Female Roommate Needed

Room available starting end of May/beginning of June. Room in house owned by Dyanna Stupar. House is located within walking distance to Wal-Mart North Atherton, bus stop, and only a 5 minute drive to campus. Free parking, nice outdoor area, fabulous roommates, who could ask for more? :)

$300/month plus utilities. For more information and/or to take a tour of the house, please call Dyanna anytime at (814) 360-2077.

ThirdPlace Thrift N' Bowl

When: Friday, March 7th, 2008 at 7:00 PM
Where: Northland Bowl (State College)

Wear your thrift store best and join us for a fun filled bowling night at Northland Bowl in State College at 7pm. After-party at Matt, Randy, and Dustin’s place: 420 Kemmerer Road, State College, 16801. Please RSVP to Lane Hagen: lanehagen@gmail.com. See you there!

Food Drive - Benefits State College Food Bank

Now through February 27th, Barb and Matthew's life group will collecting non-perishable food for the State College Food Bank. The food will go to provide for the needs of families in the State College Area as well as to support the network of food pantries in the Centre County Area.

Food Bank's Current Needs List:

• Grocery store Gift Cards - any denomination is appreciated
• Jello or pudding mixes
• Laundry soap, bath/hand soap
• Canned beef stew and/or chile
• Canned pasta (ravioli, spaghetti, etc.)
• Canned fruit, especially "lite" varieties
• Peanut Butter

The following items are always needed as we cannot purchase these through our state food purchasing program. We rely soley on donations for these items:

• Coffee, Tea and Hot Chocolate
• Granulated sugar and/or sugar supplements (no confectioner's sugar)
• Mayonnaise/Salad Dressing

The Food Bank currently has sufficient supplies of the following:

• Soup
• Canned Tuna
• Jelly
• Beans (other than green beans)

Contact Barb Roan 814-571-0725 or Matthew Heinz 814-571-5743 for any donations you have. Please collect any food donations and get them to us by Feb 27. We will then deliver the food to the Food Bank that evening.

ThirdPlace Prayer Retreat

When: Saturday, March 1st, 8:30am-12:30pm
Where: Calvary Baptist Church
What: A time to connect with God, be encouraged, and do battle on the behalf of those in need!

With guest facilitators Bruce Eveleth and Jean Paul Ntabanganyimana, the prayer retreat will be a unified time of corporate prayer and worship combined with solitude and time for reflection and connecting with Jesus!

The schedule for the day is as follows:

• 8:30am-9:30am: Corporate prayer/worship.
• 9:30am-11:30am: Personal connection time with Jesus. Spend some time with our Big Daddy.
• 11:30am-12:30pm: Group sharing/encouragement, along with corporate worship and prayer.
  

Here's what people had to say about the last prayer retreat:

"I woke up the morning of the prayer retreat in one of my blue funks, and was pretty much ready to head right back to bed. I didn't want to be part of another program. sometimes I feel like I attend program after program, and I just wanted a break from something scheduled...from another "event." Something inside said, get out of the house and get there. So, I went. I cannot tell you how grateful I am that I chose the prayer retreat instead of a quiet morning in my home. God showed up in such a powerful way in my life and in the lives of those around me. Mostly, the things God spoke were simple. But I need to simply know some simple things that morning. I also needed to know I'm not alone. My blue funks can be pretty blue somedays. It was so beautiful to learn that morning that Jesus meets me in these funks, that He wants to speak to me in those places, and that he is meeting others there too. Seeing God move in my life and the lives of those around was almost more color than I could take for that saturday."

"For me, the prayer retreat was a really intimate time of worship of Jesus. I had one of those days where I personally wasn't getting revelation from His Word, but I had a great time of worship and was extremely encouraged to see the Holy Spirit at work in the other people who attended the retreat. Jesus is the man!"

"I had an amazing time at the prayer retreat, as God spoke to me regarding the work of His Spirit. He had me focus particularly on the power of the Spirit, reminding me that the same Spirit that raised Jesus Christ from the dead also lives in me. Through the Spirit I can have victory over every area of my life, be it conquering sin habits, overcoming the old man, or keeping Christ at the core."

"For two weeks prior to the prayer retreat, I had been experiencing a holy discontent that I'd never felt before. I felt so far from God and I wanted to be close! I just couldn't find my way back. I was battling a lot of doubt about God and who He is...I was questioning His character and was brought to a place where I had to decide whether or not I truly believed God was who He says He is. I was needing a break through and was looking forward to the prayer retreat, hoping that the time seeking God with others would be the break through that I needed. God led me to a significant spot on the Harvest Fields property where He touched my soul in the most personal way I've ever experienced. He revealed His Son Jesus on the cross for me and as I looked upon the Cross, I could see Jesus there with His arms spread out saying, "Here I am for you. I am all for you." And at that moment I looked upon Jesus' face and saw the glory of God revealed in the face of Jesus Christ. I realized that it is truly God who seeks after us and finds us in our broken places. He let the floor drop out from beneath me so that He could fill my soul with Himself from the bottom up."

Housing / Sublets

Tenants for House: Matthew Heinz is moving to Rwanda for six months and he needs to find tenants for his house and care for his dog Tate. This would be July-December 2008. The house is fully furnished and the tenants would be able to use anything that is there. The following is what he would like the tenants to provide:

Pay rent - $1000/month plus utilities (about $250 - $300 or so).
Take care of the house (mowing, raking, shoveling, etc).
Take care of Tate (very easy two year-old pug).
Keep the house open and available for ThirdPlace functions if needed.
If interested please contact Matthew.

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Roommate needed: Sarah Feyereisen is looking to live with one or more other girls in a place that's fairly close to a bus stop. Please email Sarah if you are interested!

One room open! Any females in need of a place to stay from now until the end of May/beginning of June? I have a two bedroom apartment and I need a roommate. You can move in as early as this month!

Here are the details:
Rent would be $340/month, all utilities, garbage, electric, phone and internet included
Parking space
It's on Elmwood St. in Lemont

More info.?: Contact Laura Hine at 814-238-8908 anytime between 5pm and 9pm M-F.

Free Furniture

Here's what they're giving away:

- 4 person round table...really good condition. Glass center, 4 rolling chairs
- Padded gliding rocker with padded ottoman
- Overstuffed chair

If someone is interested contact Joey Marchant at justrg8ce@gmail.com with "furniture" in the subject. First come first serve!

New (Temporary) ThirdPlace Blog

Hey ThirdPlacers,

Because of changes to the servers hosting the current ThirdPlace website, this blog will temporarily be the new home for the ThirdPlace website until we can get the other website up and running again. While it doesn't have the look and feel of the old website, it should suffice for now! Thanks, take care,

Josh