Category Archives: Ministry Updates

David’s Dialogues June- Prayer & Planning Dear Friend, Things have definitely slowed down in Blacksburg now that summer is in full swing.  Summer classes have begun, and most people have gotten into their rhythm for this season.  When the town changes seasons so drastically, our church does as well! Our Summer Engage Group has beenContinueContinue reading “June Ministry Update”

David’s Dialogues May- Celebrating a good year! Dear Friend, When the month of May rolls around, it is always a quick ramp to the finish, and then sending off many of our students into the summer.  On Reading Day (the day before exams begin), we held a pancake breakfast for freshmen and sophomores.  The goalContinueContinue reading “May Ministry Update”

David’s Dialogues April- Teaching, Celebrating, and Easter Dear Friend, April is always a busy month for our church, as well as the campus community of Virginia Tech.  We started off the month with our annual spring dance, this year being 90’s themed.  This was an opportunity for outreach, inviting others outside our church community toContinueContinue reading “April Ministry Update”

David’s Dialogues March- God is moving in Honduras! Dear Friend, The past month was quite a journey!  I wanted to spend the majority of this update sharing about our trip to Honduras over Virginia Tech’s Spring Break. Overall, the week was amazing, but there were definitely some challenges along the way.  The challenges started aboutContinueContinue reading “March Ministry Update”

David’s Dialogues February- Teaching, workshops, and more! Dear Friend, As busy as January was, February was probably even busier!  Many of my specific job roles are more active in the spring, and many of those events and activities fell in February, amid busy preparation for a trip to Honduras the first week of March. AtContinueContinue reading “February Ministry Update”

David’s Dialogues November- Dashing into Thanksgiving Dear Friend, The Holidays are upon us!  I can hardly believe that Thanksgiving has passed, and Christmas is just weeks away. Even with the students away from Blacksburg for Thanksgiving break, there were still many exciting things to note about November! 2016 Donut Dash 5k Last month, I askedContinueContinue reading “November Ministry Update”

David’s Dialogues October- Helping the Hungry Dear Friend, As I might have mentioned before, the Hokie Family (collection of Engage Groups) that I co-lead meets on Thursday nights.  We usually gather for dinner, an activity, and prayer, before the individual engage groups split off to their respective meeting locations.  The way the calendar fell inContinueContinue reading “October Ministry Update”

David’s Dialogues June- First Updates from NY! Dear Friend, I must say, there have been a lot of exciting things going on over the month of June.  The first part of the month, I was busy preparing for the rest of the summer that I would spend in Silver Bay, New York, as part ofContinueContinue reading “June Ministry Update”

David’s Dialogues May- Another School Year Closes Dear Friend, It is hard to believe that another school year has finished!  On May 2nd, we hosted the annual Servant Appreciation Dinner, which was a time to genuinely thank all of our student leaders, worship leaders, hospitality teams, and anyone else who has used their gifts toContinueContinue reading “May Ministry Update”

Dear Friend, April is always a busy month for both NLCF, as well as the Virginia Tech community.  As for NLCF-related events, we started off the month with a Lip Sync Battle to raise awareness and funds for 209 Manna Ministries.  For those not familiar with these types of events, different groups of students bandedContinueContinue reading “April Ministry Update”