winthrop wesley newsletter summer 2011

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One of the fun and challenging things about WinthropWesley or campus ministry in general is that it is ever-

changing. This year were going to be doing things a bitdifferently and were excited about the possibilities.

A New ScheduleNourish Worship Service Monday nights at 8 pmPasta Lunch on Tuesdays from 11 am1 pmLunch in Digs Thursdays at 11 am12:30 pm

Replenish Dinner & Small Group Fellowship Thurs-

day nights at 6:30 pmSomething a Bit Different on Sunday nights at 8 pm

I often get asked by people, What is Wesley? What doyall do? What does a campus ministry do? A whole heck

of a lot. The above schedule is our new weekly schedule.We will be having worship on Monday nights at 8 pm for

young adults or anyone in the community interested in com-ing. It will be a service of Word, song, and Communion

each week. Very casual and interactive. The weekly offer-ing will help support our mission projects.

We started Pasta meals about a year ago and were go-ing to continue those during lunch times on Tuesday. Those

are open to anyonestudent, faculty/staff, random personon the street. Its our ministry of hospitality to the commu-

nity in the midst of a challenging economy. Its free with a

spaghetti jar for any love offerings that people may want to

give to support the mission.Fellowship is super important and so well be gathering

at tables in the DiGiorgio Student Center (Digs) during

lunch on Thursdays. On Thursday nights we will still enjoy

a delicious meal brought to us by local churches in the RockHill district. This is always a highlight of the week, being

able to come at 6:30 and get a home-cooked meal. This yearinstead of music and program afterwards, well have small

groups ranging from Bible study to book study to all sorts ofthings as well as some fellowship events.

Sunday nights is really different. We really wanted someplace for our non-traditional or graduate students to go as

well as young college-aged or close to college-aged adults.

Were going to start by building the fellowship playing triviaat McHales on Sunday nights at 8 pm. This group has a lotof potential and is open to the possibilities.

Well still have many of our annual events like retreatsand CROP Walk and mission trips and all sorts of opportuni-

ties so dont worry about that one!Im excited about this year not because of any huge num-

bers, because this is probably the smallest our ministry hasever been with two large classes graduating over the past

years, but Im excited about the opportunities that lay beforeus and the grace and vision that the Holy Spirit is casting in

this place.So if anyone wonders what were doing around here over

at Winthrop Wesley, please tell them. Invite them. Spreadthe word. We cant do this alone. You are each our partner

in ministry and we appreciate your prayers and support!

Grace and Peace,Narcie

Summer 2011

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speaksspeaksThe Uni ted Methodist Campus Minist ry at Winthrop Universi ty

Making All Things New

Save the dates!August 19thFreshman Move In

August 20thCampus Ministry Open House in Digs

at 6 pm

August 21stFreshman Worship Service in Digs at

9:30 am

August 22nd

Convocation followed by WesleyBack Yard Open House at 6:30 pm

August 25thWesley Welcome Cook Out at6:30

pm

August 26thWesley Dinner & Movie at 5:30 pm

August 28thVolleyball at the Lake at 4 pm

September 9th-11thRetreat Road Trip to Florida

October 14th-18thFall Break Tornado Relief Mis-

sion in Alabama

November 11th-13thExploration in St. Louis, MO


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Divine Rhythm Retreat in GatlinburgStudents from Furman, Winthrop and Charleston

Wesley Foundations traveled to Pigeon Forge, TN January28-30 for Divine Rhythm, a retreat for young adults 18 30

hosted by the Holston Annual Conference. The speaker for

the weekend was Bishop Sally Dyck and worship was led bysinger Casey Darnell.

The weekend wove together times of worship with musicand word and opportunities for service and fellowship. Hav-

ing someone speak to the practical day-to-day aspects ofthe lives of young adults living out their faith was refreshing

for the students. Holly Taylor a senior at Winthrop fromGilbert, SC says The conference was very well organized

and the worship leader and speaker did an excellent jobhighlighting some topics that really challenged me to evalu-ate how I'm living out my faith. The music of Casey Dar-

nell also made an impact on the students, Leslie Bledsoe astudent at York Technical College from Greenwood, SC says,

The band was great; I loved how they not only performed,but also interacted with the audience, which made the expe-

rience even better. I love to sing, so I really enjoyed themusic and the songs that they chose to play.

As with any retreat, part of the fun is just getting togeth-er with new friends in fellowship. Jordan Clark a freshman

at Winthrop from Spartanburg, SC says, I thought theweekend was a great chance to not only feel closer to God

but to meet some new people. I think my favorite part wasfinding a group of people who I feel comfortable being my-

self around, like a second family. Catherine Gunnells a

sophomore from The College of Charleston seconds this

sentiment, saying, The weekend was the perfect opportuni-

ty to get to make new friends as ell as improve a relation-ship with God. My favorite part was being able to open up to

those around me and have great conversations.

The Divine Rhythm event took the place of the annualSouth Carolina United Methodist Student Movement retreat,

and students were glad not only to get to know people inSouth Carolina better but also meet other United Methodists

from Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia. Drew Goodson, asophomore at The Citadel from Johnson City, Tennessee

helped coordinate the South Carolina schools attending Di-vine Rhythm. It was great!, he says. I definitely got clos-

er to God and I enjoyed being around people that wantedthe same thing. The atmosphere was amazing and I hope

we come back next year!

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Student Forum is the national gather-ing of the United Methodist Student

Movement. It brings students and cam-pus ministers from around the United

Methodist connection both in the USand abroad to an event that provides

leadership training, worship, disciple-ship and experience in legislation for

college students. Close to 20 students and campus ministers fromCharleston, Furman, USC, and Winthrop traveled to The Univer-

sity of Evansville in Evansville, Indiana for a week of learning,community building and rich dialogue.

The theme of this years conference was God is call-

ingwill you answer? This provided background for the stu-dents to dive into questions in their small groups and in work-shops and worship. For Amy Fabel, a junior at Winthrop, the trip

was meaningful because of all of the people she met and the overall attitude of the event. I loved getting to know and interact withfellow students of faith. It was great to meet people who speak of God un -ashamed. Although not directly related, watching the

proposal at the end of the talent show was wonderful. After experiencing a weekend of God's love it was fitting to close with anexpression of love. One of the other things I learned is that laughter really is the best medicine. God's word is serious, but that

doesn't mean you can't enjoy it. Sometimes the best way to spread his love is through a smile. Both students and campus minis-ters were richly blessed by this experience. The opportunity to get to know other United Methodists whether students or ministers

from across our great connection and learning from our shared experience and heritage and also the beautiful diversity among us is

a gift that helps form and transform our lives and our ministries.

Student Forum Conference for Students and Campus Ministers


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In April, The Winthrop Wesley Foundation visited the Hay-wood Street Congregation in Asheville, North Carolina. Hay-

wood Street Congregation is a new church start primarily minis-tering to the homeless in the Asheville area. The facility they

use is Central United Methodist Church where with a few mem-bers left the congregation decided to merge with a larger down-

town church with the understanding that their former building

would be used for homeless ministries. More than 8 differentgroups use the building and the rent from those groups, pays forthe upkeep up the building, utilities and for a full-time sexton.

The Haywood Street Congregation worships on Wednesdaysbecause many of the homeless that worship in this community

said that this was the time of the day that they struggle the most.They also host a Welcome Table and Clothing Closet. Andrew

Wilson, a junior from Greenwood says, I think it is amazingwhen people can come together and worship no matter their

diversity. I kept kidding around saying they aren't "homelesspeople" they're "friends" after talking with them on the streets. It

would be nice to be friends with people who are completelydifferent than you so you see things in a new light. Also, I feel

like it would make the worshippers in the church more open toother people and create a more welcoming environment, some-

thing that many churches are lacking.The students had lots of questions about the ministry of Hay-

wood Street, how it works, what types of people they serve, andwhat makes such a special ministry bring in people from all

walks of life. Ashlee Warren, a senior from Virginia says, Ilove the idea behind Haywood Street Church. It is not unique

there to find homeless people worshiping beside a wealthy busi-nessman and that is something extraordinary. To me, this is

what church should be. God does not care what you do for aliving. He does not care how much money you have. All that

He asks is that you have faith and worship Him. This is exactly

what Haywood is doing. It really is a beautiful ministry.

Students had a chance to hear the story of the church fromthe pastor of Haywood Street, Rev. Brian Combs. He gave them

a tour of the facility and all the aspects of the ministry as well asa walking tour of Asheville. This tour wasnt a typical tourist

tour of all of the neat shops, but was a homeless walking tour

Ashlee Warren looks on at the 235 buckets that the homeless can use to store all

the belongings they have in the world.

A Different kind of Church

stopping at agencies and bus stops. Students learned that manycities in the South will give bus tickets to Asheville to their

homeless populations because there are close to 20 homelessagencies at work in the area. They also learned that this past Feb-

ruary, not counting those in shelters and other facilities, over 750people were counted on the streets in a homeless count in Ashe-

ville.

Early Saturday morning the students gave out sausage biscuits

to the homeless and asked them to participate in a foot clinic be-ing held at Haywood Street. My favorite part of the Asheville

trip was handing out biscuits to the homeless people and getting

to interact with them. It is so shocking to see just how many

homeless people there are in Asheville, and it was great to just beable to help them in some small way. I know it is always frustrat-

ing to hear about an issue but not have the chance to impact it inanyway. By giving out this food, I felt that we were helping,

even in just a small way, and this action helped make all of the

things we witnessed a little less overwhelming.

The students took a lot away from the trip, especially as theyvision a new type of church and the living out of the Gospel.

Junior Erica Oliveira from Spartanburg, SC said this about thetrip, As Christians, we are called to be "Christ-like." Jesus did-

n't hang out with the most popular folks. He hung out with pros-titutes, tax collectors, thieves, and liars... not the who's who of the

day for sure. If we are to walk as He did, then we need to acceptpeople in the same way. Homeless folks have just as much right

if not more need for church and a community of support as wedo. If we shoo these people from our churches, what does that say

about our love, and by consequence God's love? I love how whenwe were in Asheville, that Brian, the pastor said that people dur-

ing the worship services can't tell the difference between who's

homeless and who's not. We are all children of God, someone's

status in the world is no more important than that.For more information on Haywood Street Congregation

please visit their website at haywoodstreet.org.Erica Oliveira gets ready to hand out biscuits to the homeless as students invited

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Human Trafficking Dialogue & AdvocacyContinuing to focus on learning, advocating and

combating human trafficking this year, the WinthropWesley Foundation spent their spring break in Washing-ton, DC on a seminar trip with Arizona State and North-ern Illinois University Wesley Foundations. The seminarprogram, done in conjunction with the General Board of

Church and Society gave the students a chance to learnmore about the issue of human trafficking throughspeakers, workshops, site visits to the International Jus-tice Mission, and a visit with their congresspersons.

The diversity of the campuses and the wide-range ofperspectives represented added a lot to the discussionand dialogue setting of the seminars. Junior Jon Hoinfrom Charlotte says, One of the greatest strengths of the

seminar setting is being ableto engage on a variety of is-sues. These kind of discus-sions gain a certain extra lev-

el of depth when more andmore diverse viewpoints areintroduced. The NorthernIllinois group brought a com-bination of their Wesleygroup and the campus atheistand agnostic group, which

made conversation of faith and justice a rich and chal-lenging interaction. Junior Adrienne Chlumsky fromMaryland says, It makes you realize that your opinionis not the only one and it makes you more open to peoplewith differing opinions and personalities.

The visit to the International Justice Mission was aspecial part of the trip because after hearing so manyawful statistics and discouraging and heart-breaking sto-ries about human trafficking, IJM gave the students asense that progress is being made across the globe on thisissue. Hoin says, The IJM was fantastic. It really mademe think about how I could tie my future career pathinto work that does somuch good for peoplein our global communi-ty. This is a hard anddisheartening issue, butits nice to hear thatthere have been stridesto bring awareness totrafficking and thatchanges have been made in countries around the worldand that our own country is looking at this issue as well."

Students enjoyed getting to see our nations capitoland learning both in the seminars and during free timevisiting museums, monuments, and the diversity of

cultures and people in Washington. Junior Amy Fabel

from Charleston says, I had never been to Washingtonbefore this trip and I really enjoyed getting to see thecity and learn more about this important topic. I didntrealize that the United Methodist Building on CapitolHill is the only non-governmental building on CapitolHill. I am proud of our denomination for taking advo-cacy and our voice of faith and justice so seriously as weare called to be the light to the world.

The students are continuing to study and bringawareness to this concern. At the end of April, theyhosted Bob Paulson, who introduced legislation on hu-man trafficking at last years Annual Conference, speak-ing on behalf of Triad Ladder of Hope and showed thethought-provoking documentary, Very Young Girlsas a cultural event on campus. Senior Lindsay Monroeof Anderson says, Im glad that we were able to bringback to our campus some of the things that we learnedat this seminar and the one we did in the fall in NewYork. This is by far the most challenging and devastat-ing topics we have ever looked at and we have to let theworld know that these awful injustices are taking placeevery day, not just around the world, but right here inour own communities.


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Students Dive Into CommunitiesThis past May United Methodist college students from

Claflin, Clemson, Francis Marion, Lander, The University of

South Carolina, and Winthrop embarked on the third annualHarlem Mission Week. This year the trip was different in that

the schools were split into three groups and each group fo-cused on a different area of the city. The groups were split

between the Bronx, Harlem and the Lower East Side.Elizabeth Murray, a student at USC talks about her groups

experience in the Lower East Side, I really enjoyed experi-encing God in a more social justice type-setting! My group

was focused in the Lower East Side and it was really interest-ing to see how the church is taking notice of very important

issues in NYC, such as gentrification in the Lower East Side. Ihave learned a lot about what the UMC is doing in New York

and that educating ourselves on these issues is a great first stepto start change!

The United MethodistSeminar Program which is

supported by both theWomens Division and the

General Board of GlobalMinistries organizes semi-

nars for all sorts of groupson a wide variety of topics.

The South Carolina groupwith over 60 people is a

large group to be moving indifferent areas of the city and the seminar designers Jay God-

frey and Jennifer McCallum worked hard to make sure thateach community was represented in ways that students could

get a full picture of life there. One day was spent in culturalsettings, another in activism and education in the community,

and the third doing actual service work at soup kitchens and

through a meal delivery program to people in neighborhoods.

Cultural exploration ranged from the Lower East Side

Tenement Museum to the Jazz Museum in Harlem to the Re-

bel Diaz Art Collective in the Bronx. Students were able to

learn from ministries and programs working with the home-

less, gentrification, families with loved ones in prison, those

dealing with alcohol and drug abuse, and many communityorganizations that are lifting up education, health and crime

prevention in their particu-lar communities and

throughout the city. Com-munity organizers and sem-

inar designers also made apoint to ask the students

what life was like in SouthCarolina, what issues are

faced in their home statesand how they can bring

what they learned in NewYork back to their own

communities.

Andrew Wilson, a student at Winthrop has been toNew York multiple times and was hesitant to go again, butreally enjoyed this years trip and focus on a particular com-

munity. I enjoyed learning some of the history of New YorkCity, and in particular the Bronx. I also liked working hands

on to combat some of theissues that New Yorkers are

facing. My favorite part wasdelivering meals to elderly

people. It was a great expe-rience to see a lot of New

York and talk to a widevariety of excellent people

in parts of the city thatweve never seen before.

Often when you think ofmissions you just think of

work, work, work but thisprogram does a great job

combining learning across

the board with actual justice

and service action.


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Care for the EnvironmentThis year at Wesley instead of just

talking about caring for Gods creation,

students are going to live that callingout in tangible ways at Wesley.

Instead of using paper plates, cupsand plastic utensils this year, Wesley is

going to use reusable dishes, cups and

utensils. Students have stepped up andagreed to take turns washing and are excited about how theycan help by taking small steps to change habits.

Residents at The Wesley House are also in the process ofstarting a compost for both the house and Wesley and also

plan to start a garden this semester in the backyard to give outto students and to people in need.

If you have a green thumb and would like to help with thegarden, or if you would like to support these endeavors please

contact Wesley at [email protected] or 803-327-

5640.

Wih List f WESLEY Toilet paper and paper towels Hand Soap & Cleaning Supplies Postage Stamps (rolls are awesome) White copy paper Individually Wrapped Snacks & Candy Pasta Night Supplies: Noodles, Sauce,

Frozen Garlic Bread, sodas, Grocerygift cards for purchasing salad, etc.

Adopt a Student for Retreat $35

Work Day Projects: Finish paintingWesley House, Exterior paint for Wes-ley, Yard Work in back yards

Thanks to all of you for your prayers for

these students and our ministry. We could not

provide our ministry without your generous sup-

portand we thank you for being our partner!

34th Annual York County

CROP Walk

Western York County Walk

Sunday, October 16, 2011in York @ Trinity

United Methodist Church

Registration at 2 pmWalk Begins at 3 pm

Eastern York County Walk

Sunday, October 23, 2011

in Rock Hill @ DinkinsLawn, Winthrop University

Registration at 2 pm

Walk Begins at 3 pm

Info: http://www.winthropwesley.com/crop.html

1st Annual Corn Hole Tournament

hosted by The Band of Brothers on the lawn ofSt. Johns UMC, Rock Hill

July 30th, 2011

Fellowship with United Methodists from aroundthe District

All proceeds will go to support The Winthrop

Wesley Foundation9 am Welcome and Registration

10am Corn Hole Tournament Will Begin12:30 pm Homemade Ice Cream Churn Contest

1 pm Watermelon Eating Contest

1:30 pm Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest2:30 pm Awards and Thank You

Cost $40 per team for Corn Hole TournamentWatermelon and Ice Cream Contests FREE

For more info about the tournament contact MikeBurgess at 803--280-6906 [email protected].

Please be in prayer for our group as we travel to Managua, Nicaragua with the Jubi-lee House Community at the Center for Development in Central America August5th13th. The participants going are: Dirk Anderson, Narcie Jeter, Mike Jeter,

Tim McClendon, Breland Wright, Mattie Long, Andrew Wilson, Adrienne Chlum-sky, Jon Hoin, Mary Stevenson, Erica Oliveira, Leslie Bledsoe, Jordan Clark, OllieMiller, Thelma Williams, and Nick Miller. Several of the students are still fund-

raising for the trip so if you would like to donate towards it please indicate Nicara-gua Mission Trip on the notes portion of your check.

We Need Your Prayers
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Goodbye to our SeniorsWe caught up with three of our recently graduated seniors to findout what they would be doing next year and what their time atWesley meant to them.

Ashley Galloway

Next year, I am going to be teaching 9thgrade English at Strom Thurmond High.The thing I will remember the most iscatching up with everyone overWednesday night dinner, the first time Igot introduced to Communion at Wesley(when Mattie said the body of Christ

sure tasted good), and that time ya'llconvinced me doing that ropes coursewould be a good idea. The thing that I learned from Wesley wasthat part of "that grace thing" is taking time to chill and pray withpeople who can laugh and pray with you.

Ashlee Warren

For the summer, I am working at Lake Junaluska as on the missionteam of Ministries with Young People. We lead summer camps with

youth groups. In the fall, I begin working towards my Masters de-gree at Columbia University in New York City. It is just a one yearprogram, and I am still waiting to see where my field placement will

be for the year. My concentration is inpolicy, so I hope to be working on advoca-cy and policy changes on the macro level.I am so excited to begin working in thisarea that I am so passionate about!Wesley has played such an important partin my life. I can definitely say that I havegrown more as a person and spirituallyover the past four years than I ever hadbefore in my life. Honestly, my favoritepart about Wesley is the community that

we built together. I will desperately miss every single person andevery tiny quirky trait of our group. I have grown with these amaz-ing people over the past four years, and my life will never be thesame (in a fantastic way) because of it.I also cannot say enough about how my first trip to Nicaragua my

freshman year completely changed my life. It opened my eyes to somany things that I had never seen before. Since that point, I havebecome so open and passionate about missions. It is definitely oneof my favorite aspects of the church, and I hope that no matterwhere my life takes me, I will continually be involved in missions.

Bridgett Kees Pressley

I am currently looking for a teaching position and I hope to be anelementary teacher. I will remem-

ber how Wesley always felt like myhome away from home. I will also

remember all the friends I made andthe great people I was able to meetthrough Wesley. I think the mainthing I will take with me is greatfriendships. I will always remember

how welcoming The Wesley Founda-tion was to me and how it made mycollege experience a great one.


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Welcome Interns!Hi I'm Erica Oliveira, and I will

be a junior social work major at

Winthrop University this fall. Iam elated to be one of the Win-

throp Wesley Foundation internsfor the coming school year. I

have been apart of the WesleyFoundation for more than 4 years

now, and I am sure that this willbe the best yet. When I'm not

working for Wesley in the garden(which I am a novice at) or plan-

ning outreach, you can often find me at Lell's having some Chaior off on an adventure with other amazing Wesley students. I am

addicted to Facebook and my cell phone, but that means that I amalways easy to contact to meet up for lunch or ice cream for any

reason or no reason at all. Wesley is a HUGE part of my life, andI can't wait to watch the exciting things that we have planned for

the year come to fruition.

Hey y'all! I'm Julie Gross and I'm a

recent graduate of Winthrop Uni-versity. I am excited about my

upcoming internship with the Wes-ley Foundation and being the

House Manager of the WesleyHouse. Fellowship opportunities

were a big part of my Wesley ex-perience and I am thrilled to help

provide these experiences for cur-rent students. I am looking for-

ward to not only getting to know,

but getting to live in communitywith eight students and the abilityto be a greater part of their lives. I

can't wait to see what this year

holds!

Hello! Im Adrienne Chlumskyand I am a senior special educa-

tion major at Winthrop. I haveworked for the past two years as

the student assistant at The Wes-ley Foundation planning and or-

ganizing events and pitching inand working on all sorts of pro-

jects. Im excited about workingas an intern this year at Wesley

and continuing to facilitate anddo office work and errands while

also focusing on evangelism,worship, and hospitality. I know

this is going to be a great year

and I cant wait for it to begin!

Students slept out one night at theend of the semester to raise moneyfor Imagine No Malaria. Studentsalso slept out at the South CarolinaAnnual Conference to raise money

for the cause. Plans are alreadyunderway for a Sleep Out in the Fallsemester. For more information goto www.imaginenomalaria.org. You

can text MALARIA to 27722 todonate $10 to help stop this

preventable disease.

Sleep Out for Malaria

Enoch and Evy Jeter always ready to ham it up for the students!

Need Student

Housing?

Due to unforeseen

circumstances

weve got a spotavailable in The

Wesley House.

Call or email for

more information!


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It Doesnt Stop for SummerThis summer we have four of our students doing Students in

Mission a 7 week intensive ministry opportunity sponsored by the

South Carolina Annual Conference of The United MethodistChurch. Jon Hoin, Nick Miller and Holly Taylor are each at Rural

Mission, Inc. on Johns Island for the summer. Leslie Bledsoe isserving as a counselor at Camp Providence a day camp for at risk

and inner city kids in Anderson, SC. We also have some serving atAsbury Hills Camp, Project Transformation, and Lake Junaluskas

Ministries with Young People. Its been a busy summer for manyof our students! We decided to catch up with three of these folks to

see how their summer is going.

HoyTalMy favorite partof my summer

here at Rural Mis-

sion has beengetting to knowall the wonderful

people who workand live in the

area. In a fewshort weeks I

have already builtstrong relation-

ships with someof the work groups, staff at Rural Mission, and the families we

have been serving. I have also greatly enjoyed driving around apretty nice red truck and partaking in the amazing food served at

the weekly Seafood Jamborees.I have learned that ministry is not always those feel good mo-

ments when everything goes right and all loose ends are tucked innicely. Sometimes being in ministry means that you are right there

in the trenches battling everyday for what is just and trying to do allthe good you can in the midst of chaos. I have also gained a greater

appreciation for what service through ministry really means. I'vebeen on numerous "service/mission" trips, but until this summerI've never had the opportunity to get to meet and really know the

poor. Instead of just being a face who helped for a week, I am nowa friend. I am someone they share stories and hugs with. Shane

Claiborne's words inIrresistible Revolution really come to lifedown here as we see the rich and poor come together and share life.

My experiences have shown me how I handle tough situations

and has really made me aware of how I interact with others, espe-cially those with whom I have very little in common with. For in-stance, it was hard to relate to a lady on the phone who has been

living in a house with holes in the floor when I considered holes inmy socks to be a big issue. Needless to say, it has definitely given

me a better perspective that I will carry with me into new situationsand challenges. I am really glad that I have this experience this

summer and I know that I will be taking friendships and life lessonswith me when I go..

AndrwWlsI have been workingwith Project Trans-

formation this sum-mer. Project Trans-

formation is a greatprogram that pro-

vides summercamps and other

opportunities forunder privileged

kids and trains andequips young adults

to serve in ministry. My favorite part of summer has beenworking with a variety or youth, testing my creativity, and

challenging myself to grow. I have learned that there are a

million ways God can use us to effect the lives of other. He hasgiven us each a skill set that he has blessed us with so we can

bless others. I have made many friends so that is one thing this

experience has blessed me with. I have also learned a lot aboutmyself, kids, and how to think on the fly. These are all things

that I will use in future career as a teacher.

Ae WarIve been spending my summer working with youth at Lake

Junaluska. My favorite part of the summer is definitely justgetting to interact with the youth. I really love doing ministry

in small groups. It is amazing to see youth grow close together

over just a week or a weekend in a small group setting know-

ing that what we all have in common is our love for God.

Working at the lake has really taught me to be open and friend-

ly to all people. I will take this joy of ministering with large

groups and the friendships I have built with me for the rest of

my life.


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Mailing:

WPO Box 5009

Rock Hill, SC 29733

Street:

406 Stewart Avenue

Rock Hill, SC 29730

The United Methodist

Campus Ministry at

Winthrop University

803-327-5640

[email protected]

www.winthropwesley.com

We Need Your Support:

The Power of PrayerFirst, we ask for your prayersfor

the students, the student servant

leaders, the staff, the campus, and

our mission and ministry here.

Spread the WordSecond, we ask for your help in

communicating to current and pro-

spective students about Winthrop

Wesley and how there are a variety

of ways they can get involved. We

love meeting new people and word

of mouth works the best!

Financial SupportThird, we ask for your financial

support so that this ministry may

continue to grow, both in size and

spirit. Because of tight funding

from the conference, we could not

provide programming to students

without the support of churches

and individual donors!

Thank you!

I would like to partner in ministry with Winthrop Wesley by making a

tax-deductible gift.

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We could not do this ministry without you! For the 2010-2011 school yearwe raised over $60,000 to balance our budget and provide ministry tostudents and young adults in our area. We no longer are budgeted pro-gram money from the Conference so we will be raising all of the moneythat we use for retreats, small groups, worship, mission trips, the beautifulbuilding thats a place of welcome for Wesley students and students acrosscampus, our interns, and other expenses. It has been amazing and humblingto witness the outpouring of love and support for Wesley this past year andwe ask that you consider giving to us again this year either through a onetime gift, a monthly gift or whatever you feel led to give. We appreciate allof your prayers and support and its not just a clich when we saywecould not live out the mission of Winthrop Wesley without you!

Please cut out this above giving card and return to The Wesley Foundation, PO Box 5009, Rock Hill, SC 29733

winthrop wesley newsletter summer 2011

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