Reflections from the College/Young Adult Outreach Service
Faith Connection
at Brotherhood Presbyterian Church on September 7th at 5 pm
As the beat of the African Drum gave way to the Island beat of the Congo Drums and finally the Rock beat of the American Drum set, the first monthly outreach worship service at Brotherhood Presbyterian Church was called to worship. They were 50-60 people from America, Africa and Asia gathered to worship the Triune God together. The service was specifically an outreach to college age students and there were 11 students from WSU and Friends as part of the worshipping congregation that ranged in age from 7 to 70 years old. The service was a joint effort by Brotherhood and Covenant Presbyterian Churches but also included people from Grace Presbyterian and First Presbyterian in Wichita in the praise and projection team. The Praise team set the tone for a lively and interactive and upbeat worship with contemporary songs like “Cover the Earth”, “All Around”, “Because of Your Love”, “Better than Life” and “Sweeter”. The worship leadership team, Rob Erickson (Covenant), Eric Williams (Brotherhood), Daisy Karagaram (WSU Chaplain) and Laura Frazey (Covenant) acted out the story of Jesus feet being washed by a women at the Pharisee’s house in Luke 7:36-50. Rob Erickson preached on “The Call of Christ to Conversation, Community and Compassion”. There was a real sense of community in the worship service as participants entered into conversation with God and with each other around the compassion of Christ.
“People will come from east and west, from north and south, and will eat at table in the kingdom of God.” (Luke 13:29)
After the worship service we gathered in the Fellowship Hall of Brotherhood for a shared meal. We had planned for 25 people and Christ helped us multiply the Loaves and Fish (actually sandwiches, brownies, chips and apple sauce) to feed the 40 people who were gathered for supper at 6 pm. It was a great time to find out about major areas of study, home countries and family as we gathered as one faith family. We had people from Uganda, Nigeria, Kenya and Newton and Wichita all sharing their stories together as we ate in community with Christ.
Around this table alone we had students who were majoring in sociology, electrical engineering, medicine, dance, special elementary education and music. Our next service and shared meal will be on World Communion Sunday, October 5th at Brotherhood. We would invite all youth and young adults and people of all ages who would like to be part of a growing, exciting, international and contemporary worship experience in Wichita to join us at 5 pm on October 5th for worship and a meal together in the Spirit of Jesus Christ our Lord.
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