“Happy Birthday to you…Happy Birthday to you…Happy Birthday dear Chucky and Origin of Species…<dramatic pause>…Happy Birthday to you!”

Did you know that 2010 marks the anniversary of a double birthday? This year is the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin and the 150th birthday of his book, Origin of Species. In fact, in addition to the outreach resource discussed in this posting,  if you want to pick up a fantastic documentary and witnessing tool on the subject, I encourage you to visit the homepage of Creation Ministries International and buy the video called “Darwin: The Voyage That Shook the World”. Our friends at CMI have definitely succeeded in putting together a very accurate and gracious autobiographical tool on one of the most enigmatic figures of the last couple hundred years!

However, tomorrow afternoon, we’re really getting “Origin Into Schools”. TCC and the Harvest Bible Chapel of London Gospel Outreach “GO” Team will be crashing the gates of the University of Western Ontario armed with origin/worldview scripts, Bibles, and free (”Gospelized”) copies of Chuck Darwin’s Origin of Species books. Wait! Before you log off our blog, rest assured that this is no unique complementary copy of the classic…and this is no unique outreach either!

Please take a moment to watch this promo video on “Origin Into Schools” with Kirk Cameron of Living Waters.

Now, while the video mainly focuses on schools south of the border, I trust you all know that things are just as bad or worse across our home and native land! That’s why we’re asking you to partner with us in prayer tomorrow and all this coming week.

Will you set aside time from 12pm to 4pm tomorrow to pray for our Gospel outreach team and all the other outreach teams across North America who will partnering together to preach the truth on university and colleges campuses? As you may or may not know, the “free speech zones” that our American brothers and sisters in Christ enjoy while preaching the Gospel at schools are not quite as common or accessible in Canada. That’s just one of the many reasons why we need your prayer! As we always say at TCC: “If you pray without witnessing you’re a hypocrite. If you witness without praying you’re a lunatic. The battle is won in the prayer time!”

I also encourage you to check back to this blog often for more news and updates as the Canadian “Origins into Schools” initiative unfolds.

Finally, please take full advantage of the following resources for finding common conversational ground in the origins issue as you share the Gospel with all those in your personal relationships and beyond!

TCC Radio series | “What On Earth Is Going On?”

CMI article | “Hitting the Nail on the Head”

Partners in the Gospel,

Cory