The Grove
God is good and this new generation is showing up like crazy. Two months into the school year and it feels like we've just started to get our heads above water. There has been such a huge response in terms of students interested in Jesus and being a part of Christian community. Two years ago we were averaging around 150 students coming to large group on Fridays. This year we're averaging around 250! The number of students who attend our small groups have historically been double the amount that attend on Friday nights and this year is no different. We have over 500 students in our small groups learning about Jesus and learning how to love one another as friends like Jesus called us to.
FOCUS Asian Fellowship
This year we hard launched our FOCUS Asian Fellowship for Asian Americans in FOCUS. It's a place to share in our cultures with one another, bring our whole selves to the table, and process what makes us Asian Americans before God. Please pray as we keep developing this community and providing a place for us to be vulnerable and share in our highs and lows.
The Getaway
Our fall retreat, called the Getaway had its highest attendance ever as well! Which bodes well for the relationships that are being built in this ministry. Something in this generation has an openness to spirituality and talking about God. They want to know who he is. It has also produced a different issue. So many have not grown up in church or have only the slightest experience with organized Christianity. Including some of our leaders! They have come to know Jesus and devote their lives to him in the context of college and campus ministry so they're quickly having to learn on the fly, just like Jesus' 12 disciples! And that puts even more on us as their pastors to return to the basics, covering foundational disciplines like how to read the Bible, how to pray, and how to give. It's an exciting time and a very foundational time, so please be praying for us!
Thank You!
Thank you so much for all your support! As our family grows, both biologically and spiritually, I grow more and more appreciative of how faithful my supporters have been to enable me to do this ministry. To have a son and be able to take care of him even as I do God's work here at UTD is a privilege that I don't take lightly. Thank you so much for your continued belief in me and in what God is doing here!
