Hello, again friends!
I've gotten word that there are at least a couple readers of this blogsite, so I'll keep the updates rolling out.
Thanksgiving weekend just went by, and that was pretty great. Actually, I didn't eat too much! ...well, maybe a little too much, but not painfully too much that's for sure. I could share some about Thanksgiving, but I'd like to go back a couple weeks to Monday the 13th, and tell you about November's monthly gathering.
Each month Chi Alpha New Orleans hosts a worship gathering on one of the area campuses. This gathering is for students from all around the city, which currently means Tulane, Loyola, and UNO primarily, as those campuses have active XA chapters. This semester, we've averaged around 35-40 students for September and October.
November's gathering was hosted at Loyola in a cafe area known as the Underground. We had special guests, as well: the Tulane Gospel Choir. They brought about 15 students and some great energy in praise. We had a blast listening and singing with them.
We also had a great turnout from Loyola students, as it was on their campus, and UNO turned out in XA record numbers. All together, there were about 65 people praising the Lord together.
Later on, we broke up into groups of 5-8 to discuss hope. Together with a few students, I put together a few notes to share, invited some students to share life stories, and then gave out questions for the groups to discuss. Several students were encouraged with this message of hope, as they get ready for end-of-the-semester projects and final exams.
I was encouraged by the diversity of students from different campuses, and different ethnicities. We want Chi Alpha New Orleans to look a little bit like heaven: people from every nation, tribe, and tongue worshiping God together!
Praise the Lord.
