On The Hill

And it just so happened . . .
Multiple times this year our staff has looked at each other and used this phrase as we tried to process a Providential occurrence amongst us. This past year one of our men’s leaders “just so happened” to be standing at a bus stop with a Buddhist Chinese exchange student. That God-appointed “happenstance” resulted in a friendship and spiritual journey toward Christ that has the student daily asking, “Who is Jesus?”
    Will you help us write the rest of this story and many more? We are in need of multiple partners to help us raise $5,000 for the 2012-13 school year. Funds will go to train student evangelists, offset costs of our annual leadership training conference, missions trips, and help send new students to our retreats where they can engage God and God’s people in a neutral environment.
    Is it “just so happening” that God’s pouring out His presence upon our students and campus? Please prayerfully consider helping us write the rest of this story.

Training Student Leaders

We added four new student leaders to our team for next year, giving us 11 total. Training and equipping them is our highest priority. Student-led small groups are the places where new students get connected best, and learn the most about what it means to follow Christ.

"This just never happens."
This just never happens this time of year” Apparently almost all students that join a group on campus do so during the Fall semester and attend sporadically in the Spring. However, from the beginning of the year, and through the usually slow Spring semester, we saw new people joining the ministry. Even up until the last large group of the year first-time visitors were coming. Result? We are doubling the men’s small groups to two and adding a graduate school group for the upcoming school year!

A record number of student leaders at ACSICM!

Students giving up part of their summer to be trained to reach their campuses and communities

In May our Triangle Chi Alpha team hosted the fourth annual Atlantic Coast Student Institute for Campus Ministry (SICM) at Nags Head, NC. A record number of 142 student leaders from 17 universities attended. Students traveled from as far away as Florida and Vermont to be quipped for evangelism, Biblical studies, international student ministries, and small group leadership. We had students baptized in the Spirit, baptized in water, and healed! SICM- transforming students to transfer their world.

Josiah
    Josiah finished the second grade this June. He tested into the gifted program and has been accepted into a top year-round school for next year. He also played soccer for the first time and helped the Tigers win the league championship!

Elijah

Our not-so-little boy turned three on May 12th. Just before that he surprised us by riding his bike without training wheels! He’s been racing the neighborhood kids ever since. He loves the beach and his other favorite pastime-- doing whatever big brother is doing.