Ongoing change in life

Here's one student's ongoing experience. 

My time with InterVarsity has been cause for a consistent, slow, and rather difficult change of attitude. The main factor is that I am often around fellow brothers and sisters in Christ; this particularly motivates me to behave and act in certain ways that I otherwise would not. Prior to becoming a part of InterVarsity, I did not surround myself with godly folk, at least not in the most obvious ways one would imagine. While ultimately it has been a good thing to be held accountable to other people, it certainly hasn't been easy. It's been quite the 180 for me: going from hateful to loving, intolerant to patient, prideful to humble, etc. And certainly I have succeeded in some areas better than other, as I think I will continue to do so until I die. 

Mostly InterVarsity has provided me with an actual community of Christians who want to be godly. Often times the Christians I met who were my age, prior to InterVarsity, were just faux Christians--people who said they believed but never really thought about how those beliefs should show themselves in their social and political lives. They were incredibly lazy, even more so than I. InterVarsity has more or less been a force against me to not be lazy like them. I have still a ways to go before I can offer a true story of my time with InterVarsity, but such as it is, this is what my time has been like.

Chapter Email Specifics

We would love to see you at any of the events so we can live out Romans 10:13-15 and all 4,850 students can hear the gospel while at Fredonia. It's not realistic to come to everything so we highly encourage picking one small group to commit to and checking out at least one of the Friday events regularly.  Here's the list of current small groups, churches, and our mission on campus.

Fall 2016 Small Groups

Tuesday:
7:30pm Power of Prayer [2nd floor McEwen]- Nick and Victoria (NHlifka@, VHendrix@)

Wednesday
12 pm: Athletes IV {Dods 101} – Nicole (NBurrows@)
6 pm: Hemingway {Lounge} – Holly (HLang@)
6 pm: Mens Group {WC G103B} –Hugh and Mike (HMosher@, MEarle@)

Thursday
6pm: SALT: Serving and Learning Together (Townhouses) – Sam (SValvo@)

Volunteer Service and Study Varies each week so email– Kim and Emily (KHodges@, EHatfield@)

Email address is @fredonia.edu.  

Church is great!

Here are some suggestions.   Hit reply for more info and to find out if there are rides. Bold means walkable.
Harvest (Free Methodist, Matteson St) 9:30/10:50
Pillar of Fire (non-denom, Lakeshore Dr, Dunkirk) 10:30
Presbyterian (Central Ave) 10:30
Newman Center (Catholic, Temple) 7:30pm
CWC (Non-denom, Eagle) 11
Laona United Methodist Church in Laona 10
Christ Community Church (Berry Rd) 10:45
First Baptist Church (Central Ave Dunkirk) 9:30
Open Door (Lakeshore W Dunkirk) noonish
Fredonia First UMC (Church St) 10 *Pickup at 9:15 at the Willy C bus stop
Faith Baptist Church (2nd St Dunkirk) 11am

Our Mission on Fredonia's Campus

Our mission and goal is to establish and advance witnessing communities on campus.  Because we believe that people on campus desire to know Christ and that Christians are sent out into the world to serve God, we are working to see students and faculty be actively involved in God's mission on campus through InterVarsity, in small groups and with the chance for students to accept Christ and say yes to Jesus. We want to see students and faculty transformed, the campus renewed, and world changers developed.  As we work to reach the campus for Christ, let's take the step to get to know people who are looking for community.  Through reaching out to others (Christians and non-Christians), our relationship with God deepens because we're putting His word into practice.  Pray that we'll meet this goal in the next few years and consider your role in it.

As Romans 10:13-15 says, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”  How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
We desire to be a sending location for those with beautiful feet that bring the good news to the 4,850 students on campus.

Thank you

Our new chapter president wrote this after attending the Basileia Student leadership conference where over 20 people became a Christian or recommitted their life.  She also attended Urbana 15.

Dear Supporter,
I would like to take some time to thank you for your generosity in prayer and finances.  InterVarsity has played an integral part of my spiritual growth this year.  The scholarship I have received have allowed me to be in a loving witnessing community that pushes me to seek God in a deeper way.  Being involved in this organization has changed my life and provided a way for me to actively serve and build up His Kingdom.
God bless,
Holly

Please pray for her as she leads the chapter to reach the remaining 4,900 students on campus.