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JAMIE WILLIFORD
UNIVERSITY
CHAPLAIN
(434)548-4693
[email protected]
“Your kingdom come, Your will be done....”
Last Friday 120 students came to Danville as part of an event called Mission Madness. Over the
weekend the students served at 14 different sites. Their work included
redoing the planters at the plaza near the end of Main Street, helping
“Ask yourself whether
the dream of heaven
with Habitat For Humanity, painting houses, aiding the elderly in
and greatness should
cleaning their yards, planting a community garden, and so on.
be waiting for us in our
Their sole purpose for coming was to help make Danville, a city that
graves - or whether it
many had never heard of, beautiful. They honestly believed that
should be ours here
spending one day of serving could make an impact in showing the
and now and on this
surrounding community a new way of living: one of servanthood. They
earth.”
used phrases like, “bringing heaven to earth.”
As a chaplain I am asked about heaven quite often. They are
- Ayn Rand
usually questions about what certain texts say about it, how different
religions view it, or the whereabouts of their beloved pets. But I find
that the more that we focus on things that happen after our existence, the more it lessens our awareness to
the needs that surround us now.
So may you and I today see the ways to make life beautiful now. May we see the needs that surround
us, and may you and I help bring a new way of living and a “new heaven” to earth.
-Jamie
Dates To Remember
Fellowship of Christian Athletes meets Mondays in the Multipurpose Room (the big glass encased room at the bottom of the
Student Center) from 7pm to 8:30pm. Athletes and non-athletes both welcome! Hope to see you there!
Christian Student Union meets Thursdays at 11am next door at West Main Baptist Church in their fellowship hall. Come get some
awesome food - for body and soul!