The vtONE Spring 2011 Worship Event
The vtONE Spring 2011 Worship Event was a great and inspiring time of worship and prayer with the body of Christ at Virginia Tech. We were also blessed to be joined by many people from other campuses, as well as several ministries/churches in the New River Valley.
Our theme for this event was WELCOMED: Living a Lifestyle that Welcomes God. Jeff Noble, pastor of Northstar Church (Blacksburg, VA), was our speaker. He gave a challenging call to face the things that hold us back from inviting God into all areas of our lives. It was a very encouraging opportunity to see God and how He welcomes us into His family and His Kingdom, and also how He gives us the grace to pursue him and to open our lives to Him.
Japan Crisis and Assistance Opportunities
During one of our prayer times, we had an opportunity to join together in prayer for Japan and those dealing with the aftermath of the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan.. At the time of the event, the official death toll was around 7,000. However, more than 10,700 are listed as missing, and the figures are rising. Some 390,000 people, including many among Japan’s aging population, are homeless and battling near-freezing temperatures in shelters in northeastern coastal areas. Food, water, medicine and heating fuel are in short supply. Additionally, Japan is working hard to prevent the spread of radiation from a badly damaged nuclear reactor.
Let’s continue to stand together in prayer for Japan and everyone who is affected by this devastation. Let’s pray that God would be at work in the midst of all of this: that he would prevent the nuclear reactor from deteriorating anymore and stop the spread of radiation, that he would reunite those who are lost with their loved ones; that he would provide food to the hungry and shelter to the homeless; that He would strengthen the church in that region; and that draw people to Himself by His mercy and compassion and that they would come to know His salvation and His love.
There are several ways to assist Japan financially. A few organizations are: Convoy of Hope (Select “tsunami & quake Japan” in the designation section), Hokies United, and The American Red Cross.
Spring 2011 Worship Event Thank-You’s
- God for working through us and in us and allowing us to be a part of seeing His Kingdom come to the campus of Virginia Tech and the New River Valley!!! Thank You for allowing us to worship together in such a great atmosphere of unity and grace and love. Jesus, You will present a church without spot or wrinkle, and You are working that in us through the united fellowship that we experience.
- Jeff Noble, pastor of Northstar Church (Blacksburg, VA), for being the speaker for this event and for offering a challenging, timely, and encouraging message.
- The campus ministries at Virginia Tech & the ministries/churches in the New River Valley who continue to support unity in the body of Christ at Virginia Tech.
- New Life Christian Fellowship (NLCF) for providing some of the equipment for this event as well as being an administrative partner with us.
- The War Memorial Chapel of Virginia Tech, Grace Covenant Presbyterian and Blacksburg Christian Fellowship (BCF) for allowing us to use their facilities for vtONE Worship Team practices.
- Midway Production Services for working with us to provide production equipment for the worship event.
- Virginia Tech: Production Services, Event Planning, and the War Memorial Chapel for services provided for the worship event and the 24-hour prayer event.
- The multi-ministry worship team – THANK YOU for all of your hard work and sacrifice (and for putting up with me)! Also, thank you for being willing to use the gifts God has given you to serve the body of Christ at VT by working with the Spirit to facilitate an environment of unity and worship.
- Campus Leaders who came and prayed prayers of blessing over the body of Christ at Virginia Tech.
- Our prayer leaders for the worship event, Marissa Rice, Barry Agnew & Craig Sweeney.
- Marissa Rice for not only being a prayer leader, but also being our MC for this event.
- Kristin Claeys for designing the graphics for our promo, new T-Shirts, and the vtONE Fall 2009 & Spring 2010 Worship Albums. She has continued to work with us even after she graduated and moved away! Please check out her website.
- The Chi Alpha Worship Team, as well as everyone else who participated in the 24-Hour Prayer Event.
- Donny Hanle for being our visual media controller (VMC).
- Christina Wudijono for helping with our merchandise table.
- Kevin Gillespie for running the audio recording for the event, for managing the live online stream of the event, and for mastering the vtONE Fall 2009 & Spring 2010 Worship albums.
- Kevin Boyd, a Virginia Tech alumnus and former vtONE Leadership Team member, who drove all the way from Leesburg, Virginia (for the second time) to be our Stage Manager & Assistant Production Coordinator for the worship event.
- The vtONE Leadership Team [Mike Snow (our production coordinator and event sound engineer), Elizabeth Harbolick (our promo coordinator and event merchandise sales coordinator), Allyson Paone (our president, who helps with event logistics and coordination), Brian Groves (our event lighting designer/engineer), and Brad Hopkins (our prayer coordinator who organized the 24-Hour Prayer Event that preceded the worship event) for working so hard to bring this event together.
A special thanks to the tremendous number of volunteers who are always an instrumental part of executing these events.
vtONE Giving
If you would like to be a financial partner with vtONE, you can find more information at vt-one.org/giving, or you can just click here.
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If you have any questions, or would like more information about vtONE, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
“WE WELCOME YOU WITH PRAISE”
In Him,
Isaac Barber
vtONE Advisor
vt-one@vt.edu
vt-one.org
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