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March Update

Hey friends,

I know you already heard from me this month about the commenting opportunity for religious freedom protection (here's the link again in case you missed it or forgot! https://anyfocus.org/campusaccess/) but I still wanted to send an update about campus missions in general this month!

We've been trying different methods of reaching out to the campus, but have definitely noticed it getting more challenging to engage with students walking around on campus. We're trying different things, and one of the most consistently successful new ways has been upping our social media presence. Students will reach out through our social media as we post and many have come around and gotten involved. Pray for us to continue to find new ways to reach students on campus.

We're also in the middle of a four part special class we're holding on campus called Discipleship class. We haven't done this in a few years, but typically we teach through something topical at a greater depth and with a more class like format than is normal for our Thursday night fellowship. It allows us to advance our students spiritual education to a level that matches the academic level they are currently at in college. Right now in that class we are doing 4 weeks on Christian History. I just finished covering heresies and how those ideas can and do still creep into our thinking today either as a culture or as Christians. 


Jude and all of us are enjoying some of the peeks at Spring we've been getting. Please pray for health of our staff team and student body. Lots of illness going around still!

Here's a really neat student testimony and some prayer requests for you all to lift up. Please let me know if there are any ways I can be praying for you this month!



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