Metro Area Day | MetroMN InterVarsity

Metro Area Day

Each semester, we host a Metro Area Day for InterVarsity students from around the Twin Cities. You can come, your friends from campus can come, and your friends who go to a different campus can come! This is a great opportunity for you to grow in your faith around a big group of college students from other campuses who are doing the same thing.

Join us this spring on Saturday, February 21st from 10am-4pm at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church in Plymouth, MN (5005 Northwest Blvd, Plymouth, MN 55442).

This spring our theme is By The Book: The Bible & Our Lives. If you have questions about the Bible, want to grow in how the Bible transforms your life, are curious about talking about the Bible with your friends without it being weird, or desire to increase your skill in studying Scripture, you are going to love what we have planned for the day! For our breakouts, we'll have everything from breakouts with seminary professors who are experts in the Bible to practical breakouts about how we build regular rhythms of transformational Scripture study.

Go ahead and sign up, and we'll email you more information as we get closer to the day.

FAQs

What will we be doing? We get to connect with students from our own campus, students from other campuses, experience great worship, quiet times with God, amazing food, excellent teachings and fun. By the end of the day, you will have grown in community with others from your campus and in your relationship with God.

How much does this cost? Nothing - it's free! A light breakfast, full lunch, and plenty of snacks and beverages are provided.

How do I get there? Your campus will coordinate rides!

Can I invite my friend from another campus? Definitely. Just have them sign up at this link.

What will worship be like? Aashsish Baskaran, local pastor at Mill City Church in Minneapolis, will lead our time - it's always amazing to worship with other college students!

What are the breakouts? We have a lot of great options!

1. Reading Well: Genre & Scripture: Join Bethel Seminary professor and InterVarsity alumni Dr. Jeanine Brown, to learn how to read the Bible with genre in mind. Many times our struggles with Scripture come from a misunderstanding of the original text and genre. Dr. Brown is an scholarly expert in this area (and a member of the NIV Bible translation team!) while also being a wonderful guide in applying Scripture study to our everyday lives.

2. Tough Bible Questions: Do you or your friends have tough questions about the Bible? Is it really trustworthy? What do we make of varying accounts in Scripture? What makes it different than other religious or sacred texts? Join Dr. John Anthony Dunne from Bethel Seminary to dig into some of these tough questions and develop an understanding of Scripture big enough to withstand the questions we and our friends have. Dr. Dunne is a language expert in the original languages of Scripture - Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic, and he loves deep conversations about the Bible.

3. Sustainable Scripture Engagement: Curious about how to cultivate regular rhythms of connecting with Scripture in your life? In this breakout, you'll learn various ways to make Scripture an ongoing part of your life and spiritual formation - from daily quiet times to reflective practices.

4. Biblically Grounded Decision Making: As college students, you are at a point in your life where you are making many important decisions! While Scripture has many important directions for our life, it doesn't always give specifics about what exactly we should do. If you value Scripture and are thinking about the direction of your life, this breakout will help you to make Godly decisions grounded in the life that Scripture invites us to.

5. The Bible in Everyday Conversations: So the Bible has made a difference in your life, but how do you talk about it in a normal way with the people you care about? Join this breakout to learn how to share stories from Scripture in everyday conversations in a way that points people to the characteristics of God.

6. Leading a Group Investigating God: Groups Investigating God (GIGs) are an amazing opportunity for you to open Scripture with a friend or two for a few weeks. Learning how to lead one of these will help you have deeper spiritual conversations with friends, introduce non-Christians to Scripture, and grow yourself!