A few weeks ago, I made the annual trip to my Alma Mater, Berry College, to celebrate Martha Berry's birthday and spend time with friends. The event, also known as Mountain Day, is the weekend celebration of our founder's birthday. The main events on Friday include a friendly competition between the dorms on campus and a talent show that evening.
Saturday is the most exciting day! We begin with convocation in the morning, and then go to the Mountain Campus for a picnic and the Grand March. This year, the convocation service was held in Frost Chapel on Mountain Campus instead of the College Chapel on Main Campus. It was an effort to help with traffic for the picnic, and I believe it worked very well.
The picnic offered a great time of reminiscing with fellow alumni and former mentors as well. It was exciting to see President Briggs, Whit Whitaker, Garland Vance, Chris Stricklen, Jason Peterson, Randy and Kathryn Nobles, Diane Clonts, Angie Reynolds, and the list could go on. My appreciation goes out to these listed and all of the individuals that impacted my life during my time at Berry College.
I want to encourage you to take advantage of the location where God has placed you. God will provide you with the people to assist with your spiritual walk. Talk to the people you know who are following God. Ask them questions and listen to their wisdom. I would not be the man I am today without Godly parents and a support base of Christians, who desired to see me grow in my walk with God.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
No Soul Left Behind
No Soul Left Behind is an evangelism program at Southwestern Seminary that sends students and faculty members into the immediate community surrounding the campus. The goal of the program is to share the Gospel with every person within one mile radius of the Seminary. I recently had the opportunity to go into the community with one of my former professors and a friend.
We were pressed for time, but there were only five homes to visit on our list. When we arrived at the third home, a man met us at the door. We asked him if he went to church anywhere, and he said that he goes to the local Catholic church. However, he had not been there in quite a while. We continued to talk with him and shared the Gospel. The Holy Spirit was truly moving within his heart because he accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and Savior. The Holy Spirit used the three of us as the instruments to share the Gospel with this man.
The next step will be to follow up and connect him with a local church. No Soul Left Behind is designed to do just that. This is just one story among many that have been occurring recently at Southwestern. God is bringing true revival to Fort Worth. My prayer is that we see revival all over the world. I believe God has something special in store for all of us that will be unimaginable. Remember that we have a powerful message to proclaim, we have a commandment to go, and the Holy Spirit will speak through us.
We were pressed for time, but there were only five homes to visit on our list. When we arrived at the third home, a man met us at the door. We asked him if he went to church anywhere, and he said that he goes to the local Catholic church. However, he had not been there in quite a while. We continued to talk with him and shared the Gospel. The Holy Spirit was truly moving within his heart because he accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and Savior. The Holy Spirit used the three of us as the instruments to share the Gospel with this man.
The next step will be to follow up and connect him with a local church. No Soul Left Behind is designed to do just that. This is just one story among many that have been occurring recently at Southwestern. God is bringing true revival to Fort Worth. My prayer is that we see revival all over the world. I believe God has something special in store for all of us that will be unimaginable. Remember that we have a powerful message to proclaim, we have a commandment to go, and the Holy Spirit will speak through us.
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