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June Update

 Hey all


I am back. We are over halfway done with the summer already. It's been a summer of fundraising, getting meetings with a bunch of students to solidify our leader team, and planning big time for the fall, especially our first couple weeks back on campus. More to come on that soon!

We've been having weekly meetings on Thursday nights, all campuses together, and have been in a sermon series on the promises of God. We want our students to have a sense of God's consistent character. So much of gen z reports feeling instability and wanting something solid and trustworthy, and that is very much found in our God. 

I’ve been leading a small group over the summer that’s over a book called “Surprised by Hope” by NT Wright. It’s one that I first read 8 years ago and has stuck with me all these years. I wanted our students to get a sense of the profound and very tangible hope that the resurrection of Jesus promises us, and I’ve found no better resource for it than this book. If you have questions around death and the meaning of the resurrection and how it influences how we live day to day, I encourage you to pick it up, I think you will be glad you did. 

Please be praying for us as we finalize our leader team over the next couple weeks. We’re interviewing lots of students who will potentially come on board for a year of leading in our ministry and this is always a big determiner for what kind of year we will have! God is good and provides so many neat people so just pray that we will be attuned to his Spirit as we make these decisions and that he would prompt the students he wants to lead to respond and say yes.

Thank you for your support and care and participation in reaching the students in Denton with the gospel!


Ryan



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