A note about the Virginia Tech Tragedy

Here is a quick note from my co -worker Jackie about what our Campus Internet ministry is doing to reach students who are feeling affected by the tragic shootings at virginia tech:

Hi Friends, Family and Supporters,

It’s been sad week of shock and mourning with the news of the Virginia Tech massacre. We’ve all been affected tremendously.

We here in the internet ministries have been banding together to respond to people who are going online to search for information, answers, perspective.

On iamnext.com we quickly put together an article http://www.iamnext.com/living/virginiatechshooting.html in response to VTech that includes other article resources and links to our mentoring program.

Also in partnership with TruthMedia we’ve made available a blog http://talk.thelife.com where people can express their thoughts and find some counseling from Christians who monitor the blog.

One of more recent and creative initiatives iamnext has taken is going on Facebook (where MANY students are hanging out and connected) and posting messages like “hey I found this great article that might help people work through this issue personally, here’s the link”.

We’re going to get the word out by messaging the iamnext Facebook group (300+ members) and we’ve also joined the Facebook group “A Tribute to those who passed in the Virginia Tech Shooting,” which has 38, 841 members.

Pray that we’ll think of other creative ways to reach out on the internet.

Pray that our efforts will be used by God to be a blessing to those who are mourning and looking for answers.
Thank you for your prayers.

In Christ,
Jackie