Kevin Pike Ministry Blog

 November Update      Hey everyone! Thanksgiving is almost here! I pray you all have a wonderful time with your families and eat some good food together! This year has blown by so quickly, here is what happened this past month. Pizza Theo:     Every school semester we host an event called Pizza Theology where for five hours, students come and listen to collegiate level talks about a specific topic that Focus chooses. This semester, we had a Dr. Rikk Watts come and talk to us about the gospel of John. This man has been studying the bible for over 30 years in the New Testament and it was so cool to hear the results of his intensive studies. He went in depth into certain stories by providing the historical background and cultural significance of each passage which is right up my alley. He made the text come alive by asking certain questions to get us thinking about the story in ways I had not thought about before. Dr. Watts also made sure to bring up evidence ...

 October Update     Hey everyone! Thank you for taking the time to read this, I hope all is well with y'all! The seasons are changing and it is time to start enjoying that good weather. Here is what has been going on this past month at Collin College! Fall Retreat:     Every year we take our students to Mount Lebanon camp in Cedar Hill, TX for a 24 hour getaway.  We had around 60 students join us this year which was such a blessing. Our theme was Survivor: Fall Retreat Edition  where students were put into teams based off their small groups and competed against each other with a plethora of games. Each team had their own specific color and made their own team flag which was a big hit. Here are some pictures from the retreat:      This is one of my favorite events that we host as it not only allows the students to have a fun retreat, but also it allows them to deepen their friendships with one another and seek out God intentionally. There...

 September Update      Hello all! I hope everything is going well, thank you all for taking the time to read this blog! This year at Collin has been going extremely well, I can't wait to share what has been happening!  CORE (Small Groups):     This year I am co-leading two Cores with my coworker, Mick, with one at the Plano campus and another at the Wylie campus. For both of the small groups, we have had a great, consistent turnout! There has been a consistent pattern with most of the guys that I am meeting up with. They tell me that they want to, "lock in" spiritually and that Core and FOJ (Focus on Jesus bible study) is a way they get to pursue that goal, so they are eager to come and commit.      We are currently doing a study of the book of James. Mick and I chose to go over this book because it is a very practical book. James talks about how without deeds and good works, our faith is dead. A common denominator between most of our gu...

August Update       Hello everyone! School is back in session so that means we are back on campuses meeting students and inviting them to have eternal life for ever! Here is what went down this past month!  Welcome Week:      WELCOME WEEK IS HERE! Welcome week is the first week of school and it is where we find the most critical time to outreach to the students. So, we are on campus all day everyday, hosting different events across the four main campuses of Collin College. Here is a day by day schedule of everything we did this last week. Monday: Back to School Photos     For the first day of school we had a back to school photo screen for students to take their pictures with. It was so exciting to see all the new students on campus, a lot of our time was dedicated to walking students around and helping them find their classes. That was a good way to talk to them for awhile and invite them to join our group. Tuesday: Tattuesday   ...

July Update     Hey everyone! Hope you had a fantastic 4th of July! Superman and Fantastic Four are out in theaters right now, summer is in full swing! We had a lot of great things happen this month, let's jump right in! ACTIVATE:     ACTIVATE is a new program that we started that serves as a SICM refresher course for all of our students who we are considering to become leaders. SICM was our leadership conference that we sent all of our students to this past May, ACTIVATE is for all the students who went to SICM at anytime and want a reminder of all the information that was taught there. This is a weekend long seminar that goes over topics like; Spiritual Disciplines, Inductive Bible Studies, How to Evangelize on Campus, How to Lead a Small Group, etc. It was great to see some familiar faces. I  got to lead a session with one of my coworkers on a "Prayer Workshop". We taught the students what prayer is, why we should do it, and some prayer exercises that th...

June Update      Hello everyone! Hope your summer has been going great! The heat can't stop, won't stop Focus! I can not wait to tell y'all all that has been going on, let's jump into it :) Summer TNF (Thursday Night Fellowship)      This summer, we’re still meeting up every Thursday night! During the school year, we host the event just for students at Collin College, but in the summer, we open it up to all of the FOCUS campuses—and it’s a blast! We’ve had record numbers of students showing up. The church is packed with young adults who want to spend their summers with others rather than wasting it. The service usually consists of worship music, announcements, a sermon, and then ends with more worship music. I would love for y’all to come on down and join us for a service! You can find us at Care Church in Richardson every Thursday night at 7:30 PM. Hope to see you there—let me know if you want to come, and I’d be happy to show you around! Here are some pho...