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2023 in the Books

Happy New Year! I hope you had a restful holiday season and feel some amount of reinvigoration going into 2024. There's so much I'm excited for in ministry this year.

Bass Christmas

But before we move forward into the new year, I wanted to share some pictures of Erin's and my Christmas!

Christmas with Erin's side of our family!

Oreo ball chefs

Gingerbread extraordinaire

Girls

vs Boys 

(Who won?)

My nephew (Elo 3000) helping me win chess

4th Annual family Disc Golf tournament! I'll let you guess which one is my brother.

Also, this was my first year taking the W! I plan to make it an annual occurrence.

Christmas on Campus

SMU Focus also through our own Christmas party! Here are some of the highlights.

Catering courtesy of Olivella's!

Had a solid turnout!

You'll notice Luke a couple chairs behind me. He's a freshman and has been a part of my small group this year! He has a habit of beating me in chess.

Retreat (Round 1)

One perk of running a few days behind on posting this month's blog is that you get to see some of how January has been going! We just got back from our biannual staff retreat, this one to Burnett, outside Austin. We had a great time connecting, worshipping, and discussing the book To Love as God Loves. We had great conversations and are hopefully better equipped to love college students this spring than we would have been otherwise.



Enthralled by Rise of the Planet of the Apes
(Apes together strong)


Retreat (Round 2) will take place in Glen Rose this weekend with 600 students fresh off of their Christmas breaks. Please pray for those students and that they encounter the Lord this weekend!

And that's a wrap for 2023, and I can't wait to watch 2024 unfold, and share the highlights will you all. Thank you so much for your support, and keep praying for these college students! Jesus has big plans for DFW campuses and I'm grateful we all get to be along for the ride.

Your brother,
Taylor

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