Gaining Momentum!
Wow. The past week two weeks have been a whirlwind! God continues to show up and surprise us. Here are the highlights:
Two Fridays ago, we set up shop with $200 worth of pizza from Dominoes; eager to serve new students and to get into significant conversations. The pizza was gone within a half hour, but we had a fantastic time talking with people and meeting new friends.
Last Monday, we had almost 50 people show up for our first annual InterVarsity Labor Day Beach Day! Again, we had a great time getting to connect with new students and build relationships.
Last Thursday we had our second Large Group meeting. We had 61 students show up and we ran out of chairs! This was our biggest Large Group in 2 years, and it’s rare to see an increase after the first week!
This past weekend we took 6 freshmen to our regional evangelism conference up in Los Angeles. What a fantastic day. These new students are pumped that God is calling them to be spiritual leaders on campus! We’re going to be gathering with them again later this week to invite them onto a freshmen evangelism team.
Overall, I’m blown away by this year’s New Student Outreach season. Our leadership team is doing the best job I’ve ever seen at pursuing good spiritual conversations and follow-up with new students. And this year’s freshman class is the largest, most excited and most missional I’ve encountered in my 9 years at USD. It feels like a huge wave of God’s Spirit is forming on campus and I’m looking forward to surfing it through the year!
New students hanging out at our Ignite Conference
A swarm of new students coming for tasty pizza and good conversation!
Enjoying time together at the Ignite Conference!
