September Starting Off Strong

The 2013 school year at North Dakota State University has begun! New and returning students are roaming our campus once again.

Danielle and I have been meeting with small group leaders that will be on campus this year. We have been able to pray over and encourage them as they impact the students by sharing their lives and Jesus Christ.  

Chi Alpha was back on campus kicking off the first week. Students poured into the Century Theater inside of NDSU’s student union. Over 450 students came to the two services on Thursday evening and over 30 students accepted Jesus into their lives!

Our amazing greeting team! These people are incredibly selfless and greet students as they arrive!

 We had a blast at Momma Deb’s, which is our freshmen outreach event where the famous Momma Deb, (mother of Pastors Nate and Dave Leedahl), makes all of Chi Alpha a dinner picnic! It used to be hosted at her house but our numbers have increased so much we had to move it to a park near campus. Students mingled, ate and played games as they entered into the family-like atmosphere we have. It was our hope that the students felt the Christ-like love and acceptance.

Small snapshot of Mama Deb's!

With the incredible success of HJOY last year we decided to start the school year off strong with another show. HJOY is our student-led stand-up comedy show that started many years ago in the living room of some Chi Alpha students. Last year we have over 1000 in attendance as we hosted it in our Memorial Union. Our prayer is that HJOY will be appealing to non-believers and break down the stereotypes that we don’t know how to have fun. This year was another success as we had over 900 students laughing and crying over the ridiculous skits & games of HJOY! !

 Last years HJOY was so great we did it again!!

We are both electric with excitement for this school year. Our vision is to see this Chi Alpha group double by year’s end. Pray for us as we will be praying for you! Thank you for your continued support!

Wondering why we have so many events in the beginning of the year? Feel free to reachout to us at mark.erickson.2@gmail.com for more information!