Women at the Well

Okay, so the semester just began, and if you’ve had a crazy, hectic first week like me, you are already craving some rest and relaxation. Last night…at the conclusion of a very full week…I went to the semester’s first gathering of the Women at The Well.

So for those of you who don’t know about the Women at The Well, all girls are invited to join with us once a month for a time of worship, teaching, and small group discussion. This semester Lindsay Fooshee is teaching on the book of Ruth…taking one chapter during each of our four meetings.

As we began reading through chapter 1 of Ruth last night, Lindsay stopped on Naomi’s desire for her two widowed daughter-in-laws. In verse 9, Naomi says to Orpah and Ruth, “May the Lord grant that you may find rest…” REST.

I left last night knowing the challenge issued was to find rest in the Lord throughout this semester…and the semesters to come. God Himself in Exodus says…”I will give you rest.” Regardless of crazy schedules, stressful classes, rocky relationships, sleepless nights…God offers us perfect rest. If only we will order our life around Him, we can live in His rest.

In the next days and weeks ahead, I pray we will find ourselves living our busy, full lives while relaxing and resting in Him.


Leslie

Dismantle!

Last night The Well got back into full swing! Things are crazy busy right now but we are excited about the opportunities that God is continuing to place before us.

Over the course of the next few weeks we are going through a series of messages entitled, Dismantle, at our Wednesday night gathering. At the heart of this series we are asking God to show us the lies that culture daily sends our way about life, and faith, and God. Continually there seems to be a new spiritual buzz going on all around us that the Enemy seeks to use to dismantle real truth; the truth of God’s Word. Last night we took an in-depth look at several philosophical tenants that are rampant in our culture today and asked the Lord to shine His truth on them.

In addition, we are beginning a 12 week small group study called The Truth Project to coincide with our Wednesday night gathering. The desire in both of these series is to see students begin to build a Biblical worldview that will not be shaken by each new “enlightened” idea that arises in our postmodern culture.

Please join us in prayer! We are excited about the number of students God is sending our way but are a bit overwhelmed with all of their questions in response to what they are hearing ~ HOW AWESOME IS THAT!!!!


James

What were you doing last night at midnight?

So, that is the question. What were you doing Sunday night at midnight? I suppose many or most of you would respond that you were sound asleep and maybe had been for some time. And I would have to agree that that would be the answer I would expect. In fact, there is a part of me that wishes I could respond in kind. But I learned a long time ago that being involved in ministry with college students completely squashes any hopes of ever getting in bed before midnight. It just won't happen.

So what were we doing last night at midnight here at The Well? We were gathering together with a small group of students to spend some time in prayer over our campuses and over what God is going to be doing this semester. We gathered together in the amphitheatre on the campus of ETSU and spent about an hour in prayer and worship together.

Let me share with you the things about which we prayed, and maybe you might join us during this semester as we continue to lift up these areas. We prayed in general for our campuses and for this semester. We prayed for professors, staff and students who do not have a saving relationship with Christ. We prayed for all of the other campus ministries who are attempting to reach students on all of the different campuses of our region. We prayed for the first series we are doing here at The Well dealing with issues of truth and the lies that Satan tries to sell us. We prayed for the call on students' lives to go out in to the world whether it is with us to China in May or anywhere else where the Lord may be calling them to faithfully go out.

Please join us as we continue to lift these things up to the Lord and ask for His sovereign hand to reign over them all. What an exciting way to begin the semester. On a beautiful, peaceful night, gathered in prayer, talking with the Lord.

by His grace,
The Well staff