Chi Alpha @ Stanford

Our first meeting of the Fall Quarter was awesome! We recorded the sermon and have it here for your listening pleasure. You might also want to check out our sermon archive (which includes instructions on receiving our sermons as a podcast).

Hitting the play button above is the easiest way to listen, but if you prefer to download the message you can click the link below:

Maintain a High Spiritual GPA
Length: 33:30
Size: 16 MB
Format MP3
Speaker: Glen Davis - 9/28/2005

The GPA acronym in this message was inspired by David Wheaton’s book University of Destruction.

Cookies, candies, chocolate… who can wait until Halloween?

Come induldge yourself before our first worship service of the Fall Quarter. Sugar-loaded snacks will be served from 7:30 until 8:00, at which point our regular meeting will begin. If you’re planning to join us, let us know on the Facebook.

Our meetings begin with musical worship which is followed by Bible teaching. This week we’ll be talking about what it takes to keep a high spiritual GPA at Stanford. The meeting will run from 8:00pm to 9:30pm leaving you plenty of time to get back for your house meeting.

Oh, and there will be healthy alternatives for the non-sugar addicted.

UPDATE: Even Google is excited about our party:

We’ve got pictures from Bagels, Donuts, and Other Holy Things online now.

Don’t forget that our first meeting of the year is this Wednesday (September 28th).

Welcome to podXAst, a series of brief meditations on the Bible for college students.

On today’s podXAst, we meditate on 2 Peter 1:2-3, a prayer for grace and peace. I’m experimenting with dropping the background music in favor of brief bumper music at the beginning–let me know what you think.

You can enjoy podXAst three ways:

1) Got an iPod or other portable MP3 player? Subscribe to the podXAst and have it downloaded to your MP3 player automatically. The subscription URL is http://xastanford.org/podXAsts/

2) Listen online:

3) Download the podXAst manually.

Welcome to podXAst, a series of brief meditations on the Bible for college students.

On today’s podXAst, we meditate on Ephesians 3:16-19, a prayer for faith, love and power. I’m experimenting with dropping the background music in favor of brief bumper music at the beginning–let me know what you think.

You can enjoy podXAst three ways:

1) Got an iPod or other portable MP3 player? Subscribe to the podXAst and have it downloaded to your MP3 player automatically. The subscription URL is http://xastanford.org/podXAsts/

2) Listen online:

3) Download the podXAst manually.

If you haven’t had a chance yet, be sure to check out our Facebook Group.

Also, we’re going to have a table set up on White Plaza (campus map, satellite photo) pretty much every day of NSO. Please stop by and say hello!

• On Tuesday, you can meet us at the Frosh & Faith Open House on White Plaza from 2-4.
• On Wednesday, we’ll be out on White Plaza from around 10-2.
• On Thursday, we’ll be set up on White Plaza from around 10-noon, and then on Canfield Court for an event called GOALIE from 12-2pm. GOALIE is a grad student thing (yup–we gots some o’ dem, too). Depending on our level of energy, we might trudge back over to White Plaza at that point. Then again, we might just go sip lattes somewhere.
• On Friday, we’ll be back on White Plaza from around 10-2.
• On Saturday, we’re going to have a brunch picnic on White Plaza from 10:30 until noon.

So why are we so obsessed with tables? Do we have stock in some sort of furniture company? Not at all–we’re just doing what we can. Consider this snippet from an official-type email:

[During NSO] new students may not be contacted by any student group, including SAR organizations, except as follows:
1) Ads may be placed in the Stanford Daily, and flyers may be posted around campus throughout NSO.
2) Information tables are permitted for SAR organizations (at their individual initiative) in White Plaza, starting Wednesday, September 21.
3) Active recruiting and informational efforts will be allowed starting Saturday, September 24.

Put that through a cost/benefit analysis (the Stanford Daily is expensive, flyers are generally a waste of time as you’ll soon see–or rather, as you soon won’t) and you quickly realize that tables are left as our last, best hope.

Take some time to stop by and make our acquaintance!

Welcome to podXAst, a series of brief meditations on the Bible for college students.

On today’s podXAst, we meditate on 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24, a prayer for holiness. I’m experimenting with dropping the background music in favor of brief bumper music at the beginning–let me know what you think.

You can enjoy podXAst three ways:

1) Got an iPod or other portable MP3 player? Subscribe to the podXAst and have it downloaded to your MP3 player automatically. The subscription URL is http://xastanford.org/podXAsts/

2) Listen online:

3) Download the podXAst manually.

Welcome to podXAst, a series of brief meditations on the Bible for college students.

On today’s podXAst, we meditate on 1 Thessalonians 1:12-13, a prayer for love and resolve. Our background music is Mists of Time, by 4t Thieves.

You can enjoy podXAst three ways:

1) Got an iPod or other portable MP3 player? Subscribe to the podXAst and have it downloaded to your MP3 player automatically. The subscription URL is http://xastanford.org/podXAsts/

2) Listen online:

3) Download the podXAst manually.

Welcome to podXAst, a series of brief meditations on the Bible for college students.

On today’s podXAst, meditate on Philippians 1:9-11, a prayer for compassionate insight. Our background music comes from release 2 track 7 of the Kavhi collective.

You can enjoy podXAst three ways:

1) Got an iPod or other portable MP3 player? Subscribe to the podXAst and have it downloaded to your MP3 player automatically. The subscription URL is http://xastanford.org/podXAsts/

2) Listen online:

3) Download the podXAst manually.

Welcome to podXAst, a series of brief meditations on the Bible for college students.

On today’s podXAst, we return to our examination of model prayers in the New Testament with a look at Romans 15:13: a prayer for hope, joy and peace. Background music for this episode comes from release 89 track 1 of the Kavhi collective.

You can enjoy podXAst three ways:

1) Got an iPod or other portable MP3 player? Subscribe to the podXAst and have it downloaded to your MP3 player automatically. The subscription URL is http://xastanford.org/podXAsts/

2) Listen online:

3) Download the podXAst manually.