Fall semester catch up: Part 1

For a journalism grad, I'm really terrible at keeping my blog updated...I apologize. If anyone wants to be my blog accountability partner, please be my guest. (Seriously.)

This is part 1 of the photo edition of fall semester — I started off with one post and realized I have too many photos. This post covers August through early October. (I do have another detailed/more thoughtful version in the works, and that will be posted later; but sometimes, it's fun to let the photos and descriptions tell the story.)

Back to school cookout on campus: Sally (one of our new freshmen), Kayla (returning sophomore), Anna (returning senior), and Amber (returned to us after being away at another campus for a bit!)

David, Brandon, & Spencer playing Giant Jenga at the cookout. Chris got the
idea from another RUF campus minister, and it was a hit. (Leave me a comment
 if you want instructions on how to make your own!)

We set up Jenga on the Campus Green for almost two weeks. It definitely helped us
meet lots of students! Phillip (returning junior), Chris (our campus minister),
and Taylor (returning senior) are playing a round here in the shade.

Thankful for students like Christine (returning sophomore), who helped us man
the RUF table, played Jenga, and talked to newcomers. We did this on campus for two weeks.

New meeting place this year — thankful that First United Lutheran Church (on campus) has
allowed us to rent space. Also new this year — the nametag and welcome table! This enables us to greet and get the names of students before they walk into large group.

Several of our girls, including Anna and Chelsea, faithfully helped chalk up campus
on Monday nights to promote RUF. (And by the way, it worked! We have students who
found out about RUF because they saw our chalk!)

This photo is dark because it was taken around 12:30 am ... and that makes for a good story: We had a great turnout for our first big chalking event. I split the girls up into groups and we went our merry ways around campus, careful to obey Kennesaw's chalking regulations ... or so I thought. I got home around 11 pm, and thought I'd doublecheck my KSU handbook. Much to my dismay, I found we had accidentally violated the chalking policy — in about 15 different places on campus! Matt (holding the water jug) and Steve (with the broom) answered my desperate text messages for help, graciously provided cleaning supplies (water jugs, a pesticide sprayer filled with water, and a broom) and scrubbed away the illegal chalking. Guys, y'all are my heros. I don't know what I would have done without y'all!

First large group of the semester — so many students that I couldn't get everyone in the photo!

The new place means we get to plug in for music! Thankful for our band: Joel (guitar), Josiah (banjo), Anna (vocals), Matt (guitar and vocals), Eli (bass and vocals). (Not pictured: Phillip, who does our sound, Kayla, who does vocals, and Jordan, who plays djembe.) And yes, they're all in matching shirts for RUF photo night!

This was one attempt at a group photo. Sadly, the lighting is pretty 

terrible — but you get the general idea. 

The city of Kennesaw had food trucks every Monday night for the "summer" months (June through October). That meant several great trips with the girls (great for the food and fellowship, but not so much for the waistline). Sally and I split an apple pie sundae, and yes, it was crazy delicious.

Thus ends part 1 of the photo update — thanks for reading. Stay tuned for part 2, which includes fall conference, Halloween party, semiformal, and other shenanigans...