Recent Comments ARCHIVE - Love writes a letter to Hate - 19 things I want RUF to be about - Time to Start - Casa Hogar 2 - Casa Hogar 2 - Casa Hogar 1 - End of the Semester Report - A poem by Nicole Rowlette - Mexico - Poem by Anthony Plopper - My Poem - Patty Griffin Rocks My House - End of the Decade - The Gospel by Tim Keller - Sex by Marva Dawn - The Interviews - Becky Robertson - The Interviews - Katie Willis - The Interviews - Ian Puffenberger - The Interviews - The Moyni - The Interviews - Chris Schaefer		The Interviews - The Moyni 10/23/09 Everyone loves The Moyni. Everyone. I could not possibly begin to tell all the stories involving Moyni. They are profound, tragic and hilarious. The time Moyni leaned in to kiss someone who was telling him to get away. The time Moyni crashed his bike and smashed his face. The time Moyni missed his last final and almost didn't graduate. But there were also so many times Moyni repented in tears, served in love, reached out in faith and gave his heart away. We miss Moyni. 1. How did you first get involved with RUF? Several of my friends had heard about RUF and began attending the large group meetings. They invited me to come along and I spent a semester going to large group meetings - sitting on the back row with Chris and John. Eventually, a couple of the RUF guys invited me to join their small group bible study and over the course of a year I became a part of the group. Community is a major part of the RUF ministry. The deep relationships that form are a significant way that the gospel is portrayed and lived out amongst the students, relationships are also a big part of how RUF grows - students inviting students. 2. What was/is your favorite part about RUF? I loved the preaching. I needed the gospel to be spoken into my life. I needed the balm of Jesus to be applied to my sinful and hurting heart. I loved the singing. Although the songs were strange and foreign at first, over time I began to perceive the depth of the words I sang. I began to ponder the mercy of my God as I sang. I began to think about the words I had sung the week before as I experienced difficulty or doubts or hurt or joy during the week. I loved the community. I grew and developed friendships that were real and deep. Oftentimes raw. It was refreshing to be in a place where I was openly amongst broken people and I was free to be broken too. My friends in RUF were often not as 'good' as my other Christian friends - they would do or say things that no one else was willing to say. But in those friendships I began to see my sinful self as I had nowhere else. 3. How would you describe your RUF to people interested in coming? RUF is a open and welcome place. Come as you are. We're going to talk about what the Bible says about us, about the world, about our need for Jesus. We're going to sing some songs you probably don't know - but they're songs thank speak about who you are, that speak about who God is, and what God has done for us. We're going to talk about sin, but we're also going to talk about how God is transforming his people through the gospel. But really, if I was talking to a college guy I'd probably just say: 'Hey, come hang out. We;ve got pizza.' 4. What traditions did you have at RUF that meant the most to you? Not a date. Graduates speaking at the last RUF of the semester. Hearing Jesus Christ crucified for my sin and raised for my life preached every week. - Do you have an appropriate funny moment that you can share? (does this include stories about exchange students and laundry?) 5. How did God use RUF in your life? God used RUF in my life in several ways. I found a community of students who were learning to live out the Gospel together. I learned some very important lessons about life, relationships, my sin. Through RUF, the church became a vital and deep part of my life. I began to understand the gospel, I learned to rejoice that i was called a righteous child of God, even in my brokenness. God was at work while I was in RUF, convicting me of my sin, conforming me more to the image of his son, gorwing me in love for others and the church. 6. What did RUF teach you about Jesus and the church? RUF taught me that what Jesus did on the cross didn't just get me to heaven. The gospel is how I live, is where I take my sin, is how I live in relationships. Thorugh Doug's preaching and in singing of those strange, unfamiliar hymns I learned of the deep, deep love of Jesus. I learned that God works through his church. I saw Jesus forming sinners into new creations and I saw more and more the image of Jesus Christ imprinted on my heart and life. 7. What are you doing now? Where are you in church? I'm starting my second year in seminary in Charlotte with 2 or so years to go. I believe God is calling me to be a pastor and a Chaplain and to publicly minister and proclaim the gospel of my lord Jesus Christ. I attend Christ Central Church in Charlotte. Name: (optional)