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Often I'm asked by word (or questioning facial response), "Why do you do what you do?"

As we approach the end of the fiscal year (June 30) with

• a projected need of $7500 - 10,000 in new financial support to address an annual ministry budget between $90,000 - $100,000
• a desire to establish a funding base which will enable us focus on coming along students, health care professionals, and teachers, instead of fundraising

I will seek to give a series of specific responses.

First thoughts on "Why walk alongside budding health care professionals at PSU-Hershey (in partnership with the Christian Medical & Dental Association, 2010 fall retreat picture below), blog for the Emerging Scholars Network, and create the Central PA Christian Scholars Network with Christian Scholar Series?"

Christ compels!

Ever since the Father drew me to himself through

• the active witness of the Word
• the Spirit
• the creation
• study
• the people of God (students, faculty, local congregrations, testimony/writing of those who have gone before us)

I have longed for others on campus to

• come to Christ
• grow deeper in Christ
• become more like Christ as individuals and as part of the Body of Christ

during this critical time of decision making.

Furthermore, I long to walk alongside and encourage followers of Christ to be

• salt
• light
• leaven

throughout higher education and in the vocations which they subsequently enter.  What better way to feed the witness of the Gospel in higher education than to come alongside those traveling the difficult road of becoming a scholar, hence blogging for the Emerging Scholars Network.

My passion for working with health care professionals stems from

• growing up in a dental office
• the health complications which our family has faced
• a direct request to come visit and later to come alongside PSU-Hershey Christian Medical Society (CMS) (in partnership with the Christian Medical & Dental Association).

Please take a few mintues to pray for this weekend's PSU-Hershey CMS/CMDA Retreat with 20+ members of the PSU-Hershey Medical Center community.  Pray for

• safe travel to/from Roxbury Holiness Camp
• good fellowship
• focused worship
• clear teaching by Dr. Conley as these budding health care professionals offer their lives/vocation to Christ alone 
• strength, energy, attentiveness, & discernment to offer my gifts of service to God's glory
• the twins to enjoy their time w/the students and vice versa :-)
  
• whatever else the Lord lays on your heart, mind ...
  

Check back on Monday for a word regarding the retreat.

To support financially visit www.intervarsity.org/donate/to/Tom_Grosh. To volunteer in other ways (e.g., assist with special events such as retreats and the Christian Scholar Series, collate mailings, provide food for our weekly PSU-Hershey CMS/CMDA Tuesday lunch lectures), drop us an email or give us a call.  To read more about my spiritual autobiography, entitled One more day when you can live your life, click here.

For Christ’s love compels us… I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation (II Cor. 5:14—6:2).