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“ I joined a sorority to finally be a part of something,”a non-Christian sorority girl  shared with me last Fall as she continued to show up at our events, alone. She met with me and shared her pain, her desire for something else but when she was presented with the choice she said she just wasn’t ready to live her life differently. This theta girl, came to faith last year and I have had the privilege of discipling her with some of her sorority sisters this Fall.  This year she has continued to grow and thrive in Greek InterVarsity’s community. A spunky, unique individual, she has continued to step out in bold ways as she shares her faith in her classes, on-campus and to Greeks at SDSU in her very own style. She has struggled reaching out to a broken system that she used to be so involved in but this has not stopped her from witnessing to sorority and fraternity students who are caught up in the party culture as she once was herself. In fact she continues to press into this culture to be a light and despite her own struggles with walking away from this crazy party scene as SDSU, she stood up and shared her testimony at our back-to-school bbq. Her opening line, “God doesn’t want us to be perfect, I mess up all the time and He still loves me and He wants you to know He loves you.”

This semester this theta girl, along with another girl leader in Greek IV, have started a bible study with sorority girls and have been consistent every week! She says although walking away from her old life has been the hardest thing she has ever known, being able to share with these sisters on a weekly basis about how good God is keeps her grounded in the truth of who God is and shows her what He truly saved her from! This brave theta’s story is a reminder of why we are on this campus reaching out to this lost and overlooked population. Students in the Greek system hunger for God and we want to be there ready to share His word and love when they are ready to hear it, even if that may be on frat row at 12am sharing a hot dog together….

By Casey Groff, On-campus Greek Staff

This past month, Greeks from the San Diego Division had a retreat on Catalina Island hosted by Campus by the Sea. Greek Getaway is a time for students to get to know the Lord more intimately, share their own spiritual walks, cast new vision, and dive deep into scripture while rejoicing in the community of being Greek!

This year we had the national head of Greek InterVaristy, and author of “Sex & Dating,” Mindy Meyer share her wisdom. Students came home greatly impacted by her teaching.

“I came home from Greek Getaway with Mindy’s teaching laying heavy on my heart. I asked Casey, my Greek staff, more questions about how this applies to non-Christians, and then shared it with my roommates.”

As a result from Greek Getaway at San Diego State, we had a handful of new students come to our Greek InterVarsity community event this past Wednesday! We are praying that Greek Getaway can be a catalyst for more Greek students to catch an interest in being involved with our community and hearing more about Jesus.

- Greek Staff

Aaron at this year's Soul Food Retreat in Catalina.

“I didn’t sign up for this just to sit down and do nothing.”  This was the response I got after talking to a student who is new to InterVarsity this semester.  Aaron Brinkman is a recent transfer to SDSU and has been a key helper in our ministry in only his first semester with InterVarsity.

One of the biggest things we do at InterVarsity is our weekly large group that we call, Fuel, and Aaron has been a key person in our weekly setup for Fuel.  Fuel is a place for students to come to connect with God and to our community through guest speakers, worship and fellowship.

Just as you’d imagine, Fuel is a production, to say the least.  Like you’d see on a Sunday church service, setting up Fuel involves setting up a stage with a full band;  a full drum set, forty pound amplifiers, multiple speakers and monitors, mixers, microphones, and the list goes on and on.  Instead of having a regular stage always setup, we store all of our equipment at a church across the street from SDSU in a small closet, up a set of stairs in a tiny congested hallway, in the church sanctuary.  So, take the list of equipment, add stairs, add loading cars, add unloading cars, add setting it all up, and after is all said and done, repeat the process in reverse.

While this process may sound tiring to both you and I, I’ve been able to watch Aaron, every week, contribute so much of his time and energy to setting up, and doing everything with a smile on his face and with no complaints at all.  Aaron’s positive attitude in such a behind the scenes role represents exactly what InterVarsity looks for in a good leader.  Would you join with us in praying for more potential leaders like Aaron who will be fueled to, ‘not just sit around’ and sign up to serve in expanding God’s Kingdom at SDSU.

Many college students ask us: How far is too far? Why NOT have sex before marriage? Why are Christians against pornography and masturbation? Why are Christians so prude about sex? What does God think about people who lost their virginity? What does God say about those who have been raped? What if you’re someone who is dating someone who isn’t Christian, but you are?
Many students want to know…
WHAT DOES GOD SAY ABOUT SEX?

On Wednesday, October 26th, Greek InterVarsity launched one of their main outreach events, Sexy Pizookie. We invited the entire Greek Community to come to Pi Beta Phi, one of the sororities at SDSU with a commanding social presence, to ask questions anonymously to a panel of Christians to gain their perspective on what God thinks about sex and dating.

Tori, a Pi Phi and leader of Greek Intervarsity emceed the night and had a lot to say about this event, “Sexy Pizookie was a great opportunity for students to hear about God’s view on sex and dating and it gave people hope for godly living in college. About 100 students were there and heard the gospel. It was my favorite Greek InterVarsity event so far.”

This event allowed the amazing panel to share the benefits of why God wants us to wait to have sex until marriage and this truth was received with excitement! By the end of the night 10+ students expressed interest in wanting to check out Greek InterVarsity and our weekly bible study. We are blessed to be on-campus presenting God’s view on these topics and issues so students can hear God’s truth amongst all of the other voices and opinions they hear on such topics in college.

- Nick Kwok , SDSU Greek staff