Fellowship

Today, I was invited to a welcome party/concert that IVCF Mt. Hope was throwing to invite all of their freshman students. Let me just quickly define two terms in the above sentence. IVCF stands for “Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship”, which is a local arm of an international organization which helps Christian youths in college to meet others of the same belief. Their motto is “To know Christ and to make Him known.” If I seem to know a lot about this organization it’s because I’m part of the executive this year as the Bible-Study Coordinator. And Mt. Hope is the a branch of the local university UWI (University of the West Indies) which focuses on the study of medical sciences. Now on to the blog.

The amphitheatre where the event was being held wasn’t very full, and some of the equipment wasn’t working or available, so it started late and some of the stuff had to brought in while to show was going on. It ran into overtime, so by the time it was over, most of the target audience had already left. Some people may have thought that all this would have meant little success for the event. Not for me however. I might as well been sitting in the front row seat of a concert thrown by some “internationally acclaimed” rock star. Everything was awesome. The music, the songs, the spoken word, the icebreaker games…everything was just wonderful.

I guess that the real reason behind my feeling so was the fact that I was with a whole bunch of people who shared the same beliefs and interests with me. We could have been outside in a field with no instruments or speakers and it still would have been awesome. I guess there’s no real substitute for being around people who are just like you. It doesn’t matter whether you’re Christian or not, or if you’re religious at all. There’s a kindred feeling that comes with feeding off of the energy of those around you. If you have the time, you should join the local youth group, or club or sports team, or pretty much whatever interests you. You’d be glad you did.

I’d like to give special shout out the the Mt. Hope IVCF executive. You guys did great in putting on the show. I hope to see more like it in the future! :)

So, till tomorrow guys! Bye!