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The Gator Wesley Podcast returns for Summer! We recap the Gator Wesley Tour, talk about the summer schedule, and we have a sermon double feature, including David’s final Spring sermon and the sermon delivered at the beginning of Summer at the Gator Wesley Center.

Some Gator Wesley folks will be taking a trip to see the Tampa Bay Rays play the Atlanta Braves in Tampa/St. Petersburg on Friday. Car pooling will be arranged, and tickets will cost around $25. We will officially meet at the Tampa Bay Rays stadium box office (in St. Pete) at 6:30pm to buy tickets so we can all sit together. If you are interested in going, please email dan@gatorwesley.com for more details and so that we know to expect you.

We will begin our Summer A Bible Study on Wednesday at 7pm in the college room. We will be using a book on “banned questions” to have discussion about thought provoking questions and issues within Scripture. See you there!

The Gator Wesley Center will be open for Summer A. Our weekly activities include Bible Study on Wednesdays at 7pm in the college room, Worship on Sundays at 11am, and fellowship events on select nights (see the calendar for details). The Center will also be open on weekdays. Specific hours will be set later this week. In the morning and early afternoon, please enter through the office door on the west side of the building.

Here’s a look back at the 2011-2012 academic year at the Gator Wesley Foundation, the United Methodist campus ministry in Gainesville, FL.

Gator Wesley // 2011-2012 from Gator Wesley on Vimeo.

Are you an active Gator Wesley student who is interested in living in the building and being on Upper Room Staff for the summer? The details and application are now available. Download, complete, and return the form to David. After reading over the application, if you have questions, feel free to email dave@gatorwesley.com. Summer 2012 Staff Application: Word Doc | PDF

Applications for the Florida Conference’s 2012 Summer Mission Intern program are now being accepted. Summer Mission Interns serve in a variety of outreach ministry settings throughout Florida, with a focus being on church-based community day camps and United Methodist district outreach agencies. A $2,000 stipend is awarded to each intern for their 10 weeks of service which runs generally from June 1 through Aug. 10 (this varies with the placement). Internship applications are accepted from students and young adults, ages 19 through 28. If you would like more details, head over to our Internships and Opportunities page.

We are pleased to announce Rev. Narcie Jeter as the next Pastor/Director of the Gator Wesley Foundation. Narcie is an ordained Elder in the South Carolina Conference and has been the Wesley Foundation Director at Winthrop University for the past six years. She brings a wealth of experience in campus ministry and a wonderful track record as a leader in The United Methodist Church both in South Carolina and beyond. She has a BA in English from Winthrop and a Master of Divinity from Candler School of Theology at Emory University. She is married to Mike Jeter and they have two children, Enoch and Evy.

If you would like to get to know Narcie a little better before she arrives in Gainesville, check out her official blog where you can find reflections and sermons: http://narciejeter.wordpress.com/

And finally, her official Bio from the Winthrop Wesley website:http://www.winthropwesley.com/docs/narciebio.pdf

Many thanks to the Gator Wesley Board, students and staff for their leadership and discernment in the search process!!

The Gator Wesley Center will be open from 10am-midnight on Monday-Thursday, 4pm-midnight on Fridays, as well as on Sunday afternoons from 2pm-5pm. It is a great place to both hang out and study (FREE wireless internet!). On weekdays before 4pm, please enter through the office door on the west side of the building.

Our regular weekly Sumer A activities are as follows:
Sunday- Modern Worship, 11am
Wednesday- Praise Band practice, 5:30pm (email dan@gatorwesley.com for details)
Bible Study, 7pm
Friday- Wesley Nights fellowship activities on select Fridays, See the full calendar for details.

We have brand new Gator Wesley t-shirts available for $10. You can swing by the office during the day to get one, or purchase one at almost any event at the Gator Wesley Center. Proceeds will go to support missions trips and projects.

A prayer group is forming that will meet each week on Thursday night at 10:30pm. This is an informal group, so come when you can. On Tuesdays and Fridays, there is a group of students who will be eating lunch together around 11:45am. Bring your lunch or pick up something there, and enjoy some community! On Tuesdays they will be at the Reitz Union Foodcourt, and on Friday they will be at the HUB.

There are two important ways you can stay connected to Gator Wesley through Facebook. First, if you would like to receive a weekly update, which is a message complete with everything you need to know about what’s going on at Gator Wesley, join our group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatorWesley

If you would like to receive quick announcement updates and encouraging thoughts and prayers in your news feed from Gator Wesley, become a fan on our fan page: http://www.facebook.com/GatorWesley

Is waiting 7 days to come back next Sunday too long? Was there a worship song or two this year that was new, and you would like to hear it again to learn it? Well, now you can! Check out this new Grooveshark playlist with some of our most used songs from worship for FREE:
http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/playlist/Gator+Wesley+Worship/28538880

This semester, we have a few students who live further away from campus and need rides to church. If you are willing and able to give someone a ride on a Sunday, please email Dan at dan@gatorwesley.com so he can connect you with people who need a ride. Thank you in advance for helping these students get to worship!