Kevin Pike Ministry Blog

February Fun       Hey everyone! I hope y'all have been enjoying this beautiful weather, with the way Texas is it'll probably be super hot or cold within the next few days. I hope everything is well and I can't wait to show y'all what's been going on in February!  Family Night TNF      Every year at Collin College, we have Family Night where we invite our student's families to come join us for TNF (Thursday Night Fellowship). It is so great getting to meet the students' families and allowing them to see what their kid does every Thursday night. We had two of our students share about how FOCUS has impacted their lives and we got to hear from one of the parents about how they have seen an impact on their child's life through FOCUS. This is always one of my favorite nights as we get to see the fruit of our labor here at Collin College. If you came to our Family Night this past Thursday, thank you so much for coming we're so glad you could make it! Here

  The Start of the New Year       Hello everyone! Hope all of you are following your New Year resolutions because I have already quit mine. This month has already been a blast and I can't wait to update y'all on what's been going on!  Winter Retreat      Every year FOCUS hosts a Winter Retreat where we invite all of our students from our 11 campuses to spend three days seeking out the Lord. This year we had an amazing speaker, Dr. Lee from Regent School of Theology, come and talk to us about the gospel and what it truly is. Dr. Lee was so impactful, many of our students and myself included learned so much from him. If you are interested in hearing what a doctorate-level examination of the gospel sounds like, we have the recordings from Winter Retreat on our FOCUS Spotify page at this link:  https://open.spotify.com/show/5yrx4jslg0f9tmNO7S0eVX?si=c4b10c59fb8e4429     I had a blast spending time with my small group, meeting new students, and spending some time in the wilderne

 December Blog      Hey everyone! Hope all of you had a great Christmas and New Year's! This past month was slower than most months due to the students being on break and our staff being on break as well. All that to say, this will be a shorter blog but God has still been moving during this slower period of time! TNF Christmas Party:     The last Thursday Night Fellowship before Christmas break is always a Christmas party. This year, we split the night into two parts, the first being community sharing with the question being, "How have you seen God work in your life this past semester?" Hearing the students share was special getting to hear about the amazing things God was doing in their lives for the past five months. Then we had a human Christmas tree contest, a dance party, and tons of board games. It was a lot of fun and a good way to send the students off.  We were also very fortunate to have Chiloso bless us by catering the entire party for free! Here are some pics

  November Blog     Hey everyone! Hope y'all had a great Thanksgiving with tons of food, Christmas is right around the corner, what a great time of the year! Let's get into what's been going on in Collin this month!      Pizza Theology:     Every semester, FOCUS hosts an event called Pizza Theology. This is where we choose a specific topic, Theology related, and take a deep dive into it. This Fall semester we had Ian Proven, who is a retired Regent School of Theology professor, come and talk to us about what it means to be human. He wrote a book on the subject called  Cuckoos In Our Nest which was the outline for his talk. I highly recommend reading the book because the question, "What does it mean to be human?" is fundamentally crucial for churches and Christians to understand. If we do not have a strong, biblical foundation for that answer, then we are letting the world and modern society's morals influence our thinking which many of us are without realizing

Opportune October      Hey everyone! The weather is cooling down, the rain is here, and it is time to put on some Halloween costumes; time flies when you are doing ministry! So much has happened and I'm excited to share it with y'all!      Fall Retreat:      Our annual Collin Fall Retreat happened this past weekend and man it was a great time! We spent 24 hours at a beautiful camp, far away from society to focus on God, community, and fellowship! We had two guys from our small group join us, it was great spending time with them and seeing them fellowship with other guys from our ministry.     The day we arrived, we had large group games for them as an icebreaker to prepare for the weekend. Then we listened to a fantastic sermon about Matthew 5-7 (Sermon on the Mount) taught by one of the FOCUS Collin pastors. We had a great worship service that night which was accompanied by worship stations. Some of the stations included a place to write poetry to God, draw a picture about how

  September Update     Hello everyone! This is post-Welcome Week month, time flies by when you are having fun! Let's all pray that the weather gets cooler and actually Fall-like!      Small Group Update     Wednesday night's small group has been so fun and encouraging. We have a consistent group of young men who come to fellowship and learn about Jesus. A recurring theme that I have noticed among the guys is that they are curious and thirst for more information about who God and Jesus are. This is incredible! Compared to last year, this is a huge difference. I think God has been preparing many of these students' hearts for learning more about Him and we have been lucky enough to be the ones who can help them along their journey.      This week we have started a series called, "Understanding the Bible as a Whole". We realized that our guys in the small group have very broad and nonspecific knowledge about the Bible. They know who Jesus is and that he died for our s