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College-Student Led Vacation Bible School. My heart's<br />
desire and prayer to God for our college students is that they<br />
may know the hope to which they are called and that they<br />
may know and love God's word and walk in it and that they<br />
live and serve and fellowship out of authentic relationship<br />
with Christ and one another. To that end, the Spirit invited<br />
our college students to give themselves to study on Tuesday<br />
evenings and service on Sunday mornings. Instead of a one<br />
week event, VBS <strong>2015</strong> was used to fashion Summer Sundays<br />
where kids and teens had five weeks of sheer fun getting<br />
more of God.<br />
American University student, Asha Henley, worked tirelessly<br />
decorating rooms and hallways to create the look and feel of<br />
being on Mount Everest, the highest physical peak in order to<br />
easily direct kids and teens toward God and His power, the<br />
highest spiritual peak. Shanese and Darnell Gordon, University<br />
of Maryland students, planned games to reinforce each<br />
week’s teaching. Sierra Applewhite of the University of<br />
Tampa guided the students in making delicious treats that<br />
related to the lesson. Amaka Acholonu (University of Maryland)<br />
and Brianna Mitchell (Bowie State University) were the<br />
Imagination Station scientists who conducted various water<br />
experiments that reinforced the biblical truths. And Howard<br />
University senior, Elizabeth Jean taught the Bible lessons.<br />
They were supervised by Gbemi Acholonu, Barbara Gordon<br />
and Louise Cole. All participants walked away learning that<br />
they can overcome any challenge with God’s mighty power!<br />
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On Tuesday evenings about ten or more of the college students<br />
gathered to complete and some to begin the Bible<br />
study, Experiencing God: God's Invitation to Young Adults. It<br />
was peer led by Amaka Acholonu.<br />
Experiencing God Prayer Retreat! I followed the lead of<br />
First Lady Cassandra Lewis, the Prayer Retreat visionary and<br />
coordinator, in preparing materials for our first Prayer<br />
Retreat, which we used as a culminating activity for the<br />
Experiencing God study. Thirty-nine persons gathered at<br />
the Hallowood Retreat Center in Dickerson, Maryland on<br />
June 6, <strong>2015</strong>, to spend the day in prayer. Following breakfast<br />
persons dispersed to their own private spaces on the<br />
lawn and inside the center to spend the morning in one-onone<br />
communication with God; then following lunch, they<br />
prayed with others at varying times, keeping the prayer<br />
appointments they made prior to the retreat. We ended<br />
the day as we opened it, with a time of corporate praise to<br />
God. A few leaders gathered that Friday evening to prepare<br />
for the all-day Saturday event. That leadership group had the<br />
opportunity to dialogue by phone with Dr. Henry Blackaby.<br />
Now age 80, Dr. Blackaby was pleased to hear that his work