Graham's Ministry Blog

FIRST CORE OF THE YEAR Howdy and hello, friends!      It is finally that exciting part of the year, when the school year starts and we get to meet hundreds of new students on campus. There have been so many neat conversations, invitations, and explanations of who Jesus is and what he is doing at UTA. Thank you all for your prayers and support. I would not get to be meeting guys like Garrett, Chaehoon, Andrew, Tyler, Teo, Trenton, Sam, and so many others if it were not for your support. If you are reading this, you had a big role to play in Jesus' name being made known this past month. So thank you so much. There have been so many events that I could tell you all about, but I will cover all of them with this. We met a lot of new guys this Welcome Week, which was such good news. Our men's ministry has been shrinking, and our men's team did a great job of befriending and inviting new guys in. I could see Christ making many of these new faces leaders and disciples in the comi...

     Howdy and Hello! It’s just about the end of the summer.  Very soon I will be back on campus, meeting new students, hosting cores, and sharing the Good News of Jesus.   Colton shared at TNF why his fellow students should consider giving to this ministry. He did a great job casting the vision of what God is doing through this ministry and shared about our friendship.     We finished our Summer FOCUS series last week. I always love hearing sermons from my fellow campus pastors, especially the ones from different campuses, since I don’t get to hear them much. If you’d like to listen, check out our Spotify link. My friend, Rhett, spoke about how God takes our hearts from a place of Apathy to Care for those around us. Definitely worth a listen. Click Here for the Sermons In this short summer, I have been inspired more than ever to dive deep into personal relationship with our loving Father, because of the way Rhett expresses his deep need for God. ...

       Howdy and Hello!!! It has been so long, or at least feels that way. Summer has been underway for a bit now and I have been loving it,      God gives us a bit of a break over the Summer. Most students are home, or working. So our staff takes time to fundraise, reconnect with God intentionally, and physically rest before the upcoming school year.  Worship with over 300 students from across DFW. What an awesome experience.      Our biggest gathering takes place every Thursday in the Summer though. We host a service every Thursday at Care Church each Summer. The sermons have been about how Jesus' Good News brings us from one way of life to another. So in two weeks, Emily is preaching about "From Loneliness to Belonging", and another pastor friend of mine did "From Death to Life".       I love this event cause we get to stay connected with local students and encourage a myriad of different ways for them to gro...

Howdy and Hello!      So excited to write to y'all again and share with you the exciting things happening out here at UTA and TCC for Christ. Most of this blog is about our large ministry trip to Bellingham, Washington for the student leadership conference called SICM (Student Institute of Campus Ministry).  Colton, John, and I flying to Seattle. It was John's first flight. So brave.   Taking the Orca train to downtown Seattle with a bunch of students. Big fan of these two. Excited to see them grow as young disciples. Austin and I at the gum wall. Seattle is not very handicap friendly, but through determination and sweat, Austin and I got around. Pike's Place is always a must to go visit.      We do a lot of sight seeing in Seattle before heading to the conference for the rest of the week. It helps our students form relationships with one another and create strong memories and bonds.  Lunch with some students in Seattle. Taking my exhausted b...