First Day of Awesome
Posted: August 23rd, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: Coffee, Kingdom of God, NKU, Reflections, UMC, mission, relationships | Tags: Coffee, Espresso, Kingdom of God, NKU, Wesley Foundation | No Comments »
Today was amazing! I love my job! I’m so honored to work with students who live to serve and are passionate about the Kingdom of God.
This morning I dropped Cloey off for school, she’s a big 1st Grader now, and headed to NKU. Today was the first day of class and the campus was a buzz with new sneakers, backpacks, and “Ihaven’tseenyouallsummerhowareyou!!!!” It was great to be on campus as life returned from the summer slowness. Even better was to sit at Starbucks and constantly greet students who I’ve come to know and with who I have nurtured meaningful relationships. Three years ago my first day on the job was the first day of class and I sat in Starbucks not knowing anyone. Today was markedly different.
Then tonight the university hosted a movie on the Science Center lawn. The Baptists provided burgers, a new church plant provided water bottles, we made lattes. Oh, did we make lattes! We used 4 gallons of milk, 5 pounds of coffee beans, 2 bottles of syrup, 5 gallons of water. Guessing we did upwards of 200 drinks. The students LOVED them (and they are probably still wide awake from them too)! Extra special thanks to Chris Bean and the Espresso Guild for helping us out with equipment and set-up and La Terza Coffee for wonderful beans. It was a great way to bless the students with hospitality and presence. It was also a great way to get to know students and start conversations. My friends, I’m pretty sure God showed up. Really. I think I served him an iced vanilla latte. And to top it all off I got serve with a whole host of NKU students who make the Wesley Foundation home and a couple Asbury Church folk, all of them worked and played together wonderfully and intently. It was awesome!
Did I mention, I love my job!
