Ruf Erskine's Podcast

45 degrees!  DST and no meal at the Barn but a good crowd of 45+ for this Erskine.  We enjoyed a fire, marshmallows and hot chocolate before and after the Barn as we heard on the subject of Ultimate Friendship and the "5 Loves" of Marriage.

A beautiful day of sunny weather after a Saturday full of rain made for a beautiful Sunday setting and, with Barnadillas, made for a good night of ministry to 50+ students from Erskine, Lander and Anderson U.

Mid-terms, Homecoming weekend, Choraleers concerts, Football scrimmages and more made for weary students, but we were thankful for about 50 who showed up to hear an important talk for their future marriages.

70+ which included students from Erskine, Lander, Anderson, Clemson and SWU for Papa John's Pizza and what I think may be our last HOTTT Barn of the year!  Fall weather should be present after Fall Conference next week!

Another HOT Barn, with tacos and nachos from Aramark and a smaller crowd, but an important subject.

85+ on a 90 degree hot (but beautiful) Barn that included 5 from Lander and 5 from Anderson.  A hard topic for a first time visitor to the Barn!  But, since this is the point of so much pain for so many people, it would be irresponsible to not speak to and apply the Gospel to it.

Week 1 of RUF at Erskine, Fall 2019 version.  We had a great tailgate cookout in the heat and 110 gathered for a new year of fellowship, including most of the men's soccer team and 10 from Anderson University who came with Hamilton.

Tornado Watch!  So the Barn-K was canceled due to the threat of Tornado, but we through together a 7PM Barn with dessert and our music, Bible study conclusion of our series, and to hang the Horseshoe anyway!  Sad and anticlimactic finish to the year, but a  good one still!  Thankful to have several alumni there and more people than I expected!

Spring Weather!  Heidi made a creamy chicken pasta dinner and a small but good crowd heard a hard but good message on our Call to Change, our Power to Change and our Hope for Change.  One more week and we are done, hard to believe.

Chilly Spring night for Barnadillas and an important talk on The Good News of Adoption as we turn the busy corner and hit the home stretch of the Semester.  2 More large groups, 3 more small groups, a Pig Jig, Barn-K and Low-Country Boil before Baccalaureate and Graduation, leading into Edisto Beach Week.  Much to do, but it is all good stuff!

Great Spring weather and a good crowd for this era at Erskine with some guests and visitors for an important talk on Justification from the Rich Young Ruler in Mark 10.

Spring weather and St. Patrick's Day Home run Derby and Cookout!  A good crowd for this Erskine and a tough message that will hopefully be remembered down the road, when students will need it most.

Windy Spring weather, but dry and comfortable so we are thankful after days and Sundays filled with rain!  A good night for a hard but encouraging word on sharing Jesus with others through normal, relational, conversational efforts for the rest of your life.  We don't have to be weird.  Faithful and enduring breadcrumbs will do.

Cold 39 degrees in the Barn, but the propane heaters and the UV heaters were both working, so we were ok even though it was rainy and wet!  Several visitors tonight, including a second ARP visitor from Lander, which makes me hope and pray that the Lord might open a doorway to that campus for us!  A difficult and painful subject tonight, but hopefully a strong dose of Gospel Hope as well as we address the Brokenness of the Family.

35 degrees and we are talking about Depression in the Barn.  Seriously?  Only at Erskine and in Due West do people do this, and we had about 40 show up, which was great.

Cold, but Good!  Talking about serious things in the Barn this January....

First Barn of Spring 2019 in cold weather, our first January re-start with no J-Term.  A good crowd of 45, given the demographics and dynamics at Erskine!

Last Barn of Fall 2018!  Cold but comfortable as we hung the horseshoe and made another memory in the Barn.

Cold Barn!  45 degrees, but Boiled Peanuts, Hot Cocoa, Cider and Hand Warmers (first time!) and a Big Fire helped us stay warm!

DST gave us a dark Barn, but it was not cold as we hosted 60 from Southlake for Pizza, cider, cocoa, boiled peanuts and large group in the Barn.