Wow! This semester has gotten off to a running start, that's for sure...
But first of all, welcome! This blog is written solely by students at The Wesley Foundation at The University of Iowa. This blog is a unified place where we will share our experiences with programs at Wesley. It’s a place for us to reflect on what these gatherings mean to us and how we are growing closer to one another and to God. We hope that this will serve as a safe, public place for us to give a student’s perspective on what faith means in college. We also hope to give other students an idea of what Wesley is all about.
A BIT ABOUT ME
I first got involved with Wesley last year (my junior year), because I realized that when I was at college, as opposed to at home, I was missing out on the community and support that I found through gathering with spiritual people (read: church and stuff). In just a year I've made some really great friends -- great as in they are great people and we've become pretty close. I've also gotten more intentional about my own prayer and reflective life. I love having the opportunity to share my beliefs with people who are eager to listen, discuss, and never judge.
STUDENT ORG. FAIR
But I was saying, this semester is already crazy! Last week I represented Wesley at the Student Organization Fair. I got to talk to some neat people and hand out tickets for our free midnight breakfast. I also got pretty sunburned and now my shoulders are peeling. :-p
SPEAKING OF SPIRITUALITY
Then Thursday was my [21st] birthday! I handed out some more Midnight Breakfast tickets during the day, and went to Speaking of Spirituality in the evening. This group holds a special place in my heart because it was the first group I started going to at Wesley. Our topic on Thursday was pretty simple and the mood was celebratory (Eddie, our friend and fellow Wesleyan, also celebrated his birthday). We talked about what we did this summer and what our hopes are for the coming semester! Mostly we ate pizza and laughed a lot.
MIDNIGHT BREAKFAST
Friday night from 11pm-1am Saturday we hosted a free midnight breakfast at Wesley. We were super thankful for a bunch of volunteers from local churches who came out and helped us prepare, make, serve, and clean up the whole event! We had made-to-order pancakes hot off the griddle, fresh scrambled eggs, and sausage. Also milk and juice to wash it all down! My job was to stand outside the building with a sign and get people to come in! It was a little discouraging when for the first hour pretty much everyone turned us down. But BOOM! After midnight we had whole groups of people get excited about it and come enjoy some fresh home-made breakfast food. This event was a blast!
Eddie getting his pancakes and eggs
PIZZA WORSHIP
This was a smaller event on Sunday night. We had free pizza from Godfather's, a great band made up of local First United Methodist Church members, and a short program about the emotions and experiences we have when starting something new. This was fitting for the start of the semester! All in all it was a pretty fun event, except that some of us were still pretty tired from the Midnight Breakfast.
Anyway, that was a pretty looooong post! A lot happened. Hope you're all having a great start of YOUR semester!
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