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March 2023

Business:

If you haven't heard, the Department of Education is planning on removing language that explicitly protects religious student organizations on campus. This obviously affects FOCUS (and any other religious organization on campus) in a big way! The public is given some time to comment on their proposed changes - which is where you come in! You have until March 24th to leave a comment. If you have a few minutes, I encourage you to click on the link below for instructions to leave a comment!

The most confusing part (if you decide to leave a comment) is the drop-down menu when it says 'What is your comment about?' you would select individual. Meaning, you are an individual leaving a comment, not any specific entity.

anyfocus.org/campusaccess

We're having our Spring Pizza Theology on April 2nd from 4-9 pm! If you don't know what that is, it's where all of the students (and alumni) from our campuses come together for 2 hours of lecture, an hour of pizza, and then another 2 hours of lecture. It really is an information-packed evening. It will be over (some of) the wisdom literature (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Job). I encourage you to come, even just to part of it, if you have the time!

anyfocus.org/pizza

Personal:

Thank you to everyone who has been praying for my eye! I recently had appointments with a new PCP, an eye doctor, and a follow-up with my surgeon. My PCP ran some blood panels and concluded that I need to exercise more (which I only stopped because I couldn't due to my eye injury). The eye doctor said that my eyes looked great and my surgeon said that all we can do is wait for my body to naturally heal. So all-in-all, I'm the best that I can be.



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