GBU Siena

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Praise

At GBU Siena, we kicked off with an ‘aperitivo’ event and also explained what the GBU is. Then we started up our GBU cafè where we’ve been studying John’s Gospel. Leading up to Christmas we’ll have 5 GBU cafè sessions, all on John’s Gospel. On 31 October we held an evening event with a pumpkin pie and Giovanni talked on the topic of Light in this world (Halloween seen through the context of the Bible etc.). On 14 November we’ll be holding an evening event at the university’s astronomical observatory as we did last year. An academic from the observatory will explain the celestial bodies to us and we’ll also be able to use a telescope. We’ll finish up with a Christmas meal.

Pray
  • This time we’ve got more non-believer students so we thank God for having brought them along to GBU Siena.
  • Pray that God would continue to bless us with all the resources we need and that this time we’d be able to put on the exhibition of the Bible at the university.
  • Pray also for each of the students who come to the GBU and for our staff and our student leaders, Monica and Feba.

GBU Verona

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Praise
  • Praise God for a new year of GBU Verona.
  • For the teaching room we managed to get for the meetings and for the sizable group we are this year.
  • We thank God for all the opportunities and time He is giving us to share Jesus with other students.
Prayer
  • Pray that the non-believers in our group decide to follow Jesus
  • Pray that God gives us a vision for the university and town of Verona that will help us invest our time well for Him
  • For the outreach activities we plan to do

GBU Venice

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Praise
  • We thank God that this new GBU venture has officially begun in Venice too!
  • The first aperitives&conversation allowed us to meet new students and it was very encouraging to see how the Lord is working: some of them had already been involved in the GBU in other Italian towns whereas others didn’t know anything about it.
  • For the new people who are contacting us and for their desire to get to know Jesus more through the Bible.
Pray
  • Pray we would find somewhere to meet in the university, to hold our studies and the various activities.
  • Pray the Lord would prepare us for welcoming the new students and being able to grow together in faith.
  • That each one of us would balance our university commitments with the GBU activities.

GBU Bologna

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Praise
  • Thank the Lord for the studies we tackled on Titus.
  • Give thanks for the new students who have been coming along to the group.
  • Give thanks for the help of the staff who are always at hand.
Prayer
  • Spiritual and numerical growth of the group.
  • For the studies we’re doing on the book of Revelation.
  • For the event we would like to arrange over the Christmas period.

GBU Florence

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Praise
  • Lots of new people, both non-believers as well as believers, among whom there are several international students.
  • For the new staff member and a fair few active members.
  • For having found other places where we can meet for the studies and events.
Prayer
  • For the non-believers who are interested in coming regularly.
  • For the student leaders and more active members: that we’d work well to do His work and invite our non-believer friends.
  • For the end of semester event (in mid December).

GBU Chieti/Pescara

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Praise
  • Thank God that, despite the various difficulties we had this year, He answered our prayers by making it clear that we had to carry on sharing Jesus from student to student in the university, even though there were only 2 of us.
  • Praise God that a student is interested in hearing about, and studying the Bible.
Prayer
  • For us student leaders that we would manage our time better between our university commitments and those of the GBU.
  • Pray that those who showed an interest whilst we were talking about the Gospel would have a direct encounter through the Bible.

GBU Palermo

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First of all we thank you all for the prayers we know you directed to God in regard to GBU Palermo.
This new year began with some additional expectations.

Praise
  • For our desire to go deeper in His Word and in prayer.
  • Because a pastor of a church near to the university allowed us to be able to meet inside the building for our prayer meetings.
  • For our tireless student leaders, Elisabeth and Miriam (the new leader)
Prayer
  • To find a teaching room in the university, as that would be easier for inviting other students. Sadly, we haven’t yet found a teaching room where we can hold the studies, in fact we’ve been meeting in a cafe like we did last year.
  • For the outreach events we’d like to hold at the university.
  • For the outreach week we’d like to arrange in April together with a team of Irish students.
  • for Domenico, our staff member who will introduce the GBU in Messina on 3 December to try to get a GBU group started up there as well.

GBU Milan State Institute

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Praise
  • Because we can share God publicly in our university.
  • For the enthusiasm of the group of believers and that non-believers are regularly joining in.
  • Because we’ve found excellent places where we can meet.
Prayer
  • That God would give us the wisdom and ability to share His Word.
  • That non-believers who come to our meetings would convert.
  • To help us always remember why we’re doing what we’re doing.

GBU Florence

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Praise
  • The first part of the year really was very encouraging! We’ve seen Christian group members grow and we’ve been able to directly present the Gospel to various friends of ours, both through events and the Bible studies.
  • We thank God for the new room we’ll be able to use in this second semester and for how He guided our choices as a result of it.
Prayer
  • TMD, “The Mark Drama”: God willing, GBU Florence will also carry out this wonderful project at the beginning of May!! We’re super enthusiatic and we’re asking for prayer that the event will go well, both for the actors and our friends who are coming to see the play!!
  • We’re asking for prayer that each of our small initiatives will bear fruit to God’s glory!
  • For the two girls who coordinate the group in Florence, and that God would give other people in the group the desire to serve Him as coordinators, knowing He’ll provide for our every need.

GBU Turin

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Praise
  • We thank God that we’ve been recognised as an association in the Polytechnic and this allows us to have an institutional email address, therefore we can send emails to all the students in the Polytechnic, inviting them to our events. This made two of the last events highly successful: the open mic and a seminar on pornography, both of which drew around 40 non-believing students.
  • Praise God that this month a student made the decision to follow Christ!
  • That new group members were enthusiastic and got involved.
Prayer
  • On 12 April we’re holding a conference on self-worth.
  • For our coordinators, in particular that they’d manage to organise their time well and make their commitments with both the university and the GBU fit together.
  • That those interested in the faith could deepen their study of the Word, and that we students would help them in that process.