Welcome!
If you’re looking for ways to get involved with St. Alban’s (the Anglican ministry at The Citadel) then you’re at the right place! From here you can:
- Find out what’s going on…
- Interact with news and notes of general interest… (check out the blog below)
- Grow a small group…
- Sign into the lounge (for Cadets)
- Find ways you can help this fun, real, and enjoyable ministry!
Stay a while and enjoy!
Arrival!
We begin our descent into Kigali airport in Rwanda and the most amazing thing to notice is the darkness. It is 7:00 pm local time and pitch black. We are descending and there are no lights except for a few isolated pinpricks on the ground. But otherwise deep darkness.
It had been light out until 6:30 when it went eerily gray and quickly went black. The sky and the ground are one sheet of darkness with the few stars matching the few lights on the ground. There are no curving bright roadways with moving car lights, no neon lighted signs, no large buildings lit to the sky.
As we get closer there are just a few more lights–standing in bright contrast to the darkness. I reflect on the brightness of the Mall of America and Amsterdam which we have just left. From the neon colored makeup stands to the bright flourescent light everywhere–it is bright! While those are places filled with brightness, I reflect on the true Light and wonder if Uganda is instead the brighter place.
We land in Uganda and are immediately surrounded with bright smiles, warm hugs and the laughter of newly made friends. The light of Jesus surrounds us as we are wrapped in the Kingdom of God. We make our way from Entebbe to Kampala–about one hour drive as we get to know our new hosts and friends. As we arrive at Africa Renewal College we are exhausted but excited. We go to sleep on our mosquito net covered bunks wondering what this will look like in the new light of day!
This is us in the morning… prepping for Day 1!
27 Days till we head off to Uganda! Support the effort!
In just 27 days a group of Cadets, Anna and I will be heading off to Uganda… Stay tuned for pics from the Benefit concert tomorrow (Sunday) at 2:00 at The Citadel — and consider supporting the cause!
Interested in St. Alban’s Leadership?
We’re looking for a few great people to step up and help lead… Assume God is calling you!! (Unless you have some specific other task he’s calling you to!) Here’s what you need to do to check out the call:
1 – Attend the Leadership Lunch on Monday the 9th at 12:00 at Fr. Greg’s office (Mark Clark Hall)
2 – Download the linked document (here) and read the instructions and fill out the application
3 – Schedule an interview (ASAP) with Fr. Greg (Go to Gloria in her office on the third floor of Mark Clark Hall… or email her at gloria AT holycross . net
3 Ways to help get Cadets to Uganda
Yep, you read that right… Anna and I and 4 Cadets and a CofC student are headed to Kampala, Uganda to help train leaders and pastors… and you can help!
1 – Read more about the project here:
2 – Give (Please!) – The trip costs $3500 per person. It’s sponsored by Training Leaders International and we’re excited for the partnership! (If online giving doesn’t work… email greg At holycr0ss . n e t
3 – Come to the Africa Benefit Concert on April 15th at 2:00 in Buyer Auditorium for some great music and even better dessert; hear from the cadets who are going and pray for us!
70th Anniversary Update
Woodrow Wilson said, “The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it”. As St. Alban’s Chaplain at The Citadel, I am in the enviable position of swimming with the stream most of the time – and thus I lose perspective on just how powerful a stream I’m actually in. But occasionally, I get the unique opportunity to shift in the stream in such a way as to feel its powerful strength propelling me forward.
Our 70th Anniversary Celebration this past Sunday was just one of those times. Standing in the middle of Summerall Chapel surrounded by a vast array of over 200 alumni, current students and family (including 3 Alumni Bishops!), I realized that it is the strength of Christ’s powerful visitation upon this campus in the days of cadet’s youth that propels St. Albans forward into the current day! And that realization was glorious! (For pics, click here)
We celebrated the Eucharist together and heard an inspiring sermon by the Rev. Robert Fain (’77) of Augusta encouraging us to be the Church in our society and the world. The witness of alumni, cadets, and friends of St. Albans encouraged us. And we enjoyed an incredible meal with testimonies from current and former cadets about the way Christ had met them through St. Alban’s at The Citadel.
Current cadets shared at the Celebration Lunch that they had renewed their faith in Christ at St. Alban’s chapel, grown in their leadership abilities, and had even found Christ for the first time. One cadet told the story that St. Alban’s sponsorship of FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes) allows him to worship and have fellowship with Christians once a week during the busy football season. Another cadet shared how she had deepened her ability to understand and apply the Scriptures through mentoring and small group times.
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Heading to Africa!
Anna and I are heading to Uganda this summer to help teach at Gaba Bible Institute!! We are so excited!! And you can help! Read our recent letter to friends and family, below for more information… and if you want to support the project, click here.
There is a new crisis in Africa everyday. Poverty… AIDS… orphans… famine… corruption… war…
But in the midst of these challenges there is a great crisis that is going unnoticed… a crisis in LEADERSHIP. This is a crisis that the Church in Africa is facing right now. From misuse of power to false teaching, even a false gospel at times… Africa, and most especially the church in Africa, is desperate for Christian leaders to rise up. It is estimated that there is 1 formally trained Pastor for every 450,000 people outside of the US. That’s a crisis of leadership – and a crisis we can meet together!
This May, I have been asked to come and step into the gap of this crisis in the country of Uganda, Africa. I will not be going alone. Anna and I, in partnership with Training Leaders International, a group of 3 other pastors, and 5 college students, have been asked to come and teach theology at Gaba Bible Institute. This is an exciting opportunity to teach at a seminary with over 150 students from 45 different tribes in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Sudan, Eritrea and Kenya who are being equipped as leaders to transform their community and their society. Together we will be teaching Biblical Interpretation, the Life of Christ, Pastoral Counseling, and my specific task is to teach the Book of Daniel and the Book of Revelation.
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Apologetic and Clubs
Here’s a great article about evangelism from Resurgence, and a great thought to consider:
“Apologetics needs to consist of more than just smiling at people and being sweet. Argument plays a role, but argumentation is a sharp tool, and a tool is somethingthat a craftsman should—if he wants to keep all his fingers—understand fully in order to wield it properly.”
Why We Worship This Sunday
Great comment from a friend… on why Christmas Sunday worship is appropriate. I especially like the fact that he mentions about how long we’ve had this tradition!!
http://ihajj.blogspot.com/2011/12/why-we-worship-this-sunday.html
The Double Standard on Bike/Car Behavior
I’m a consummate “bike guy” — and as such was encouraged by a commenter an article I saw that sums up the double standard that I see whenever a discussion about whether cyclists or drivers are, in fact, essentially jerks
Commenter Karen Lynn Allen sort of nailed the whole debate with this:
Yesterday I saw a bicyclist do [insert dangerous, stupid, inconsiderate, boneheaded move here] and it nearly inconvenienced me. This means all bikers better watch out because the responsible, productive, law-abiding members of this community aren’t going to tolerate this kind of of anti-social behavior from you riffraff much longer.
Yesterday I saw a car driver do [insert dangerous, stupid, inconsiderate, boneheaded move here] and kill someone! A tragedy, but it was an accident, no one’s fault really, just one of those bad parts of living in the modern age that we all have to put up with. After all, anyone can make a mistake. It would be a shame to even suspend the driver’s license over it because they really might need it to get to work. It certainly is no reflection on me or how most people drive.
Applause!
The article went on to say, “Come to think of it, nearly 33,000 people were killed by cars last year, and still, no one seems to be talking about the epidemic of unsafe driver behavior. How many people were killed last year by bicyclists?”
via The Double Standard on Bike/Car Behavior.
Check out new rules for Assassin Game. Comments accepted!
http://goo.gl/ztbh3 Read the new rules… New Game starts tomorrow morning.
