Hello, hello! It's time for some super-exciting ACF announcements!
First off, tomorrow is our weekly
Large Group Meeting!
Time: 7:30 PM, Rides at 7:00 PM from RIT SOL Circle and Eastman Dorms.
Location: Gowen Room, Wilson Commons, the U of R
What: Every week, we get the fellowship together and...have fellowship! We have awesome worship, an awesome message (the deliverer of which, this week, will remain a secret, for unspecified reasons), and a chance to hang out and share the love of Christ with each other!
Niagara falls!
So every year the freshmen take a trip to Niagara Falls! This year, it's THIS COMING SATURDAY!!
Here's what's up:
The trip is specifically for freshmen and their small group leaders. However, if we have extra space, you're more than welcome to join in - preference given to those who have not been to the falls before - but you need to be sure to e-mail me, because we need a headcount.
We're leaving at 12 noon, and planning on being back at 7 or 8 PM. Bring your passport! But if you don't have one, you can come anyway - some people will be staying on the New York side of the falls!
Also, don't forget a sweater or a coat (honestly, I only say this because I definitely did not being one my freshman year, and it was only through the generosity of one super-prepared person that I didn't freeze to death.)
Answers Conference
This Saturday and Sunday, Open Door Baptist Church is holding a speaker from Answers in Genesis (www.answersingenesis.org) to talk about issues relating to Creation. The schedule is as follows - you can go to any or all of the seminars:
Sunday, November 8:
9:30 a.m. "Do You Have a Biblical Worldview?"
11:00 a.m. "Is Genesis Relevant in Today's World?"
4:45 p.m. "Cloning, Stem Cells, and the Value of Life"
6:00 p.m. "Dinosaurs"
Monday, November 9:
5:00 p.m. "Facts About Apemen" (targeted for teen- and college-aged people)
6:00 p.m. Questions and Answers (targeted for teen- and college-aged people)
7:00 p.m. "4 Power Questions to Ask an Evolutionist"
If you're planning on going, please respond to this e-mail so we can set up rides, and let the conference people know how many people are going!
And this is a good opportunity to at least start some conversations with some interested people!
Stuff to look out for!
The Back Porch Trio
So another of our Eastman contingent, David Fisk, has a recital of his own on Saturday, November 14th, at 6:30 PM, as part of the "Back Porch Trio." It will be in Ciminelli formal lounge. You should totally come out to support him!
Men's Ministry
Men's Ministry is meeting on Saturday, November 14th, from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Contact PC (chazmur@gmail.com) for details!
Thanksgiving Dinner!
If you're staying in Rochester for Thanksgiving, you might be sad that you're going to miss out on all of the traditional festivities. Well, turn that frown around, mister, because you're invited to Thanksgiving Dinner with PT and PC! (by the way, that just might be the corniest thing I've said in an e-mail thus far). The one requirement is that you e-mail PT at pastortom@gmail.com to let him know that you're coming!
Prayer Meeting
We have prayer meetings on every campus, at least once a week!
Wednesday
Locations:
U of R, Common Room of the Interfaith Chapel (1 floor down)
Eastman, Director's Dining
Time: 9:00 PM
Thursday
Locations:
RIT, Commons Room DC 2120
U of R, Sue B. Solarium
Time: 9:00 PM.
Again, I really encourage you to join us in prayer - can you imagine the impact on any given campus if we had twenty or thirty people fervently praying for it weekly? Don't underestimate what God can do.
Church on Sunday!
Come worship with us at the Rochester Korean United Methodist Church! PT will be giving a sermon, and there will be bagels and fellowship to follow!
Rides leave Eastman Dorms, RIT SOL Circle, and U of R ITS and GLC at 8:45 AM!
Freshman Bible Study
For those of you freshmen who are interested, C4C has a freshmen Bible Study that's meeting in one of the 2nd floor Sue B. lounges. It's about prayer, which we so often underestimate (and I'm as guilty as the next person) and knowing the person who's leading it (actually, he's my roommate), it's going to be an awesome study. It meets on Fridays, from 4:30 to 6. Considering that for some of you it's legitimately a 20-second walk, you might want to check it out :)
Ministry Highlight: Food Distribution
If you didn't know, Agape runs a food distribution at South Presbyterian Church. We basically receive food from Wegmans, that they would otherwise have to discard, sort out the items that are still good, and distribute them to anyone who shows up! This ministry has been going for almost two years now, and it's attracted quite a lot of graduate students who live nearby. It's our chance to show them the love of God, and it's truly a heart-moving ministry. But the food distribution people need your help! It requires a willingness to attend the distribution, which happens every Monday night (I believe pickup is around 7:10-ish?) and to build relationships with the people there. Please contact Alvin Lee (alee4979@gmail.com) to get involved!
That's all I've got - have a blessed week!
-David Wit
Thursday, November 5, 2009
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009
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Friday, October 30, 2009
ACF Announcements - Addendum
Hi, everyone!
Sorry for the flurry of e-mails this week, but I have a quick addendum to the announcements. If any of you are free tomorrow (well, actually today - Saturday) afternoon, RKUMC is holding a "holy-ween" party for the Sunday School kids, and if you'd like to volunteer, it would be much appreciated! They're going to have a costume contest, a mummy wrap, a haunted maze, pumpkin carving, and much more! Set-up is at 3pm, and the party will go from 5 to 8. The only requirement is you must dress up and be enthusiastic :) If you're interested, contact PC (chazmur@gmail.com) or Ed Chi (echi8827@gmail.com).
That's all! See you soon, I hope!
-David Wit
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
ACF Announcements - quick correction
Hi, everyone! One really quick correction: Robert and Deborah's recital is on Sunday, November 1st, not Saturday, October 31st. In other news, October has 31 days, not 30.
That is all.
-David Wit
ACF Announcements!
Hi, everyone! It's time for some ACF announcements! There's a lot of stuff going on, but it's all awesome, so it's worth hearing about! :)
Okay,
Thursday
Prayer meetings!
Where:
RIT, Commons Room DC 2120
U of R, Sue B. Solarium
When: 9:00 PM
Friday
Large Group!
Where: U of R, Gowen Room
When: Starts at 7:30 PM, rides from Eastman Dorms and RIT SOL Circle at 7:00 PM
What: Join us for our weekly large group! Worship, great teaching, and awesome fellowship! This week, Bill Bendschneider will be sharing on Matthew 5:27-29, which is definitely one of the "hard sayings of Christ." You should check it out!
Freshmen are going to hang out at PC/Eric Meyer/(actually Tom Park's) place afterward!
Saturday
If you're interested, both Robert McDonald and Deborah Song will be playing in a trio performance at Eastman! It's at 8:30 PM, in the Ciminelli Formal Lounge (in the dorms) - come out and support them!
Sunday
Daylights Savings! Make sure to set your clock back one hour before you go to bed! Otherwise you'll be all alone waiting for the van to church...well, unless it happens to more than one of you :)
Come join us for worship at RKUMC! Rides at 8:45 AM from UR ITS, UR GLC, RIT SOL Circle, and Eastman Dorms. Service starts at 9:20 AM. We'll be hearing a message from PT (I think...?) and having bagels and good fellowship afterward.
Wednesday
Prayer meetings!
Locations:
U of R, Common Room of the Interfaith Chapel
Eastman: Director's Dining
Time: 9:00 PM
Other things to look out for:
Creation/Evolution Seminar
Open Door Baptist Church, in Churchville (about a 17 minute drive), is hosting Mike Riddle, a speaker for Answers In Genesis. He's going to be speaking on Sunday, November 8th and Monday, November 9th, about a variety of topics related to Biblical Creation.
Answers In Genesis (www.answersingenesis.org) is an organization that promotes a literal Biblical account of creation. If you're interested in the whole creation - evolution issue, you should really check it out. And feel free to invite your interested friends, also - this is a great outreach opportunity!
Here's a list of the seminars, and their times.
Sunday, November 8:
9:30 a.m. "Do You Have a Biblical Worldview?"
11:00 a.m. "Is Genesis Relevant in Today's World?"
4:45 p.m. "Cloning, Stem Cells, and the Value of Life"
6:00 p.m. "Dinosaurs"
Monday, November 9:
5:00 p.m. "Facts About Apemen" (targeted for teen- and college-aged people)
6:00 p.m. Questions and Answers (targeted for teen- and college-aged people)
7:00 p.m. "4 Power Questions to Ask an Evolutionist"
If you want to go to any of them, please reply to this e-mail by November 4th (next Wednesday). They need to know how many people are going, and we need to set up rides. Please indicate which sessions you want to go to in your reply! :)
Freshman trip to Niagara Falls
When: November 7th, time TBD
Each year, the freshman traditionally take a trip to Niagara Falls! The night usually involves dinner (aka wings) at Elmo's, in Buffalo, and a trip to the Canadian side of the falls. So if you want to go, and you don't have your passport with you, ask your parents to send it to you now! They're getting more strict about making sure that you have it when you try to come back...
But the trip is always a lot of fun - check facebook, and you might find some sweet pictures from last year.
Remember to bring a coat! It gets cold, and we're near the water.
Finally, I have just received notice that there are new sermons are posted on the ACF website!! if you missed some this semester...they might be up there! Also, feel free to sample some of the awesome sermons from years past. True story - after writing pretty much this exact same message, pretty much exactly one year ago, I listened to one of said awesome archived sermons and got really really convicted. (For the record, it was David Lee's winter retreat sermon on spiritual warfare (#3)...and I was just listening to it for the part where he calls us all pansies!) So check them out. Seriously.
That's all for now - have a great week!
-David Wit
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
IVCF News - All Saints Eve - 20091-WK8
