Mahna Mahna

The title says it all! But, before I get into that, allow me to re-introduce myself. I am Erin Schuessler, a seasoned SPIRITUS veteran serving a third year with the program, now as the team coordinator.

It has been such a tremendous blessing to work with this year’s team. They bring such joy to my life! One of the highlights of my job is to see God’s divine providence unfold. It is so evident that He has called each one by name to live in this community and to serve in this ministry. Both aspects are absolutely flourishing…Praise the Lord!

Their growth as a community and individually reminds me of a song that is near and dear to the teams heart (the sisterhood’s heart anyways)…

“I look into these eyes and I don’t recognize the one I see inside. Its time for me to decide am I a man or am I a Muppet?”

For the sake of SPIRITUS, we’ll take a slightly different approach…” ...Its time for me to decide am I a man or am I an Evangelist?”

Each of the young adults on this team has taken a huge leap of faith in saying, “Yes” to serving or Lord. They are discovering that God’s call is transforming. Through their yes, they are uncovering more deeply who God has created them to be and how He is calling them to serve. We are all called to evangelize.

So, ask yourselves, “Are you a man, or are you an evangelist?”

Say “YES” to Christ!

Mahna Mahna,

Erin

What a busy month!

Hello,

It has been crazy this month to say the least, and judging by the blog posts(rather lack there of) from other Spiritus members I can assume I am right in saying we are more than busy. Stepping back a whole month-ish, that would still have us in the Christmas season, no snow, and Spiritus members literally all around the world. Trisha spent her Christmas in France; Alex, Jared, Dan, and Kelly all returned to their respective families in IN, FL, NY, and MI. Mark, Jonathan and Karissa, and Aaron all returned to their homes within WI.

Moving along this month, not a weekend has gone by where there wasn't at least 3 retreats from a Friday through a Sunday. We have been catching up on Faith on Fires(FoF) as well; little 90 minute weekday night retreats for CCD classes. As a mater of fact we will be having two again tonight. The month of February doesn't seem like its going to cut us any slack either. We did have a nice day off yesterday though and the guys saw the latest Mission Impossible film, currently in theaters, per suggestion from someone that it would be a great topic of discussion on how to stay always focused on "the mission." We know of course ours is to bring people to Christ, but a little adrenaline never hurts to keep us on our toes.

Lastly, about two weeks ago the Spiritus team had the great fortune to go on a retreat of our own at Monte Alverno Retreat Center here in Appleton. We enjoyed an overnight stay which included: silent time/prayer, oodles of praise and worship, private Lecio Divina (scripture "divine reading") and team discussion, and a theology lesson from our team chaplain Fr. Dan Schuster. We also got to spend an evening bonding in the snow (as it was one of the first snow falls) playing some touch football...girls included!

It has been a chaotic yet smooth, busy but short, cold but relatively healthy month(both spiritually and physically). Jared has a cough, but as it wanes I assume a first ever 5 foot snow man is in the making! Until next time, God bless!

Yours in Christ,
Dan