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Worldview at the Abbey November 2015 Newsletter

What are we holding on to? What are we fighting for? 

In The Lord of the Rings, two main characters discuss why they’re pressing forward when defeat is an ever present threat. Why do they continue? Why don’t they give up and turn around? They are holding onto the thought that there is still some good in the world. What am I holding on to? Why do I continue working with students at the Abbey when defeat is an ever present threat? I am holding onto the fact that the Truth sets people free and Jesus is victorious. Here at the Abbey, we preach Truth and Grace. We preach Jesus Christ and how He is Lord over every aspect of reality. 

This semester the students have grown as leaders from giving museum tours to evangelizing in the streets of Canon City. When a student goes to class, they are expected to present ideas and back those ideas with reason. Our classes are rarely quiet. The sound of students discussing ideas presented by Plato, Machiavelli, C.S. Lewis, etc. fills the air. Our desire is for our students to integrate the knowledge they are learning into their lives—for the Truth to set them free. Freedom is what we are fighting for.

A Few Highlights of the Semester:

•        Great Sand Dunes Camping Trip

•        Rafting Leadership Practicum

•        Worldview at the Abbey Preview Weekend for Potential Students

•        Horn Creek Conference Center Volunteer Weekend

•        Garden of the Gods Tour

•        University of Colorado Colorado Springs Evangelism

•        Christianity and Culture Conference

•        Community Swing Dancing

•        Thursday Night Bible Study

•        Classes in Political Science, Rhetoric, Worldview and Apologetics, The Great Conversation and Personal Development

Prayer Requests:

•        Continued wisdom as we serve these students

•        Rest and refreshment over Thanksgiving Break

•        Finishing the semester well relationally and academically  

•        Students’ families

Thank you for your prayers and continued support!

Hannah Gabrielle Sharp

Blog Post on Worldview at the Abbey's Website

I recently wrote a blog about our time volunteering at a nearby conference center. The link follows.

http://www.worldviewbridgeyear.com/blog/2015/10/8/stained-hands-contrite-heart

Abbey Update Week 3

Hello there! We have been very busy the past few weeks. Students have been reading together, going on bike rides, hiking, rafting, eating pizza, etc. Here are some pictures.

Worldview at the Abbey 2016 has begun! Tuesday we welcomed our students to Canon City. A day full of laughter, get-to-know-you questions, settling-in culminated with a beautiful double rainbow at dinner and time together as girls sharing where we're coming from, some of our unique characteristics, and picking out pictures that catch our eye. 

We finished the collages yesterday (picture below), and the girls shared the stories behind each of their projects. After explaining what it means to be knit together in love, how God has brought us here to the Abbey from different backgrounds with different stories and how God has been/is/will fight for us, we cut the collages into squares and pasted them to a large piece of cardstock in the shape of a cross to remind us that Jesus and His finished work on the cross is what holds us together. 

I am so thankful for each of the girls. It is evident that God has brought each of them here for a purpose. Please pray that we would continue to have wisdom and discernment as we rest in God's love and pursue His truth. 

The picture below is all the girls and Hannah Hall and I on the first night.

Here are all the students, the directors and faculty on the first night.

Worldview at the Abbey Update

If you haven't already heard, this coming year I'll be working in Colorado. Here's some information about the program and updated information on support-raising. 

The Abbey in Canon City Colorado houses a Tudor-Gothic styled monastery, a historic home, farmland and beautiful gardens. This Central Coloradan acreage ceased to belong to the Catholic church when it was sold to an independent investor in 2007. Starting in 2014, Worldview Academy rented a portion of this facility and began a college preparatory academic program for seventeen to twenty-two year olds called Worldview at the Abbey. In September, I’ll be working here as resident director.

During two semesters, students prepare for college intellectually, spiritually, emotionally and physically. Students completing the program, earn twenty-four credit hours at various Christian colleges throughout the states. Faculty teach literature, history, apologetics, political science and economics. The students actively participate in the learning process spending class time discussing the ideas presented in assigned readings. Students also take part in hands-on service to the community, team-building leadership practicums, Bible studies and prayer.

This program strives to prepare students for college. Abbey graduates will have already read, heard and pondered the foundational ideas behind many pre-requisite college courses. Graduates also will have practiced tools helpful in self-instruction and persuasive communication. In training students to be independent thinkers, to love God with all and to love people self-sacrificially, this academic program proactively equips young men and women to positively impact the college campus and beyond. More information is located at worldviewbridgeyear.com.

As resident director, I will mentor the female students and lead a weekly Bible study with them. While living life and seeking Christ with the girls, I will love, encourage and challenge them. Please pray for me, the leadership team I’m joining and the students that are coming. Pray we would have wisdom and discernment, submissive hearts and clear direction, safety and favor.

If you are interested in partnering with me financially, please see below for details. You may contact me for more information about the program and what my role will entail. Also, check my blog hannahgabriellesharp.blogspot.com for updates. Thank you very much for taking time to read this post.

Funding Specifics-----I have some monthly support! Therefore, these numbers are less than numbers on an earlier post.

This position is volunteer with lodging and two meals/day lasting from September 2015 to May 2016.

In order to cover other living expenses, I now need $500 every month for nine months which is a total of $4,500. All donations to Worldview at the Abbey are tax-deductible. Any amount, whether monthly or one-time would be helpful and appreciated.

If you would like, you may give monthly or one time, and this can be done either online or by mail outlined below.

Mailing Checks

Please, make the check out to Worldview at the Abbey, and write my name in the memo. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to let me know. My contact information is listed below under questions.

Send checks to:

Hannah Sharp

C/O Worldview at the Abbey

2951 E. Hwy 50 

Canon City, CO 81212

Giving Online

·       Go to http://hannahgabriellesharp.blogspot.com/.

·       Click the Donate Button on the right-hand side of the page.

·       You will then be redirected to Paypal where you may select whether you would like to give a monthly or one-time donation and the amount you are giving.

·       To give monthly, select the check box by the words “Make this recurring (monthly)”. To give a one-time donation, leave the box unchecked.

It would be helpful if you would write my name in the notes section of the online donation form. If you have any trouble or questions, please let me know. My contact information is below.

Questions

My email address is hsharp@worldview.org. My phone number is (509) 952-4614, and my mailing address is C/O Worldview at the Abbey 2951 E. Hwy 50 Canon City, CO 81212. 

Summer 2015 Worldview Academy

Summer 2015. What a summer it has been. We traveled from Oklahoma to Missouri, then Texas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia and finally to Eastern Pennsylvania. Each week a new crew of high school students would join us, and we had the privilege to see God work in their lives that week. They heard truth. They saw grace. Many of them went home knowing aspects of their lives that needed to change in order to live more consistent with a biblical worldview.

During evangelism on Wednesdays, they looked into the eyes of people who saw the world in stark contrast to our students' worldview, and the students returned to campus with more compassion for the people "out there." During our staff versus students Frisbee game, the students put into practice the five pillars of leadership--attitude, meekness, integrity, empowerment, vision--as they organized themselves into teams where all who wanted to be included were included and exerted themselves physically displaying positive attitudes in the midst of marked defeat continuing to encourage one another. Thursday night the students and staff would sit together and were led to share what this week meant to them individually, singing worship songs intermittently. Each week we were reminded that God was at work in students' lives.

As the summer came to a close, it was a pleasure to watch our staff team work as a team. They had learned to work well together, to accomplish tasks well, to encourage each other, to enjoy camp together. Together, we laughed deep and much this summer. Together, we prayed for wisdom, for encouragement, for help in the midst of exhausting and difficult circumstances. Together, we saw God work through our weakness, and to Him we are very thankful. Summer 2015. A summer full of life, real life--a glimpse of heaven.


The picture above is of our team the second to last week of camp which is missing some key people who served the first three weeks on our team.