Last day of summer, things are changing. I sit in my dorm room, alongside my roommate from Houston, a vocal performance major. Shaun Groves plays in the background, the right amount of light in the room calming, the temperature of the room comfortably cold. classes start tomorrow, and part of me can't wait, while part of me... doesn't know what to think. time is weird, annoying.
but what has struck me is that...college is a place to grow. a bunch of us, including my roommate, went to OKC today to a church called All Nations for an afternoon service. the worship was great, though brief, and the sermon was about what it means to be in a community, to love others like God loves us. and though the worship set only lasted two songs, i found myself really praying by the end. i found myself really wanting to be up there, doing something like these people i saw, not because i thought it was cool or for some social reason. because i wanted to worship God like that, i wanted to love Him like that, to experience God like that. and i really found that...it was release. it was something that i was missing, something that i needed, something that i want to do and something that would make things easier. just a day without God would be hell.
so...if college is a place to grow, it's the time to plug in. time to plug into different ministries, organizations, fellowships. we listened to the OU President address all of the new Sooners, talking about how this is a place of possibility. that we came unloading not just all of our stuff and our pasts and identities, but our dreams. and if we wanted to make something happen, now would be the easiest time and place to do it. so...plug in.
i know i'm probably not getting many, if any, OU readers, but this is what my week might look like, incredibly subject to change:
Tuesday Night - Christians on Campus - 5:30 dinner at Student Union
Wednesday Night - Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) - 9 pm worship, fellowship, and lesson at South Oval "Passion Pit" [haha...it was totally flooded due to the rain]
Wednesday Night Alt - Pursuit College Ministry (Ministry of Trinity Baptist Church) - basketball. this looks like it might be a good ministry....Baptist, who knows? apparently a lot of small groups, one over the book of James. another is called Witnessing 101, under Ministry/Evangelism, and there's even one covering Ecclesiastes...and that's kind of a weird book. looks like these small groups happen Sunday mornings, so they might be possible before All Nations afternoon service.
Thursday Night - Journey Church - worship for college students [it's apparently Norman's one megachurch]
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---my changes in schedule as of now---
Tuesday Nights - Journey Church - something called Lifestream. worship and teaching
Wednesday Night - RUF
Thursday Night - Chi Alpha
Friday Night - All Nations Small Group
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besides my own changes...wow. Billy and Richard start school tomorrow, Jojo's talking about ideas of an all-nighter, Ruth and myself and everyone here start classes tomorrow, and Andy's off to OSSM. college life - i managed to skip two meals today. and run a little bit. but with classes and homework and...relationships, i'm not sure how time's going to end up. should be fun though, regardless. when i worked at the PGA championships selling ice cream, i used to think it the coolest thing to be overwhelmed with customers. i'm not sure it's like the same thing...but i'm still looking forward to it. i should pray and read a bit, maybe even get some worship in. will keep you updated
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