Prayer, Praise, and Pizza

Psalm 47:6 states “Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!” One of the privileges of serving as a Generation LINK staff is seeing students take ownership of the college ministry here in Clemson, SC. Our college leadership team meets twice a month to share life and plan times for the college students to gather together for the sake of proclaiming the gospel. Sometimes this is through fun fellowship, such as a swing and shag night; other times we gather to serve such as pancake supper in a dorm. This past Friday, many of our students gathered together to praise the Lord through prayer, song, and fellowship at a college event called “Praise and Pizza”. For this event we combined the aspects of fellowship and praise for a night that left many students encouraged and spurred on in their walks with the Lord.


(Students making their way through the pizza line)

Earlier this month, the Generation LINK staff completed a week-long intensive J-term class at Southeastern Seminary in Wake Forrest, NC. The subject of the class was “The Ministry of Worship” which personally challenged me with my limited view of the act of worship. One of the books we read, “Engaging with God” by David Peterson, challenges the reader with the following statement: “Worship is ‘an engagement with God on the terms that He proposes and in the way that He alone makes possible.’” What a privilege we have in worshiping such an awesome GOD! As I reflected on this statement Friday night my prayer was that the students would grow in their view of worshiping God as they live with and serve their roommates, as they faithfully attend class and excel in the classroom, and as they gather together for events such as “Praise and Pizza.”