Come join us on the beautiful campus of the university in Godollo, Hungary, near Budapest, for 4 days of hearing about what God is doing in the world. You’ll also have the opportunity to BE a PART of God’s mission through 2 afternoons of outreach in the city of Budapest. Then join us for 6 days of awesome teaching, worship, prayer time, and connecting with students & leaders from all over Europe – the best preparation for making an impact on your university campus.
Deanne Turley
2 Feb 2011
This weekend we were in Padova, Italy for a weekend of prayer and fasting with other Student for Christ Europe staff. As several of our team shared praise reports and prayer requests the term “family” kept cropping up. So it prompted me to think a bit more about what it means to be a family.
My online dictionary lists the following as two of the definitions for family:
a group of persons who form a household under one head, including parents, children, and servants.
a group of people who are generally not blood relations but who share common attitudes, interests, or goals and, frequently, live together.
In SFC-E we definitely fit the first definition. We are a group under the headship of Christ.
We also fulfill the second definition. As a family we have the goal of reaching university students in Europe for Jesus. As we have gathered together to pray each January for the last 11 years we have prayed for physical and emotional healing, for life partners in ministry and for babies to be conceived; for children to adapt to schooling situations and for family members who are far away. We have laughed together, cried together, rejoiced and mourned.
There are areas of our lives and ministry that our SFC family knows and understands more comprehensively than our physical family. And although due to deputation cycles and travel schedules, years may pass without actually seeing one another; our connection remains strong.
Maybe, just maybe, this is what Jesus was talking about when he said, “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another”.
Thank you SFC-E for being our family.
We’re in the midst of renewing sfceurope.org. We’re really excited to offer this new face of sfceurope. We hope to incorporate many new ideas and things into this website.