We spent some extra time in Toledo this week, so we used the time to give away some free coffee and lemonade in front of Consolatrix College during the day. Later that evening we opened up the Toledo SLM Space to hang out, play games, eat pizza, and laugh at some charades. We will be doing a similar hang out on August 15 in Cebu City!
As the semester came to an end, we had a chill evening of board games to celebrate another school year complete. We played all the favorites like Monopoly, Settlers of Catan, and Ticket to Ride. We even held a mini paper football tournament. Stay tuned for our upcoming game night to kickoff the next semester!
A few weeks ago, after we finished up going through Colossians, we watched the film “The Insanity of God” which is an intense and inspiring look at believers in persecution.
We are currently about halfway through a series called “Follow Me” where each week we are taking an in depth look at what it really means to follow Jesus – with biblical teaching and small group discussions. If you’d like to join us, these weekly meetings are open to anyone 18-25 years old. We meet WEDNESDAYS at 6PM (and we have dinner together too).
We also produce Word on the Street magazine – a Christian magazine designed for university students. Recently, one of our members got it approved to be added to the UC Main library!
OUTDOOR MOVIE NIGHTS
Over the last two months we have hosted two separate movie nights at our Toledo space! In May we watched “Wonka” and had our fill of chocolates and sweets to fit with the theme, and in June we watched the American classic, “The Princess Bride”. It has been a lot of fun hosting these nights – from the set up, to cooking food, to the clean up afterwards (and of course enjoying the show). Both times were well attended, so we will definitely be continuing these events in the future. Even a little rain didn’t stop the show!
WEEKLY BIBLE STUDIES
Since we finished going verse-by-verse through the book of Colossians, we have been doing a few different things during our weekly dinner and Bible discussions. We took one week to watch the inspiring film “The Insanity of God” about believers in persecution. Currently, we are working our way through a video series called “Follow Me” which has short biblical teachings from David Platt, and then we break into small groups to discuss what following Jesus really means in our life.
If you are a university student in Toledo, you’re invited to join us any THURSDAY at 6PM!
Street Level Ministries has an option of becoming a member within the organization. This opportunity is for people who have proven that Street Level is a priority in their life and who want to not just attend meetings, but be an active participant in them and serve God through SLM. This group of members (from both Toledo and Cebu) spent Saturday together to discuss, plan, and pray for some upcoming things. One of the main things being hosting a Youth Leader Summit on Bantayan Island soon. If you think to pray for this group and our upcoming endeavors – the summit, as well as outreaches as the new semester is fast approaching – we really appreciate it.
It is also important for us as a group to have fellowship, and get to know each other in real and deeper ways… and what better way than some friendly competition?
This Friday (May 9) at 7PM at the Street Level Ministries Toledo Space we will be hosting an outdoor movie night! Free for students! Complete with hotdogs, fries, popcorn and plenty of sweets! You won’t want to miss it.
Recently some of our members took an opportunity to set up our booth at a large youth gathering to let students know about Street Level. The event was for youth all over Cebu island (and surrounding islands) and was two days long. We had a good time hanging out together at it, and made some good connections along the way. The main piece of information we gave away was a mini ‘zine, “A Compact Guide on How to Not Waste Your Life”.
Since there was a crew from the Toledo side of the island spending some time in Cebu, we took a bonus adventure to TOPS and enjoyed a beautiful afternoon together too! We definitely took a road less traveled to get there, but that was part of the fun.
Recently, both Cebu and Toledo SLM groups had an evening of Pictionary and hanging out together. We warmed up our creative skills by playing “Telephone Pictionary”, where a phrase turns into pictures, and back into phrases, and usually ends up entirely different from the beginning. A lot of laughs and “what is that supposed to be?!” were had.
Then came the main Pictionary event and the competition was fierce. The teams battled their way around the board, showing off their art skills (or lack of art skills) as their teams guessed what was being drawn.
And of course, there was plenty of pizza and snacks to be shared too! As an organization we have nights like this because it’s fun to spend time together, but also, it helps us build deeper relationships with the people we are growing our faith with. Stay tuned for more to come!
On a Friday evening, the members of Street Level Ministries Cebu and Toledo came together for an evening of fellowship and discussion. We were joined by Street Level U.S. current staff and alumni and really enjoyed spending time together, having dinner, and sharing stories.
The following day, we held a full day summit with participants from both sides of the island. We enjoyed a day of fellowship, worship, Bible teaching and small group discussion. The topic of the day was “Decision Time: Full Commitment or Empty Promises” discussing what it looks like to be used by God, verses being people who try to use God, and that now is the time to make that choice.
The competition was fierce last Thursday and Friday at our WOTS release party! We celebrated the 95th issue of our magazine with word-based games (Pictionary, Password, Fishbowl, a word search, and a crossword), and teams competed for prizes. We also enjoyed a video from the U.S. writers and editors who work on the magazine, and we read some sections of articles from the new issue. And there was food, of course!
It was a great evening in Toledo and Cebu! Hope you enjoy the latest issue of Word on the Street!
