Christian Faculty and Staff Fellowship meets October 2

 Christian Faculty and Staff Network gathering on 10/2 - Fruitless work 

Come to the Christian Faculty and Staff Network lunch gathering on Wednesday, October 2, at 11:45 AM (done by 12:45 PM). We meet at the Baptist Campus Ministries building (University Boulevard and 4th Avenue). 

More:

• It's the best meal deal in town: You can get lunch there for $1 thanks to the generosity of local churches. Don't forget to thank the church workers for what they do for the students. The first meal of the term is special, so you won't want to miss it.
• Our book for the term is Tim Keller's Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Work. Here's a summary from the Amazon page: "With deep conviction and often surprising advice, Keller shows readers that biblical wisdom is immensely relevant to our questions about work today. In fact, the Christian view of work that we work to serve others, not ourselves can provide the foundation of a thriving professional and balanced personal life."
• You're welcome to facilitate one of our meetings as well. I pass around a sign-up sheet and invite all to participate. Some things you might want to do:
• Facilitate the discussion of one of current chapter of the book we're going through. That involves asking questions and inviting responses.
• Giving a discipline talk about what you're doing in your area. It's a chance to get to know you and what you're doing at UA.
• Bring in a guest speaker (we can also dial up someone on speakerphone).
• Invite your pastor or college minister to chat about college students in your church.
• Etc. That's a catch-all in case you have a great idea about something else for our lunch gathering. 

We'll discuss Chapter 5, which provides a dose of reality: "…even on our best days, each of us is working within a system that feels stacked against us." 

A prayer for Sunday night before you go to sleep:

O Lord, I remember before thee tonight all the workers of the world:

Workers with hand or brain;

Workers in cities or in fields;

Men who go forth to toil and women who keep house;

Employers and employees;

Those who command and those who obey;

Those whose work is dangerous;

Those whose work is monotonous or mean;

Those who can find no work to do;

Those whose work is in the service of the poor or the healing of the sick or the proclamation of the Gospel of Christ at home or in foreign places.

John Baillie (1886-1960)

From Power Lines: Celtic Prayers About Work by David Adam 

Today in history:

• 1528. William Tyndale's The Obedience of a Christian Man was came out today. Arguing that a good Christian obeys the king in so far as the king obeys God, he cited the Bible for support (making the Credible Hulk proud) and considered the Bible as the Christian's authority regarding faith. He also translated much of the Bible into English. Ironically, he later opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon.
• 1847. Pope Pius IX published a decree to give more liberties to subjects in the papal states.