Future Health Care Professionals/Researchers who walk the campus as salt, light, and leaven
Posted by tom | May 16, 2011What guides the current student leaders we minister with through PSU-Hershey CMS/CMDA?
A glimpse: As we wrapped up the spring term, the President framed fall planning of community/social, discipleship, mission, and outreach endeavors with these Scriptural encouragments.
- Hebrews 10:23-25: Remind each other of our hope for the next year.
- Colossians 2:6-7: Continue to live our lives in Him and sharing & journeying with one another. Share our joy - be thankful for the things in your life.
- Philippians 2:14-16: Share the scriptures together. Be like lights - shine bright and don't hide. Don't question what God is calling you to do.
- Galatians 6:2: Prayer - continue to lift one another up, rejoice with those who are rejoicing
- John 13:34: Showing our identity to classmates is by showing our love to one another. Many people don't understand the language we use to explain our relationship - everyone understands the language of love (how we love one another and love “them”).
- 2 Corinthians 5:14-15, 20: Reason we are compelled to reach our to classmates - because of Christ's love for us. We are Christ's ambassadors - we are His representives here [Note: The foundational text for our ministry].
- Matthew 25:40: By serving and loving classmates we are serving and loving Christ [Note: A focus of Mother Teresa's ministry, highlighted by Mary Poplin].
Thank-you for your prayer and partnership in ministry as we seek to raise up a new generation of health care professionals/researchers who will walk health care facilities as the salt, light, and leaven of Christ! You are a great blessing and encouragement. Gifts toward our ministry may be given at https://donate.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 Tom's 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).
*Praying for God's provision of our $93,340 ministry budget. At present we have received $71,867 (5/16/2011). Our fiscal year closes on June 30. Based on past giving cycles we estimate our gap consists of ~$3,500.
