I love this verse because of the promise of God's purpose and provision for us. God has done the good works and we are simply supposed to walk in them. I can choose to try to do my own thing or submit to where God is wanting to take me.
This is a big week for us. This week we are hosting a conference and taking teams of staff to 9 campuses around our area to see about starting ministries there either now or sometime in the future. We would love your prayers for God's provision and blessing. We would also love your prayers on how to shepherd and lead a growing movement.
Many of you already know that we have somewhat started ministries now at Pellissippi State and Maryville College. We have about 60 students at each of those locations that have expressed interest in knowing more about getting involved.
Abby, an intern that works with us, started meeting with a few girls at Pellissippi. Quickly the girls started asking if they could bring friends. Abby now meets with 18 girls regularly and this is still growing.
It is clear to us that God is working on these campuses and we would love your prayers for His blessing, wisdom and provision.
Below I will list the campuses we are heading to this week and challenge you to be praying with us. Pray that He would allow us to meet key people that would help us start ministries in these locations. Thanks so much for praying!!
-Knoxville College - Historical Black College in downtown Knoxville - approx. 100 students
-Pellissippi State - 2nd largest College in the area - 10,000 students, no campus ministries present
-Maryville College - Former Christian College, has become very secularized - approx 1,200 students
-Roane State (Harriman and Oak Ridge Campuses) - 8,000 students - 4th largest college in the area. No ministry presence to our knowledge
-UTK - looking to start a Latino ministry to the rising number of Latino students on campus. Currently no group is reaching out to this community on campus
-Walter State - 3rd largest College in the area with just under 10,000 students, no ministry presence as far as we are aware
-Johnson Univeristy - Trying to resource students at this University with ministry opportunities
-Tusculum College - 5th largest University with just under 8,000 students , on of the top 25 oldest Universities in America
-TN Tech - in Middle TN area, specifically we are reaching out to the over 500 international students there, specifically the Saudi population.
