It has been a while

Yes, it has been a few years since my last update.  Et3rnal R3ality has gone through some changes and some growing pains.  2011 and 2012 were great years for us, having weekly meetings of video gaming and Bible study.

We had great turnouts at our annual gaming event StressBusters.  In November of 2012, Et3rnal R3ality hosted a Halo 3 release party with over 50 people in attendance.  A big thank you to Best Buy of Marquette, MI for helping us by donating the use of TVs for our events. StressBusters 2013 in April had small turnout with less than 20 people part in fact to poor advertising and venue choice.

The 2013-2014 school year we were low on attendance, because most of our regulars graduates.  We sometimes only had two people for our meetings myself included.  StressBusters 2014 did not happen due to lack of advertising and interest.

This post is tell everyone that we are not closing up shop but relaunching this ministry with a renewed excitement.  We are officially starting up Et3rnal R3ality on Monday, September 15 in the Pioneer A room University Center at Northern Michigan university.  We also just picked up some support from an anonymous donor, so we are no longer just self funded.  If you would like to know more about or support Et3rnal R3ality contact us et3rnalr3ality@gmail.com or check us out on Facebook and Twitter.

Looking forward to Sept 15th have a great night!

StressBusters '11

Coming this Tuesday, April 5th, from 5p-9pm at Northern Michigan University.  Et3rnal R3ality brings you StressBuster '11.  This is our 3rd annual video game event. This year it is brought to you by Et3rnal R3ality. We are inviting everyone 17 and up to come hang out with us and play video games. If we have enough people we will do some tournaments with prizes. There will be door prizes given away at the end of the night. Come check it out if you can.

More Updates

Yes, I know I have updated for a while, but as of last week we had over 50 people interested in ET3RNAL R3ALITY.  Praise God.  We are thinking about meeting on Tuesday nights either from 7p-9p or 8p-10p.  The final decision is up to our incoming students so everybody put in there input.  We are also working on making t-shirts, even some will glow in the dark.  The cost will be about $10-$15 per shirt depending on the color and amount of detail.  Well, that's all of the news I have for now.  If you have any questions/suggestions feel free to comment or e-mail us at et3rnalr3ality@gmail.com.

Thank you and God Bless

Good News

As of June 10th, 2010, ET3RNAL R3ALITY is a registered non-profit organization.  Thank you to all who showed up for freshmen orientation.  We had about 20 people sign up for information.  If you are available next week come check us out at NMU.  We will have some kind of yummy food to feed you.  Please keep praying for us, we need  it.  Bye for now.

Freshmen Orientation

Come check us out at Freshmen Orientation at NMU.  It starts June 8th and goes through July.  We will have video games and some sort of food or candy.  If you are interested in our group, stop by and talk to us.

Updates, Updates, Updates

I have a hard time keeping up with this blog, but here are some updates. As of April 27th, 2010, Coral and I are officially licensed ministers of the Assemblies of God. A few short days after that we were approved as an official student organization on the campus of NMU. Right now we are in the process of making a brochure for the group. Life has been busy and I am excited for what God wants us to do next. Hopefully the next update isn't too delayed. Bye for now.

Apparently I'm Narrowed Minded

I apologize for the delay updating this blog, but I have been extremely busy. Last Saturday we had StressBusters ’10. There were not as many people as I hoped, but one person accepted Christ as their personal Lord and Savior. That fact made the event a great success in my book. I have noticed that many people in church leadership think that it having a successful group or event is based upon how many people attend. I believe that if you make an impact in people’s lives and maintain spiritual growth, numbers don’t really matter. For example if you have one hundred people in your group and the spiritual growth of the group is staying stagnant, how effective are you. I would rather have a group of five to ten people who are on fire for God and want to make a difference on their campus.

Last Friday I had a meeting about the future of the current student ministry I work with. I let them know that God has called my wife and I into a different type of ministry. The district head of group made the decision to pull the plug on the program, since we refused to jump through the “proper hoops” to be nationally appointed ministers. His plan to make us nationally appointed would be to uproot us from Northern Michigan University to do an internship under a “properly trained” campus minister elsewhere. I think that if God called us to NMU, we should stay here and not have to jump through “man’s” hoops. I told him about my vision of ET3RNAL R3ALITY, and he called me immature and narrow-minded. The people group I want to reach encompasses all ages. I am not just talking about the hardcore gamers, but people who play video games as a form of entertainment. If you were to take a survey on how many people play video games it would probably be around 75-80% in age group. Having the potential to reach out to this many people is not at all being narrow-minded or narrow-focused. I guess if this vision is narrow-focused, so was David Wilkerson starting Teen Challenge. He took the rough criminals and drug users showed them Jesus Christ and tried to turn their lives around. The people I want to reach out to like Jesus, but not the church. They are sick of the hypocrisy and all of the politics that happen inside of the church. I see the need to show these people that the church is not full of hypocrites and fakes, but real people that genuinely care about them not their money.