Day Seven

	Jessica Dennis, Community News

A citywide gathering of Jesus followers will be held May 1, 2009 from 7-9 p.m. at the Greenville Town Common in Greenville, North Carolina. Day Seven is considered a ‘Solemn Assembly’ Based on Joel 2: 12-16:

"Even now," declares the LORD, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning. Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity. Who knows? He may turn and have pity and leave behind a blessing…Blow the trumpet in Zion, declare a holy fast, call a sacred assembly. Gather the people, consecrate the assembly; bring together the elders…” (Joel 2:12-16).

This ‘Solemn Assembly’ is designed with the hope of gathering God’s people to worship, pray, and fast in order to call out for God’s spirit to be poured upon God’s people and the city of Greenville. While the event is based on the revival in Greenville, everyone from every city is invited to come and cry out for God’s spirit. Day Seven is a free event open to people of all ages, races, and church denominations. It is designed only to lift the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, not the names of any church, ministry or any individual person. Along with this concept, no other events will be announced, no merchandise will be sold, and no collections will be taken. 

Day Seven will feature several different artists and a guest speaker. For more information, about Day Seven visit www.622ministries.org. To find out more about the revival movement in Greenville, North Carolina visit www.prayforgreenville.org

Letter to the Editor

Response to What's Really Good?

I would like to respond to a letter written in the Trojan Times about the food service here at Mount Olive College.

Going Trayless?
First, the subject of going trayless was brought to me by a student organization at the College. It is a proven fact that going trayless saves money and saves cleaning chemicals from being deposited in our water system. Many colleges and universities have gone trayless. UNC, for example, has gone trayless in some of their dining halls. At MOC, the decision rests with Executive Council, and at this time there is no indication that we are going trayless.

Serving Size?
Pioneer, nor any restaurant that I know of, does not base serving size on gender or weight.

Serving Food vs. Self Serve
Why do we serve food? The reason for serving food is to help stop waste. If we can control wasted food it benefits the students. Food prices go up every year and we can’t control that but, we as adults can control what we throw in the trash. The more we all save will ultimately affect the cost of meal plans the following year. This is also why we try to stop students who are not on a meal plan from eating from the trays of student’s who are on a meal plan.

Bottom line: controlling waste saves students’ money and you can always go back for more food.

Have a great summer,

Fran Brickner