Shayla's Ministry Blog

 

Hey everyone, happy May!  I wanted to give you some hilights for the end of the year. As always, here is our student testimony for the month from a student named David who goes to Collin College!  Senior Epistles:  At the end of the year, we have seniors come up and share wisdom they learned from their time in FOCUS to the rest of the community. A lot of the themes were centered around good rest, making lifelong friends, sticking to a Christian community, prayer, maturity, and how God has helped them grow during their time in college. What is significant about this group of seniors is that many of them were freshmen in Fall 2019, pre-pandemic. They've gone through all the waves of what college was life was like and the many transitions covid brought, to what college is now. I was especially sad for this group to be leaving but so proud and grateful for them in the ways they've been part of our community. Below are some pics!  Anell!  Isaac! A twin to Isaiah below teehee Isaiah!

Howdy, partners!  It's been a minute since I've written a blog. I'm excited to share with you some things that have been going on lately.  But first, our student testimonies from March and April. The March one is from one of our students at TWU!  Thank you:  I wanted to say thank you to those who commented on the religious student orgs post last month! We are waiting on the results from that, so stay tuned. That was so helpful and kind! And thank you for praying for revival. I'm praying I get to see that in my lifetime in the Denton campuses. In the meantime, I'm grateful for all the faithfulness I get to witness already, from many Christian orgs, not just ours.  Student facilitators:  Here's a pic of our student facilitators/leaders! We're so proud of how they've led this year. So many are graduating. Please be praying for our replacements next year and for their transition into the marketplace! More pictures from the last month!  Another successful kar

Hey everyone, happy early spring! I'm excited to share what's been going on. First up, our student testimony!  It's been a relatively quiet month with the ice storm and us being out of town, but I'm still pumped to share with you things that have been going on through pictures!  A couple pals from college (we met in FOCUS) and ministry partners cracking up at this facemask that is supposedly awesome for an at home spa experience but simultaneously works like a halloween mask The Campus Christian Community ministry hosted a Revival night, and some of our students went! This is Taylor and Kripa leading worship and doing a great job Our students getting a little wild at Karaoke Night on campus  Me hanging with our mascot, Jude!  Grant and I in Geneva! We were on one of the city lookout points while inside of St. Peter's Cathedral, apparently the church home of John Calvin at one point.  Grant throwing up a peace sign next to John Calvin's chair  Family Night! This

 Happy New Year everyone! I'm excited to fill you in on the last couple of months but before I do that, here's our student testimony from the month. This one is sweet because it's a student whom I got to study scripture with and befriend. Take a peek:  Winter Retreat:  We just had our winter retreat and it was so awesome! The worship was exciting, the students left feeling poured into and had healthy conviction, and overall it brought our community closer. They came back this semester with good energy and excitement instead of slouching into the semester. At Winter Retreat, we covered 1 John, a powerful letter to the church. We covered different topics like Love, Christology, Maturity, Sin and Confession, and Truth vs. Lying, we also had a Theology of Work lecture which was really helpful for our students!  Winter Retreat Worship. There was lots of dancing and singing!  Darby holding our favorite staff baby, Jude! His mom, Nicole, was trying to organize 500 students into ta