Yesterday:
9:30 am- Meet at WSU to set up for the All Campus BBQ
11:00-1:45pm- Hand out over 1,000 flyers with lovely stapled snacks :), Talk with Students and intro them to Resonate, Man the nurf ball toss to win free t-shirts and gift cards, and direct ppl to the table where they can enter to win the free ipad we are raffling off. It was really fun, but amazing to see the dynamic change when the snacks ran out and we were just handing out cards lol...I'm not quite as brave w/o my fruit snacks and granola bars....:)
2pm-3:30pm- Clean-up and go back to office to print more flyers
4-6pm- Go see Kellie and Sara's dorm and hang out with my bff Amanda and her fam...which of course is always fun :)
6pm-8pm- Sit in the middle of the Mall and drink OrangeJulius with Carla :)
7-10pm- International Students Party....seriously SO much fun. I would like you all to know I played rock band...and did the singing part...and according to the Xbox...it told me I was awesome and "strong" multiple times...hahahahahahaha obviously it was set on EASY, not HARD... unfortunately I missed a lot of it b/c I went and hung out with my friend Carla that evening, but it was worth it, b/c we needed some serious catch up time :)
Today (well Saturday):
4pm- Palouse-a-fest at U of I, so about the same as the WSU BBQ, just meeting freshman, and connecting people to who we are.
7pm- Dinner with Paige (Pastor Keith's wife and NAMB student Missions coordinator) and all the student missionaries in the Northwest
8:30pm- Up-all-Night @ WSU...so fun! We were in charge of the blow up fun house thingys, you know where you joust on the pedestals with the ugly red squishy helmets...lol I played against Drew...he's got to be like 6'7"...David and Goliath Style...sadly David did not win. Then I jousted against Brian...and lost again...then I played against "Butch" the WSU Cougar...and lost...which is about right Vandals vs. Cougars... :) Someone videoed it, I'll try to post it.
I have never loved to work so much before. I can't wait to get to work. Strange I know....:) Dad you would be proud...if I happen to be early...I show up and don't wait till the last possible second to go in! I love my team and all of Resonate. What I really love is how involved people are. At every event, its not just staff working and doing everything its members of the church as well. At all of our events this week we've had 15-20 all handing out and talking to people. It's amazing and I feel such a strong sense of community and ownership in these kids. They really love God and Resonate and are out being part of the mission God calls each of us to. They are letting their story be part of a much greater story, Christ's. Did you know that in WWII 65% of College age kids attended Church and today only 15% do. 90% of kids 18-25 who were raised in the church will walk away from it. These are our future leaders. Only 2% of the world graduates from College and this 2% is who leads our world. That means only 15% of that 2% know Christ. Sad. Very sad. Did you know that Greeks only make up 2% of collegiates and something like 96 or 98% of our country leaders (senators, reps, etc.) were Greek in college? These people are leading our country!!!! So just because I'm not across the globe, does not mean being a local missionary isn't just as important. Jesus told his disciples in Matthew 10:5-8 (MSG):
5-8Jesus sent his twelve harvest hands out with this charge:
"Don't begin by traveling to some far-off place to convert unbelievers. And don't try to be dramatic by tackling some public enemy. Go to the lost, confused people right here in the neighborhood. Tell them that the kingdom is here. Bring health to the sick. Raise the dead. Touch the untouchables. Kick out the demons. You have been treated generously, so live generously."
Christ called me to the lost of Moscow and Pullman, and I am answering. God is using Resonate. God is not letting himself be defined by statistics. He strategically called the members of Resonate to plant here. In Pullman over 300 students gather to worship Him at the Schweitzer Event Center every Sunday at 5pm and 80-100 students gather in Moscow at 7:15 at the NuArt on Sunday to worship. God built Resonate three years ago and has used it to reach these students. The thing about Resonate that makes it unique is it caters to college aged kids who make up 73% of the two towns, before Resonate there was no church that was specifically focused on college kids. Crazy! But it also shows our importance. In the next 10 years over 100,000 students will pass through the campuses. Every year we have a turnover in our church body. We are ministering to people who are most likely only going to be a part of Resonate for 4 years, then they are sent out to impact communities all over, not just Moscow/Pullman. That is why our logo is the circled arrow...we come in and grow and learn about and in Christ, we learn to serve, love, and be influences in our communities and then we are sent out to continue the work of God in the world.
I ask that you pray for these students hearts this week as they meet us this week. Pray that the stereo types and negativity people have toward God would be transformed and changed. Our mission is for the unchurched, the non church goers. We want anyone to feel comfortable walking in the door. We are a church based on content, the content of the Gospel, not rules and rituals. We want to connect the gospel to people, people to community, and community to mission. Pray that students will find relationships with the Creator of the Universe, who loves them, created them, and has so much purpose in life for them.
I love you all.
Outfit of the day: (Well of the Morning...Friday and Sat. Evening I had to wear my Resonate gear :) )
My Farmers Market Outfit...
Lovin' in Style,
Kat
1 comment:
But are you carrying bananas and muffins in your purse? Should have had that ready when you ran out of granola bars!
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