my support invitation letter

HELLO!

Now I know you might be wondering why you’re receiving this email from me…and the reason is that I want to share/update you on how God has been working in my life and calling me over the past few years. In addition, I want to extend an invitation to you to be a part of my team as I begin this new ministry with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship.

If you hate reading lengthy emails, I’ve taken the liberty of reading this email to you. Just simply follow this link and watch the video and make sure you respond to this message. If you don’t mind reading…then proceed and please respond at the end as well =]

So yeah…here it goes…

So I don’t know if you have heard, but I have accepted a provisional appointment with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship to become a Campus Staff worker. InterVarsity is a ministry that wants to see students and faculty transformed, university campuses renewed, and students developed into world changers.

This whole process began in 2006 when I attended my first Urbana Student Mission Conference. The theme of the conference was "Live a life worthy of the calling.” It was at Urbana06 that I felt like God was asking me to serve Him with the gifts He had given me. That was when I made a commitment to consider full time ministry as a career option.

After graduating last spring, I served as an intern at OCM (my home church). During my internship, I confirmed that God was calling me to go into full time ministry–but I had no idea where God wanted me to go or what He wanted me to do. The places and opportunities to serve God in this world are endless. Through many prayers and conversations with family, friends and mentors, my decision came down to going to seminary and becoming a church pastor, or applying as a Campus Staff worker with InterVarsity.

With that decision looming over me, I attended my second Urbana. The theme for Urbana09 was “The word became flesh, and He dwelled among us.” There, we explored how Jesus, the Son of God, the Word, became flesh and lived in our neighborhoods. We are all placed in unique neighborhoods (our workplace, school, where we live, etc.) for the same reason that God sent Jesus to OUR neighborhood: to live among the people and show them the way to get to heaven. It was at Urbana09 that I realized that God was calling me to become a missionary to the neighborhood of the University/College Campus. As a result, I decided to become a missionary with InterVarsity.

So that brings me to the reason why I’m sending you this email. Like all missionaries, I have the responsibility to raise both prayer and financial support for my ministry. This is where YOU come in.

I am extending an invitation (and would LOVE) for you to partner up with me in bringing the good news on university campuses across the world. I would be beyond ECSTATIC if you would consider partnering up with me! If you would like to know more about what I am doing and how you can be involved, I will be more than happy to send you more information.

This is the RESPONSE part…I need you to simply follow this link and fill out this survey. Please fill this survey out by Saturday 5/8/10. It should take you no more than 3 minutes to fill out. *NOTE: by filling this survey out, you are NOT obligated to donate to me. This is simply to allow me to continue sharing with you more details about my upcoming ministry.

In short, I would love to and I really want to do God’s work on the University Campus…but I can’t do this without your help.  I hope and pray that you will consider being a part of my team and respond to this email. Even if you can’t support me financially now, I would still love to share more with you and how you can be a part of my prayer support team. I can’t wait to hear back from you! =]

Serving the Name above all names,

Boaz Tingson

hi! my name is boaz...

i'm going to be the new intervarsity staff worker at NJIT...O.o

today, i got the chance to walk around NJIT's campus and meet the current president, and the upcoming president of the IV chapter at NJIT. listening to the things they shared about their fellowship...from the excitement they had with events that went well, to the concerns/problems of their fellowship, to things/changes that they want to see happen in the next year...made me realize HOW AWESOME my job is going to be. a year ago at this time, i never thought i'd be saying that. i've known that God has called me to full time ministry...the idea of working as a campus staff worker did cross my mind, but who knew that within a year, i'd find out that campus staff is the place God is calling me...and NJIT is my first/current destination. (i say this because i have absolutely no idea if God is going to have me stay there a while, or move me to different places and what not) regardless of what the long future holds, i know that in the near future, NJIT is going to be the place where I'll have the chance to work with students and bring God's kingdom to the campus of NJIT. to share the story of Jesus and His love for us, to speak of truth and what that means in our lives, and to give the opportunity for the students at NJIT to meet a God that longs for a personal relationship with them. To mobilize the students at NJIT and help raise awareness on the importance of being transformed by God, renewal of our campuses and covenant with God, being missional in the things we say and do, and to live a lifestyle of true worshipers that our Father seeks with students and hopefully with faculty as well. Doesn't that sound super exciting?!?!

in the mean time however, i gota start working on my fund development so i can actually begin my work on campus...but this process is a lot harder than i thought...so i should definitely get started on it...like right now...instead of blogging...lol

so yeah, if you read this and don't get an email from me about funding within 2 days of this post, leave me a message and let me know! i would love to send you my funding letter and have you be a part of my support team =]