/ en /news/intervarsity-mourns-umpqua-community <div class="layout layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--33-67"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--first"> <nav role="navigation" aria-labelledby="-menu" class="_none block block-menu navigation menu--about-us-menu"> <h2 class="visually-hidden" id="-menu">About Us Menu</h2> <ul class="clearfix nav" data-component-id="bootstrap_barrio:menu"> <li class="nav-item"> <a href="/about-us/what-we-believe" class="nav-link nav-link--about-us-what-we-believe" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/9386">What We Believe</a> </li> <li class="nav-item"> <a href="/about-us/our-purpose" class="nav-link nav-link--about-us-our-purpose" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/6927">Our Purpose</a> </li> <li class="nav-item"> <a href="/about-us/financial-info" title="Financial Info" class="nav-link nav-link--about-us-financial-info" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/6926">Financial Info</a> </li> <li class="nav-item"> <a href="/about-us/2022-2023-annual-report" class="nav-link nav-link--about-us-2022-2023-annual-report" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/4976">2022-2023 Annual Report</a> </li> <li class="nav-item"> <a href="/about-us/leadership" class="nav-link nav-link--about-us-leadership" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/6928">Leadership</a> </li> <li class="nav-item"> <a href="/about-us/intervarsity-and-ifes-history" class="nav-link nav-link--about-us-intervarsity-and-ifes-history" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/6925">ÂÌñÒùÆÞ and IFES History</a> </li> <li class="nav-item"> <a href="/about-us/news" class="nav-link nav-link--about-us-news" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/6929">News</a> </li> <li class="nav-item menu-item--collapsed"> <a href="/about-us/press-room" class="nav-link nav-link--about-us-press-room" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/6931">Press Room</a> </li> <li class="nav-item"> <a href="/contact" class="nav-link nav-link--contact" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/9383">Contact Us</a> </li> </ul> </nav> </div> <div class="layout__region layout__region--second"> <div class="_none block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenewsfield-news-type"> <div class="content"> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/2104" hreflang="en">News</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="_none block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenewstitle"> <div class="content"> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden"><h1>ÂÌñÒùÆÞ Mourns with Umpqua Community</h1></span> </div> </div> <div class="_none block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenewsfield-square-image"> <div class="content"> <div class="field field--name-field-square-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/300x169/public/news/umpqua2.jpg?itok=yTpYGlOt" width="298" height="169" alt loading="lazy" class="image-style-_00x169"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="_none block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenewsbody"> <div class="content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>ÂÌñÒùÆÞ grieves the death of the students at Umpqua Community College, even though we do not have a witnessing community on that campus. College students often live as if they are immortal and invincible. Campus shootings tragically remind us that they are not.</p> <p>College campuses should be places where students flourish. Sadly, all too often, they have become places which lead to death – spiritually or physically. This shooting reminds us that the college campus is a spiritual battleground with very real victims. It is a dangerous mission&nbsp; field, but it is one desperately in need of the Gospel.</p> <p>ÂÌñÒùÆÞ staff and students join so many others in praying for the families of the victims, for the witnesses of the shooting, as well as for the shooter’s family. We also pray for the Christian students, faculty and administrators on campus. May the Holy Spirit use them to comfort those who grieve, give hope to those who despair, and invite to faith those who seek. We are grateful God has placed them as his hands and arms at this time.</p> <p>MORE RESPONSE AND REFLECTION:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.kmtr.com/news/local/Doznes-hold-vigil-for-Roseburg-shooting-victims-at-UO-amphitheater-330370021.html" target="_blank">ÂÌñÒùÆÞ coordinates a vigil at the University of Oregon</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mnnonline.org/news/umpqua-community-mourns/" target="_blank">Reflections from ÂÌñÒùÆÞ's Greg Jao in Mission Network News interview</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-walton/praying-for-victims_b_8233938.html" target="_blank">"What Can We Do?" Reflections from Jonathan Walton, Director of ÂÌñÒùÆÞ's New York City Urban Project </a><br> &nbsp;</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="_none block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenewsfield-news-keywords"> <div class="content"> <div class="field field--name-field-news-keywords field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News Keywords</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/794" hreflang="en">community colleges</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/759" hreflang="en">Campus shooting</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Thu, 01 Oct 2015 20:41:39 +0000 gordon.govier@intervarsity.org 8879 at