This year, however, I was not looking forward to the start of school. I was excited to see my students, but I was tired from the year before. We have a lot of students coming to our in-house ministries, but a very small percentage attending our events! And I was tired of trying to get students at events, being told no, and most of all feeling like an event planner!
So I came back to campus a bit fearful and anxious of the year ahead.
Due to the fact that women must be at recruitment two weeks early and fraternity men drag their heals as they back to school, we couldn’t find a time for a back to school retreat. Fearful of another event to have to recruit students to, I decided that we would start with a praise and worship night.
Partnering with Colton, a Junior from Sigma Epsilon Phi, we hosted a worship night on Herdy Field. A week before the evening I asked our partners to help by praying during the 24 hours before the event. During those 24 hours I felt God give me peace about the event. Emails came all throughout the day about how our partners were lifting Greek InterVarsity up in prayer.
Later that night as I walked onto Herdy field I began to get nervous. Was this going to be another event that nobody to came to? Do I really have to offer free food to get students to show up? But as my brain starting spinning into worry mode I felt embrace from all the prayers throughout the day.
As Colton began to play more and more students joined us. A new freshmen even wandered into the mix. While there were a few a hiccups (the guitarist played a couple songs we didn’t have words to and one of our leaders lit the grass on fire), the majority of our night was amazing. As we lifted our voices up in praise we were united as one body. For the first time, Greek InterVarsity praised the Lord as one movement!
Today I left a group of students who were passing out fliers for Greek InterVarsity. For the first time the students are unified and ready for the new year. They are excited about what God is going to do, not just in their fraternity/sorority, but excited about how they are going to transform the entire Greek System.
God, through a powerful night of worship, unified students in a way that will transform the UGA Greek System.
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The Greek IV story was shared by Paula Frances Gay Author Website: http://greekiv.org Author Email: Contact Author Author Bio: PF is currently serving as a campus staff with Greek InterVarsity at the University of Georgia. More Stories by Paula Frances Gay |
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