The Public Health Christian Fellowship at JHSPH

Dear Public Health Christian Fellowship, A few things coming up: 1) Friday Bible Study 12noon,  Zoom link 2) Webinar on MCH/FP during COVID - May 4, 9am,  Zoom link 3) Interministry worship/prayer night - May 8, 7pm 4) Job opportunities 5) Housing opportunity A devo from Ope (Sam) -- "Seeing the Invisible" based on 2 Cor 4:16-18 --  Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal. Today, the world is going through difficult times and the ability to see have never been more important than now. Unfortunately, many have lost sight of hope and their dreams due to these happenings. Therefore, the Lo

Dear Public Health Christian Fellowship, As Paul closes his letter to the church at Thessalonica, he writes,  As for you, brothers and sisters, do not grow weary in doing good  (2 Thess 3:13). Dear ones, praying that whatever you do - whether coursework, final projects and papers, job applications, project proposals, grant revisions, event planning, data cleaning, data analyses, Zoom meetings, studying, clinical work, intercessory prayer, caring for dependents, or activities of daily living - that your heart's desire remains to love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, and strength and to do good to your neighbor. May our Lord fill you with his strength, enough for today, and may he give you hope for tomorrow. Three things this week: 1) CMDA spring meeting Wed 7pm (UPDATED ZOOM LINK - must register/sign in to attend!) 2) PHCF Bible Study Fri 12pm 3) Job opportunity with CCIH/WorldRelief 1) CMDA spring meeting Wed 7pm Please join us TOMORROW (4/22/20) 7-8:3

Dear Public Health Christian Fellowship, King David writes,  To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul. Oh my God, in you I trust; let me not be put to shame... Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame.  (Ps 25:1-3). Dear ones, praying tonight that whatever you face, you draw close to the one who draws near to you. This Friday  (tomorrow), we will meet at  noon  via  Zoom  for Bible study (Num 9:15-23), prayer, and discussion of what PHCF should look like for the rest of this term. Zoom  Meeting ID: 957-8035-5238, Password: phcf Hopkins CMDA spring meeting  - Wed Apr 22, 7pm - open to faculty, staff, students, trainees, postdocs: Our guest speaker is Dr. Burton Lee, an intensivist currently at Pittsburg but transitioning to the NIH in the coming months. He will be sharing his perspective on the current health crisis given his background in critical care, his experiences as a missionary doctor in Africa, and role as coordinator for missionary physician CME. Plus discussion

Dear Public Health Christian Fellowship, The psalmist cries,  How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?  (Ps 13:1). In the midst of grief, uncertainty, change, anger, disappointment, and anxiety (so apt this week), we look to Jesus on the cross, who entered this world to live the life we could not live and died the death we should have died to raise us back to life and relationship with our Lord. We look to the cross, because there was no quick "silver lining". Instead, there was death. And then, resurrection - new life and new hope.  Dear ones, will you choose to say with the psalmist in v5-6:  But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, because he has dealt bountifully with me. ? Praying that this week you draw near to His presence, because he loves you so abundantly that he gave his very Son for you. May He give you courage and diligence and focus for the