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Last Call for Liberty?; Fewer Sex Partners Means a Happier Marriage; Columbia Ministry Center; The Sum of Your Loves; Eugene Peterson Has Completed His Long Obedience and more, in this issue of Christian Union's bi-monthly email brief.
For You are the LORD Most High over all the earth; You are exalted far above all gods.
— Psalm 97:9
By Carol Fausnaught
On Saturday, October 13, 2018, nearly 70 Christian Union leadership, faculty, financial partners, and friends marked a jubilant dedication of the new ministry center at Columbia University in Upper Manhattan. Festivities included a dedication ceremony, brunch, and tours of the new facility.
This joyful day was over five years in the making.
On Saturday, October 13, 2018, nearly 70 Christian Union leadership, faculty, financial partners, and friends marked a jubilant dedication of the new ministry center at Columbia University in Upper Manhattan. Festivities included a dedication ceremony, brunch, and tours of the new facility.
This joyful day was over five years in the making.
by Justin Woyak
“You are what you love.” Or so claims Christian philosopher James K.A. Smith (in his book by that title).
I don’t mean you are the things that you love, but you are the sum of your loves—your actions of loving and desiring.
“You are what you love.” Or so claims Christian philosopher James K.A. Smith (in his book by that title).
I don’t mean you are the things that you love, but you are the sum of your loves—your actions of loving and desiring.
Tailored to Grad Students & Professionals
"Standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel." Philippians 1:27
Christian Union New York will be launching new community groups this fall. Community groups will meet together on weekends to study Scripture, serve the city of New York and encourage one another throughout the year.
To learn more, please email us at: CUNewYork@christianunion.org.
What Makes a Human, Human?; How Do Christians Fit Into the Two-Party System? They Don’t; Changing Society's Views on 'Hooking Up'; Angels in the Bible: What We Actually Know About Them; 500 Freshmen (And Counting) and more, in this issue of Christian Union's bi-monthly email brief.
Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.
— Peter 2:11-12
Benjamin Pascut
How we understand what it means to be human?
Benjamin Pascut, PhD, addresses students involved in Harvard College Faith and Action,
How we understand what it means to be human?
Benjamin Pascut, PhD, addresses students involved in Harvard College Faith and Action,
Christian Union Students Serve in Sorority, Fraternity
by francine barchett, cornell ’20
In February, a Cornell fraternity made national headlines for a disturbing hazing incident that awarded points for sexual activity and simultaneously degraded women.Negative press on fraternity and sorority culture is hardly a Cornell-specific phenomenon. It reinforces a long-enduring sentiment that Greek life and high ethical standards are mutually exclusive. However, for Alanna Staffin ’18, David Navadeh ’19, and Chris Arce ’19, that perception is far from the complete picture. They maintain that fraternity life has not drowned their Christian faith; it has grown it.
Saturday, September 29, 2018
New York City, New YorkOver fifty recent graduates and young professionals crowded onto the Manhattan II yacht for a wonderful night of fellowship facilitated by “CU Mingle Bingo” (both an icebreaker and tongue-twister in one), delicious appetizers, and perfect fall weather.
Welcoming the Class of 2022
[N]either he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. - 1 Corinthians 3:7Christian Union’s freshman campaigns at Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, Stanford, and Yale helped to share the Gospel with the Class of 2022 and laid the foundation for significant spiritual growth during college and beyond.
Freshman campaign is the all-out effort to prepare for, pray over, reach out to, invite, welcome in, connect, and care for the newest students arriving at these universities. We are grateful for how God moved through these efforts! Our prayer is that He would use this process to bring freshmen into deeper fellowship with Himself and members of His body.
Student leaders and upperclassmen involved in the ministry on each campus, along with Christian Union ministry fellows, held more than 4,000 meetings to get to know students personally and connect them to Christian resources.
Penn Senior Hopes to Serve Overseas as a Nurse
by catherine elvy, staff writer
A University of Pennsylvania student was so touched by her parents’ missionary service in Kazakhstan that she is gearing up to follow in their footsteps.
During her childhood, Abby Burns ’19 watched her father and mother minister in culturally diverse Kazakhstan. Such experiences left a deep imprint upon the nursing major’s heart and ignited a fervor also to venture into mission fields. “It was an incredible opportunity,” said Burns. “It has shaped what I am thinking about and what I am passionate about long term.”
