2011 - A most remarkable year. Here's a brief exercise that will encourage your heart and soul regarding Trinity Western University. If you go the the TWU home page (google TWU.CA) and click on LATEST NEWS, you will quickly come to "2011 NEWS". Scroll through all the news of the university over the entire year, the news that was featured on the TWU home page and quite often featured in the media throughout the year. Just taking in the scope of activities, celebrations, achievements, and events is breathtaking: from a CIS National Championship in Men's Volleyball, and the BC Premier's visit to campus to the recent estate gift of $4 million, the $5.2 million extension of TWU's science facilities, and the TWU Men's basketball tour in China. What a great year has been ours. In the aggregate, the stories are a testimony to God's presence and grace. As you look over the long list of wonderful stories, please know that there were so many stories of miracles and God's grace that were not reported on throughout 2011.
The sum total of all the stories creates a mosaic of a university whose essence is Jesus Christ, whose mission is to develop Godly Christian leaders in Jesus' name, and whose "ends" are that the world may experience Christ's Truth, compassion, reconciliation and hope. All of this is a reality based on the grace of God by the Holy Spirit in and through a wonderful university community as a gift to the world. At this special time of Christmas, we embrace the directive from Jesus to his disciples when he said "Let your light shine in such a way that others see your good works (read the great stories) AND glorify the Father (Matthew 5:16). So the glory goes to God!
Taking the time to review the list of stories and reflect on God's goodness throughout 2011 now makes Christmas even merrier!
Merry Christmas and Every Blessing in 2012 in Jesus' name!
The sum total of all the stories creates a mosaic of a university whose essence is Jesus Christ, whose mission is to develop Godly Christian leaders in Jesus' name, and whose "ends" are that the world may experience Christ's Truth, compassion, reconciliation and hope. All of this is a reality based on the grace of God by the Holy Spirit in and through a wonderful university community as a gift to the world. At this special time of Christmas, we embrace the directive from Jesus to his disciples when he said "Let your light shine in such a way that others see your good works (read the great stories) AND glorify the Father (Matthew 5:16). So the glory goes to God!
Taking the time to review the list of stories and reflect on God's goodness throughout 2011 now makes Christmas even merrier!
Merry Christmas and Every Blessing in 2012 in Jesus' name!
1 comments:
Hi Dr. Raymond,
These are all things to be very excited about! They bode well for the future of the institution.
An article that might be of interest to you, even though it cuts against the grain of accepted practices in fundraising, is here:
http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2012/01/05/trickle-down-thinking-does-anyone-understand-why-universities-and-not-for-profits-have-large-endowments/
It would be interesting to have you post on your blog about the motivations that TWU has for its endowment and how the school plans to make use of the funds that are in it over the next generation. Would you care to take up that project? I, for one, would be an interested reader.
Warmest regards!
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