vtONE Fall 2010 Worship Event: Thank Yous and More…
THE vtONE FALL 2010 WORSHIP EVENT:
- The vtONE Fall 2010 Worship Event was such an AMAZING time of united prayer and worship in the body of Christ at Virginia Tech. We were so blessed to have people join us from other campuses, as well as several ministries/churches in the New River Valley.
- Instead of a speaker, we had video interview testimonies of students sharing parts of their lives, their relationships with God, as well as a few other things they are passionate about. Their stories were honest and encouraging, and we are so grateful that they allowed us to share their stories with our community.
JUSTICE/SERVICE/OUTREACH ORGANIZATIONS:
The following is a list of organizations mentioned by some of the video interview participants, as well as a few other organizations that campus ministries at Virginia Tech partner with:
- Living Water: www.water.cc
- Nuru: www.nuruinternational.org
(Nuru at Virginia Tech’s Facebook group: “Nuru International @ VT” )
- Blood:Water Mission: www.bloodwatermission.com
- Exodus Cry: exoduscry.com
- The A 21 Campaign: www.thea21campaign.org
- Rescue Mission (Roanoke, Virginia): rescuemission.net
- Appalachia Service Project (Virginia Tech): www.aspvt.org.vt.edu
- The Acts 2 Ministry: www.acts2ministry.org
- Convoy of Hope – www.convoyofhope.org
- Save the Children – www.savethechildren.org
- Compassion International – www.compassion.com/contribution/giving/disasterrelief
- World Vision – www.worldvision.org/worldvision/eappeal.nsf/egift-haiti-earthquake-relief
FALL 2010 WORSHIP EVENT THANK YOUS:
THANK YOU:
- 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!!!
- The campus ministries at Virginia Tech & the ministries/churches in the New River Valley who have supported 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 Baptist Collegiate Ministries at Virginia Tech (BCM) and Blacksburg Christian Fellowship (BCF) for allowing us to use their facilities for vtONE Worship Team practices.
- Midway Music 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.
- Everyone who participated in the video interview testimonies for the worship event.
- The multi-ministry worship team – THANK YOU for all of your hard work and sacrifice!
- Our prayer leaders for the worship event, Omari Bannister & Katie Newberger.
- Our MC for the worship event, Brittnee Willoughby!
- Taylor Terrill for putting so much work and time into putting the video interviews together.
- Kristin Claeys for designing the graphics for our promo (she also designed our current logo). She has continued to work with us even after she graduated and moved away!
- Brad Hopkins for organizing the 24-Hour Prayer Event that preceded the worship event, as well as setting up the prayer stations in the back of the worship event.
- The Chi Alpha Worship Team, as well as everyone else who participated in the 24-Hour Prayer Event.
- Laura Strickland for being our visual media controller (VMC).
- Kevin Gillespie for running the audio recording, as well as managing the live online stream of the worship event.
- Kevin Boyd, a Virginia Tech alumnus and former vtONE Leadership Team member, who drove all the way from Leesburg, Virginia to be our Stage Manager 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 Amanda Thomas (who plays a support role for all areas of the vtONE Leadership Team)] 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.
PASSION 2011:
- Passion 2011 is coming soon. Find out more information (registration, cost, etc.) on their website.
- You can also check out their Facebook page here.
THE vtONE SPRING 2011 WORSHIP EVENT:
The vtONE Spring 2011 Campus-wide Worship Event will be on Saturday, March 19, 2011 from 7pm to 10pm in Squires Commonwealth Ballroom (Virginia Tech). – MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!
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 email us: vt-one@vt.edu
“OH PRAISE THE ONE WHO PAID MY DEBT AND RAISED THIS LIFE UP FROM THE DEAD”
In Him,
Isaac Barber
vtONE Advisor
vt-one@vt.edu
vt-one.org
vtONE Fall 2010 Worship Event
The vtONE Fall 2010 Worship Event will be held on Saturday November 13, 2010 at 7pm in Squires Commonwealth Ballroom at Virginia Tech – MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!! [Check out the Fall 2010 Worship Event Page here]
Operation Christmas Child:
vtONE is once again partnering with Operation Christmas Child (You can find more information about this organization here). We are going to try to give shoe boxes/supply lists to each of the campus ministries to hand out to everyone who wants to participate and use the vtONE Fall 2010 Worship Event as our primary drop-off location. Also, starting on Wednesday (October 20, 2010) you will be able to pick up shoe boxes/supply lists at War Memorial Chapel, located on the Drillfield at Virginia Tech (the supplies will be located next to the office in the Chapel). – For more information and updates, you can visit the vtONE Operation Christmas Child Facebook Group.
As always, if you have any questions or need any additional information, feel free to contact us.
Thanks!
The vtONE Leadership Team
vt-one@vt.edu
vtONE Spring 2010 Worship Event – TODAY!!!
Hello Everyone,
In just a few hours, we will be kicking off the vtONE Spring 2010 Campus-wide Worship Event.
We are so blessed that the vision of united worship and prayer that started so many years ago is still such an important part of our community.
We hope that you will join us this evening as we lift up the name of Jesus Christ together! Our God is awesome, and He loves it when His children come together in unity.
John 17:22,23 (part of a prayer Jesus prayed for us) – NASB
-22- “The glory which you have given Me I have given to them, that they may be as one, just as We are one;”
-23- “I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me.”
We hope to see you tonight!
Uniting His campus for His glory,
vtONE
vt-one@vt.edu
vtONE Spring 2010 Campus-wide Worship Event
vtONE SPRING 2010 WORSHIP EVENT:
- When: Saturday, February 20th @ 7pm
- Where: Squires Commonwealth Ballroom at Virginia Tech.
THE SPEAKER:
Our speaker is Ron Barnard, former Virginia Tech Chi Alpha campus pastor. He is going to share an awesome and gripping story from his life that is full of pain, joy, love, and God’s incredible grace. We truly believe you won’t want to miss this!!!
THE BAND:
We will, once again, have a multi-ministry worship band rockin’ the house and lifting up the name of Jesus Christ.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS:
We are definitely ready for another opportunity to join together in united worship and prayer.
We hope to see you there!
VOLUNTEERING INFO:
Interested in volunteering at the event? Let us know by e-mail at vt-one@vt.edu.
FACEBOOK EVENT:
Click here to join the Facebook event.
vtONE Fall 2009 Worship Event
The vtONE Fall 2009 Worship Event will be held in the Squires Commonwealth Ballroom on Saturday, October 3rd at 7pm. We’re excited to have Chris Faith, one of the elders of Blacksburg Christian Fellowship (BCF), as our speaker for this event.
vtONE is partnering with Operation Christmas Child. Since 1993, they have delivered over 68 million gift-filled shoe boxes to needy children in over 130 countries around the world. New Life Christian Fellowship, [nlcf], will be supplying 1000 shoe boxes for the event. At the event, you’ll have an opportunity to take a box home and fill it with items from a provided list. Drop off locations will be announced at the event. Let’s be a blessing to children around the world!
Come join us for an awesome time to experience God together in prayer and in worship!
If you have any questions or need any further information, please feel free to contact us.
Thanks,
The vtONE Team
Worship Event Time
Hey all! Â We’ve made the call and vtONE will begin at 3pm. Â The event is in the afternoon, not at night! Â Here are the full details:
vtONE Fall 2008 Worship Event
Saturday, September 27, 2008
3pm-6pm
Squires Commonwealth Ballroom
After the worship event, we encourage you to go fellowship with your friends and watch the VT vs. Nebraska game.
Hope to see you there!
Fall 2008 Worship Event
Welcome back!  Our fall worship event will be on September 27, 2008, in Commonwealth Ballroom.  The time is TBA, because there is the Nebraska football game that day and the time of the game hasn’t been announced yet.  Keep checking this site the week of the event to find out what time we’re getting together!
vtONE April Gathering and Prayer Week
vtONE will be hosting a gathering starting at 8pm on April 15th, in Squires Commonwealth Ballroom. Â This event will be somewhat low-key; you are invited to bring a blanket with which to sit on the floor. Â We will gather to worship, pray, and proclaim God’s power through tragedy.
We will also host daily prayer at noon the week of 4/14 – 4/18.  Each day we will gather at the Burruss flagpoles to have a short time of worship, and then extended prayer on a specific topic each day.
We hope you can join us!
Please Pray for Northern Illinois
Hi folks,
As you may know, a massive shooting occurred yesterday at Northern Illinois University, on par with the tragedy that happened here less than a year ago. Â Please pray for the students, staff and faculty, and anyone else involved or affected by this horrible incident. Â There is power in our prayer, because God hears and honors his children’s prayers, and we are able to weep with NIU. Â We are praying for you all!
updated news on the incident can be found here:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/15/university.shooting/index.html
Week of Prayer!
Hey everyone!  Sorry for the delay in announcement.  vtONE is working with Campus Crusade and the BCM to host a week of prayer next week, leading up to our worship event.  Here’s the scoop:
The Kick-Off is Sunday, January 20th at 7pm in the BCM for a time of prayer & praise.
you can sign up for a dedicated time slot from 7am to 7pm each day, Monday through Saturday.  The BCM prayer room will be open 24 hours a day regardless.  Sign up at:
http://www.pray.vtcru.org/
Each day at noon, we will gather to pray over a prayer wall that is posted in the BCM prayer room.
Each night at 7pm, there will be prayer and praise led by students from various campus ministries.
After noon on Saturday, prayer for vtONE will move to Squires 217.
The BCM building is located on the corner of Washington St. and Kent St., right on the edge of campus.
Please feel free to sign up for more than one slot by yourself, with friends, or a small group. Â Hope you join us!
Spring 2008 Worship Event
Hey guys! Â Just a heads up that our spring worship event will take place on Saturday, January 26, at 7:00pm in Commonwealth Ballroom in Squires. Â We are looking forward to it being another great time to worship and pray together. Â Mark your calendars!
vtONE Outdoor Worship Gathering Saturday
This Saturday, 7-10pm on Henderson Lawn at College Ave & Main St in downtown Blacksburg.
A night where we gather together across ministries and churches as God’s united family in downtown Blacksburg. We’ll have worship and prayer, plus Louie Giglio from the Passion movement will be sharing his heart with us.
Bring your friends (they don’t have to know Jesus) and spread the word. This campus is a broken place and the solution isn’t a ministry or church, the answer is Jesus Christ and his sacrifice for us. The event is just a few days away–help us get the word out!
Since we will be outdoors, please dress for the weather.
If My people, who are called by My name, shall humble themselves, pray, seek, crave, and require of necessity My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.
1 Corinthians 12:12
Facebook event (invite your friends!)
Prayer at the Burruss Flagpoles, noon – 1pm all week
In light of this past week, we feel it is important that we as believers on this campus be united in prayer continuously. Monday through Friday, at 12 noon until about 1pm, at the flagpoles in front of Burruss, we will have some worship and extended group prayer. We invite you to join the Christian body to pray for a different topic each day. Hope to see you there!
There will also be some worship tonight (Monday) night on the Burruss steps at 8:30. Bring instruments!
Update: we will be at the Burruss flagpoles rain or shine. Please wear weather appropriate clothing!
Prayers from Around the World
People are praying for Virginia Tech from around the world. In the past two days, I’ve talked to people concerned about our campus from more states than I can count . . . Wisconsin, Ohio, Louisiana, Florida to name a few.
We wanted to share some of the prayers and stories that have been flowing into vtONE from around the world. Take a look at these stories, and feel free to add a comment and share your own stories.
A big God thing is starting on our campus, and I can’t help but believe that Satan is using this catastrophic event to try and get us to lose sight of God’s mission for us. Let’s remember who our king is and give Satan a slap in the face by turning this tragedy into a huge opportunity for ministry and a huge testimony of God’s faithfulness in the midst of crisis.
Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
Isaiah 40:28-31
Pray for Virginia Tech
It’s been the kind of day that you wouldn’t wish on anyone here at Virginia Tech. Our campus has been shaken, but God is still our king.
As people are coping with the loss of so many members of our community, we want to take every chance that we have to lift our campus up in prayer. There’s a few specific things that we can pray for:
- The injured members of our community
- The families of those who have passed away, especially that people in their lives would be able to share the Good News with them while they’re more receptive
- That a tragedy like this one would not derail what God is doing on this campus. God is moving powerfully here like we saw two weekends ago, and a tragedy like this is no excuse to let Satan have the victory instead of God.
- Ministry opportunities as our campus heals to share the Good News with people who wouldn’t have cared at all 24 hours ago.
Gatherings related to the tragedy in Blacksburg:
- 7 p.m., West Eggleston Hall on Virginia Tech campus – sponsored by IV
- 8 p.m., Henderson Lawn on Virginia Tech campus – sponsored by VT
- 8 p.m. at the Old Red Cross Building (130 Jackson Street, Downtown Blacksburg) – sponsored by NLCF
- 6 or 7 p.m., Blacksburg Church of Christ
- 7 p.m., Blacksburg Presbyterian Church
- University ceremony, 2pm TOMORROW in Cassel Coliseum
- Planned gathering for the Christian body Wednesday night (details not yet available)
Outside Blacksburg:
- 6 p.m., St. John’s Episcopal Church, Roanoke
- 8 p.m., McLean Bible Church Community Room A, McLean, VA
- 8 p.m., Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
We appreciate your prayers as our campus struggles to resume life. Please post a comment if you’re aware of any other goings on that would be of interest to the Christian body at VT ro cool ways of how God has worked through this bad situation.
Spring Worship Event: March 31
This semester’s worship event will be on March 31 in Squires Commonwealth at 7pm. Come for an evening of repentance, prayer, worship, and unity as we proclaim that Jesus is Lord over all parts of our lives.
Come ready to be challenged about how you can have a bigger impact for God’s kingdom on our campus. Bring your friends, your small group, people from your classes. We’re believing that God is going to shake and rock our campus.
Check back here for more information about the event as it comes in.
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
Ephesians 3:20-21
24 Hour Prayer: March 30-31
Before we come together as a campus and worship, we want to lift our campus up in prayer. We’re not talking about praying for 15 minutes before the worship event, or even an hour. We’re going to be praying for 24 hours before the worship event through the end of the worship event.
To make that happen, we need some people to volunteer to spend 1-2 hours praying for our campus. We’re looking for at least 3-4 people to be praying at a time, so grab a few friends and email vt-one@vt.edu to grab a spot.
7pm – 10am at the Prayer Room (directions)
10am – 10pm in Squires meeting room 217 (near Commonwealth Ballroom)
See the schedule for 24 hour prayer here.
Prayer Room Reopening for Spring 2007
Spring semester is now in full swing. We’re going to be back up and running with the prayer room starting this Sunday, January 21. The hours are the same as last semester: Sunday 5pm – 9pm, Monday 9pm – 12mid, and Tuesday 9pm – 12mid.
We’d love to extend those hours, so if you’re interested in being a gatekeeper for an hour a week, lifing our campus up in prayer, please send us an email.
Prayer Room Open
It’s finally here! The vtONE Prayer Room is now open. Every week this semester, the prayer room will be open these hours:
| Sunday: 5pm – 8pm Monday: 9pm – midnight Tuesday: 9pm – midnight |
See the prayer room page for the location and other information. Interested in getting involved with the prayer room? Send an email to vt-one@vt.edu.
We look forward to lifting up our campus in prayer with you!
If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.
2 Chronicles 7:14-15
Upcoming worship event and prayer blog
It’s under a week until the next worship event (September 23, not September 7, like some of the info cards had by mistake). This week, we’d like to ask all of you to pray for several things to get us ready to worship together. Check back each day this week for a new post that will guide you in praying for the worship event. Today’s prayer blog will be posted shortly.
Fall Worship Event
“And the one on whom seed was sown on the good soil, this is the man who hears the word and understands it; who indeed bears fruit . . . “
Matthew 13:23
Join us on September 23 in Squires Commonwealth Ballroom for the fall worship event. It’s going to be a powerful evening of getting right before God, praying for our campus, and uniting through worship. Doors open at 7pm.
Grab some food with your friends after the Cincinnati game, and then come over to Squires for an evening about planting seeds, bearing fruit, and perseverance. Now’s a great time to start inviting your friends, people from your ministry, people who live on your hall, and anyone who needs to be encouraged in their faith.
Online prayers
I want to draw your attention to two new features of this blog: a prayer requests page and a page about answered prayers. You can visit those pages and post comments on them sharing a prayer request or an answered prayer. Better directions are on the top of both those pages. Let’s use the prayer requests page to get us praying about the same big things and use the answered prayers page as encouragement. Please check out those pages and keep on praying.
Prayer journal
During the prayer event, we had a journal by the chapel entrance where people could write down prayers, ways that God had answered their prayers, or whatever was on their hearts. Looking through the journal was awesome, and we want to share that experience with you.
Click here to read the prayer journal
Prayer stations and recap
Praying with you all was awesome today. Thanks for dedicating an entire day to making God’s name known on this campus. We’re encouraged and excited from what we’ve already seen happen as a result of our prayers. We’ll be posting some more updates here during the next few days.
By popular request, here are the prayer stations from the prayer event.
If you have something to share about your experience during the prayer event or you wanted to write in the journal but didn’t get a chance, please click the link below to add a comment to this post and let us know what’s on your heart.
And my people, my God-defined people, respond by humbling themselves, praying, seeking my presence, and turning their backs on their wicked lives, I’ll be there ready for you: I’ll listen from heaven, forgive their sins, and restore their land to health. (2 Chronicles 7:14 MSG)
Amen!