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What is a word called when it can mean 2 opposite things?

 

Two of our pastors on staff got married last month! David Maynard is a pastor with our Collin campuses and he married Alex, who was an apprentice with Collin last year (pictured above). Jalen, one of our pastors in Arlington, married one of my good friends, Zoë. Due to it being an unplugged ceremony, I totally forgot to take any photos of that one, oops. What a blessed month!

Ya gotta put your best foot forwards to attract the freshman. Coral and Stian, both apprentices at UTD, tabling on the Plinth!

It's already Fall Camp season! This is a campus-specific one-night retreat that helps our cores (small groups) spend extended quality time together to build relationships that can last. Here's UTD doing their signature sign, the Whoosh.

Here's UTA at their Fall Camp. They booked the same camp on the same days as UTD, just on a separate section of the retreat grounds. You may be seeing their faces on a postcard soon!

FOCUS at UTD is hosting a Family Night on October 15th for friends and family of students (and alumni) to come out and experience a little bit of what our students experience each week at our large group! If you've ever wanted to check it out, now's your chance! Let me know if you have any questions about this.

Pizza Theology is a biannual event (once in the Fall and once in the Spring) where we dive deeper into a specific topic or book of the Bible for 4 hours (with an hour of pizza in the middle). Everyone is invited, if they are interested, so I thought I'd let y'all know! It'll be on November 13th and we'll be going over the book of Revelation.


What is a word called when it can mean 2 opposite things?
When a word can mean 2 opposite things, it's called a 'contronym'! For example, seed: if you seed the lawn you add seeds, but if you seed a tomato you remove them. Or bolt: if you bolt something down, you are securing it, but if you bolt, then you are running away.


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