Week of April 21, 2008 ? Summer is Almost Here!

Summer is almost here. It is hard to believe. Summer can be a strange time especially if you plan on going home for the summer. Not getting to see your Baton Rouge friends as much, adjusting to living with your parents again, maybe getting a summer job. It can also be a great time to read that book you have been wanting to read or to take up a hobby. Just remember to be open, open to change, open to letting yourself be changed by God, or open to a brand new journey. You maybe be going somewhere new, all by yourself, but you are not alone. New friends are already there waiting to meet you. And old friends are just a phone call or facebook message away. For those of you who will still be around Baton Rouge this summer, hoping to see some familiar faces, I have an opportunity for you…..

Summer Wesley Foundation!

Summer Wesley will begin on Wednesday June 11. We will meet weekly, every Wednesday at 7. We will not have the usual dinner, but there will be some sort of refreshment. Since there are less people around in the summer it will be a small group style. (Have some ideas on things to discuss or read? Feel free to give us your input. We are here for you!) This is also a great way to see who is around and plan some get togethers throughout the summer. Hope to see you there!

Before that starts there will be an…

End of the Year Pool Party!!

What better way would there be to close out the best year ever (so far) at the Wesley Foundation than with a POOL PARTY!  Saturday, May 3rd at 4:30 Wesley will have their end of year pool party at Christine “Steen” Griffith’s house:

2924 Bakin Ave. 70820

This is in Riverbend neighborhood, off of Brightside.

This is a great time to take a study break, relax, and socialize with your friends before we all get bogged down with finals and go our separate ways for the summer. Burgers and Hot Dogs will be provided, but you are encouraged to bring something to the party.  There will be a sign up sheet at chapel.

Whats going on at Wesley Foundation this week…….

Weekly Schedule
Monday
6:00 Freshmen group

7:00 Jen’s Gal Group
9:00 Senior group

Tuesday

5:00 Irresistible Revolution Group (continued from our Lenten Group)

7:00 Bible Study

Wednesday

7:00 $2 Dinner

8:00 Chapel~ Brad Davis gives the word

9:00 Fellowship and Dessert

Thursday

4:00 Organic Gardening

7:30 Prayer and Praise

Sunday
10:00 College Bible Study @ UUMC Fellowship Hall

11:00 UUMC service

12:00 LAST Free College Lunch at the Wesley Foundation

Don?t Mind the Stress, the Salmon Are Eagerly Awaiting You

I don’t know about you, but I’ve been very stressed lately.  While you all have been busy with school, Sarah and I have been busy with finishing all the last minute details for mission trip.  And while everyone else talks about how excited they are about mission trip or their own spring break plans, I feel stressed about mission trip and imagine all sorts of outlandish scenarios of how things could go wrong.  I try to take comfort in this verse:

I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.  The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed.  Romans 8:18-19

Usually when we read this verse, we think of it applying to some distant future, but what if in some small way it comes to pass, at least partially, over spring break?  At some point, I’ll let the stress, the weight, the responsibility I feel go and let God take care of things.  All the minor frustrations will be forgotten in the pure joy of serving God and neighbor in Seattle as God reveals Himself through us.  I also take solace in the fact that there are untold numbers of salmon eagerly awaiting our arrival to plan trees and shrubs to protect their habitats and provide them shade as they migrate.  Soon we will be celebrating Easter, when we declare that Jesus is risen and, through our actions in mission, we will declare with our actions that Christ is still present in the world today.

So if you’re reading this and you’re getting a little bummed because you’re not going on mission trip, don’t be!  There are opportunities all around you, not just in Seattle.  Be open to how God might want use you on that beach in Florida or ski slope in Colorado.  All people need the gospel, the homeless poor and salmon of Seattle as well as the financially secure college kids and jellyfish on the beach.