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| Please pray for the friends and family of Jason Ray, the University of North Carolina senior and Tarheels beloved mascot for three years. Jason who was struck by a car before UNC's sweet 16 game last week, and he passed away Monday night. Jason was an active member of InterVarsity and led Bible studies for off-campus upperclassmen.
Daily Tarheel Story about Jason's Death
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| This isn't an InterVarsity event, but I think it'll interest many of you.
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Beck Institute / Fordham University Conference on Religion and Poverty
Date: April 16, 2007 from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm EDT
Location: McNally Auditorium Fordham University School of Law
INTERFAITH CONFERENCE:
THE BECK INSTITUTE ON RELIGION AND POVERTY of the GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SERVICE FORDHAM UNIVERSITY will be convening an all day interfaith conference on CELEBRATING FAITH IN ACTION:
The Religious Community's Response to the Challenge of Poverty: "What Works"
Monday, April 16, 2007
9:00-4:30
McNally Auditorium
Fordham University School of Law
New York City
Morning Speakers
Rev. Dr. Bryan Hehir, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Dr. John Kretzmann, Asset-Based Community Development Institute, Northwestern University
Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes Jr., Senior Pastor, The Riverside Church
Afternoon Workshops
Advocacy - Cathedral Community Cares, St. John the Divine and St. Bartholomew�s Church
Congregational Organizing - B'nai Jeshurun and Jewish Funds for Justice
Creating Service Programs - The Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies
Education as a Human Right - National Center for Schools and Communities
Homeless Shelters and Addictions - The Bowery Mission
Housing - Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement
Inter-Religious Dialogue - TBA
Immigration - Tzu Chi Buddhist Foundation and The Latino Pastoral Action Center
Life Skills/Mentoring Programs - Interfaith Assembly on Homelessness and Housing and New York Catholic Charities
Living Wage - Greater New York Labor-Religion Coalition
Post-incarceration - Exodus Transitional Program
Poverty and the Law - Legal Services for New York City and LAWHELP,NY
Soup Kitchens -West Side Campaign Against Hunger, Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew
Food Pantries - St. John's Bread and Life
Open to the Public
All workshop information and registration procedures for the conference will be posted on our website www.fordham.edu/beckinstitute on February 14, 2007.
For questions: beckinst@fordham.edu
1255 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027 | (212) 851-2300 | | | |
| Help college students rebuild New Orleans during March Madness!
College students will produce the most exciting basketball this month.
They will also be changing the world. As you root for your favorite college basketball teams this month, over 230 Boston area college students are spending their spring breaks rebuilding homes in New Orleans.
Help them along by joining our March Madness fundraiser pool on Yahoo! Join this pool for a suggested minimum donation of $25. There is a gift for the winner of the pool in the form of a $200 amazon.com gift certificate.
To join the pool, email me with the amount you'd like to donate. You'll receive details of the private group to enter your Yahoo bracket into. Make sure you complete your predictions before the first game starts on Thursday, March 15th.
You can donate by going online to: http://intervarsity.org/donate/to/BostonKatrina, or by sending a check to:
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
Attn: Boston Katrina Relief Project
P.O. Box 7895
Madison, WI 53711
Money raised will go to support the Katrina Relief Urban Plunge run by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA. Students will be rebuilding homes in New Orleans during the day and exploring the intersection of faith and service in the evening. InterVarsity's Boston chapters are raising $38,000 to underwrite this project. InterVarsity exists to see students transformed, faculty and campuses renewed, and world changers developed.
For more information about the project, contact Jimmy
To donate without participating in the pool:
http://intervarsity.org/donate/to/BostonKatrina | | |
| Wow, we’re really overdue for a post. So here goes… Hopefully many of you made it to Urbana in December. Over 2,000 IV alums came to St. Louis to join over 22,000 other attendees worship God. Check out the updates on www.urbana.org. In other news, the Wall Street Journal recently published an article about the new generation of religious children with secular and/or nominally religious parents. What happens when the kids are more devout than mom and dad? Of special note, InterVarsity’s very own Tom Lin (Midwest Regional Director) and Greg Jao (New York / New Jersey Regional Director) discussed why it’s so hard for the children of immigrants. Click here to see a copy of the article: "Religion's Generation Gap", Katherine Rosman, March 2, 2007 | | |
| Hey guys, don't forget that Early Bird Registration for Urbana 06 ends this Sunday, October 15th! After that, prices go up $75.
If you're registering for the Open for Business Conference, use the registration discount code P14441 to get $55 off. The code expires Octiber 15th.
If you're an InterVarsity Alum, use the registration discount code A11023 to get $50.
And
if you refer a friend, you can get $20 off for each friend that
registers! (note: maximum discount codes of $100 applicable to
registration; $20 refer-a-friend discount is unlimited, so you can
actually go to Urbana for free if you get enough friends to come!)
Also, don't forget to check out the Urbana track focusing on the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Come discuss how we as Christians can and should face this horrible problem.
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