Faculty Commons SLO

Please save the date and plan on joining us for the Family Life “Weekend to Remember” marriage conference March 31-April 2, 2017 at the Ventura Beach Marriott. 

This is an outstanding time for you and your spouse to get away, work through some highly practical content, and build into your marriage relationship. We had seven Cal Poly faculty couples attend as a group a couple years back. They loved the conference and found it to be a fantastic investment in their lives and marriages. We’re excited about going as a group once again. Additional info can be found on the Family Life website.   

Thanks to a generous scholarship from the national organization of Faculty Commons, we’re able to waive the normal $300 conference fee for faculty and their spouses registering by January 20th, plus offer a special discounted rate on the hotel. Contact us directly, and we’ll sign you up. 

Still thinking about it? We hope you and your spouse will enjoy this three minute video as you think and pray about attending. This is an outstanding conference and we’d love to have you join us. 

The International Days of Prayer for the Persecuted Church is a time set apart to remember millions of Christians around the world who face persecution for their faith in Jesus Christ. This video, brought to you by the WEA Religious Liberty Commission, is one of the many resources produced and made available on IDOP.org to help you pray effectively for the persecuted.

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You, your spouse, and your kids are invited to join us at an Operation Christmas Child Packing Party Sunday afternoon November 6th from 3:00-4:30pm.

Each year Samaritan’s Purse, a Christian humanitarian organization, sends Christmas gifts to millions of children around the world through a program called Operation Christmas Child. These gifts – shoe boxes packed with toys and school supplies by volunteers like us – show the children the love of God.

When: Sunday November 6 3:00-4:30pm

What: Faculty and friends collecting and packing gifts for kids around the world; snacks and great conversation are a given!

Where: Prof Kimberley Mastako’s home, French Park neighborhood of SLO (contact us for directions)

Who: You and your friends and family are all invited! Feel free to invite a colleague and their family to join us.

Why: Because Operation Christmas Child is an awesome way to show the love of Christ to a child in need.

Please RSVP to Heather DeBruhl for what to bring, and to get directions (hdebruhl@calpoly.edu).

For more information about Operation Christmas Child you can visit their  website  or watch this short video.  We hope you’ll join us!

Thursday November 3rd, a group of Christian faculty will sponsoring a “new faculty welcome lunch” – a informal opportunity for new professors and lecturers to enjoy lunch and meet faculty from other parts of campus. 

12pm-1pm in UU 220.

We hope you can attend, and consider inviting new faculty from your department. Please rsvp to Mike Winn mwwinn@calpoly.edu by Tuesday Nov 1st. 

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Many thanks to NRMES Professor Chip Appel coming out Tuesday night September 27th to welcome students at the first Cru meeting. 1000 students packed out Chumash auditorium and were sincerely encouraged to hear a bit about Dr. Appel’s faith journey, that he was a student at Cal Poly in the early ’90’s, and that he was part of Cru back then (when there were 40 or so students involved). Cru meets Tuesday nights at Mountainbrook Church, but was on campus for a first week kick off. Several other campus ministries have also launched and are working to serve students this year. 

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Welcome Week Fall 2016: several campus ministries worked to welcome and reach out to incoming students. Booths in the photo above in Friday’s Community Fair included (from left to right) the Newman Center, GLO Church, Cru, and Epic.

InterVarsity, Chinese Christian Fellowship, AACF, Orthodox Christian Fellowship, the Veritas Forum and other groups participated Friday – or at Sunday’s Club Showcase. 

Many thanks to everyone who’ve included their name on the “Meet the Prof” list of Christian faculty.  That list started with 25 names six years ago. It’s since grown to 72 names. Please let us know if you’d like an updated copy of this list. 

Hard copies of this list were given to every campus fellowship group to pass along to interested students. In addition, Cru included a this list of Christian faculty in their welcome bag – given out to over 2500 incoming students (and counting).

 It’s incredibly significant for students to know that there are faculty in every college (and most departments) who are followers of Jesus Christ.

As you remember, please pray for the incoming students. Perhaps some of them are even your students. Pray for the choices they will be making their first few weeks on campus: socially, physically, and academically, and spiritually.

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Just a few photos from our Welcome Back BBQ this past weekend:

Many thanks to our friends David & Lisle O’Brien for hosting this event at their home off Clark Valley Road in Los Osos. 

This was an opportunity for 70 or so faculty, spouses, and kids to connect together, enjoy some food and encouraging fellowship, and share our vision for the upcoming year. 

It was great to connect and hear what God is doing in our lives and on campus. We’re planning a similar event again next year – we hope you can join us. 

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Please save the date and plan on joining us for our Fall Welcome Back BBQ – Sunday afternoon September 18, 2016. More info next month. 

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Excited as Cal Poly Civil Engineering professor Kimberley Wormley and her family join Cru staff and students ministering overseas this summer – left this week, will be back in July.

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