As summer progresses, with its stifling July (and soon, August) heat and vacations beginning and ending, AACF kind of peters out and becomes a bit dormant until the fall. This is not the ideal, and it’s not the same every summer. This summer, a large outflux of students in the beginning of July as well [...]
24Jul10
Summer rolls on
10Sep09
Turning Point, Bowling, Altoona
The band sets up before our large-group meeting, Turning Point, last Friday. Simon, Tim and Andrew are on time and ready for the meeting to start. Afterwards, we went to the bowling alley for a traditional beginning-of-the-year social. Also last week, members of our staff team (Simon, Stacy, Daphne and Sandy; John was the photographer) [...]
22May09
Spring recap
I think that one of the hardest, or most forgotten about, parts of ministry is reporting on it. There’s a strong desire when experiencing good ministry, seeing God at work, to keep pushing forward. God’s working here; let’s not waste any time; let’s go! But it is honoring to God to reflect on His goodness [...]
21Jan09
Epic Conference 2009
Last weekend was the Epic East-coast Conference in Philadelphia, a meeting of many of the Epic movements from schools along the east coast. This year’s conference was extended by a day, taking advantage of Martin Luther King Jr. day when the students had no classes. Pastor Kenji Adachi of Ambassador Bible Church in Virginia gave [...]
1Nov08
October recap
We had a great time at Camp Mount Luther in mid-October at our fall retreat. I was blessed to serve with our praise team throughout the weekend. I should mention that much of what happens at the retreat, like most other aspects of AACF, is student-run. Our students take care of the set-up, tear-down, logistics, [...]