Fall 2008 Campus Vitals Newsletter

Does Your NCF Group Need to be Affiliated – or Re-affiliate?

Does your school require your group to be affiliated in order to be recognized? Did you know that being a recognized organization can sometimes entitle your group to funds from student activity fees and other benefits?

If you are interested in becoming an affiliated chapter of NCF, please see the “Why Affiliate” document along with the affiliation and constitution documents available at the bottom of the webpage - http://www.ncf-jcn.org/student/start/plan.html. If you have been affiliated with NCF in past years, please remember to re-affiliate this year by submitting an affiliation form, signed by this year’s officers.

Faculty Corner

Faculty Corner Your role is vital! As faculty advisor, you provide guidance for the group and continuity as student leaders graduate through the program. We appreciate you! A note of encouragement for faculty from Sandra Jamison, Director of NCF Faculty and Graduate Student Ministry:

Back to School with Jesus – His Gifts and Instructions
How much we are like Jesus’ disciples at the time He left them physically to do the work for which He had prepared them. Because of His love and desire for these twelve uneducated men to succeed, he gave them special helps and advice (See John 14 -16.) Jesus gives us these same gifts and instructions for the coming year because He loves us and wants us to experience the satisfaction of knowing we are pleasing Him - doing what He has called and prepared us to do. We may not always feel on top of things. The disciples probably were very insecure when they heard Jesus was leaving them on their own. Later they may have become quite discouraged when ridiculed or thrown in jail. But look what happened. They held on, and through the years many thousands of followers have used the gifts and instructions from Jesus that are ours too as we start a new year. Let us encourage one another to keep close to Jesus and to let Him love and guide our lives this year.

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Bible Study – Stress in the Life of a Nursing Student

Every nursing student experiences stressors in their daily lives. These can include the desire for good grades, financial pressure to pay for school, a difficult relationship with a roommate, the struggle to understand a new concept, conflict with an instructor or classmate, fear of a tough instructor, fear over interactions with patients. The list goes on. What are your biggest stressors?

We also learn to cope with stressors in our lives. What do you currently do to cope?
In what ways are these coping skills healthy or unhealthy?

You can look almost anywhere in Scripture and see stressors in the lives of those illustrated. Let’s look at how Jesus handled stress in His life. Read Mark 1.

What kinds of stressors do you see in Jesus’ life? ¹

How did Jesus handle the stress? ²

In what ways do the stressors in your life parallel the stressors in Jesus’ life?

How was Jesus able to turn stressors from potentially negative outcomes to positive ones

What changes can you make to cope with the stressors in your life?

Spend some time in prayer asking God for His help to handle stress in a positive, healthy way.

Notes for leaders:

1. Tempted by Satan; John, the messenger who prepared the way for Jesus, is put in prison for preaching the good news; evil spirits taunted Him; people came to Him at all hours for healing; Jesus wanted to preach more – as this was His priority.

2. He brought specific people into his life to “walk beside him”- hand picked the disciples; He got away alone to pray; angels attended him; He worked to keep His priorities in line and kept a heart of compassion for the people.

Compiled by Bonnie Hann