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KFC Ministry Blog Last 10 Entries

  • 10 More Sponsors
    The Kats for Christ ministry is getting ready to experience one of it's highlight experiences for the entire year, Z2 Convergence! As one of the two visionaries and strategists looking to provide a completely new experience that connects with college students and campus ministries all across the state and region, I want to give you an opportunity to help some of our students go by sponsoring the cost for one student!

    Imagine a place where Church of Christ campus ministries gather together to go deep with other students from as far away as Arizona and as close as SFA! The Z2 Convergence, growing out of Zechariah 2:10-13, is a place where God and students collide in engaging worship, motivating discussions, and energizing fellowship to inspire us to live for Jesus Christ completely!

    It is different than a retreat! It is different than a seminar! It is a convergence!

    We leave this coming Friday and will come back on Monday (MLK day) inspired and energized for the upcoming semester that starts next week!

    We have told students already that money is no reason to skip an experience like this. I've reassured them that we have many individuals ready for a chance to help them experience God this weekend. Because of my confidence in many of you, we have given various scholarship amounts to 13 of our own, some full scholarships and some partial.

    At this point, I have to brag on some of our college students! They were so excited about going to the Z2 Convergence that they wanted to make sure to help pay for their fellow students' tickets! A couple of students paid for two tickets; some kept spare change all semester to help with scholarships; and some put back a few dollars each paycheck to help others go. Amazing! That changes my mind about what I normally think of when I think of college students and money!

    Now it is your turn to help, even with $10. We still have $825 left to cover the scholarships we've given. Will you be one of 10 who sponsor the cost of 1 student with a donation of $85, the cost of one ticket? If the Lord moves your heart, all you have to do it go to the Kats for Christ website (www.katsforchrist.com) to find instructions on that page. It is that easy.

    Thank you for reading through my abnormally long email. We pray that God lift us up and protect us this weekend so we can bring glory to His name! Let me know if you have any questions.

    In His service,
  • KFC EOTY Banquet
    Each year the KFC End-of-the-Year Banquet is like a two-hour God highlight reel for the Kats for Christ ministry. We invite all our KFC students, their parents, alumni, friends, and other church leaders to come together for a great meal and a time of sharing, worship, and celebration. We also get to send off our graduating seniors with a blessing!

    We want you to celebrate with us this year! Go to this page to see the details: http://www.katsforchrist.com/info/banquet.
  • KFC Workday Food
    Today has been fun-o-rama for me as we get ready for tomorrow's KFC workday that begins at 8am. I had another last minute idea for those of you interested in helping in some way. 

    Working all day long with about 20 college students and a few HCOC members (I've heard from a couple of people who will stop by at some point tomorrow to help...awesome!) we will certainly work up an appetite. Are you interested in putting together something small for us to eat for lunch and/or dinner? We have beverages and are open to any food you would like to offer.

    I will definitely need to coordinate this a little bit (unless you want use your coordination talents to help us), so let me know what you'd be are interested in providing tomorrow. Since we are painting even our kitchen, we will be outside enjoying the awesome weather for meals.

    Thanks for your continued support of the KFC ministry!
  • KFC Workday THIS Saturday
    Hey everyone,

    Back in the fall a small discussion began about having a spring KFC workday with people from HCOC to spruce up the ever-depreciating Kats for Christ building. I confess my constant struggle to remain organized, on top of things, and zealous for following through with my great and wonderful plans. Because of this and my propensity to hang out with last-minute college students, I am only now communicating that, HEY SURPRISE, we are having that KFC workday this Saturday, March 12th starting at 8am.

    Recognizing this is a fairly major undertaking, I hope we can get the help we need to make this a successful endeavor. Service together always unites people in fun, unexpected ways. I imagine God bringing our campus ministry a little closer to our congregation this Saturday! Right now we have right at 15 students (if you include me) giving up some of their spring break for this KFC workday. I am anticipating that number of students increasing tonight at class.

    Can you help us if you are available? Skilled labor of any kind is very much appreciated, especially with painting, plumbing, cabinets. We could use your expertise and/or your resources. Below are our plans and some of our needs. Let me know if you can help even with one thing.

    Plan:
    Here is the broad plan inside the KFC: paint the inside of the KFC; in the bathrooms, install two new vanities and faucets, take out stalls and one toilet, replace floor tiles; install kitchen faucet; repair minor leak in another kitchen sink; install two upper kitchen cabinets.
    Here is the broad plan outside the KFC: rake/bag leaves; plant grass where back flower bed is; weed/trim/fix front flower beds.

    Items Needed:
    We will be purchasing some of these items if needed. There may be more unanticipated items too. Here is the list: paint brushes, paint rags, rollers, roller extensions, plastic drop clothes, scaffolding, plumbing tools, notch trowel, knives to cut vinyl flooring, gloves, rakes, shovels, spades, leaf blower, hammers, saws all, and drill motor.

    If you have any of these items that we could use this weekend, let me know. I will respond late tonight or early tomorrow since I am out of pocket this afternoon. It would be best to bring these items to the KFC at some point before Saturday. Be sure to mark your items with your name. If you would like to help with the cost of any of these items, you can certainly do that by making a donation to the KFC Fund. Talk to the church office if you are interested.

    I truly appreciate your willingness to help out our campus ministry. The students are really excited about making their home a little more homey. I look forward to hearing from you.

    In His service,
  • Words of Blessing - HCOC
    Long time since my last post. Crazy!

    The power of the spoken word is amazing. I feel compelled to bless others through my words more regularly. Stumbling across some powerful written prayers recently, I desire to spend more time writing out prayers and blessings. I start with a blessing for our congregation at Huntsville Church of Christ. It is one that mimics the blessing Isaac made over Jacob in Genesis 27:27-29.

    "Wow! What an amazingly gracious and forgiving people who truly know how much the Lord has forgiven them!

    May the Lord work his powerful character among you all and bountifully increase the number of His people.

    May whole communities come to you to learn about and participate in the Lord's work.

    May all kinds of people find in you a love so great and abundant that all receive the blessing of life with God Almighty.

    May you take advantage of the Lord's blessing you and actively pursue greater understanding of Him.

    May He sustain you and protect you always."
  • Mike Garcia Baptized
    This morning Mike Garcia, one of our Kats for Christ students, clothed himself with Christ in the waters of baptism at the church building. Many praises go up in heaven for an agnostic turned Christian! He confessed this morning that he wanted to do this to turn away from his sins and walk a new life in Christ. I love the reminder to live up to our baptism in dying to ourselves today and living for God today.

    Chris <><
    Campus Minister
    Kats for Christ

  • Website Redesign
    We have just updated the Kats for Christ website. It is much more interactive and informative than we've had before. Throughout the rest of the summer we will be tweaking, adding, and enhancing the features on the website so the new students in the fall will be blessed by it.
    Please help us with this process by spending a little bit of time (maybe 10 minutes) on the website. Besides becoming better informed about what is going on in our ministry, you will aid us in making this the best place it can be for our students, alumni, friends, and parents.
    Let us know if there are major oversights, unclear explanations, misspelled word, or broken links. Also let us know what features would be beneficial for YOU personally. What would you like to see on the website?
  • LST Party
    Hey everyone,

    I wanted to let you know about our Let's Start Talking teams preparing for their summer projects. As part of their training, each of our 4 teams is responsible for putting together a party. They will do the same thing during their projects this summer, so they are learning now how to do that by actually putting on a party.

    The first team up is SHSU Team Italy (Travis Esquivel and Jonathan Rowe). TONIGHT is the night! The party starts at 8:30pm so there is time to get to the KFC Building after church. There is a facebook event (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=115333001815259&index=1) to which you can respond if you must let everyone know you are coming.

    If you haven't met these two guys (and the rest of our teams!), join us for a great time of fun! Your support will go a long way in helping our teams be prepared to share Jesus and share themselves this summer. I hope you make it!

    Chris <><
    Kats for Christ
    Campus Minister
    christopherblair.blogspot.com

    PS-the other teams will also have a party on April 14, April 28, and May 5. Put these on your calendar!

    PPS-have you heard about our class: Going Deep in a Shallow World? Go to podcast at www.katsforchrist.com
  • KFC Let's Start Talking Projects
    The spring semester is in full swing and we are loving it! God is moving in students' lives, bringing them to various levels of commitment. Some are learning to go deeper in their faith through all our service opportunities and others are making the ultimate commitment to put on Christ in the waters of baptism. Even more students are learning what it means to truly be a Kat for Christ as they mature in their being Jesus' disciple.


    One of the huge parts of this spring semester involves training FOUR teams to go on a Let's Start Talking project this summer. We've never had so many making this commitment to go overseas to help people with their conversational English using the book of Luke. These 12 students are meeting weekly to get ready for what God is going to do through them this summer. This is a huge commitment for them!


    Here is where you can be a tremendous help and blessing to our ministry. Each worker must raise $2,975 for the Let's Start Talking Ministry to go on a project this year. They must have half their funds in next Monday, February 1! A few students have already passed this mark, but many still have a long way to go. Will you partner with our KFC ministry in helping them raise the necessary funds to go to Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, and Germany this summer?


    You can contribute a couple of ways. One, you can go directly to one of the student's team LST pages listed below and contribute securely online with any amount. If you know any of the students that is probably the best way to help them directly. If you don't know which student to give to we have another option. Two, you can go to our KFC LST page and click on the LST KFC Contribution button that will send you to our secure KFC PayPal site to contribute any amount. The money will then be distributed according to those students who need it most to fulfill their commitment.


    Our challenge to our KFC alumni and KFC friends is this: we want to find 40 people to give at least $100 this year that goes directly to our students' LST fundraising commitment. Will you help us with this challenge? Know also that any amount will be accepted and is tax-deductible! We praise God that you want to partner with us in sending students all over the world through this ministry.


    Here are the teams you can help with any financial contribution:



    SHSU Team 1 (Belgium)


    • Austin Atwood
    • Jeremy Baggs
    • Lindsey Montoya

    SHSU Team 2 (Italy)



    • Asia Kopp

    • Jonathan Rowe

    • Travis Esquivel


    SHSU Team 3 (Switzerland)



    • Alicia Carter

    • Monique Bertrand

    • Samantha Allardyce


    SHSU Team 4 (Germany)



    • Jamie Lenz

    • Jessi Pitt

    • Travis Knight




    I thank you in advance for your continued support of our ministry. Let me know if you have any questions. If you want suggestions as to one particular student, please let me know that too!


    Chris
  • Discovering Our Design
    Last weekend was our annual fall retreat. We focused on Discovering Our Design. God has given every person a unique design that we cannot change. We spent the weekend seeking to begin discovering the way that God has wired us. I am excited about seeing these designs working in our ministry helping it function the best it can.

    Oh yeah...we also had a ton of fun. It wouldn't be a retreat without it! Hanging out. Playing games. Staying up late. We did a high ropes course that really pushed some of our students faith! Overall, God was glorified, and we had a chance to get away from the routine to refocus on him. Thanks for you prayers and support for this weekend.

    Chris <><

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