Name: Lana from Ambassadors For Christ
Email: afcpitt@gmail.com
Phone: 240-216-4626

What are the current pursuits of this group?
We started our weekly evangelism on Saturdays at noon two weeks ago*. We meet in the William Pitt Union and try to talk to students about Christ and their faith through surveys. Today, we just had a bake sale for the Invisible Children of Uganda in the Union. Recently, some of our topics of discussion have been “Iron Sharpens Iron” and the “Rain” video by Nooma. We just started our care groups last week, which are smaller intimate groups within AFC. We will have our Prayer Shut-In next Friday* from 8pm-midnight in dining room B of the WPU October 3rd*. I’m so sorry it took so long for me to get back to you.  I saw this flyer lying in my room and a “light bulb” went off.  I’m glad someone desires to do this.

Have you talked with other Christian groups lately?
Yes, actually my room-mate is involved in another Christian organization called Cornerstone and I try to go to their General body meetings periodically with her (Wed.) I also have some friends in CRU (Campus Crusades for Christ), but their general body meetings are also on Wed. Basically, I try to split time between both groups. I just ran into someone from ACF today and we got to talk for a little bit. I talked to the girls on Anointed Steps of Faith (ASF) and we are trying to do something together maybe next semester. I know some people in SOGC. I ran into the president of CSF at Bendum today too. I’m really excited about us doing something together. We usually have an All Campus Worship event this semester and Jesus Week in the spring.

*Note from synclesia: Our apologies for the extreme delay on this post… the times/dates are slightly out-dated due to us being a little slow.

UPitt had its annual Student Activities Fair, which gave us the opportunity to talk with close to 20 different Christian campus organizations. A small group of us decided to visit all these groups… hopefully to encourage them in their pursuits for the Lord, and to try to start fellowship with them.

To say the least, it was a blessed day in which the Lord gave us much encouragement through the little time of talking with our fellow brothers and sisters.

Positives: We felt encouraged that there were many believers willing to stand for the Lord to pursue His riches through reading the Bible, prayer, and fellowship. And through talking to the many groups, several seemed interested in at least having us visit for fellowship. Honestly, we look forward to laying hold of what God may be accomplishing through these groups on campus. We do hope to meet them again, and hope they understand why we came… to promote fellowship between Christians.

Negatives: Not surprisingly, there were a couple of groups that seemed either suspicious of our intentions to promote fellowship between the groups, or weary that there were other groups in the past that tried to do the same… We are not sure exactly how to respond to these thoughts… except to pray in our hearts that any negative experiences they may have had in the past, would not interfere with the possibility of true, open fellowship with us as believers in Jesus.

Despite these small obstacles, we are optimistic that the Lord is really doing something on the UPitt campus, and that through time, fellowship, and prayer with these groups and their leaders, the Lord could foster brotherly love among all of us…. more to come soon, after we gather our thoughts on the experience.

We plan on bringing some new ideas and design for the website as well.  Be prepared for future activities and events that will be geared towards Christian ’cross-pollination‘.  This is an endeavor that will hopefully be a life long process for all involved.

Also, any graphically inclined folks out there that have ideas for the website, please share.  We are constantly looking for better ways to relay the message.