{"id":5606,"date":"2016-04-18T13:16:26","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T17:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=5606"},"modified":"2021-05-17T14:30:17","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T18:30:17","slug":"club-supernatural-offers-spiritual-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/club-supernatural-offers-spiritual-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"Club Offers Spiritual Focus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Supernatural Culture Club\u2019s weekly meetings at Kendall Campus begin with students forming a circle and members leading the group in prayer. A loud worshiping song plays in the background. At a recent meeting, 13 student members in the circle closed their eyes and spoke about their relationship with God. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPray for everybody. Everybody needs somebody to be prayed for,\u201d said Devin Perfumo, 21, a business administration major and the club\u2019s president. \u201cEven though they are not praying for you.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students in the group took turns talking about hardship and how their lives have changed since they joined the club. After prayer is done, student <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jes\u00fas <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lopez, 25, lectured about the power of God. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perfumo then spoke about having faith in God and finding peace. Members looked engrossed in the teachings and sometimes quietly responded. Approximately 17 to 25 students join Perfumo for meetings every Wednesday at noon in Room 4105.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The club members said they aim to feel the presence of God through their fellowship. The group wants to be known as a spiritual rather than a religious club. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI would say supernatural over religion because religion is limited to words and doctrine, while supernatural is something that we experience,\u201d Perfumo said. \u201cThat\u2019s really what the club is. It\u2019s an experience with God, not just talk.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The club does identify itself with Christianity, but does not limit itself to a specific sect of the religion. Many of the members, like Perfumo, attend church. Perfumo said the club\u2019s goal is to help students be redeemed by what Jesus has done and believe Christ\u2019s power. The group is led by Perfumo\u2019s strong, friendly and persuasive personality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But Perfumo did not start out as a religious leader.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When he was 16, Perfumo was a drug addict using rock and roller.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He said the lifestyle was toxic, coming home to a broken family and almost taking his own life. Perfumo said he sought direction and meaning from God and experienced unexplainable moments of revelations from strangers that led him toward a relationship with God. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While a student at Miami Killian Senior High School, Perfumo wanted to use what he learned from God to help others in his same situation. He began to try to help kids suffering from depression and drug abuse. He took a boom box out to Ron Ehmann Park where he said these kids gathered. Perfumo said he prayed for them. Many of those people are now members of the Supernatural Culture Club at MDC. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The club was previously called Shine, with only nine members. Once it changed names a year-and-a-half ago the club gained popularity. Perfumo has been involved for two years. The previous semester\u2019s leaders asked him to run the club. Perfumo attends El Rey <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jes\u00fas, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a Christian Apostolic and Prophetic<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">church, and looks at the club as a way to give students a spiritual experience with God on campus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are numerous other religious clubs on Kendall Campus, including Cru, Catholic Student Ministry and Fellowship of Christian Athletes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But it is unique from these other clubs because Perfumo said they shy away from organized religion. Perfumo called organized religion \u201cblack and white without the life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cReligion is when you take God out of doctrine,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a 2014 survey conducted by <a href=\"https:\/\/heri.ucla.edu\/\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">UCLA Cooperative Institutional Research Program<\/span><\/a>, one in four freshman students selected no religious preference, which is up from one in six in 2005. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lopez, a business administration major, said that study makes sense. He said he doubted if God was real but always had a belief in a higher power.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI believe that a lot of people are prone to grow away from religion, I understand that,\u201d Lopez said. \u201cI understand what it is to be in their place. Everybody should have an opportunity to get to meet the person of God because God is a person. All you got to do is get to know him.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perfumo thinks there are many people around campus that love God and might like the Supernatural Culture Club\u2019s approach. He wants to aid students who seek a relationship with God feel the same connection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI think it\u2019s that they can really express their love for God and not be judged for it,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s an environment that kids could come and the passion that they have for God can be shared.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Computer animation major, Jislan Carrasquillo, 21, who has been a member since 2013, said she has felt a lot closer to God ever since she joined the club. She also goes to church.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s been a blessing and given me a lot of bravery [to explore God],\u201d Carrasquillo said. \u201cThe people in the club have been a great support to help train me in my walk with him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supernatural Culture Club\u2019s weekly meetings at Kendall Campus begin with students forming a circle and members leading the group in prayer. A loud worshiping song plays in the background. At a recent meeting, 13 student members in the circle closed their eyes and spoke about their relationship with God. \u201cPray for everybody. 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