Graham's Ministry Blog

 Howdy and Hello! Our leader team from this year. So thankful for all these young disciples.       Feeling very excited for the end of the school year and beginning of Summer. Season transitions are often a time of either reflection, completion, or struggle.        Thankfully, I see myself, and most of the guys I got to minister to this year on the side of reflection and completion. This semester flew by and I have really enjoyed getting to know the guys in my core and in my studies this school year.      I pray that all of you reading are in good seasons. Many of y’all don’t feel the transition to summer like us pastors and students do, but I hope you are finding yourself growing and not getting weary. Emily had some girls over for the Eclipse.We also met our neighbors because everyone was outside! What a beautiful event to share with others. God is good. Our core went fishing this month. Mauricio is the GOAT and caught that bass. ...

 HOWDY and HELLO!      I have been busy with some sermons and helping students fundraise for SICM! I will update on those things in the next month, because I don't want to miss anything that happened in March. God is too good to miss out on any updates. Thank you for your patience! Potluck with our church after Easter Service. So sweet.      Obviously we got to celebrate Easter Sunday around the world together as the body of believers. This year has been a much needed reminder for me. Holidays and festivals are almost always started as an act of remembrance of something significant. I often find around the holidays though, I am so focused on regular day to day life, or if I am in the holiday spirit, it's about the form of the day, rather than the purpose.       This year, I had my good friend Mauricio with me, just excited more and more at the idea of the coming resurrection. I would see him on campus, ask how he is doing, and he wo...

Arlington Central Church in our new home!    HOWDY AND HELLO!!!      There is a lot to be thankful for this past month: a second sonogram of our baby girl, an influx of new students and visitors to our church, multiple student baptisms at our church, and plenty of  memories being made with my guys I have come to really care for.      Once again, I reminded of the joy of this ministry I get to participate in and want to extend a thank you to all of you on my support team and who read this blog.    Let's jump in to February!!! Sweet girl. I have been told she has my nose.      Our baby is growing healthy and we are getting more and more excited to meet her. She has started moving enough in Emily for her to feel her. I have felt 1 or 2 little kicks and it is so sweet.       One of the elements of having her I am most excited for is all our friends, family, and community getting to meet her and vice v...

  Snapshot from a student named Austin of the snow day at camp HOWDY and HELLO! January has come and gone, and I wanted to spend most of my blog sharing with y'all some powerful stories from our retreat. Every day we got to spend together was a catalyst for fellowship and community. Not everyone in our core could go, but Mauricio, Garrett, Sully, and I were there. It was definitely a great sight to see Sully getting more plugged in, and I have already seen him being more comfortable in core after us sharing this trip together. It was Garrett and Sully's first time at this retreat, so it was their first time getting to see the entire ministry of FOCUS from across DFW get together. I think it put some perspective on what God has been bringing them to and encouraged them to see His hand at a larger scale than UTA. The Core guys on last day at retreat Some of the UTA fellas wanted a snow day pic. Lots of great guys here. Many will be leaders in the coming years. Rhett, Mauricio, an...