GroshLink

Several donors have expressed interest in hearing from alumni as to the long term value of our campus ministry. Peter (Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University), married to Kelly (a Grove City College alumnus), kicks off a periodic series of posts. Peter and Kelly have been connected with our ministry in some form since "the early days" and have been a great joy to grow with "in Christ" through the years. Conversations from the decade at Carnegie Mellon inspire not only some of the topics, but also some of the style of my posts on the Emerging Scholars Network blog. Currently Peter serves as a software engineer with Logos Bible Software.

It's easy for me to say that InterVarsity changed my life, because I met the girl of my dreams at an InterVarsity conference, now happily married.  While that's hard to beat, it's also true that the ideas and relationships I encountered through InterVarsity have had a profound long-term effect on my professional and spiritual life.  For example, as a Ph.D. student in computer science I grappled with questions of vocation and work; it was important for me to understand how my work (and not just that of pastors and missionaries) is of value to God in itself.  

Tom and the InterVarsity community were instrumental in encouraging me through the challenges of graduate school and facilitating the discussions and deep thinking needed to navigate this and other questions of meaning and purpose, and to sustain my spiritual life through prayer, worship, study, outreach, and celebration.  The training and experience gained through InterVarsity have stayed with me as I continue to lead others in Bible study, to grapple with big questions, and to serve the Lord by working in my field.

Peter

Peter's ministry affirmation is humbling. We offer his reflections to the glory of God and for your consideration as you prayerfully invest in strategic Kingdom of God endeavors, https://donate.intervarsity.org/donate/to/Tom_Grosh.

Please be in touch with us, if you have availability to volunteer in lives of students/families such as Peter and Kelly by

• assisting with special events such as retreats, funding events, and the Christian Scholar Series
•  collating mailings and preparing various communications materials
• providing food for PSU-Hershey CMS/CMDA's weekly Tuesday lunch lectures.

Note: To get to know Tom & Theresa better, we encourage you to read Tom's One more day when you can live your life and Theresa's God at Work Testimony (6/19/2011).

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).

Updated:  7/2/2011. 5:01 pm EST.