September 18-24
Thank God for:
- Growing work among Latino students in the Chicago West area in Illinois.
September 1-10
Thank God for:
- Forty InterVarsity students and staff from Texas and Oklahoma who have finished serving on summer missions projects around the world.
Please pray for:
- Freshmen and transfer students at the University of California, Santa Barbara; Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria; and California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, to feel welcomed during New Student Outreach.
Returning to campus after an InterVarsity Global Project or Urban Project is often a more difficult journey than actually leaving a comfortable life for six weeks. It’s the coming back that is the true test of who you are and who you’ve become.
Our best strategy
With three times as many small group leaders as last year, we’re excited to see how God will use our small groups to reach more of our campus.
"Serving Jesus is not a Seasonal Thing"
John Cheng decided to start the school year with open-air evangelism instead of the traditional barbecue meet-and-greet, to encourage a culture of invitation at UC-Davis.
The Point of Bible Study
Joe didn’t understand how his InterVarsity friends could be so trusting of God, yet all the while he was intrigued by how they wanted to follow Jesus.
John Stott 1921-2011
InterVarsity staff, students, and alumni, are saddened to hear of the passing of John R. W. Stott, Rector Emeritus of All Souls Church in London and Urbana conference expositor from 1964 to 1979.
IFES World Assembly
The International Fellowship of Evangelical Students is holding its quadrennial World Assembly at a university in Krakow, Poland, and InterVarsity staff are there.
Named the country’s most dangerous city in 2011 for its violent crime, Flint, Michgan is also home to 30,000 college students.