step 2.

Have you assembled your team yet? Are you ready for step #2?

**If you haven't assembled a team, feel free to email yalerockslent@gmail.com for help at any time. It's NEVER too late to start =)

Ok, for those who are ready...

2. Choose a spiritual discipline that you would like to challenge yourself to pursue (for the first time, or in a greater measure) during this season. 

Some examples:

- fasting: give up cheese, give up meat, do a "daniel fast", give up sweets, give up facebook, give up coffee... 

- prayer: commit to being still each day and praying for 10 minutes, 30 minutes, whatever time amount would be a challenge for you

- take on something new: commit to writing a worship song each week, or reading a chapter of the Bible every other day

- tithe: if you don't already give 10% of your time, talents, gifts, and offerings to the church, consider trying it out this season

- sabbath: restructure your life so that you take one day (or one specific part of a day) each week to not do homework. avoid scheduling meetings and non-prayerful hang-outs these days. avoid emailing these days. instead, use these days to rest, pray, and worship.

- service: commit to some form of service unique to you: perhaps you'd like to work with the homeless, or go to Leeway, or bake cookies for my freshman (jk jk), or take out the trash of other people in your college... be creative!

- Bible Study: follow the lenten prayer bible study, which will be sent out tomorrow sometime. commit to being in the word with God each day. you may have to give up some of your homework time, sleep time, hang-out time, or extra-curricular or email time to do this. 

Be wise in how much you commit to. Taking on only 1-3 of these disciplines is more than enough... 

make your decision.

put it into writing.

post it somewhere VISIBLE (on your computer desktop, on your dormroom door...)

await further instructions. you will receive them soon.

signing off--

Agent JB

the mission begins... step 1

Have you accepted the mission God is calling you to on this campus? Are you ready to begin?

Here is step number 1.

1. Choose a friend or small (2-3 people) accountability group, 

and commit to meeting with him/her/them every week, 

either in person, over a meal, in writing, or over the phone, 

up until Easter (April 25).

- If you want to participate but you are unsure of a person in your life you'd like to meet with each week, please email yalerockslent@gmail.com. We will do our best to pair/group people up for the season. And many members of the leadership team are excited to partner with some of you in prayer!

- If you don't mind us following up with you about how this goes for you, and being connected to more resources, email yalerockslent@gmail.com with the names and contact information of your partner/group members. We'll check in periodically to see how it's going, and you can help inform us about what your needs are during this season. You don't have to though!

Signing off--

Yale Rocks Lent team --> Agent JB =)

Announcing... YALE ROCKS LENT.

Greetings, saints.

Lent is a time to walk with Jesus through his hardest days, to prepare our hearts for his suffering and subsequent RESURRECTION, losing our lives to gain all that matters. You will soon hear more about a very special season in which...

Yale Rocks Lent.

Should you choose to accept this mission, 

you will find yourself a part of the greatest underground movement this world has ever known-- the Kingdom Coming. We will be living amidst adventure, thrills, courage, difficult choices, and working alongside a hero unlike any other. We will be battling some of the scariest evil forces that work in this world. During the busiest and hardest season of Yale, we will seek out spiritual health. We can be lights to those around us. We can defeat fear. We can pour out love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, and self-control. We can REFUSE TO CONFORM and instead cling to God...

GET EXCITED.

Another email with more details is coming  s o  o   n .

signing off---

agent JB