We are a college-age community that found life with God through Jesus. He is Mysterious, yet Majestic, Loving, yet Challenging, Passionate, yet Compassionate, Human, yet God.

And we are falling in love with him.

What makes Jesus someone worth following?
Here are a couple of things we have experienced:

He is Loving. In a world that lacks real, authentic love, Jesus brings a new and amazing kind, to which we cannot help but be attracted. He loved his Father in Heaven with complete and utter abandon, and he loved the people around him with a love the world had not yet experienced. Jesus came to Love.

He is Passionate. Jesus lived anything but a status quo life, and in his passion, he came to save people. He gave his life so that we can be free. His passion for people affected those around him. Through Jesus, God passionately loves us, and we are learning to be as passionate as He is. Jesus came with Passion.

He is a Servant.Jesus did not come to begin a 2,000 year pyramid scheme; rather he came to serve with every ounce of blood, sweat, and tears that he had. What does this communicate about God? People are not saved by a CEO, but rather by One putting on a towel and washing the dirty feet of humanity. Jesus came to serve.

He came to Rescue. Though Jesus teaches us in amazing transformational ways to live our life, he also came to rescue us from our sinking ship. Without him, we would be relegated to the very ship in which we poked holes. By coming, Jesus set his heart on saving humanity by his life and death on the cross, paving the way to God. Jesus came to rescue us.

He gives life. His passion was to bring us life in the here and now. Yes, we see life as being something we will experience in eternity, but we also realize that Jesus came to bring us “eternal life” today in the midst of our ever day lives. Real life comes through Jesus, and we are learning that he desires to bring us new life. Jesus came to give life.

How do you begin to experience Jesus? Begin to follow. Try out what Jesus said: Choose to Love God with your heart, mind, strength, and soul, and then try to Love the people around you. But don’t do it alone. Try it with others who practice the same things. We are a people who are trying to do exactly that!

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