Taste of Wesley

 an annual fundraising dinner benefitting the

 Georgia College & State University Wesley Foundation

 Saturday, March 17, 2012

5:00 p.m.

 Milledgeville First United Methodist Church

 RSVP by March 10^th by emailing gcsuwesleyfoundation@gmail.com or calling 478-452-9112

 At Taste of Wesley, we want to give you a first-hand look at the ministry of the Georgia College & State University Wesley Foundation. You will hear student testimonies about how God is using the Wesley Foundation to change their lives and their campus.

 Dr. Mike Cavin, Pastor of Milledgeville First United Methodist Church, will join us as our featured speaker. He will highlight the vital role of campus ministry in the lives of college students today.

The dinner is on us. However, as one of Wesley’s primary fundraising events for the year, all guests will be given an opportunity to pledge and make donations to enable continued ministry to students at Georgia College & State University.

Tomorrow night at Wesley, Tate and Ashley will be sharing their LOVE story in an effort to encourage you in relationships with the opposite sex! It can be a complicated journey, but we hope to demystify dating, guy/girl friendships, and finding a spouse. Come with your questions because we will have a fun, new way to get the audience involved with the talk. For all of you who feel hopeless about finding love, here is living proof that God can bring healing, maturity, power, and love in the most unlikely of circumstances…

We hope that your new year and new semester are starting off well!!

Please be in prayer for our Spring Mission Trip to New Orleans and Summer Mission Trip to India.

Our students will be raising lots of money, and we are depending on the Lord to provide!

Lots of details need to be ironed out. Please pray that God will lead us as we step out in faith and answer the call to “go and make disciples.”

Wesley T-shirts and hoodies are here!

If you want to represent your favorite campus organization and look amazing while doing it, then bring your $10 for a t-shirt or $20 for a hoodie to Wesley’s Wednesday night service and talk to Amanda, Jenn, or Charles!

We will be taking orders this Wednesday the 9th through Wednesday 23rd.

T-shirts are charcoal gray with the above design and hoodies are black with the design. Don’t be the only one of your friends without one!

This Monday, October 24th, there is a Graduate and Professional School Admissions Fair. It is located in the Magnolia Ballroom from 11:30 – 3:00. One of the schools that will be represented is Richmont Graduate University, a Christian counseling school. Our good friend, McCall Garner, will be the recruiter present at the Richmont table. She’s AMAZING and would love to talk to any and all of you about attending Richmont. So definitely stop by if you are the slightest bit interested in counseling. I have included a blurb she sent me that gives you a bit more information about Richmont:

Richmont Graduate University (formerly PSI) is the third oldest graduate institution that provides master’s-level training in Professional Counseling from a Christian perspective. In addition, Richmont is involved in research efforts to demonstrate the effectiveness of integrating applied psychology with practical theology. Richmont is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) to confer the following degrees: MA in Professional Counseling; MA in Marriage and Family Therapy; MS in Christian Psychological Studies & M.A. of Ministry.

If you stop by the table, tell her you are from Wesley!! She LOVES college students, Wesley attendees, and the Wellings so you will be in good hands!!!

-Ashley

Brylee Cade Welling was born on October 12th at 4:54 a.m. (That means she is already a week old!) She weighed 7 lbs. and 9 oz. She was 20.5 inches long. She is absolutely beautiful and has a very good temperament. (Seriously, she rarely cries.) I am hoping to make it to Wesley next Wednesday night to show her off. If anyone is dying to meet her sooner, just let Tate know!! Thanks again for your prayers! We love y’all! And Brylee is super excited to be the newest (and youngest) Wesley attendee!

Tonight, Tate is talking about “waiting.” This is something that the Lord has taught me a ton on in the past three years. We often wait on something or someone; whether it be an answer to prayer or a spouse or a change in circumstances. Waiting can be straight up HARD! But what the Lord has taught me is that He has called us to wait upon Him. If we learn this beautiful art, we will never be disappointed. When the answer we are waiting on does not align with our expectations or if our lives turn out differently than we had thought, we can fully rest in the knowledge that we waited upon the Faithful One. He is faithful, even when we are faithless!! The fruit that is produced in the waiting is WELL worth the “wait.”

I encourage you to come tonight (and bring a friend) if you struggle with “waiting” or just want to learn more about what to do in the “waiting.”

Tate is very excited to be back and wants to see everyone come out (even in this cold, dreary weather)!

We love you and thank you again!!!

-Ashley Welling

I start with that simple fact because it’s often forgotten.  It’s easy to feel like the only one who struggles.  Let me ask you this…how many times have you thought, “Others may have issues, but nothing can compare to mine”?  If you think about it, there is no logic that would support this way of thinking.  It’s an illegitimate thought formed by either the enemy or our own anxious mindset.  We referenced this way of thinking last week while talking about anxiety.  It’s bad enough to deal with the anxiety itself, but then to also deal with anxiety about your anxiety!  It’s a vicious circle.  All because of the incorrect thought of being alone in our struggle. Hebrews 4:15 says, ¹⁵ For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet He did not sin (emphasis mine).    The use of the word empathize in this verse says a lot.  For someone to have empathy, it means they have the ability to understand.  Jesus has the ability to understand because He has been tempted in every way.  The point is, we are not going to shock him.  We have our struggles.  They seem impossible to overcome.  We think healing is real, but just not for us.  So what do we do?  We burry it deep.  We dig a deep hole in our soul and cover and fill the hole with business.  We do great things for the kingdom.  We love people.  We serve people.  But all the while, we aren’t loving ourselves.  We aren’t seeing fruit in our own lives.  We aren’t seeing God move in our own heart.  Why?  Because when we burry things deep, we taint our soil.

Are you staying busy or are you staying distracted?  If its the latter, grab a shovel and dig up that struggle.  Pull it up out of your broken spirit, shake off the dirt and place it in the hands of Jesus.  See what He does with it.  Remember, you do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with your weaknesses.  He has been tempted in every way!  He understands.

Tate

Tonight we will be talking about anxiety, and how freedom from anxiety comes from God through the renewing of our minds.  Romans 8 tells us that the mind governed by the flesh (the carnal mind) is hostile to God, and leads to death.  Anxiety is a part of that death!  For far too long the enemy has used anxiety to “kill, steal, and destroy.”  It’s time that we take a stand against that, and learn how to effectively fight the battle that is in our minds.  I hope you can come tonight!

1 Peter 5:7, “Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you”

Tate

Get your Wesley sunglasses for ONLY $2.00 THIS Wednesday night at Wesley.

We will be in the Magnolia Ballroom again.

You don’t want to be the only one without a pair!