Goals & Mission Statement

GOALS

"If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else." --Lawrence J. Peter

Starting college, goals are a big part of accomplishing some of the big tasks that this type of schooling will present. As Lawrence Peter said, without a goal of sorts in mind, you will probably end up "somewhere else" -- and that somewhere else probably will not be where you want to be. That said, I will be setting three solid goals to have accomplished by certain deadlines in order to make sure that I end up exactly where God wants me!

Under the category of Spiritual Goals, my goal is a ministry that I am newly involved with called EVERY5. Started by current sophomore Avery Hopkins last year, she brought the idea to campus that, on every fifth of the month people would bring their spare change and give it to the EVERY5 cause. The idea? "Give change to make change." This past summer of 2011, Avery was able to take all of the change that people contributed (about $600) to Indonesia and feed starving children. By the beginning of this summer, our goal is to double last years' amount to a grand total of $1,200. We are praying for God to do big things! To do this, one of our fundraisers is setting out jars on every fifth of every month; so, if you drop by the Aerie or the Caf on the fifth, look for the jars and drop your change!

For Relational Goals, I am striving to become great friends with all of the girls on my floor (500 Chicks for days)! I know that all of the girl friends that I make here on campus will most likely be the main ones to last me for my whole life. That said, I am striving to make good friends with all of them! I do not really have any real deadline for this since relationships are usually unpredictable in how much time they take to develop, but I suppose that my deadline could be the end of this year, as well! To do this, I will spend more time with the girls than I would with the guys and make an effort to be on my floor and with my girls rather than chillin' by myself, somewhere. That is a nice, practical solution!

Finally, my Academic Goal is to keep a 3.5 GPA or higher this year. Clearly, I will not find out if I achieved this goal until the end of this year, so I will be striving for that throughout the year. I will achieve this by making studies a priority over hanging out, which will be hard, but very necessary for a college freshman who needs to start off on the right foot!

MISSION STATEMENT

I strive to GIVE my life to Christ by BEING ABOUT my FATHER'S BUSINESS,

by showing LOVE to His people,

IDENTIFYING Christ in the lives of others

and ILLUMINATING His Word in our every day lives.

I will live my life expressing JOY,

ABUNDANCE in Christ,

WISDOM,

LOVE,

WHOLENESS from Jesus,

and SECURITY in Him,

in an effort to SHOW teenage girls

just how much Christ can fulfill their lives

over any other human being.