A Biblical Theology of the City

For your reading pleasure...Tim Keller is a pastor at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, and he has some helpful thoughts about how to understand the city biblically. The article can be found here. Enjoy!

Team training

Just a reminder...Impact team training is this weekend, Sept. 11-12. Jody has planned this to be a helpful weekend that will set the course for the coming year of ministry, and he is really hoping that you will be part of it. We will also hammer out our vision for this semester as a team, so it is important that you are there. It's Parent's Weekend; you're on campus anyway, right? :)

Friday, Sept. 11: 3:00-8:00ish
Saturday, Sept. 12: the morning hours? (I can't remember the exact times)
Hayes Ministry Center

Obviously, if you have extenuating circumstances beyond your control, we will carry on without you (somehow). Exact details will be disclosed at Fusion on Thursday.

Walk for the Homeless

I like to keep you guys informed of the different ministries and organizations in Greenville, secular and Christian, that work with the same people we work with. One group is United Ministries, which sponsors the Place of Hope day shelter on Pendleton Street. We've heard some good things through our friends about the work they do. They also provide job and skill training to interested people.

On Sunday, Oct. 18 at 2:00pm, United Ministries will be holding a Walk for the Homeless, a fund-raising event for the Place of Hope. Consider being involved. You get a free t-shirt!

Passion 2010

This really has nothing to do with Impact Team, but...I'm posting it anyway. Consider attending Passion 2010, a global movement of college students seeking to make Jesus famous in this generation, in this world.

I attended the Passion Regional in Atlanta in 2008, and it was truly a life-changing event. The website has all the information.

This semester

Quick update. We will resume regular outings after Impact Team training Sept. 11-12. Until then, we cannot use BSU vehicles, but if you still want to go downtown on Thursdays after Fusion, I am happy to drive four other people. Anyone else will have to drive themselves. This is an unofficial outing. I will be in the lobby in Turner after Fusion, so if you want to go, come talk to me.

Looking forward to this semester,
Paul

Welcome back!

Hey guys,

Good to have you back! I'm excited about the new semester. I've seen many of you and already some have asked about impact team. As you probably know, Zach and I will be co-leading the team.

Applications will be available at Fusion tomorrow night, and sorry, you still have to fill one out even if you were a member last year. They are due by Sept. 7, but the sooner you get those to Zach or me, the better.

We will have a team meeting next Tuesday at 6:30pm in ADM-204. We will review our vision and talk about what the coming year will hold.

We will most likely begin going downtown next week starting with our Thursday night outing.

See you soon,
Paul

Downtown Impact Team in the Skyliner

Check out Jon Harris' article about our team that was published in Wednesday's edition of the Skyliner.

Also, Jon and Chris Bullard--some of you may know them--created a non-profit organization called Sidewalk Stories for their senior presentation for Senior Interdisciplinary Seminary. Explore the website and read about their heart for Greenville.