Dude Week

This week the men in my building, Samuel Morris hall will be participating in Dude Week.

No, its not about being misogynistic or homoerotic, but a week in which we help each other seek God and enjoy living together in relative simplicity.  Most of the men in the hall are engaging in spiritual disciplines at a more intense level starting at midnight on Sunday through chapel on Friday.  

We ask close friends to encourage us and return the favor.

The idea started when Justin Heth noticed that some of the best times around the hall are when the power goes out and guys chill in the hall.  It has become much more.

This year we are joined by a men's hall at Bethel College, who is doing something similar during this week.

As part of my participation I will not be blogging (reading or writing).

Please pray.  

DUDE WEEK

Schedule of Events

 

SUNDAY NIGHT KICKOFF

-         Pancakes in the main lounge from 8-9pm

-         Jim Spiegel speaking on Spiritual Disciplines on Sammy II at 9pm

 

MONDAY NIGHT – MORRIS OLYMPICS

          13 Events Planned and the winning floor gets Root Beer Floats.

SIGN UP FOR THE OLYMPICS WITH YOUR PAS

          Crazy’s Apartment        - Scene It Competition @ 8:45pm

                                                - Dessert Bakeoff - Entries in by 10pm

Basement         - Corn Hole Bean Bag Toss @ 10:00 pm

       - Carpetball starts @ 9:30pm     - Billiards Competition @ 8:30pm

Foundation     - Foosball Tourney @ 9:00pm   - Washers @ 10:00pm

                        - Nerf Gun Dueling @ 9:15pm

Sammy II         - Euchre Tourney @ 9:00pm     - Bible Trivia @ 9:30pm

Brotherhood       - 4 Square Tourney @ 9:15pm

Penthouse                    - Ping Pong @ 9:30pm

Front of Morris   - Nalgene Toss @ 9:45pm

 

Sign up to win Crazy’s Parking Spot for the month of March @ the Front Desk!!!

Sign up by Friday Night at 1am!  One entry per person!

Winner will be announced through a hall email!

 

TUESDAY NIGHT – All Hall Dodgeball Game

                9:30-11pm in the Odle Gym

 

WEDNESDAY NIGHT –Power Outage Night-3pm-3am – power will be shut off at 3pm

-        Enjoy the Community of your floors

-        Taylor Basketball Plays at home at 7pm against Spring Arbor

= remember if you want to save food in your fridge bring it to the front desk with your name on it.

= if you want a wake-up call on Thursday morning come and write your name down at the front desk and the time you want woken up.

= let me know if you need your power on for a certain reason

                                      

THURSDAY NIGHT – WORSHIP NIGHT/DEBRIEF

9PM in the basement.  We will also spend some time singing and reflecting back on what was learned from the week.

 

Goals of Dude Week

1.     To devote the week to intentionally fellowshipping together.

2.     To grow spiritually and develop some spiritual disciplines.

3.     For all of us to agree to voluntarily deny ourselves something we usually partake in for the week.

What did I forget?

I just listening to a chapel message that my friend/boss/mentor/brother Justin Heth gave on January 14.  It is called "Practice Remembering".

Inspired by the message, I began to turn through some pages in my journal.  Here is an entry from sometime in July 2007, when I was about a month into my time facilitating short-term missions in Juarez, Mexico.

Lord, lead me.

Give me your grace.

Speak to me in truth.

Let me not judge.

God, bless the American Christians

Teach me to love

I want to spit on your children,

I am sorry.  Help me to love the Church.

Lord, I want to denounce the radio and the bookstores.

I want to break the rich.

Instead Lord, may I teach LOVE.

I want to show these young people the poor.

Please Lord, may I show them a new friend instead.

Lord I want comfort and rest.

May Your will be done above all.  May I never grow weary of doing what is good.

Daddy, give me grace.  Send Your Spirit upon us, we who are hard and think we are humble.  We who know so much and yet are blind.  We who claim love and turn people down.  We who sin and then criticize.  We who teach and lack wisdom.

Lord--pour out yourself 

Lord--Bless us with humility

Lord- Do your will

AND please come quickly