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Friday, November 27, 2015
November Newsletter
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
Monday, October 12, 2015
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
http://www.worldviewbridgeyear.com/blog/2015/10/8/stained-hands-contrite-heart
Monday, September 14, 2015
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.
Friday, September 4, 2015
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.
Friday, August 14, 2015
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
· 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.
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
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.
Monday, May 11, 2015
Worldview at the Abbey
Hello there!
I’m writing to let
you know of an opportunity I have been given to work with a newly-launched
Christian gap year program called Worldview at the Abbey located in CaƱon City,
Colorado.
Worldview at the
Abbey is an integrative academic program with a vision to train students (ages
seventeen to twenty-two years old) to think and live in accordance with a Biblical
worldview. Specifically, Worldview Academy faculty such as Jeff Baldwin and Bill
Jack teach English/writing, history/literature, worldview/apologetics and
politics/economics over the course of two semesters. More information on these
courses is located at http://www.worldviewbridgeyear.com/. Experiencing a Socratic approach to
education, the students actively participate in the learning process and spend
much of the class time discussing ideas presented in assigned readings.
Although this bridge-year program is very academic, it is more than gaining
head knowledge.
A major part of
the program is hands-on service to the community, team-building leadership
practicums and the cultivation of a personal relationship with God and neighbor.
Worldview at the Abbey prepares students for college—what is often seen as the
formidable foe to young students’ faith. Before
entering university English/History/Psychology/etc. courses, those who graduate
from the Abbey will have already read, heard and pondered the foundational
ideas lurking behind their professors’ incongruent statements. Equally important,
Abbey students will have practiced tools helpful in self-instruction and persuasive
communication.
Worldview at the Abbey
is a place where students are trained to unravel ideas to their core and expose
their historically faulty foundations with grace and gentleness—a place where
students are trained to love God with heart, soul, mind and strength and to
love people self-sacrificially. In summary, Worldview at the Abbey proactively
equips students to positively impact the college campus and wherever they
venture.
My job at the
Abbey will be to mentor the female students and lead a weekly Bible study with
them. While living life and seeking Christ with the girls, I will have the
opportunity to love, encourage and challenge them.
Please pray for
me, the leadership team I will be joining and the students that will be 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. Know you may contact me for more information about Worldview at the
Abbey and what my role will entail. Also, check my blog (http://hannahgabriellesharp.blogspot.com/) for updates. Thank you very much for
taking time to read this letter.
Sincerely,
Hannah Gabrielle
Sharp
(509) 952-4614
Funding
Specifics
This is a
volunteer position lasting from the end of August 2015 to the middle of May
2016. My room and board will be covered as well as two meals per day. I will
pay for the rest of my living expenses. I would like to raise $6,480 which
would be around $720/month for nine months. If you would like, you may give online
or by mail with a monthly or one time gift. If you plan on giving monthly, please
let me know what month you plan on starting in and how many months you will be
giving. All donations to Worldview at the Abbey are tax-deductible.
Mailing Checks
Please, make the
check out to Worldview at the Abbey, and write my name in the memo.
Send checks before August 1, 2015 to:
Hannah Hall
4280 Fork Creek Road
Saluda, NC 28773
(Hannah Hall works
for Worldview at the Abbey. She will not be traveling this summer with
Worldview Academy. Thus, she will be able to cash the checks and minimize the
risk of checks being lost in transit.)
Send checks after August 1, 2015 to:
Hannah Sharp
C/O Worldview at the Abbey
2951 E. Hwy 50
Canon City, CO 81212
Giving Online
Click the Donate Button on the right-hand
side of this 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.
It would be helpful if you would write my
name in the notes section of the online donation form.
Questions
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