This Week in RUF

WELCOME...Regardless of your beliefs or doubts, RUF is a place for you to explore Christianity and grow in your understanding of who Jesus is and what it means to follow him in community with others at Ole Miss.    We are here for the “convinced” and the “unconvinced,” the lost, the found, the burned, bored, cynical, spiritual. We invite you, no matter where you are in the process, to RUF.  

RUF Spring 2012 - Love, Marriage, & Sex:  Christianity and Relationships 



Well, does anything more need to be said on the topic other than the title? We live in odd times. Never have we been more cynical about relationships. Our understanding of what it means to love someone and serve them forever has been reduced to a dirty joke. 


Yet, at the same time, never have we been so sentimental about relationships. We LONG to be meaningfully joined with someone who knows us to the bottom and still will stay with us. 

In a culture filled with movies like Love and Other Drugs, No Strings Attached, Friends with Benefits, it can be hard to believe a book that is thousands of years old has anything to say about Love, Sex,and Marriage. Does God care who I date? Wait, shouldn't I be kissing dating goodbye?! But am I allowed to kiss dating goodbye if I'm not even dating Dating? 

Come join us on Wednesday nights at 8pm in Paris-Yates Chapel to consider what the Bible says concerning Love, Sex, and Marriage: Christianity and Relationships. 


When: Wednesdays at 8pm (First Large Group is January 25th)
Where: Paris-Yates Chapel

RUF Staff Training Video


RUF Campus Ministers attend a week of training twice a year, once in July and once in December. Jason just got back from the December training, where they got to hear from renowned author and PCA pastor Tim Keller. The video below catches some of the highlights:


 Next Sunday Night Fellowship - Feb. 12th 


Every Sunday evening at 8pm we gather at a local home for fellowship and worship. Neither as overwhelming as large group nor as intimate as our small groups, SNF is a chance to wrap up the weekend with in a home with your friends.  


Girls' Lunch


Every Thursday from 11am-1pm in The Grove

Girls, join us every Thursday at 11am in the Grove for a leisurely lunch.  There's no agenda, just some time to catch up on the week and enjoy getting to know some girls involved in RUF.  



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Fall 2011 Series: The Gospel of Mark


RUF Ultimate


Every Friday, 4pm, Intramural Fields


The ruf tradition...every friday afternoon come rain, sleet, snow, hail, sun, or wind. Join us at the intramural fields. Contact George at (205) 821-7239 for more information.


 


Small Groups - Spring 2012



Well, of all the things that you simply MUST know about RUF, it's that if you're going to process all the things we talk about on Wednesday nights, it's almost impossible to do that alone. So at RUF we stress very much the importance of getting plugged into a small group so that you can not only work through how the Gospel speaks into your life, but also make some friends among whom you can flesh those truths out with. Check through the list below to get a sense of what's going on with RUF's small groups and find a place to plug in!


  • Freshmen - Ok...freshmen the chief end of your life is to attend freshman bible study and enjoy it forever. This is THE BEST way to get plugged into RUF.  We meet on Tuesday afternoons from 3:30-4:30p in the top floor of the Union (Ballroom or 404 AB) in the classrooms overlooking the Grove.  Spring Study: The RUF Principles:  Justification, Sanctification, and Scripture.
  • Sophomores- This study will meet on Thursday afternoons from 4-5pm in the top floor of the Union in room 404AB.  Spring Study: TBA. 
  • Juniors & Seniors- This study will meet on Monday afternoons from 4-5p at 118 Pinecrest Drive.  Spring Study: TBA.

So keep checking back as we daily add new small groups all over campus including a few in some of the Greek houses on campus. It's a GREAT way to get involved!








Tacky Christmas Party 2011