Find out how not to waste your life.

This study of John Piper’s book of the same title will challenge you to rethink the way you live your life. No one wants to get to the end of their life, look back over the years they’ve put in on this planet and think they’ve wasted the time they’ve been given. But how do you live in light of that? What does the unwasted life look like?

Join in on this study each Friday morning (from 10:30-Noon). Led by a leader within CrossSeekers, you’ll get the book by John Piper and a study guide to work through as you study together. This study will combine a video followed by discussion based around the ideas promoted in the book.

Don’t waste this collegiate moment! Take the time to find out how not to waste it with your fellow students each Friday morning. Meet the group in Sykes at 10:15 a.m. this Friday and then walk together to Brandywine Hall.

For more information, contact Ed Burns at bostonfaninpa@gmail.com.

There is no denying the impact that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. made and has continued to make on the world, most notably in this country. All of America has benefited from his life and legacy.

While the nation celebrated his life earlier this week, West Chester University is hosting a series of events today to remember this great leader. All throughout the day, we encourage you to participate in the events held on campus, including a performance by the Gospel Choir and especially, a panel discussion tonight in Sykes Ballroom C.

The Gospel Choir will be in the lobby of Sykes during the lunch hours. You won’t be able to miss them if you’re stopping for lunch in Sykes.

Reflecting on A Letter from a Birmingham Jail Then and Now will be the topic for tonight’s panel discussion, which will be moderated by WCU history professor LaTonya Thames-Taylor. Local religious leaders from area churches will give insights on various letters Dr. King wrong from his jail cell in Birmingham, Alabama. The panel discussion will start at 7 p.m.

These are perfect opportunities for you to learn outside of the classroom, and we encourage each of you to take part in these events.

It’s the first day of the Spring semester, and CrossSeekers is glad to see you all back on campus.

We’d also like to invite you out to our first gathering of the semester Wednesday, Jan. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in Goshen 108A. It will be a time of recapping the break and introducing what’s in store for us this semester. There will also be corporate prayer and worship. Be sure to read through the entire book of 1 Peter (it’s only a few chapters) in preparation of our gathering.

So we’ll see you for our first Impact Gathering this week!

We’ve made it to 2010! Isn’t it amazing to think that it’s been 10 years since the craziness of Y2K?! Well, maybe you were a little young to remember all that craziness.

CrossSeekers hopes your 2009 ended well with time spent with family and friends over the Christmas Break, and we look forward to what we will meet in the next year.

May God do great things in you and through you to showcase His glory among those around you each and ever day in 2010! We look forward to seeing you all again soon, once the Spring semester cranks up in a couple of weeks. Come ready for and expectant of what God will do over the next several months!

To all the students of CrossSeekers Campus Ministry and West Chester University:

May you be blessed this holiday season as you spend time with friends and family over the break! We celebrate with you all and pray that your time away from classes will be well spent in the company of those you love. Remember the Person that Christmas commemorates as we anxiously await the return of our Savior.

Merry Christmas!!

Finals week is drawing to a close and graduation ceremonies are slated to begin. CrossSeekers would like to congratulate all the graduating students of West Chester University, especially Anya Oksyuk, a senior music major who has served as a semester missionary within the group for several years!

Congratulations Anya on an outstanding collegiate career at WCU! May the months ahead be blessed as you transition into greater things an opportunities to use the education you have gained!

Join us at 200 S. Church St. (The Journey) for a fun-filled evening with friends as we gather for our annual CrossSeekers Christmas Party. It kicks off at 7:30, but come when you can and enjoy the fun of tasty treats, a Christmas movie, a few games and a Dirty Santa gift exchange.

Bring a wrapped gift of minimal value ($10 or less) for Dirty Santa. Stop by the bookstore or pick up something from your dorm/apartment and drop it in a gift bag. It’s all in good fun, so let’s have a blast!

We’ll see you tonight!

Today is a crazy day for us at CrossSeekers as the leadership team hangs out in Sykes to garner input from the student body. They’ll be there for several hours starting at 11.

What are we looking for exactly? Well, questions. Lots and lots of questions that students and others at WCU might have about Christianity, Jesus, salvation or just about anything.

They’ll also be there to take any prayer requests that students might have, so stop by the table, grab a card and jot down some questions for us. We’ll look to answer as many of them as possible on Wednesday night, Dec. 2, in Goshen 108A at 7:30 p.m. Be sure to stop in for both the table and the answers.

Later on tonight, Megan and Emily will be hosting a hangout complete with free Root Beer floats. They live in the apartments on South Campus (if you want to come, e-mail brodie@crossseekerswcu.com for the address). That starts at 8:30 p.m. and will likely go until about 11. Afterward, everyone is going to load up and drive to Downingtown for Midnight Bowling at The Palace, which will run from midnight until 3 a.m. Cost for the bowling will be about $10-12, so come prepared for that (but let us know if you need help).

We look forward to seeing you out! Should be a fun day!

One time I was reading a book about the gospel and what its focus must be in order for it to have any lasting effect in peoples’ lives. While reading, I came across  a simple question that can have an immediate impact on our own Christian walks and challenge us to remember the source of the gospel and what believing it actually means for those who believe its truth.

So here’s the question as given by a pastor in Minnesota:

“If you could have heaven, with no sickness, and with all the friends you ever had on earth, and all the food you ever liked, and all the leisure activities you ever enjoyed, and all the natural beauties you ever saw, all the physical pleasures you ever tasted, and no human conflict or any natural disasters, could you be satisfied with heaven, if Christ were not there?” (Quoted from God is the Gospel by John Piper, pg. 15)

That’s the question that we must wrestle with in this day and age. Because we have so much available for us to enjoy, would we be satisfied with all the stuff we experience now—minus the sickness, war, conflict, stress, etc—if Jesus Christ wasn’t present with us?

Ask yourself this question today. Think it over again and again until you are satisfied that you’ve come to an answer. If your answer is yes, you’ll need to rethink your participation in the Christian movement. If your answer is no (that you wouldn’t be satisfied without Christ present), then that should make a serious impact in your daily life.

Come on out and enjoy some good eats this Saturday at Paoli Baptist Church. They’re hosting a “Bobby Flayless Chili Throwdown,” and they’ve invited CrossSeekers students to participate in the extravaganza!

Got a chili recipe you’ve been itching to try out? Want mom to make your submission for you? Regardless of how you participate, be sure to contact Brodie (brodie@crossseekerswcu.com) ASAP to sign up! You can also sign up on Wednesday night at our large group gathering in Goshen 108A (starts at 7:30).

Even if you don’t want to make anything, you are welcome to drive over with us to feast on what everyone else makes. It’ll be a fun chance to fellowship and connect with a local church that supports this ministry to WCU.

You can also visit PBC on the web at www.paolibaptist.org.