A NEW YEAR OF MINISTRY

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A NEW YEAR OF MINISTRY

The new year has begun and I am very excited for another semester of ministry at UTD! Last year was full of fun memories and awesome conversations with students about life and faith. This year has already started with our annual Winter Retreat down in Glen Rose and UTDs Friday Night Fellowship meetings getting an exciting revamp!





WINTER RETREAT

This year we had the privilege of hosting Dr. Daniel Lee from Fuller Seminary at our Winter Retreat. The theme for all the talks revolved around God's radical grace. Dr. Lee gave some wonderful talks about God's love and grace for us that I think really spoke to many of our students and staff. I had wonderful conversations with students about the talks and heard so much awesome feedback. I think the topic of grace was a great one for our community to dive deep into this year and I can't wait to see the fruit of those conversations. Despite the cold weather and snowfall, our students had a wonderful time weekend!

FNF REVAMP

This semester our team has decided to change things up for our weekly fellowship time. Our services usually consist of a lot of the same things each week; praise & worship, a sermon, announcements, and student testimonies. This year, every week is different! We've tried some new activities, and discussion groups and even changed up our praise band to a more simple and intimate setup. Each week has been really fun to experience and has helped to create more memorable parts of our service. The students seem to be liking it so far!

        PRAYER REQUEST

This month I'd like to invite you to pray for our students at UTD. Pray that they would build close intimate friendships with each other. That they would be on fire to build community and invite others into it. Pray that our students will fall more and more in love with the heart of Jesus. And for those students who don't know him yet or are unsure of following him, pray that they would be bold and open to giving him a chance.

THANK YOU

Thank you so much for your support of campus ministry. I'm reminded how much of an impact we as ministers have each year on the lives of students and how important it is that we have a place where people can come to learn about and know Jesus. None of that would be possible without your support. Getting to spend all my efforts pouring into the lives of students and guiding them in their walk with Christ is such a fun and amazing job, and none of that would be possible without your support.

STUDENT TESTIMONY 




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