Fuel School Article!

Fuel School ignites passion in students
By Joanna Raines

Jorge Montalvo — THE BATTALION
"There's a movement across the country of unprecedented worship and prayer across campuses." said Cynthia Griffith, founder of College Station House of Prayer.
The College Station House of Prayer is hoping to bring this movement to the Texas A&M campus this weekend through Fuel School.
Justin Rizzo, Josh Hawkins, and Brandon Hammons are coming from the International House of Prayer to lead students in worship and teaching. The goal of the event is to equip students with the skills needed for growth in their prayer life in a collegiate atmosphere.
"There's going to be awesome worship and testimonies from different students about worship and prayer on campus and within the college community." Griffith said. "The teaching will all be biblically based, and it will all point to what the Lord is doing on campuses."
The Fuel School event will begin Friday night, and continue all day Saturday. It will consist of four sessions, which are all free.
The College Station House of Prayer hosted Fuel School two years ago. It brought together students of different churches and organizations, and impacted them spiritually.
"We had a huge response, and it really impacted students then." Griffith said, "There were some really crazy testimonies of people whose lives were radically changed."
Stefan Quartemont, junior genetics major, was a freshman when he attended the first conference and said it was a life
changing experience.  
"I met a community of people that were extremely passionate and extremely expressive about how they felt about Jesus. I could tell they weren't people who were passively doing it as a hobby," Quartemont said.
Quartemont said it was the first time he connected with fellow believers and because of Fuel School, was able to forge relationships with people from a variety of churches and organizations.
While the event is based around Christianity, representatives said the event is open to people of all faiths. The purpose is to be educational, and geared toward anyone who wants to know more about Christian prayer and worship.  
Members of the College Station House of Prayer hope for more life changing responses this year. They said their mission is based on the First Commandment, which is to love God.  
"To me that looks like loving God with all my heart, soul, mind and strength. Not just giving God time on a Sunday… but every day of the week every moment," said Blake Shulze, president of the College Station House of Prayer.  
Every morning on campus, students meet for prayer at All Faiths Chapel. The students come from a variety of churches and organizations. Shulze said that he hopes to see more students join their efforts as a result of Fuel School.
"I think that's what my number one prayer and goal would be for the conference. That it wouldn't just be an event, but that out of it hearts would be transformed and go into a place of worship and prayer as a lifestyle and on a continual basis." Shulze said.