Merry Christmas!

Hello, and congratulations - you have almost made it to the end of the semester (some of you may be already done!). Hopefully the next few days won't be too difficult as you rush through your exams and turn in final projects & papers before the semester comes to a final close.

We pray that you will take time as a ministry to celebrate all that the Lord has accomplished in you and through you over these last several months. We also pray that you take some time this advent season to seek Jesus, to reflect upon Emmanuel - God with us. Let's seek him like the Magi did:

"After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him."" (Matthew 2:1-2)

During this Christmas season we have the privilege of being able to seek and find the same Jesus that the Magi met 2000 years ago. Praise God!

"After they heard the king, they went on their way and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshipped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh." Matthew 2:9-11

I thank God for the example he gave us of the wise men 2000 years ago who took the time and energy to earnestly seek the Christ child then to worship him and give him gifts from their treasures. Let us all take the time to seek Jesus and worship him this Christmas season. It would also be great for us to follow the example of the magi and worship Jesus by giving him gifts from our time and treasures.

Thank you for all you do to serve the Lord on your campus, and have a Merry Christmas!

P.S. Also, keep in mind the upcoming Boston Winter Conference. This is a great opportunity to join with others who are seeking Christ from your campus and many others throughout the Northeast. On-line registration is still open until noon December 26th (http://www.bostonwinterconference.com/register/) so you can still register and even if you don't get to pre-register you may still come to the conference January 2nd. I look forward to see many of you there!