Looking ahead
Covenant students have a few more days to enjoy, but the staff is back here on the mountain, frigid temperatures and all. I’m told this cold spell is highly unusual for Tennessee/Georgia (a wind chill Wednesday night recorded at -4 degrees). It feels like I never left Pennsylvania.
I’ve been looking ahead to the Spring semester chapel schedule and am anticipating a great semester. One of my favorite preachers, Rev. Lance Lewis, is coming later this month from Philadelphia. In February, Paul Tripp and Anthony Carter are each speaking for a series of talks. For Christmas, I received a copy of Paul Tripp’s latest book A Quest for More which is a challenge to Kingdom Living. I haven’t started it yet, but it’s next on my list (I need to finish Anthony Carter’s book first). Scattered throughout, we have the Faculty Lecture Series, as well as Covenant professors continuing the series “Books That Changed My life” and of course, Chaplain Messner moving us through Philippians.
I’m also looking forward to being part of a team of Covenant students and staff heading to Belgium over Spring break, where we’ll be learning about ministry with some of the immigrant cultures there. It’s part of a larger Break on Impact program at Covenant, where students, faculty, and staff use their Spring Break as an opportunity to gain cross-cultural experience and to learn from and serve the global church.
And, speaking of the global church, Christianity Today recently published an article about the challenges and opportunities facing the church in Turkey. I recommend it as a good overview of the work God is doing through this small but growing part of his church.
Published on 4 Jan 2008 by Christiana Fitzpatrick at 12:15 pm.
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