Campus Outreach Greenville

Wofford and Western Retreat: Don’t Waste Your Life

Andre — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:14:53 +0000

This weekend Wofford and Western Carolina students will be in Asheville, NC for a retreat.

Date: March 12-14

Where: Asheville, NC

What is it? This is a weekend for our students to get away from the busy schedule of school while spending time engaging their spiritual life. We will have a speaker, worship, dodgeball and basketball tournament, and time for shopping in Asheville. We look forward to seeing many of our students that we have been spending time with, here at the retreat.

Speaking: Clint Darst is on staff with Campus Outreach Charlotte. He is an area director over Elon, UNCG, and Wingate. We are really excited to hear from him and how he talk to us about how not to waste our life.

We are praying that students from each of the campuses represented hear the gospel clearly and will use this retreat to take another step in knowing Jesus more.

Missions conference takeaways

GJoe — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:20:24 +0000

This weekend for our annual missions conference at MRPC we witnessed two brothers who really love the Lord their God, His message, and each other well. Here are a few statements that clearly and succinctly can be taken away from the weekend that I want to ponder more – (with personalized nuances)

We don’t do anything for God, we do everything WITH God! If I believe this or learn to believe this, this changes the way I do ministry at the core!!! It’s less about my part as it is my worship and my joy in His presence being WITH HIM. This tears down the line between service and worship as being 1 rather than 2 parts to the Christian life.

Go to the Lord and His word WITH prayer. Ask Him to direct you to Him and through His word!

When it comes to the myriad of needs in the world, what is within your arms reach? What is within your hearts reach? In other words, what things has the Lord placed on your heart personally? Start by praying for those needs and ask the Lord to lead you to what He would have you do – if anything?

The lyric, the melody, and the dance! Which one do I focus on and which is missing? How’s my dancing??

There is only one you – there is a treasure inside you that can change the WORLD! There are people the Lord wants to reach through me and through my unique voice and life.

How is my marriage (and our marriages) strengthened by the calling the Lord has given to us?

Fine line between transparency and manipulation (when it comes to ministering to people).

We all have an external description of true masculinity; what are those and how are they alike or different than the biblical notion of the true man – Christ?

How do we do more team ministry? Do we really believe that 2 are better than 1 and that there is greater reward for their labors?

Missions Conference This Weekend

Mike — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:37:01 +0000

Our hub church Mitchell Road in Greenville is hosting its annual Missions Conference this weekend. It will feature keynote speakers Scotty Smith and Scott Roley from Christ Community Church in Franklin, TN, as well as firsthand accounts from missionaries around the globe. Come join us for the different events, especially hearing from Dave Culmer in Bulgaria during our Sunday School hour at 10am.

The conference runs from Thursday night March 4th through Sunday night March 7th. Here is the schedule:

Thursday March 4th
5:45pm International covered dish dinner
6:45pm Missionary Kaleidoscope

Friday March 5th
10:45am Communion Service
12:00 Lunch with missionaries
5:45pm Dinner
6:45pm Evening Service – Scotty Smith & Scott Roley

Saturday March 6th
9:00am Pancake Breakfast
9:45am Breakout Seminars – various missionaries
6:30pm Evening Service – Scotty Smith & Scott Roley

Sunday March 7th
10:00am College Sunday School – Dave Culmer
11:00am Worship
6:00pm Evening Worship – Scotty Smith & Scott Roley

Updated Audio – Senior Equipping Retreat

Mike — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:39:23 +0000

Check out our audio page to download or listen to talks from the recent Senior Equipping Retreat or to preview Scotty Smith, the keynote speaker for our upcoming Missions Conference at Mitchell Road Presbyterian Church March 4th-7th.

Man Summit Thursday Night!

Mike — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:52:54 +0000

Today’s society offers us many conflicting views on what it means to be a man. Therefore, our Furman staff men are hosting the first annual Man Summit this Thursday night. We will be cooking hot dogs over the bon fire, competing in a cornhole tournament, and discussing what it means to be a real man. Please pray that God would work in our men’s hearts and create an urgency to take steps towards being Biblical men starting with personal repentance.

Meet us this Thursday at the Pilot house at 6 pm!

Critical Meetings this week

GJoe — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:08:59 +0000

Some of the staff leadership is away this week in Myrtle Beach, thinking, planning, and praying for God to unite us around His vision and direction for our upcoming Leadership Project (LP) and beyond. Please pray for us and check out more information about the LP here.

Senior Equipping Retreat This Weekend

Mike — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:31:51 +0000

Quite possibly the most important step in our ministry to students is how we launch them into the world as they graduate. This weekend we will be holding a retreat for our seniors to help them as they transition out from the campus into the world. Our speakers include former COG staff Priscilla Sanders and Dave Baxter, former student Jeff Henry, and parent/supporter Mr. Jim Rook. They will be speaking on how graduates can continue to live missionally in new contexts like the workplace, the community, and the church.

Please pray for all of our seniors as they plan and prepare for this critical transition.

Welcome to the new website!

GJoe — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:11:58 +0000

Welcome to the new Campus Outreach Greenville website. We hope you find it helpful to navigate through to learn more about and connect with the ministry of Campus Outreach at Mitchell Road Church in Greenville. Our hope and desire is that this site would be informative and user-friendly. Forgive us for anything incomplete and needing updating since we just went live this January. If you have any thoughts or suggestions, click the ‘READ MORE’ link below and leave us your comments. Also, the icons below are direct links to follow us on twitter and join our Facebook group.

Thanks!

The staff of Campus Outreach Greenville

Staff meetings today and tomorrow…

GJoe — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:39:51 +0000

The COG staff team is meeting on January 24th and 25th to pray, train, plan, process, strategize, and connect over the ministry. Please pray for our meetings and the deepening of our staff teams as we will spend some of the time in team building.

paradox2009 conference in DC!

Mike — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:14:38 +0000

This year’s conference was held in Washington DC from December 29th through January 2nd. Pastor Mark Dever, Dr. Frank Barker, and Andy Lewis challenged us through paradoxes of the Christian life, Laura Story led us in worship, J.R. rocked our house, and DJ Clizzy grooved us into 2010. Check out the paradox2009 website for seminar and rally downloads.