sauce (or meatless marinara sauce if you prefer), garlic bread, salad, drinks and dessert. Our own Joe Starr is the "starr" chef, and I have tasted his spaghetti before, so I can promise you it is very, very good. Please arrive by 6:15pm if you want to eat.

The dinner and Oasis will both be at our campus house, only one block from Lee and Miles halls. For a map and simple directions just go to CHRISTatVT.org and look on the right side of your screen. 


Whether this will be your first time here, or you've been to CCVT before, we really hope you can make it.

Feel free to bring a friend or two with you.

Recap:
6:15pm Spaghetti Dinner
7:15pm Oasis Bible Study
(Wednesday, August 28)
Directions: CHRISTatVT.org

Looking forward to seeing you Wednesday night.

God bless you.

Monday, August 26, 2013

Men's Bible Study Tonight at 7:15

Hey guys,
Hope your first day of classes has gone great and you are looking forward to how much you are going to learn the rest of the semester. I know usually at the beginning of the semester I felt a little overwhelmed by how much work was staring me in the face on the syllabi. But it always turned out to be much more doable than it seemed at the beginning of the semester. So don't get psyched out about it. If you just chip away at it faithfully everyday, you can get more done than you ever imagined possible. It's not like it's all due next week. Trust me -- I know from experience.

Hey, I hope you will take an hour or so out this evening to come check out our Bible study just for the guys which we call "Men of God" Bible study. We will be meeting every Monday night this semester at 7:15pm at our campus house, which is very conveniently located right on the edge of campus, just one block from Lee, O'Shag, or Miles Hall. For a map and simple directions just go to CHRISTatVT.org and look on the right side of your screen.

Whether this would be your first time ever to anything at CCVT, you're an "old-timer", or anything in between, you are welcome to join us.

Our Men of God Bible study has two main thrusts:
One is to study God's word and learn from it, of course.
The second is to make some really good friends who will support us and help us to live a life that pleases God.

Sometimes we have friends but faith really isn't at the center of our friendship, so they really don't do anything to help us stay strong in the faith. Or maybe they even do the opposite. Other times we study the Bible and learn more stuff about it, but we really aren't putting much of it into practice because we don't have anybody to help us know how or to give us moral support.

Our Guys' Bible Study is designed to bring these two crucial pieces together to give us the support we need to live out the truths we learn from God's word.

When you put chocolate and peanut butter together you end up with a really great dessert. But when you put God's word and Christian fellowship together, you end up with something even better. You end up with the church functioning the way God intended, and transformed lives that reflect the character of Christ. We hope you will take advantage of this opportunity.

Feel free to bring a friend with you. Just remember this is for guys only. (The girls have their own group, too.)

That's Monday nights at 7:15.

Hope you can make it tonight.

Thanks.
Steve

Thursday, August 22, 2013

Welcome to Tech Pizza Party

Come meet some of the students and staff of Christ's Church at VT campus ministry tonight (Friday, Aug. 23) at our Welcome to Tech Pizza Party. We are looking forward to meeting you and I'm sure some of you will end up making some great friends here who will be a blessing to you for years to come.

The party begins at 4pm and we'll be playing a few games, enjoying some free pizza, and making new friends. Some of the games you've probably played before, like corn hole and volleyball. Others will probably be new and novel to you, and we think you'll have a lot of fun learning how to play them and making some more friends in the process. Don't worry -- no special athletic ability required.

Feel free to bring a friend.

The party will be at our campus house which is right on the edge of campus, just one block from Lee Hall -- about a 5 minute walk for most of you. For a map & simple directions, just look on the top right side of your screen.

Let me know if you have any questions.

I'm looking forward to meeting you.

Steve Wilkin
Campus Minister

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

A Home Away from Home

If you are new to VT, you may be looking for a campus ministry or church to call home during your college years, and maybe your search has led you here to our blog. If so, welcome! We are glad you have come to visit.

The most concise way I know how to give you an idea of what CCVT is all about is to say: CCVT believes that God is real, the Bible is true, and Jesus in alive! We are a Bible believing group of students saved by grace and striving to love God and love people more and more.

We often dive deep into God's Word to mine the deep spiritual truths to apply to our lives, but we also know how to laugh and have a good time. We do a lot of all of those things around here.

I want you to know you are welcome to make CCVT campus ministry your "home away from home" during your years here at Tech, like so many students have before you. You see, CCVT is more than just another student organization, or place to go to church. For years, CCVT has been a place where students build some of the best friendships they have ever had with other Christian students, and in the process get the support we all need to make the adjustment to college life and get the most out of our college years. We don't just "clock-in, and clock-out" of church. We take the time to really care about each other and build one another up in the faith and in our walk with God. We want to do that for you, too, and we hope you will be a good friend to us, as well.

Since that is such a big part of who we are, we do a lot of fun events together, especially at the beginning of the school year, so we can all meet each other and get to know one another. Below is a list of the events we have planned for the beginning of the fall semester. Please make a note of these on your calendar and make plans to join us. We are really looking forward to meeting you and getting to know you.

Also, don't forget to join us Wednesday nights at 7:15pm at our campus house (over by the dorms, one block over from Washington St., by the tennis courts) for our main weekly meeting called "Oasis".

We also have small group Bible studies at various times during the week.

Hope to see you soon. Here's what's coming up. (All these events are FREE and happen at our campus house.)

Thursday, Aug. 22, 7pm -- Welcome Get Together -- When you're done eating your first meal in the dining halls on the meal plan, walk on over to our campus house for some informal volleyball, popsicles, and snacks, and make some new friends. Just a laid back time to meet some of the students and staff in our campus ministry and maybe find your spiritual "home away from home" for your time at VT. 

Kind of like an Open House, but more fun. More like a Cookout, but not as much food.

Friday, Aug. 23, 4pm -- Pizza Party -- Come join us for some laid back fun playing a few games, enjoying some free pizza, and making new friends. Some of the games you've probably played before, like corn hole and volleyball. Others will probably be new and novel to you, and we think you'll have a lot of fun learning how to play them and making some more friends in the process. No special athletic ability required.

Saturday, Aug. 24, 11am -- Pancake Brunch -- Flapjacks, griddle cakes, hotcakes, or pancakes -- call them what you will, we will have them homemade, hot off the griddle, and in abundance Saturday morning, complete with pretty much whatever you might want on top -- strawberry syrup, blueberry syrup, butter pecan syrup, honey creme syrup, and oh ya, maple syrup. Almost forgot. We'll have sausage and juice, too, of course. Come on over and get to know your new friends at CCVT a little better. And feel free to bring a friend.

Sunday, Aug. 25, 10:15am -- Catch a ride to church with us! We'll meet at our campus house and carpool to Belmont Christian Church. We'll even have some fruit, donuts, or something for you to snack on while we wait for everyone to arrive. Bring some lunch money along, too, if you want to go out to eat for lunch with us. We can drop you off on campus if you'd rather eat on campus or just go back to your dorm.

Monday, Aug. 26, 7:15pm -- Guys' Bible Study -- just a bunch of Bible believing guys getting together to pray for each other and study God's word. Come join us!

Wednesday, Aug. 28, 6:15pm -- Spaghetti Dinner before Oasis -- Yeah, we like food at CCVT campus ministry, but more than that, we love people. And sitting down to enjoy some good spaghetti together is a good way to get to know each other. So please come join us for some great homemade spaghetti and garlic bread, and make some new friends in the process. Afterwards, at 7:15pm, you can join us for our main weekly Bible Study we like to call "Oasis."

Wednesday, Aug. 28, 7:15pm -- Oasis -- "Oasis" is CCVT's main weekly gathering dedicated to Bible Study, group discussion, sharing with friends, & prayer. Invite your friends and come join us!

Friday, Aug. 30, 8pm -- Build Your Own Sundae party -- This Friday night you are the master of your own sweet icy treat destiny! You choose your ice cream flavors. You choose your toppings -- will it be hot fudge, caramel, strawberry? Do you want whipped cream on that? Cherry on top, or no cherry? And no one can tell you whether to split your banana lengthwise or in slices, because YOU are the MASTER ARCHITECT of your own ice cream sundae! Can you feel the exhilaration already? Can you feel the anticipation building?

So save some room for dessert when you eat supper Friday, and then mosey on over to CCVT's campus house about 8pm and we'll play a few games and exercise our culinary creativity seeing what kind of ice cream sundae masterpieces we can conjure up.

Saturday, Aug. 31, 5:15pm -- Football Party for Alabama vs. VT -- Come watch the game with us on our 84 inch screen and enjoy some good "football food" with us, too. Feel free to bring a friend.

Sunday, Sept. 1, 10:15am -- Catch a ride to church with us -- Fresh fruit and donuts at the Campus House again, then carpool to Belmont Christian Church. We'll probably go out for lunch together again, too.

Sunday, Sept. 1, 7pm -- Girls' Bible Study -- a very friendly group of girls that excels at supporting one another while applying God's word to their lives. Always open to new members joining.

Monday, Sept. 2, 7:15pm -- Guys' Bible Study -- every week.

Wednesday, Sept. 4, 7:15pm -- Oasis -- every week.

Like I said, all these events will be, or at least begin, at our campus house over by the dorms, one block over from Washington St., by the tennis courts. For most of you, it's even closer than your classes! For a map & simple directions, just look on the top right side of your screen.

Let me know if you have any questions. I'd be glad to try to answer them.

Thanks. I hope to meet you soon!

Steve Wilkin
Campus Minister