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Momentum is Growing!

Happy September! Hopefully the hottest days are behind us. I hope you enjoyed the sun and are as excited for cooler temps as I am!

Welcome Week

SMU's Welcome Week has also been coming in hot! We just finished and have been in full overdrive mode. We've met hundreds of students and are now in the stage of inviting them into deeper relationships!

Here are a ton of pics! Hopefully they'll give you a taste of what God's been doing on campus the last couple weeks.

Waffleopolis was a complete hit!



First worship night! Every seat was packed in!

Charli out here doing the Lord's work

A couple of our student leaders cooling off!

SMU should pay us for this pic

This one too

Not this one

Core

New year, new core! If you're also new here, Core is what we call our small groups in Focus! 
We had a wonderful turnout. From left to right we have Jonathan, Ethan, Craig, myself, Antonio, Victor, Nicolas, and Quinn! 4 of those who came were freshmen! Can't wait to see how the next week and month goes.

Dog

Allow me to leave you with some blessed pictures of Charli.




She ate another plant today and is in trouble.


Thank you for taking the time to read this ministry update, and thank you so very much for your support in campus ministry. God is doing big things! Please be praying for these new SMU students. My prayer is that they'll take the next step past just having fun playing volleyball and will engage with one another on a deeper, authentic level. Oh what sweet blessings lay in store for those who cling to God's community.

I love you all!
Taylor



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