This weekend thousands of students from the graduating class of 2013 will descend in the campus of VCU. Freshman Week is a huge time for our Aletheia Churches all over the country. It is an opportunity to serve another generation of students that are extremely valuable to God and His mission of reaching the world with Good News of Jesus.
I have seen over the last two years how important it is for students to get involve immediately with a solid Christian community. In the first month of college you are making connections with people that will influence for better or worse, the course of your life. God’s words to us in Psalm 1 confirms this truth:
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper. The ungodly are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
So pray for the leadership of all the Aletheia Churches (JMU, VCU, ODU, & USF) as they tirelessly plan, for the volunteers who sacrificially serve, and the incoming freshman, that they hear the gospel and respond with repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
ALETHEIAVCU FRESHMAN WELCOME WEEK SCHEDULE
- 8. 18. 2009 Ultimate Frisbee 7 p.m. (Monroe Park)
- 8. 19. 2009 Watermelon and a Movie 7:30 p.m. (VCU Commons)
- 8. 21. 2009 SOVO Fair
- 8. 22. 2009 Paint Wars 5 p.m. (Monroe ParK)
- 8. 23. 2009 Aletheia Richmond Worship Gathering 10 a.m. (Clark Springs Elementary)
- 8. 26. 2009 Aletheia VCU 7p.m. (VCU Commons)