Alumni: Note from Me

My name is Kathryn Pilgrim and I’m new staff at Fredonia. For those who don’t know me, I am also a 2011 and 2013 alumna.

God is doing great things at Fredonia. As I met with student leaders at our Basileia leadership conference, their passion to reach the campus for Christ was evident.

Over the school year, some of our major goals include:

·         Hosting more events to share the gospel

·         Adding teams with more leaders

·         Focusing our efforts around our vision to see students and faculty transformed, the campus renewed, and world changers developed

To make this happen, we need more time, resources, and volunteers. We’ve trained new volunteers and asked current students to increase their involvement.

International Student Ministry
Our ministry to international student is flourishing. We are working with the International Education Center to build friendships with students and live life with them. Through meals with Saudi students, campfires with Koreans, and attending church with a few of the Chinese who have become believers since they started school, God is working in this new ministry. Last April, I received the following text from a close Chinese friend: “I found salvation today.”  After a year of discussing the gospel, she accepted Jesus as savior and is now helping share the gospel with others!

Urbana 12
Last year, six of our students and three from Jamestown Community College attended InterVarsity’s Urbana 12 missions conference. One student was inspired to challenge our chapter to build 60 medical kits for caregivers in Africa, an extension of an activity that took place at the conference.

Next year, we will continue our passion for justice by hosting a Price of Life invitational in the spring, modeled after Price of Life: New York City. (see more on the next page).

Basileia and Urbana exemplify what InterVarsity at Fredonia is all about. I’m excited to play a small role in what God is doing through InterVarsity at Fredonia.

While I don’t know most of you, I hope that will change over the coming months and years. You play an important role in the ongoing ministry to current Fredonia students. Please join me in praying for God to continue to work through InterVarsity as we minister to students on campus.

I would love to keep you up to date on the latest happenings with InterVarsity Fredonia. If you prefer not to receive future updates, please let me know.

Warmly,
Kathryn Pilgrim
Kathryn_Pilgrim@ivstaff.org | 607-661-3574