ATHENS, GA—University of Georgia’s Adventist Students for
Christ (ASC) conducted their first Campus Weekend of the spring semester 2010
on Jan. 29-30 at the Athens, Ga., campus. Both services were held in University of Georgia’s Fireside Lounge, a cozy, welcoming multipurpose room inside one of
the residence halls. The weekend’s theme was “How to be a Witness.” Campus
Weekend kicked off Friday evening with a Sabbath welcoming program. Those who
gathered on Friday evening ushered in the Sabbath with songs of praise,
testimonies, and a series of interactive Christian games such as “bible bingo”
and “scripture scavenger hunt.”
The guest speaker on Sabbath morning was Harold Cunningham, vice
president for pastoral ministries and evangelism for the Georgia-Cumberland
Conference. Despite the misty rain and biting cold, the beautiful Sabbath began
with an interactive Sabbath school activity. The divine worship program was
spirit-filled with unrestricted praise and worship, prayer, and a message
charging God’s people to have a relationship with people before seeking to
share God’s love with them. Approximately sixty college students and guests
gathered to worship and remained after for the traditional Campus Weekend
potluck. Until this point, the members of ASC had been trying to reach out to
the campus in a relevant way. So on Sabbath afternoon, members and guests set
out to distribute dangerously savory home-baked cookies, appetizing candy, and
encouraging, handwritten Bible verses. As Adventist collegians, why not give
spiritual and physical consolation to ease the stress of the scholastic
Goliaths such as papers, tests, and presentations? With the new ASC mission:
“Adventist Students for Christ is a student movement whose desire is to spread
the gospel through outreach and teaching of God’s love to all we encounter,”
the first campus outreach for 2010 couldn’t have gone better.
With the past Campus Weekend’s success, and a desire to
generously slather the gospel throughout the UGA campus, ASC looks forward to
having two more Campus Weekends before the semester ends. We ask for your
prayers as we seek to bring people closer to Jesus through the love we exhibit
amongst ourselves and through our service to our community.
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