Welcome to the MIT Graduate Christian Fellowship!
We kick off our fall large group series, exploring the role of grace in a works-based culture like MIT. Our first speaker is Adam Mabry from Aletheia Church in Central Square. He'll be exploring the implications of the grace of God for the way that we relate to one another.
Event: Relational Grace with Pastor Adam Mabry
When: Friday 10/2 @ 7:30pm (plus dinner with the speaker at 6pm)
Where: Kresge RRB (Rehearsal Room B, in the basement of Kresge auditorium)
Contact: GCF Large Group team (mit-gcf-lg@mit.edu)
Announcements
Pastor Mabry will be joining us for dinner before large group at 6pm, location to be determined. If you'd like to join and meet him ahead of the talk, please RSVP to Sam Elder (same@mit.edu).
Thrive, our first year small group, continues this Saturday, 10/3 at 4:30 pm in the W11 community room. All first years are welcome! Contact mnjackson@mit.edu with any questions.
Looking for new friends to study the Bible with, navigate graduate school, or think more about what Christianity means for our lives? Check out http://web.mit.edu/mitgcf/www/sg.shtml to find information about our various small groups that meet during the week, and don't hesitate to get in touch with us (or just stop by)!
Next week: Fall Retreat is coming! Enjoy New England foliage, meet grad students from other Boston schools, be challenged by the prophet Jeremiah's letter to the Israelites in Babylon, canoe, hike, play, retreat… It is on Columbus Day weekend (October 9-11), so you have Monday off if you need to work. MIT first-years get half-off thanks to our alumni, but scholarships are available to anyone in need. Sign up is open until this Friday! Visit http://intervarsityretreat.info for details and to register.
Read the book, I Once Was Lost, by Doug Schaupp and Don Everts? Have some questions? There is a limited opportunity for dinner next week with author and evangelist Doug Schaupp. Let Kevin know if you are interested.
Jim Straatman, one of Faithlife / Logos Bible Software's Executives will be in Boston on 20th and 21st October. There will be an event on campus on the 20th from 6:00-7:30. Anna's Taqueria will be catering dinner and we're all invited! For more details and the event invitation visit https://faithlife.com/faithlife-info-session .
Prayer Square
Pray that we would trust God with this semester.
Pray that this campus would find joy and peace in Christ.
Pray for members of the community affected grief and anxiety.
Spiritual Encouragement
Psalm 119:33-34: "Teach me, LORD, the way of your decrees, that I may follow it to the end. Give me understanding, so that I may keep your law and obey it with all my heart."
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