We sent out about 600 postcards this week, including at least one to every PC(USA) congregation in the state of Georgia. We wanted to let people know about our change to a Tuesday night worship service and hopefully have pastors, DCE’s, and youth directors refer their students to us. This is the same postcard that we have been giving out to incoming freshman at orientation. If you are interested in receiving a postcard or having someone else receive a postcard, then please send me an address (andy@pscuga.org). Or, you could ask me to send some postcards your way and you can send them out or hand them out. We’re looking forward to worshiping together with everyone again on August 17!

April and May were busy, but good, months at the PSC. We returned from our Spring Retreat and finished the semester strong.

On April 25, we hosted High School Night at the Presbyterian Student Center (see picture). We had high school students from Oconee Presbyterian, Friendship Presbyterian, Covenant Presbyterian, and Alpharetta Presbyterian join us for dinner and worship. It was great to have high schoolers worshiping with college students and for them to see that it is possible to be in college and be a person of deep faith. All together, we had about 75 people there.

The following week, we had our graduates’ night. We celebrated those who had been a part of our community and who were be sent on to other places. It’s difficult to say goodbye, but it’s also a joy to send these students on to the next chapter in their lives.

Finals week followed. We had a great “study break” with pizza, games, etc. (see picture) early in finals week. By the end of the week, the PSC was empty as students left to go home, go to summer jobs, etc.

For those that are in town over the summer, we will have a Bible study on Tuesdays at 6p beginning on June 8 and going through July. Staff will also be around for orientation and other events over the summer, but we won’t have regular hours. If we don’t week you around this summer, we hope to see you on August!

This past Thursday was Earth Day, and we used this special opportunity to forge new and unlikely bonds of fellowship.  Jews, Catholics, Atheists, Episcopalians and Pagans converged at the Presbyterian Student Center to join us for a special Earth Day screening of a documentary called “Dirt! The Movie.”  This film uses humor, science, and a very human touch to give audiences the dirt on dirt, and explain how soil is surprisingly central to many of the issues we face as a global community.  A rousing interfaith roundtable discussion followed the screening, as students and community members from diverse faith (and non-faith) traditions wrestled together with some of the tough questions this film brought to our attention.  Special thanks to third-year Ecology major and PSC regular Calley Mersmann for helping to make this night of interfaith dialogue a smashing success.

This past weekend, we ventured to Camp Buc for our spring retreat. The weather was perfect. The mountains were beautiful. We couldn’t have asked for more.

We began the weekend with games on Friday night. On Saturday, we explored our theme, “Living Lives that Matter,” with devotional times throughout the day. Some of us also went hiking for several hours in the afternoon. This is a picture of some of us on top of a mountain during the hike. We ended the day with a campfire and a movie.

On Sunday, we worshiped together in the outdoor chapel. As we left for home, some of us took a detour and hiked up Whiteside Mountain. It was a great weekend filled with meaningful conversation, good food, and plenty of time to relax.