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It’s Georgia Tech’s Third Annual Steak-Off and Bake-Off, the premier culinary competition on campus. It’s a contest for the best steak (or any grilled meat) and the most delectable cake (or any baked confection).

Enter with your D-group, apartment, group of friends, or individually. The food will be judged, prizes will be awarded, and then we all get to eat! Invite all your friends, it’s free! Here are all the details:

Who: You, or you + friends, or your D-group, or your roommates—anybody, really! And anybody can attend.
What: A steak-off and bake-off. Grill your steaks there, bake your cakes ahead of time. There will be judging, prizes, free food, music, Frisbee, volleyball, and did I mention free food?
Where: on the Maulding Lawn (that’s the grills and picnic tables in front of Maulding Apts., behind Sixth Street Apts., and just above the CRC volleyball fields)
When: 4:30pm on Friday April 17th
How: To enter your steak or cake, sign up at our sign-ups table at CRU, or email your entry info to Darin.
How much: It’s all free! Invite your friends.

You should also join the Facebook event!

Would you like to be more confident in talking to others about God? Do you want to share your faith, but feel like you don’t know enough or don’t know where to start? Do you feel like evangelism is too confrontational or inappropriate for our society? Do you regularly share Jesus but want to sharpen your skills? Then the Evangelism Workshop is for you!

At this workshop we will cover:
- what evangelism is and why the Christian ought to engage in it.
- what the gospel is and how to explain it clearly and concisely.
- how to engage people with the gospel in a winsome and inoffensive manner.
- how to use the various means of sharing the gospel that are at your disposal.
- how to deal with objections and obstacles to the gospel and conflict centered on the gospel.

We will start at 11am in the Piedmont Room of the Student Center (the windowed room across from Burdell’s and Pandini’s). We’ll break at noon for lunch, which will be either Chick-fil-A or Willy’s (we’ll take orders at the beginning and make a lunch run for you). We should wrap everything up by 2:30pm.

Here’s the workshop outline:
1. Context: What does the Bible teach and command concerning evangelism? Why should I evangelize? What is my role in evangelism?
2. Content: What collection of facts makes up the gospel?
3. Manner: How do I go about sharing the gospel in a compelling and inoffensive way?
4. Means: What tools and methods can I use to aid in sharing the gospel?
5. Persuasion: How do I communicate the gospel convincingly? How do I deal with objections to the gospel? How do I share with agnostics, atheists, and those who follow other religions? How do I deal with conflict during evangelism?

Outline and printed notes will be provided. We recommend you bring a pen or pencil, a 3-ring binder for the printed materials, a notebook or notebook paper, and cash for lunch. (The workshop itself and provided materials are free.)

If you have any questions, contact Jeffrey. RSVP at the Facebook event.

Why call it an extravaganza, you ask? Well, there will be an “extra” amount of “vaganza,” which is from the Latin for “Crusade community and fellowship event awesomeness.” See, it’s a very technical term that we do not throw around loosely. Here are all the specs:

When: 4:30pm Saturday, April 4th 2009
Where: Stone Mountain Park (map here)
What: hike up the mountain, dinner and games on the lawn, laser show at dusk
Who: All of Crusade and all your friends!
How: meet for carpool outside the Student Center, near the weird bus stop, at 4:30pm
Bring: Frisbee or football, picnic blankets, lawn chairs, your own sack dinner, comfortable walking shoes, and a couple dollars to help out your driver with parking ($8/car)
RSVP: to Emily Boyd with your name plus guests. (If you’re driving, let Emily know how many open seats you have.)
Facebook: click here