Archive of entries in category “THIRST Values”

You Got Served

By Richard Vanegas on November 6, 2008

My pictureToday I want to focus on the letter “S” of our campus ministry name, which stands for Service. We value service to our campuses and global communities. People don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care. So we feel serving people is the best way for us to show we really care.

Sometimes serving is seen as an entry level position in the …

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The Bible is Rated "R"

By Richard Vanegas on November 5, 2008

Bible is rated RAlmost finished with our THIRST blog series. We just recently rolled out a name for our GCC campus ministry, that also happens to be an acronym for our values. Today I’m focusing on the letter “R”, which stands for Restoration.

Restoration is pretty much at the core of everything that we do. …

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There's no I in team, but there is an I in THIRST

By Richard Vanegas on November 4, 2008

3 little pigsThere’s no “I” in team, but there is an “I” in THIRST. The “I” does not reflect an individualistic ideal, it stands for Intentional Building. We value laying strong foundations for students to build their lives on. And we feel there’s no better foundation for greatness than a biblical one.

The …

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Non-recyclableficated?

By Richard Vanegas on October 23, 2008

Non-recycleableYesterday, I wrote a little about what we are connected for. Today I want to focus on our commitment to that connection. It’s one thing to be connected to people in healthy family relationships, and a whole other thing to stay committed to those relationships.

Many people look at …

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Connect For

By Richard Vanegas on October 22, 2008

Connect ForSo lately I’ve been focusing on our campus ministry values, which happens to be an acronym that spells out our name…THIRST. This week I wanna primarily look at the letter “H”, which stands for Healthy Families.

Now I think I was a little too young to actually get into this show, but I looked it up online the other day and watched a full episode of The Lone Ranger. I’ve heard so many people refer to this show, but never seen it. I got caught off guard, because I noticed something.

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Emagination

By Richard Vanegas on October 21, 2008

Light bulbI can’t believe it’s been 10 days since I’ve blogged. I guess I need to reread my old blogs about time management! Anywho, I’ve been thinking a lot about our campus values, especially “The Gospel Expressed” one. In my previous blogs, I wrote about how we can uniquely EXPRESS the gospel, with the individual gifts that God has EQUIPPED us with. Today I …

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The Polarized Express

By Richard Vanegas on October 10, 2008

Polarized ExpressContinuing on the letter “T” for “The Gospel Expressed,” I believe we all have a unique expression when it comes to communicating who God is and what He’s done. On the last post, I talked about how everyone has a gift and talent that comes naturally to them that was placed there by God. And I think we should use them to express the …

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Become the Gift that Keeps on Giving

By Richard Vanegas on October 9, 2008

Gift boxWhat talent or gifting do you have that comes naturally? This is the question I asked last week at our campus meeting. The best answer was that someone said they are naturally good at smelling things. I guess you had to be there. One of the main reasons I asked this question was so that we could begin to discover how God has created us and how He created …

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Thirsty Anyone?

By Richard Vanegas on October 7, 2008

ThirstWe started a series on campus last week based on our new ministry name: THIRST. So this month, I want to focus this blog in the same area. I think it’s so apropos that we kick off these blogs with an introduction that we are using for our website/brochure. Let me know what you think.

Many students come to college with hopes to ‘start their life.’ Some of …

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