| June 2011 |
Your Kingdom Come... Basileia Recap "We don't serve a God that does or do...but a God who IS" - Nicole Page (IV Staff at R.I.T - Basileia week 1 Teacher) This year at Basileia, students heard teachings from the book of Revelation chapters 4-8. As I observed students at each of the three weeks of camp this year, one thing that was evident in all three weeks was students realizing what it meant to be serving the ONLY God worthy of sitting in the throne room. Students were challenged to cast their crowns to Him who sits on the throne, torenounce their fears that hinders them from worshipping the lamb that was slain, and to take courage in faith and allow the Holy Spirit to use them to bring God's Kingdom to their campus. Speaking of Kingdom work, we were able to witness God drawing his people to him at Basileia 2011. Over the course of three weeks, we saw students invite over 25 non-Christians to camp this year...and out of the the 25, 10 of them made commitments to Jesus for the very first time! (it could possibly be more...but there were 10 that were reported). That has never happened before! God is truly working in the lives of our students here in the campuses in NY/NJ...and I hope that you are just as excited as I am to be a part of this ministry. Intervarsity Newark Students at Basileia 2011...Your will be done IV @ Newark for 2011-2012 Seeing God's Kingdom working at Basileia excited not only myself, but students from all over Newark as well. As student leaders spent the week thinking of goals, plans, and programs for the 2011-2012 school year, one thing that came to mind is the desire to increase each of our three chapters by 20 this year...that's a total of 60 new students in Newark involved with InterVarsity! We are also hoping to continue the success of our Small Group ministry by having 10+ small groups present at all three chapters, as well as hosting weekly Large Groups as we tackle the question of "Where is God when ____?" In turn, we are aiming to meet over 1,500 students during New Student Outreach which has already started at NJIT and will begin soon at Rutgers - Newark and Essex County College. In addition, I got the opportunity to meet the new staff worker I will be working with. Her name is Stephanie and I am looking forward to work in ministry with her on campus; however, before she can come on campus, she needs to work on her fund development. If you would like to make a contribution to her, you can click here and make a donation for Stephanie Torres. Serving the Name above all names, Boaz Tingson | my small group for week 3 Transforming Prayer Personal Update from Boaz Tingson I made it!I am extremely excited to report that with one week left of my first year of Fund Raising, I have reached my goal! Praise God! I want to thank you all your continuous support in prayer and finance. Thank You Thank You Thank You!!! If it wasn't for you, I definitely could not be doing this work. You are an extremely vital part of my ministry and I pray that we will continue to work together to bring about God's kingdom to the campuses in Newark. If you would like to give before my fiscal year ends (it ends on 6/30) you may click here to donate. |
