The ONE @ The Soo - The Truth Project

O well. I was all geared up to visit "The One" campus ministry in Sault Ste Marie. We had a plan. I was going to drive up on Sunday in time to take in the student leaders meeting and  then the evening service. Unfortunately campus pastor Paul Quesnele informed me that he was diagnosed with the H1N1  virus and that it would make more sense if I were to delay my trip. So, it looks like I may be doing the seven hour drive in the beginning of December (DV).


For those who might be interested, here is some preliminary information. Check out their website at http://www.onecm.ca/ .  Further, you can connect with the site of The Summit Community Church , founded and led by Jeremy Murdoch ( http://www.thesummitcommunity.com/) , which is an intergenerational church that actually grew out of the campus ministry ( there's a recurrent theme here I will pick up at another time ). For the sake of clarity, they had to distinguish the ministries and  rename the campus expression, which had previously used The Summit title. They just relaunched the campus ministry under their new banner this September.

Those of you who follow campus ministry might be interested in their curriculum for the year. They are using The Truth Project , which is a multi-media presentation of the Focus On The Family's groundbreaking worldview conferences. The Focus On The Family label may be a bit misleading. They put on outstanding events for young adults, that would cost serious money in tuition, travel and lodging to take in. They have distilled the event in a user friendly, DVD format that is excellent for learning, discussion and growth.  If I have got it right, I think they are using it every other week. I will give better feedback in a few weeks.


check it out at http://www.thetruthproject.org/  or else http://www.thetruthproject.ca/ ( Canadian ).

Trevor Gingerich, our Mission Canada missionary to Humber College, mentioned that his  student leadershop was divided on The Truth Project  for small groups. Some of them felt it was too intense. Others were really pumped about it. So, there  is fair  warning. It is not for everybody, but it is worth knowing about. It addresses foundational issues that students desperately need to engage. It may provide a great option if you have a multiple choice small group ministry. 

Chris-Ann Lake, Chaplain and UCM director at VIU ( Vancouver Island University) has run  The Truth Project twice already, and is well into her third time through.  (http://www.viu.ucmonline.ca/) She writes:
The one thing that FOTF pushes is to run it in a home setting, yet in the videos Del teaches in a classroom setting... so really I don't think it matters how it's done. I have tried it in both (a classroom setting and home setting) and both have worked fine because for the most part students are used to open discussion in a classroom setting.

Also I have watched the videos numerous times on now and have found that creating a list of thoughtful discussion questions to lead with for the discussion time at the end has really helped.
The only time that a home setting would benefit if people are not really comfortable in having prayer times in the classroom, though I love praying in the classroom so that works for me :)

Elsewhere she wrote: I have been in a recent discussion with my board about introducing the Campus Alpha program in the fall term and then offering the Truth Project in the Spring term (for the Christians).


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