CollegeLife

Hey Folks

Here are some awesome pics from our Halloween edition of CollegeLife, taken by our very own Loc (who came dressed as a tourist photographer-fitting).

 we had indians

doctors, princesses /Audrey Hepburn,

nuns, cowboys, static cling

sumo/marshmellow man

gameboy and ipod

and Jack Skellington- as we talked about the Christian response to death!  I PROMISE we did not plan to talk about death on the Sunday we had a Halloween party! Ask Greg Bock, he wouldn’t lie. 

This is just a small sampling of the outfits, stayed tuned for more later.

See you this weekend as we wrap up our 3 part series on the Sanctity of Life.

Happy Halloween.

So you won’t want to miss the Halloween addition of CollegeLife.  Same time and same place- 7pm at Greenbrier Ridge Clubhouse, but this week you have to dress up in your Halloween Costume!  Be creative! A box of cereal, a flashlight, thumbtack…  Hope to see you there. 

Also we will be continuing in our 3 part series led by Greg Bock on the Sanctity of Life.  If you missed the first week you missed some great discussion on abortion, the beginning of life and our Christian response to them all.  I really hope you can make it this week.

The grim reaper might not be a bad costume as we talk about the end of life this week!

Go Vols beat S. Carolina.

A little calendar update for ya:

There will not be at UT vs. Alabama tailgate this weekend Sorry, just a bit much going on this weekend.  So grab your friends and head to Gatti’s buffet and watch it.  I mean honestly, who doesn’t love Gattis!?

And this weekend CollegeLife is back.  After a week off for Fall break we are back in the saddle.  So grab a friend and head out to CollegeLife at 7pm on Sunday night at Greenbrier Ridge.

Money. it is necessary. it is powerful. it is tricky. it is deceiving. there is not enough.

it seems that we always say, “if i had “X” amount of money i’d be fine”. the problem is we know people with “that” amount of money and they don’t seem fine. so what are we to do?

In collegelife this week we talked about how Jesus tells a story about a shrewd (practical, sharp) manager, who takes his limited amount of time and leverages it for maximum impact/influence.  So as college students, who have limited resources and limited time, will we leverage what little we have for maximum impact?

Jesus says people of this world are shrewd in dealing with their time and money, and people of the light (Christians) should do the same. (Luke 16) Money is a tool and one day it WILL be gone (Luke 16:9), so how will you use it now? For yourself, new stuff, or will you choose to use your limited resources and leverage it for others?

Are we saying everything should go to Africa or inner city? No, but we are saying, how much more of an impact could $10 a month do for a child in a 3rd world country or the local church, than your venti, no fat, sugarfree vanilla, double pump caramel machiatto latte. 

$$- it’s clearly a big issue, Jesus talks about it a lot. Do you?

Everything is God’s and He’s given you some to manage, what kind of manager are you being?

Go buy a coffee and think about it.

So we wrapped up our “The Way I see it” series last night. We continued to see that Joseph is the ultimate example of living like he was confident that God was with him.  Even in the midst of having all the power, he did not take it out on his brothers!? Instead of paying them back, he forgives them- it’s sort of crazy!

But the question remains for me and you- how will we live this week?  Will we leave in our circumstances, or will we let our faith guide us through our circumstances?  No matter how good or bad, will we live like we are certain God is with us?

The way I see it…I’m confident God is with me!

 See you round.