2012 Fall Ministry Update

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IN OTHER NEWS Highlights from this fall! Meet the PR Crew! The group of students you see in the picture above is our Publicity team. They are under the leadership of Anna (student in the middle with IVCF shirt). Anna has been a highlight to our ministry this fall as she has exploded and continues to wow Stephanie and I with her innovation and her desire to see people meet Jesus and get involved with InterVarsity. The PR crew is in charge of passing out flyers weekly for our Large Group events, as well as updating our new website and Facebook page. She meets weekly with her team as they explore different  ways to get the name of Jesus and IV out on campus. One of the things they did this semester was a flash mob on campus! You can see what they did by watching this video. Looking for Partners! With all the awesome stuff God is doing on campus this semester, more time is needed for me to be on campus. But inorder for me to stay on campus full time, I am in need of more financial support. I am currently at 48% of my budget goal for this year. In my 3 years in serving with InterVarsity, this is the first time I am in danger of running a deficit with my fund raising. Will you please pray for God to continually to provide for the financial needs of my ministry. Will you prayerfully consider making a gift today? If you are ready to make a gift, please follow this link and donate today!  Newark Students with Stephanie and I at Big Event 2012 =] Casting our nets WIDE! Two weeks ago, 25 Newark InterVarsity Students joined 400 other students in our fall training conference. Of those 25, 12 of them were first year students or joining InterVarsity for the first time on campus this semester, and they are all already plugged in and serving!  These students were a part of our strategic plan of REACHING AS MANY AS POSSIBLE! So far this semester, we have met with 738 students at the campuses of NJIT, Rutgers Newark, and Essex County College. WHOOO!!!!!! It has been a tremendous blessing to see our students taking risks each week in meeting new people whether it's through passing flyers, updating social media, tabling, spiritual surveys and having spiritual conversations on campus.  Catching the Fish! Even with our success in casting our nets wide, we are still not seeing the growth that we have hoped for from our strategic planning sessions in the Spring and Summer. Not only are our student leaders are noticing it, even members of the fellowship are!  With that being said, we are in the midst of finding new ways to integrate all these students we have met. One of the things we have been emphasizing is our "plus 1" initiative. Matt, our Large Group coordinator, has invited and challenged every member that comes to our LG meetings to come with a friend each week. In inviting our friends, it will allow trust to be formed and spark curiosity in those who may or may not realize they are seeking a greater truth in life. So would you all continue to pray with us as we see students develop in leadership, as well as invite, partner, and work together to see God's kingdom come at the campuses in Newark! Speaking of Fish... 2 weeks ago at Big Event, I had the privilege of helping to teach over 130 students on learning the Inductive Bible Study Method by studying the book of Jonah. We spent a day learning how to make observations, interpret scripture, and developing applications that are appropriate based on the text we read. It was soooooooo awesome!!! The portion I taught was Jonah chapter 2...when Jonah was in the belly of the fish. From the observations and interpretations these students made, 2 applications came up:  1) Have you ever prayed a prayer of distress? How do you expect God to respond? How WILL you react when God does respond? 2) God used a place of death (belly of the fish) as a place of deliverance for Jonah...how are you being called to help those that are in a place of death on campus? Will you pray with me for these 130+ students as they continue to learn to study scripture, as well as continuing their growth in leadership and how God wants to use them mightily on the campuses in NY and NJ? Teaching Jonah 2 from my point of view

Boaz Tingson Campus Staff Team Leader - Newark

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Summer 2012 Ministry Update

Newark Students with Stephanie and I at Basileia 2012 week 1 =] Thank You!!! (and good news!) With another year gone by, I want to thank you for all the support in prayer and finance that you have made. I definitely could not have made it through this past year without your support, and for that I am eternally grateful.  With that in mind, I am happy to report that I made through another fiscal year of fund raising. Praise GOD! He is definitely a God of provision and of abundance. Thank you all for your generosity and support. I pray and hope that we can continue to partner together with God's Kingdom work that is happening with Intervarsity at Newark. Speaking of continuing our partnership, I am also happy to let you know that I have committed to serving an additional 3 years with Intervarsity at Newark. God has been using and blessing me tremendously through the ministry at Newark, and I am extremely honored for His calling for me to serve His kingdom here. My prayer and hope is to invite you to continue our partnership for the things God is planning to do here in Newark. Would you consider making a gift for the next fiscal year?  The budget for the next coming year for both Stephanie and I to be full time with InterVarsity will be a total of $130,000. We are looking for new partners everyday so if you know of someone, please let me know! If you would like to make a gift, you can make a gift by clicking on this link today! Because YOU were made for something GREAT! 5 days. 250 missions organizations. ONE global community. Since 1946, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship has hosted the Urbana Student Missions Conference. Nearly a quarter of a million participants have been challenged to seek their place in God’s global mission. Although the world had changed since the first Urbana conference, the mission of InterVarsity and Urbana has remained the same: To cultivate in every student generation a love for God and for His purposes in the world. Urbana is a tri-annual conference, and it is happening this year! Would you join us and start praying for students, staff,  and young alumni who are discovering their calling to be a part of God's global mission on their campus and work place. If you or someone you know might be interested in attending Urbana, you can go to the official website to find out more info and register today! If you need a little bit of convincing and reasoning, you can watch a video that I made to help promote Urbana here.

Make a Gift for a New Year! Our new budget for the 2012-2013 academic year for Newark is $130,000. We are currently seeking new partners and supporters to our ministry. If you know of anyone who might be interested, let us know! and you can help us kick off our fiscal year by making a donation today! Donate to Boaz here.  Donate to Stephanie here. Pictures from Basileia!(click on them to see full size) Helping students register for Basileia! Each campus was asked to make a convenant with God and mark the promises he has for His Kingdom on the campuses in NY/NJ. Week 1 Basileia 2012! Me giving the Urbana12 plug at Basileia Week 2. I sang a song as part of my plug...here's a link to the song. Week 2 Prayer Track.

Boaz Tingson Campus Staff Team Leader - Newark Copyright (C) 2012 InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA All rights reserved.

May 2012 Ministry Update

We Made it! I can't believe the school year is coming to an end...it felt like yesterday I was just inviting you all to pray for our new school year, our exciting plans, and for your support for the work that was going to happen in Newark. Time definitely flew by this school year, and I am grateful for all the support each of you have made to support the ministry of InterVarsity at Newark.  With that in mind, here are a few things that we want to invite you to celebrate with us from this school year: We ended the school year with 100 students regularly involved with the ministry of InterVarsity at Newark. Our Large Group saw an average of 50 students each week. We had 60 members attend a Small Group Weekly. About 50 members were involved with our Volunteer Service Opportunities. We have 25 students attending Basileia next week! But, we ARE NOT SATISFIED! Why? Because we desire to be a Witnessing Community! There were approximately 22,300 students in Newark this past school year, yet we only had 2 people make a decision for Christ. We saw only 4 non-christians participate in chapter events, and only had 3 events where the Gospel was explicitly proclaimed. We desire to cultivate a witnessing community in Newark and that is going to start with our leadership training at Basileia! Cultivating a Witnessing Community. Yes, it is indeed that time of the year again! This year, I have the privilege of being at camp for 2 weeks to be with Intervarsity students of Newark, as well as NY/NJ,  as they attend our summer leadership training called Basileia. Basileia is Greek for “kingdom”—the kingdom of God! We’ve named our summer training Basileia because we want students to deepen their knowledge of Jesus Christ as King and improve their capacity to be His ambassadors on campus. In addition, this training points beyond college as they will settle in communities, participate in churches and enter the marketplace as kingdom people who make a world of difference. With that in mind, will you join together with me to pray for students for the coming 2 weeks. (5/11-5/24).  Please pray for: God to come and work in the hearts of students in NY/NJ Stephanie and I as we lead, prep, and  cast vision for a witnessing community in Newark Safety in traveling (it is ~300 miles from Newark) Spiritual, emotional, mental and physical well being of staff, volunteers and students (There will be 25 students going to Basileia from Newark!) Serving the Name above all names, Boaz Tingson

Pictures from this Spring! Different items students were praying for during a prayer meeting. Students praying on campus! Making phone calls to alumni for Basileia Scholarships! CLICK HERE TO SEE A SLIDESHOW OF THE PAST SCHOOL YEAR! I'm still looking for Support!I am continually seeking new donors for my ministry with InterVarsity. I am currently $7,000 short of my budget goal. If you or someone you know would love to be a financial partner, please reply back to me and I would love to meet up and answer any questions that you have. If you are ready to donate today, please follow this link and to make a donation today!

Boaz Tingson Campus Staff Team Leader - Newark If you would like to support me financially, please donate here Copyright (C) 2012 InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA All rights reserved.

Newark Spring 2012 Update

Hello Partner, It has been quite the busy semester; however, I just wanted to take a moment to pause...and thank you for all the support you have given: whether it is through prayer, finance, or both! I am extremely grateful for your partnership in seeing Students and Faculty Transformed, Campuses Renewed, and World Changers Developed here in Newark. We are approaching the half way point of this spring semester and we are extremely excited for the things that are happening and events that are coming up. here's what is going on in Newark this semester: Weekly Large Group on Thursday Evenings  7 Weekly Small Groups 1 Weekly Prayer Group Monthly community service Tabling/Proxe to invite students to join InterVarsity Contact Evangelism!!! Please continue to pray for me, as well Stephanie and the student leaders. Pray for strength and wisdom to carry out each of the plans/programs. Please also continue to pray for communication between staff and students as we are all learning to work together =] Serving the Name above all names, Boaz Tingson A Special Note:I am currently about $10,000 short on my budget goal. I am always looking for new partners in ministry so if you or anyone that you know might be interested, please let me know. For those that haven't made a gift but would like to give, please take a moment visit my donor page and make a gift today to get a tax deduct for 2012! If you have made a donation this past year and would like your tax deductible receipt, you can get it on the InterVarsity donation website by clicking here. If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact me and I will do what I can to help you out.

We are changing the world!

We Made it! A semester truly blessed by God's GraceWith new leadership on campus this past semester (both staff and students) we were able to see the power of God working through each one of us. Student leaders took the plunge with me this semester in trying new programs and plans...though some plans didn't turn out as well as others, we were still able to see God use each moment as a learning piece as we continue to serve the campuses in Newark together. We saw an average growth of ~20 participants in our Large Groups and an increase of 10 new members at each of the three newark campuses!!! Praise God! Even with this increase, Student leaders and I are still hungry to reach the thousands of students present in the 3 Newark Campuses. Programs for next spring are already being planned so we ask for your continuous prayer as we strive to see Students and Faculty Transformed, Campuses Renewed, and World Changers Developed. Programs next semester will include Large Group, Small Group, Community Service, Tabling for Proxe Stations and invitations to come to Large Group, and last but not least, new Evangelistic programs!!! Welcome Stephanie!!!  Not only is the chapter growing, so is our Staff team =] Earlier this week I got a text message from Stephanie saying "(a donor) is giving a $200 a month gift!!!! Ahhhhh I feel like running out in my office ahhhh!" I answered with: "Wow!!! That is freaking awesome!!!" and she replied with "Hahahahahhaha!!!! Yes yesssss! woohooooooo!!!"  With this gift, Stephanie reached her 70% mark which would allow her to come on campus part time! WOOT!!!!!! PRAISE GOD! Thank you all for your continuous support and prayer. WE ARE SUPER EXCITED to see what God has in store as we will begin this partnership in ministry together starting in January. In the mean time, I want to ask you all to keep both of us in prayer. Please pray for: quick understanding of each other's personalities and leading style good communication between us for God to use both our gifts to serve the students of Newark Thank you again for all the support in prayer. As for myself, I am always looking for new financial partners in ministry. I am currently $15,000 away from being fully funded for this academic school year. Please consider a year end gift of $100 (or more!) or even possibly sign up as a monthly donor of $50 a month. To make a donation, please click here. InterVarsity Alumni  are Changing the World! Gary Nagelhout, NJIT IVCF Alumnus Watch the CNN Interview:http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2011/02/21/romans.pres.math.science.cnn "NJIT's IVCF was a vital part of my spiritual and emotional growth as a young adult. It helped prepare me for challenges I would face throughout my career as a engineer at IBM for 31 years. And it helped prepare me for the challenges of changing careers to become a math teacher - and give up a good salary for a much lower paying private school teaching position. I learned during my years as a part of the IV chapter to "trust God even for the seemingly impossible" - which is what I had to do go back to college, earn another Master's while working full time, at a time when new teaching jobs are almost non-existent. Now I am able to look back and see God's hand in taking me through this transition in my life. I thank God for what He taught me during my IV days" - Gary Nagelhout Be a Financial Partner! I am continually seeking new donors for my ministry with InterVarsity. If you or someone you know would love to be a financial partner, please reply back to me and I would love to answer any questions that you have. If you are ready to donate today, please follow this link and to make a donation today! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!! Boaz Tingson Campus Staff Team Leader - Newark If you would like to support me financially, please donate here If you would like to stop receiving these emails, please email me back and I will remove you immediately.  Copyright (C) 2011 InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA All rights reserved.

Newark October Ministry Update!

October 2011

Are YOU broken? a recap of InterVarsity at Newark "The question I want to ask is not, 'where is God when you're broken?' but 'WHO is God when you're broken?' " - Marie Rodriguez - NNJ/NYC New Staff FD Coach In the midst of living in a broken world, students were asked to think about who God is when they are broken. Furthermore, they were asked to think about who God is for those that are broken on campus...especially those that do not know Jesus. As students took time to reflect after the message, I felt a change/shift in the room and the atmosphere. There was a sense of excitement and a burning desire to share and invite the gospel by students. Even with the our numbers increasing each week at large group (we're setting new records each week...Praise God!), one of the LG coordinator is disappointed because we haven't seen any non-Christians come to large group and we haven't seen any conversions happen on campus. Students are not satisfied with just seeing our fellowship grow. They want to see people come to Jesus! We are going to Big Event! this is one way that you can help! Each fall, InterVarsity in NY/NJ invites students to participate in the "The Big Event". The Big Event is our fall training conference to help equip students as they invest in growing their faith along with hundreds of other students in New Jersey and New York City. They choose from a variety of tracks that range from prayer to leadership to evangelism. You can find out more about The Big Event here. Currently there are 20 students from the 3 Newark schools registered. I am praying that at least 5 more will register before the price goes up by the end of this week. There is a lot of interest shown by Newark students, but many of them can't afford to attend as the cost for this conference is $160 per student (registration and transportation). If you would like to help and provide a scholarship, please follow this link and let me know that you've made a donation to allow Newark students to attend The Big Event!

Pictures from this fall =] Newark Students praying on campus getting ready for Community Service Welcome to Large Group! Worship team preparing for LG Club Fair at Rutger University Club Fair at NJIT Be a Financial Partner! I am continually seeking new donors for my ministry with InterVarsity. If you or someone you know would love to be a financial partner, please reply back to me and I would love to answer any questions that you have. If you are ready to donate today, please follow this link and to make a donation today!

Boaz Tingson Campus Staff Team Leader - Newark If you would like to support me financially, please donate here If you would like to stop receiving these emails, please email me back and I will remove you immediately. Copyright (C) 2011 InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA All rights reserved.