Posts for October 2007
Thursday Prayer
It’s good to have everyone back on campus after Fall Break. This morning, we had our campus prayer at 11 am. Chaplain Messner leads this time of prayer for anyone on campus on Thursday when we don’t have Chapel. Today, as has become our pattern, we break into small groups of four or five and [...]
Published on Oct 18, 2007 at 11:25 am.
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Fall Break
The campus is quiet as many students are away for Fall Break this week. They return for classes on Thursday. Do be in prayer for several groups of Covenant students who are involved in short-term trips over this extended weekend. RUF campus minister Ron Brown is traveling with a group of Covenant students to work [...]
Published on Oct 16, 2007 at 1:27 pm.
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Playing to your strengths
Dr. Paul Kim, our chapel speaker yesterday, followed up his excellent chapel message on how the gospel deals with the shame in our lives with an evening seminar.
Last night, to a full room in Mills 270, he gave an interactive seminar on discovering and using our God-given strengths in our calling. Although his discussion was [...]
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Published on Oct 11, 2007 at 9:35 am.
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Follow-ups to Chapel
Today, T. March Bell was named Alumnus of the Year and he spoke on the issue of human trafficking in Chapel. Just last week, he took part in a webchat about human trafficking. The transcript of that is here.
He answered the question: “Where can we read more about it?” as follows (I’ve added the links [...]
Published on Oct 5, 2007 at 11:18 am.
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October 10–Paul Kim from Renewal Presbyterian
Next Wednesday, we have Dr. Paul Kim coming to speak on campus. He and his wife Janette and sons Elijah, Caleb, and Noah are pictured above. Dr. Kim is the lead pastor of Renewal Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, PA. Renewal has an interesting history as first a college outreach program of Emmanuel Church (in the [...]
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Published on Oct 3, 2007 at 1:15 pm.
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More on the Archbishop
Here’s a recent article from World Magazine on the Worldwide Anglican Church and Archbishop Orombi. It includes a photo of him speaking in chapel.
You can still send your own reflections from the Archbishop’s time with us to char.okie@gmail.com.
Published on Oct 3, 2007 at 12:32 pm.
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Campus Prayer
As Chaplain Messner mentioned in today’s Chapel, we are called as members of Christ’s body to be praying with and for one another. He was speaking from Philippians 1:9-11, but it might be helpful to look at some of Paul’s other prayers as well. You may want to study through Ephesians 1:16-19, Ephesians 3:16-19, Romans [...]
Published on Oct 1, 2007 at 1:05 pm.
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