First Things and First Week

So last night I joined with some SEMO students in Towers East to spend some time praying for the University. They have been faithful to text me every week saying that they are getting together and I have never been able to make it but last night the Spirit really put it on my heart to go. I am so glad that I did. It was wonderful to be in a place where folks were really seeking God in prayer. There is a fire burning in Towers. Honestly I hadn't been around a group like that in a while and it was so refreshing to see it led by students. If you are around you are welcome to come with me in the future, I will be there as often as I can be. A few weeks back a passage in Acts 6 grabbed my attention. The apostles were getting weighted down by doing everything in the church including taking care of those in need, so much so that they aren't able to lead well. So they put new leaders in place to take care of the needy so that "we apostles can spend our time in prayer and teaching the word." Their first priority was prayer and teaching the word. They made time for prayer, in fact, they chose spending time in prayer over feeding the hungry. Prayer came first. That shook me. I hope it shakes you too. First things first.
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On a different note, I have been working on our schedule of events for the first week of school and we had planed to have inflatables and music out on the field next to Parker on Friday night, the day after move-in. Apparently the school has a big ice-cream social planed for that same time, so we need to move it to another day. I'm gonna go talk to some folks at SEMO and see what they think but I was wondering if you had any suggestions about what we could do during that day instead of conflicting with a major school event. We can move something from another day easily. I will post the original schedule below and you can tell me what you think. Thanks so much!!!

The Vision is Jesus
-Brett

Thursday- Ultimate Frisbee
Friday- Inflatables, Music, Food, Drinks, Lighting
Saturday- BBQ (Mechanical Bull), Blues Band, Fugative
Sunday- Welcome Back Picnic. Ignite!!! Assassin…
Monday- Water day, Pass out water bottles, Mud V-Ball?
Tuesday- Kickball
Wednesday- Lunch, Movies at Night
Thursday- Capture the Flag
Friday- Day-Glo? W/ Campus Out Reach?