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CENTER FOR CHRISTIAN STUDY 2013-2014
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t the Center for Christian Study we know that
Christian Study must be more than a merely
academic exercise. We want to reflect Christ to the world
around us. That involves growing in wisdom, right along
with love, in a way that affects everything we do.
Ultimately, our hope is to see students at the
University of Virginia come to Christ to be formed into his
image and likeness. We long for them to be conformed to
Christ’s death and resurrection, and for their minds and
hearts and lives to be transformed by the Truth.
As you read through the following pages, you’ll
learn how we work to see this formation happen. We
are thankful the Lord has allowed us to participate in his
transformational work at this University throughout our
thirty-seven year history.
We could not do this without the
generosity of our donors. Thank
you for your continued
support of our ministry.
Bill Wilder
Executive Director
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WE WANT TO SEE STUDENTS REFLECT CHRIST IN THEIR DAILY LIVES.
The Annual Fund seeks support from U.Va. alumni, parents, students and community members through gifts made on a monthly,
yearly or one-time gift basis. Most of our services remain free of charge to the University and local community. The majority of
this year’s ministry support (73%) comes from individuals who make gifts to the Annual Fund. Our goal this year is $799,325.
YOUR GIFTS MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
WE WANT TO SEE STUDENTS REFLECT CHRIST IN THEIR DAILY LIVES.
Within our larger mission of Christian formation,
we seek to address the questions raised in
our University setting with the Christ-centered truth
of Scripture. This year we are sponsoring major
lectures and seminars on keeping faith in college,
understanding vocation, dealing with addiction, and
the problem of evil. Study Center staff members also
facilitate a dozen weekly or biweekly reading groups
on the Bible itself or on the relation of Christian faith
and life—in science, economics, music, and so forth. In
every case Scripture is the touchstone for the truth
we share with students at U.Va.
In the year ahead, cultural challenges and
opportunities will continue to confront our students
at every turn, in the classroom and beyond. Above all,
at this most formative time of life, we wish to point
them to the challenge and hope found in the crucified
and resurrected Christ of Scripture.
IN THE TEACHING OF SCRIPTURE.WE WANT TO PROCLAIM CHRIST
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IN THE TEACHING OF SCRIPTURE.
Faith, Reason, and Science Reading Group
Tcame to U.Va. with a general understanding of Scripture,
but my mind was closed to hearing what I considered
to be academic, “liberal” views of the Bible. In my science
classes, I was often confronted with ideas that collided with
my beliefs; and in many religious studies classes, I felt like
my understanding of Scripture was under attack. I asked Bill
Wilder to help me better understand the validity of Scripture
and how to correctly interpret what I was studying. He taught
me how to read the Bible with its original audience, context,
and genre in mind, and to know each passage is part of the
bigger story of God’s love for the world through His Son,
Jesus Christ.
I then joined the Faith, Reason and Science (FRS) reading
group at the Study Center. This group challenged me because
I met believers who had thought-provoking views. I was
also shocked and encouraged by how many non-Christians
attended the group. Being a part of the group helped
decrease my judgmental demeanor as I realized we were
searching for truth together. Bill facilitated the discussions
well and paved the way for helping everyone feel welcome.
I look back on this time as a helpful experience. I still
struggle with topics like evolution, age of the earth, and
the meaning of life, but I feel more equipped to search for
answers with Scripture as the authority while also trying to
communicate with others in a calm and edifying manner. I am
thankful for the ways the Study Center helped prepare me
for life beyond the University.
ADAM RICE, CLAS ’ 13 Biology & Religious Studies
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While our ministry is not part of the University
of Virginia, we love being an important part
of the neighborhood. Our events are designed to
reach out to students, together with their families,
throughout their University experience. From the
beginning of their time here with Days On the Lawn,
Orientation, and Move-In Day Weekend through
tailgates, Family Weekend receptions and Rush
hospitality to Graduation lunch, we seek to minister
to the wider University community. We also plan our
educational events to highlight the questions and
concerns being raised by undergraduates, graduates,
faculty and staff within the University environment
(and then make those resources as widely available to
others as possible). Our ministry also extends beyond
the undergraduates who fill our house on Chancellor
Street: for many years we have also supported three
graduate level fellowships–one on the main Grounds
and one each at the Darden and law schools.
FOR THE GOOD OF THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY.WE WANT TO PURSUE CHRIST
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FOR THE GOOD OF THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY.
Before law school I worked as a youth programs
director for a small, grassroots youth and family
services organization on an Indian reservation in South
Dakota. The county I lived in was one of the five poorest
in America. I decided to come to law school because I
wanted to develop skills that would enable me to fix some
of the systemic problems that impoverished people face.
As hard as law school is, it is also really exciting, and the
opportunities that I’ve had here for academic growth are
incredible. The relationships that I’ve formed with students
in Law Christian Fellowship (LCF) and my church small
group are the closest I’ve had in my life.
I believe that God calls us to participate in His work
of seeking the renewal of all things—our life with God,
ourselves and the world—through Christ. I see my faith
intersecting with my studies most broadly in trying to
earnestly seek God’s will in the career decisions I make.
God calls us to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly
with Him. Sometimes it is difficult to know exactly what
that looks like in the context of the legal profession.
We are very blessed here at U.Va. to have such a
large, engaged fellowship supported by wonderful,
supportive Christian faculty and the Study Center. This
is incredibly unique.
ALEXANDRA MEADOR, UVA LAW ’ 14
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Hospitality and Christian study. Love and truth.
Welcome and challenge. We have lots of ways of
expressing our commitment to welcome students—
believers and unbelievers alike—to Christian community,
conversations and care at U.Va. The building itself
provides Christian community and support even as
it serves to bring students from twenty different
Christian fellowship groups together. Friendships that
last a lifetime are formed in this building, providing
accountability and encouragement to represent Christ
well beyond students’ years at U.Va. or their involvement
in our programs.
This year the Annual Fund provided resources to
welcome 800 guests, including 173 first-year families
to U.Va. through our the Move-In Day Lunches. It also
provided funding for welcome events hosted by our
three graduate fellowships. It also supports seven
full time directors, three-part-time staff and twelve
student interns who care for students and offer them a
welcoming, safe place—truly a home away from home.
WITH HOSPITALITY AND CARE.WE WANT TO REPRESENT CHRIST
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WITH HOSPITALITY AND CARE.
As a first-year and brand new Christian, I struggled
to get adjusted to college life. U.Va. seemed
daunting compared to my small high school, but the
Lord provided in my weakness. I got involved in Chi
Alpha Christian Fellowship and was placed into a small
group. At one point that year my small group went to
a seminar at the Study Center entitled “Beauty and
the Body.” The talk was geared to help us as college
women develop a healthier view of our bodies in light
of Scriptural truths rather than what society is telling
us. It was one of the most influential messages I have
heard. Beginning with that lecture, the Stud was where
the Lord began to tear away a lot of the insecurities
and fears that I carried into college.
I also immediately fell in love with the building. It was
beautiful, comfortable, and safe. During my second year I
began to do my schoolwork regularly at the Stud. I felt like I
truly was at home. I loved the free coffee; I loved that so many
familiar faces surrounded me; I loved that I truly felt a weight
lifted off of me when entering into the building—as if the
building’s presence removed my burdens at the threshold.
I do not say this lightly: the Center for Christian Study is
my favorite place at U.Va. and it is the most valuable place at
the University. There is nothing more influential in uniting the
body of Christ at the University than this place, and thus the
Stud has the ability to impact the students, both Christians
and non-Christians, in a completely unique way. It has been,
and continues to be, my “home away from home.”.
ANNA GAINEY, NURS ’ 13 Nursing
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From its beginning the Center for Christian Study has
enjoyed a strong partnership with other Grounds
ministries. There is a strength that comes from our
differences and one that comes too from working
together where we can. Recognizing that, the Study
Center opens its house to the Christian community at
U.Va. even as it complements their ministries with its own
distinctive calling to Christian study. Grounds ministry
leaders also meet every three weeks at the Study Center
for mutual support and prayer: we know that we are able
to do more together, than apart, as we help students to
grow in their love for Christ and be formed to Him.
IN UNITY WITH OTHER GROUNDS MINISTRIES.WE WANT TO COMMEND CHRIST
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IN UNITY WITH OTHER GROUNDS MINISTRIES.
WILL YOU PARTNER WITH US? Thank you for your prayerful consideration in supporting our ministry. Every gift makes a difference!
ANNUAL FUND GOAL: $799, 325 July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014
Where Our Support Comes From:
Our operating budget for the 2013-14 academic year is $1,096,731.The Annual Fund provides 73% of the Center’s ministry support.
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Expenditures are heavily weighted towards the Center’s primary missions of education and student ministry, which accounted for 78% of total expenses for 2012-2013. These figures were provided by our accounting firm Hantzmon Wiebel LLP as part of our annual financial review.
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For giving related inquiries, please contact our Director of Administration and Development, Shelly Pellish.434.817.1050 • shelly@studycenter.net • www.studycenter.net
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