Hiya CBS, welcome back!

This Friday, instead of meeting in Phillips 101, we'll be meeting at Noyes Multipurpose room on West Campus for an evening of praying for God's global purpose alongside other Christians on this campus.

SVM2 (Student Volunteer Movement 2): Abandoned Devotion
7pm - Midnight (this Friday 12/2)
Noyes Multipurpose Room

I know it's probably intimidating to consider 5 hours of prayer (there will certainly be segments of worship and testimony, but the main focus of the evening is prayer), but I hope you'll take a minute to read the short review of the original SVM I've written below to get a sense of what this is all about. If you have any questioins, please direct them to Alex (asl46), Will (wrl5), or Oli (osc3)

Have a great last week of classes - I'll see you Friday night (but at Noyes, NOT at Phillips 101)


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Thoughts on the first SVM (Student Volunteer Movement)

The student volunteer movement did not have any spectacular beginnings - nothing more than what we are accustomed to seeing even today. A Bible study conference for around 250 collegiates in 1886, several Christian leaders travelling to different schools sharing a vision of world evangelization, and within five years, over 6,200 students from around 350 schools in the US and Canada had signed a simple pledge: "It is my purpose, if God permit, to become a foreign missionary", and had set sail for the mission field. In the half-century that followed the movement's official beginning in 1888, over 20,000 student volunteers made committments to become foreign missionaries...and they kept their committments. Interestingly, those of us who come from Christian homes may well be linked to this original SVM and similar student movements, because student missionaries like these went forth to preach the good news in China and many of our parents!

We can easily fool ourselves into thinking, "that happened then, sure, but things are different now - the world's different", but I urge you to consider that movements like these began through very basic actions of fellowship (things we already do like prayer and Bible study), and as students became alert to the needs of the world around them and allowed their hearts to be penetrated by the Spirit's desire to bring Truth to the ends of the world, they banded together, they began moving in cooperation and collaboration with one another...and great movements resulted, and many were saved.

May we be open to how God wills us to participate in His Kingdom Work that is beyond what we can see for ourselves. Let's go to God in prayer and find out what He wants for us as individuals and as His Body here on earth.


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A testimonial from a Cornell student re: SVM2

"The Abandoned Devotion gathering at Cornell had a huge, but unexpected effect on my prayer life. To be honest, when I was praying for the Kohistani people group of Pakistan, there were moments where I had no idea how praying for these specific culture groups, on the other side of my world, had anything to do with me. But the Lord's answer came swiftly and firmly: 'It has nothing to do with you!'

"Over two hundred Cornell students from differing campus ministry backgrounds in one room, praying for five hours, and hardly a prayer breathed for our campus, our needs, or our desires. The gathering was a tremendous lesson on the power and call of intercession for the nations in our lives as Christians. It was not easy at first to be praying for people other than yourself or the people you know, but as we persevered into the late evening hours, the Holy Spirit broke our hearts individually and corporately, and we delighted in answering God's call to pray. When the night was over, there was joy in the fact that we had done what God created His church to do and we stayed around an extra hour and a half worshipping and seeking the face of God, simply because nobody wanted to leave. The blessing bestowed in unity fell amongst the Christians at Cornell."

Heya CBS!

This week, let's spend Friday night in thanksgiving!

Please take a moment to think about something(s) you're thankful God has done for you or shown you this past semester, and consider sharing it with your fellow Christians on Friday..

Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done. Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts. - 1 Chronicles 16:8-9

Hope to see you there!
Friday 7pm, Phillips 101

Hi CBS!

Whatsup? How has your week been? If you answered those questions with > 5 words, I think you should share in CBS about what God has shown you. Really, it's not that hard. Or scary - ask Edgar =].

This coming Sunday, November 6, we will be having Coworkers yet again! Time to reflect on how you think CBS has been going and then come ask questions and give feedback and hear about how CBS is doing. We feel it is important to have your voice heard - or send a delegate!

Coworkers
2pm-3pm
Sunday Nov. 6
Goldwin Smith Lobby

And this week we will be having Pastor Nelson from Tabernacle Baptist Church speak to us about the Trinity - time to lay out those foundational truths and make sure we don't have termites running around our foundations (or whatever else can hurt the foundation of a building).

See you Friday!
7pm
Phillips 101

... did I hear someone say ACE?? ... maybe ... you'll just have to come see!