During Fall Rush I first met Dusty and he told me he was starting a ministry for Greek students. I was hooked. I didn’t know Jesus as my Lord and Savior when I joined ATO but as I came to know him as my Lord and Savior I could see that he wanted you use me in the Greek system to bring people back to him. However, I was young in my walk and not to confident in what I was doing. I tried to be a Christian in the Greek setting (I knew it was possible but wasn’t succeeding too well) but was struggling with being busy and feeling all alone. Then along came Dusty and Greek IV and seeing that I was not the only one at Clemson that felt this way was an encouragement to me. This has given me the motivation to be more serious about my faith and my Greek friends. 1 Thessalonians 2: 11-12 says “For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children, encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory.”
I feel that this has been what Greek IV has been about so far: gathering a strong core group of students who proclaim Jesus as Lord and Savior and comforting and encouraging each other in our trials, tribulations, and struggles of trying to bring Light into a dark place. We are now taking steps into urging one another into living lives worthy of God: Bible studies are popping up in new chapters and our attendance is growing. We are also planning some outreach events such as a guy’s camping weekend to get more males involved and a tailgate. Greek IV is growing fast at Clemson University, but we aren’t there yet. It is our hope that you will continue to support us and encourage when you can.
Update: Michael (far left in the picture) graduated from Clemson in May 2007. He is now in his second year of grad school at Clemson, where he remains active in volunteering with Greek IV, Greek Conference and staying in touch with some of his younger fraternity brothers.
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The Greek IV story was shared by Dusty Harrison Author Website: http://people.clemson.edu/~greekiv Author Email: Contact Author Author Bio: Dusty is a campus staff with Greek InterVarsity at Clemson University. More Stories by Dusty Harrison |
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