GCF Newsflash! Mixing Faith and Politics | Fri. 11/8 @ 7:30pm | Mezz. Lounge

Welcome to the MIT Graduate Christian Fellowship!

What is biblical about politics?  How does our faith inform our political views?  Dr. Garrett Smith will be joining us this week for a lively discussion as we continue our series on burning questions.  He is the director of spiritual formation and outreach at Newton Presbyterian Church and won't be picking sides!

As a preview of the conversation about the Kingdom of God in the leadership of this world, there will be dinner with our speaker.  Details TBA this week.

What:            Politics and Christianity: How should they mix? w/ Dr. Garrett Smith
Where:          Mezzanine Lounge (3rd fl. Student Center, W20-307)
When:           Friday Nov. 8th @ 7:30pm (dinner beforehand)

Contact:        Sam Elder

Announcements

• THIS WEEK: The United Christian Organization (UCO), which GCF is part of, will be having its biannual Praise & Prayer Night this Saturday 11/9 from 5-6:30pm in the Student Center, room 491.  Contact Mark Ku(617-866-7949) for more info.
• Are you musical?  Do you play the bass, drums, or keyboard?  Use your talents for the UCO Praise Night!  Contact Mark ASAP (info above).
• NEXT WEEK: GCF is hitting the lanes for candlepin bowling and flatbread at Sacco's in Somerville, and Harvard is hosting its Veritas Forum.
• Check out the GCF blog, which archives Newsflashes and is maintained by our webmasters.  If you have other content suggestions, let us know!

Recap Lane

Last Friday we had our fall semester Faculty Dinner, which had a great turnout and great conversation.  Close to 60 people came to chat it up with six Christian professors across all disciplines (Ian Hutchinson, Anne McCants, Troy Van Voorhis, Anne Carpenter, Jing Kong, Jose Gomez-Marquez).  We valued their time spent with us!

KUDOS to Joe and Michelle for spearheading the planning and logistics for the dinner and doing such a great job.  Plus, thank you to Kevin for being the liaison with our faculty.

Prayer Square

• Praise and prayer for cultivating relationships with our Christian faculty.
  
• Pray for those who at the fringes of community (whichever ones you're part of).  Take a moment to reach out to someone you haven't seen for a while and make them feel loved.
• Pray for those who are grieving, disappointed, or discouraged - that the love of Jesus would be that much more tangible and profound in this time.
  

Community Corner

This past week we were treated to two kinds of "installations": the permitted architectural kind (L, plaster fabric project by Alice et. al in Building 7), and the sneak-attack kind (R, Ender's Game hack in Lobby 7) -- both really cool to see!

All Things Considered

On purpose: What is our vocation, really?

In the spirit of Sunday's Thrive, on relationships (but relevant in a broader context): Making too much of marriage

Verse of the Week

"The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you by His love; He will exult over you with loud singing."
_ Zephaniah 3:17

If you have any highlights, kudos, prayer requests, announcements, interesting blog articles, or other submissions/ideas for next week's newsflash, don't be shy!  Send them to leungk@mit.edu.

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