Summer Bike Ride | Fri. Aug. 9th, 3-8pm

Welcome to the MIT Graduate Christian Fellowship!

Take advantage of the summer and come on a bike ride down the Minuteman Trail with your fellow GCF-ers!  We’ll take the T to Alewife with our bikes, then leisurely ride up and down the trail to explore the scenic and historic sites around Lexington and Bedford.  We’ll have dinner somewhere along the trail before heading back home.

And don't worry if you're an amateur: the path is flat and paved, and any bike will be able to do the trail since we’ll take the T.

Email Keith below if you want to join (plus if you need a bike or have an extra to lend)

What:             GCF Bike Ride
Where:           Minuteman Trail; meet at the Kendall T Station
When:            Friday, August 9th @ 3pm; back to MIT by 8pm
Contact:         Keith | 617-800-9672 | leungk@mit.edu

Announcements

• New Student Orientation (NSO) is coming up, starting the week of August 19th!  Stay tuned for more info, and email Christina to help out.
• The GCF Worship Team is a great way to serve in worship to the Lord! Interested in serving as a musician, slide projectionist or sound engineer? Contact Kayleen 
• If you've been enjoying this email or think you could do better, then the Emails Team is the right place for you.  Contact Emily
• For upcoming events, check out the GCF Google Calendar 
• If you have any great pictures or stories of GCF life, send them to Keith

Recap Lane
Last week, we headed to the Esplanade for a picnic by the river.  There we saw some old and new faces, celebrated Heather's birthday (with a tricky digital candle), and enjoyed the fruits of each other's labor in the form of tasty foods.

Prayer Square

• Praise God that plans are falling into place for NSO, and pray for God to work through those helping out and for all of us to exhibit God's joy and love.
• Pray that the new exec team would have wisdom, grace, and strength.  Give them a strong relationship with you, a servant attitude, and spiritual maturity to lead in this coming year.
• Praise for bringing new students into our midst already!  Pray that God will continue to bring people from every race, language, nation, state, department, discipline, and background, from on campus and off campus.

In all things may God be glorified!  Send your prayer requests to Keith

Community Corner

A beautiful sunset over the Charles at last week's picnic.  Thanks to Dawsen for documenting the evening!
All Things Considered
Wishing your advisor would give you the real scoop?  Check out "10 Truths a PhD supervisor will never tell you" as food for thought.

Verse of the Week

"My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power, so that your faith might not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power."
_ 1 Corinthians 2:4-5