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New Life & New Ministries 
Greetings!

Welcome to Impact's first organizational newsletter. You are receiving this e-newsletter because you are a valued partner with Impact Campus Ministries and we want to be sure we keep you informed on all of the great things that are happening through our various ministries across America.  Expect to see this update hit your inbox each month, providing you with news from my desk, as well as from others within Impact who are seeing God IMPACT the U(niversity), and IMPACT the World! 

Did you know that Impact has staff serving on nearly 20 different college campuses and that those staff touch the lives of hundreds of college students every day? What an exciting thought to consider that God is opening the doors for us to influence the world's future leaders!

But we are not at all satisfied. We believe that God is calling us to do more, and we are praying that He will expand our work onto more college campuses in the months and years ahead.

To that end, we are pleased to announce that Impact has recently initiated two new ministries!  Praise God for the great responsibility that He continues to entrust to us--the lives of our young generation.

Would you please pray for us as we actively explore potential new ministries in Illinois, Texas, and California? By God's grace, we hope to share news in the near future of additional expansion as we seek to pursue, model, and teach intimacy with God among collegians.

May you be blessed and encouraged, as I am, as you reflect upon what God is doing through Impact.

Bill Westfall
President & Director of Ministry Development

Jeffrey VanderLaan
Vice President & Director of Staff Development
New Ministries 
St. Mary's College
So far this year, Impact has expanded onto two new college campuses. Our South Bend (IN) team began ministry to the young women of St. Mary's College and our team in northern Idaho initiated a new work on the campus of Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston.

Typically, Impact will initate a new ministry by gathering a few students together for Bible study. Over time, these groups tend to grow somewhat quickly, allowing for additional opportunities to gather students together for social activities, service projects, etc. 

You can read more about these new ministries on our website. To go there, click here. 
New Life in Christ 
 The Impact website is constantly being updated by our staff who are serving in various parts of the USA, allowing our donors, students, alumni, and others who are interested in getting involved with Impact to easily find valuable information on many different topics.

For example, if you would like to see stories on baptism, you can search all of our staff updates to see these types of stories. By
clicking here ,you can read three different stories, highlighting six students who were recently baptized. Please take some time to explore the website, and feel free to send us feedback, or to make a comment on a specific story. We value your encouragement and prayers as we, together, strive to make an IMPACT on the university campuses of the USA.
The Collegiate Day of Prayer 
February 23, 2012 was the National Collegiate Day of Prayer. Recent studies have shown that less than 4% of college students attend church! College students today are facing huge, crucial issues of faith and spirituality. Secular humanism, moral and religious relativism are only the tip of the iceberg at any of America's four thousand college campuses!

The collegiate day of prayer was a day to join others all over the world in praying for college campuses all around the world. 1253 groups prayed in 776 cities and all 50 states; that's 2539 campuses that were covered in prayer! Though the day itself is over, we can continue to be united in prayer for our college students to come to know our Lord and share Him with friends, family, and in their future work places. There are 5,584 college campuses in America. The goal  is to have each one being prayed for by name.   
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Prayer Needs
We always appreciate your prayers. Here are a few things to cover in prayer.

~ Students who have given their lives to Christ

~ St. Mary's College - new location for Impact

~ Lewis-Clark State College - new location for Impact

~ For the spiritual, emotional, and physical health of our ministers
 
IMPACT THE U.
IMPACT THE WORLD.
Our campus ministries are built on the premise that true success is developing "intimacy with God" (a personal, real, dynamic relationship with God through faith in Jesus). We do this by pursuing it, ourselves, modeling it, and purposefully teaching it to university students across America.