Cheesy grins and Apples to Apples with two students of influence: Jazzy, me, Rachael
One of our goals in Chi Alpha is to raise up young leaders who are able to reach others with the love of Christ. We challenge and encourage them in leadership as students in the hope that they will not only reach their classmates, but that in the process they’ll also discover the joy of seeing God at work through them and learn how to be people of influence wherever God places them after graduation.
The process can start simply. Rachael is a freshman and a future student leader who got involved with Chi Alpha last fall. This semester she invited her roommate to our weekly worship meeting, Pursuit. This roommate is an international student from a Southeast Asian religious background. She is a spiritual seeker and has become an integral part of our Chi Alpha community this semester. Please join us in praying that the Holy Spirit continues to pursue this beautiful young lady.
Alaina, a sophomore that I have been mentoring this year, is another emerging leader. Seeing that many students with meal plans often had money left at the end each week that they were wasting on junk food, she set up boxes in the dorms for students to donate non-perishable food instead. Every Friday, she arranges for the food to be delivered to the Missoula Food Bank. Alaina always wants people to know that God called her to do this project, and that it is her love for God that is at the center of her heart for community service.
Faith has served for nearly two years as the student president of ADSUM, a group that advocates for disabled students. As a young woman with physical limitations of her own, she feels God has placed her in a unique position to show His love and care for people that many overlook. She recently shared at Pursuit how two years of Chi Alpha student leadership helped prepare her for this position.
As we enter the month of April, we as Chi Alpha staff are being particularly intentional about recruiting and training new student leaders. Please pray that God will guide us to students eager to grow in Jesus and make Him known, on campus and around the world. Many thanks!
UM Chi Alpha Ski Retreat, February 2010
