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November


Hello friends,

Man, God has been so good this month!

The last few weeks have been full of his grace and provision, so I want to take some time to celebrate with y'all!

First of all we had our fall pizza theology a few weeks ago. We had Bill Watson from Criswell Seminary. He talked about the story of the Bible. Basically giving the students a more in depth look at the total narrative that God reveals to us in the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. It was such a good way for us to think deeply about the way that God has worked throughout that story, and what part of the story we're in now. Thinking about this gives us such a good idea of how we can be faithful to what God is doing now. I love getting chances for us to learn more about the Old Testament as well, so that was a highlight for me and for a lot of other people as well.

Our speaker for Pizza Theology

We had tons of students that were able to come this time, which was really exciting!

Secondly we had our annual big fundraiser, "Keep Focus Growing" Which supplies us with funds to keep our ministry running, and give us wiggle room to move to new campuses as God leads us. God was so faithful to send us so many generous people this year and we were able to raise over $60,000!!   If you were one of the people who prayed or donated to this, THANK YOU!! We look forward to whatever comes next.

Check out the latest of our students to share their testimony below!

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