KFC Reunion

All the information about this summer's 45th Kats for Christ Reunion is online. Mark your calendars now for June 27th and 28th. You will find the tentative schedule there as well as numbers to local hotels. There will be a time to RSVP, but more information about that will be available in the next few weeks.

KFC Garage Sale Fundraiser

At the end of last year, we mentioned that we were going to have a garage sale to benefit KFC missions some time in the spring...probably March or April. We asked our congregation for donations that we would eventually sale. Logistically, we began telling our congregation early this year that we would accept and pick up donations for our garage sale. Never would we have imagined that this project would become so grand!

Things began to trickle in slowly. A bag of clothes, a desk, a box of a few things, a bag of something else, bikes, an entertainment center, lawn equipment, a table, another box, and more and more and more stuff. We completely filled up the room in the basement of the KFC Student Center! No joke! Then we took it to the church the week before the garage sale.

As we unpacked everything, we were overwhelmed with the generosity of our congregation! And my wife, Tanya, performed the impossible: she organized and got price tags on every item. I can't tell you how much time it took to do this. As you can see from the picture, the church fellowship hall was completely packed!

All that we raised will go toward Kats for Christ mission expenses. This would include expenses for our Let's Start Talking projects as well as our spring break mission projects to Mexico, Galveston, or any other place we end up going. I also imagine other mission efforts coming up that would fit in this category.

We praise our God for such a loving congregation. Thanks to all you who help us be Kats for Christ on campus!

KFC Spring Break in Galveston

We had a great trip to Galveston this year. It was the first time that I had been a part of a joint youth/college mission trip. I must say that we will do this again! Not only does it help build a community of faith with our college students, but also with our High School students getting ready for college.

It was amazing to see the amount of destruction that still remains in Galveston and especially on Bolivar peninsula. The picture up top is a house we saw in the middle of a field. It was as if a huge hand just picked it up off its pillars and set it down in the middle of the field...completely in tact but certainly destroyed!

As far as work, we completely gutted a house tearing down sheet rock, bricks, and anything that wasn’t structural on the house. Working with Nehemiah's Vision, we also went to one assigned lot at a time and picked up everything in sight that wasn’t dirt! Trash, debris, wood, fences, metal, plastic, wires, etc. Each lot took about 1.5 hours to clean up. It was so rewarding to see all the stuff we cleaned up.

We praise God for the opportunity to serve during a week where most college students take off to do everything except praise their creator!

KFC Alumni

I have set up an online form for Kats for Christ alumni to update their contact information with us. You can signup to receive KFC email updates and also information on our upcoming 45th Anniversary KFC Reunion this summer. I am excited about bringing our alumni a little closer to this ministry!

Song of Solomon Class

Last night we started the video portion of our series on relationships. We are using Tommy Nelson's DVD series on the Song of Solomon as the basis for our discussion. What I love about this series is the discussion groups afterwards. Three couples (and two married people) from church have committed to help us this semester with these groups. This is really a chance for our students to be surrounded by God's people and encouraged in their wrestling with relationship stuff.

One student came to me last night telling me how excited she was about this class. Through tears she shared how meaningful it was to have good examples of what a marriage should look like. She cherished that she is going to get to know these couples and learn from them things that she didn't get from her parents.

What a testimony to God working through people to encourage his people! I love to see it when God brings a student closer to his heart through the things we do in this ministry!

Lord, continue to give us wisdom as we seek to glorify your name. Empower us to advance your kingdom one conversation at a time! Let us reflect who you are more and more each day. Amen.

I Am Second

Rarely do I take what I see on billboards seriously enough to actually go to a website seen on one! But, I'm glad I did that this time. During the Christmas holidays, I saw several billboards all over the Dallas area with famous people on them. Written across the front was a lonely "iamsecond.com." The one that really caught my eye and made me visit the site was Jason Castro from American Idol. So I went, as should you.

On Thursday nights this semester we are incorporating videos from this website into our devotional times. The gist of the videos is that these people (some famous, some not) have come to a place where they overcome struggles by realizing that God is first in their life; Jesus is the most important thing; they are second. Their testimonies range from struggles with drug addiction to issues of success and fame to life growing up in a Christian home.

I am looking forward to how these videos impact our students this year. We will have a little discussion about them during devo time, but the point is to really get them thinking about their own struggles in learning to follow Jesus more completely. You should check out the videos.

Welcome

I have created this blog in an effort to communicate what is going on with Kats for Christ in Huntsville, Texas at Sam Houston State University. At our very core, we are seeking to train and mature disciples of Jesus. Everything we do stems from this basic commitment.

By opening this line of communication, I hope to provide a place where parents can "check in" on their students. Students will be able to see and remember how God works in their lives. Supporters of Kats for Christ will be able to read regular updates to get a pulse on the ministry. Others will just be able to get a glimpse into what goes on around here.

In all, I pray that God bring glory to his name through this channel of communication.

In His service,

Chris Blair <><