Outreach

Hello everyone,
I am the new outreach coordinator for RCA, the RPI chapter of IV. My name is Brett Mace, some of you know me, and some of you may not. I attended Baseleia this year with the intentions of encountering Jesus. (for those who weren't there, it was one of the tracks offered.) We were reading through mark in a new type of way that was very comforting to me and opened my eyes to many of the different things that Jesus did while on earth. It was amazing to see him in his journey through the land and how he commanded his people and how they didn't listen which brought him great strife along the way. Then two days before the week ended, the exec team came to me asking if I could take over Lauren Turrell's position as Outreach Coordinator because she had to step down due to personal issues. I looked at this as a wonderful opportunity because I have had some thoughts as to what I could do to better serve RPI and Sage through outreach. I prayed about it and was led to take the position. So, now for my thoughts on what outreach will look like for the fall semester of 2007.
I would like to implement many different ways to reach out to the students of RPI through ways in which they would want to build relationships. In my life, what has brought me closer to God and to know Him were the relationships that I had with older more mature members of my home church. As i was able to look at them and see what they did on a daily basis and how they showed God's love to everyone, I saw what God really was like and how gracious and wonderful He is. I would like to set up a few events that would repeat through the semester that would be exciting for the students of RPI to attend, such as LAN parties, sports days, and sewing and knitting (for the girls, unless the guys want to attend also.) This will give opportunities for you to invite your friends to what they would like, and then we could have some wholesome talk about life, God, and school. Through these events, relationships will build and people will see what the glory of God is through our actions and our speech.

If you have any other ideas as to what we could do as a chapter to reach our university, please let me know, my email address is maceb@rpi.edu. Any helpful thoughts or suggestions will not be overlooked. Also, if you'd like to head up and of the ideas put forth already, please contact me.

I cant wait for the semester so that I can better serve you and our chapter.

In Him,
Brett Mace
Outreach Coordinator