This our my favorite time of year in college campus ministry!  All over the Pacific Southwest millions of college students are stepping onto campus, many for the first time.  And it’s our opportunity to put Jesus and a community of His followers in front of them right away.  The Cru staff around the region, that we train and care for, have been at it now for weeks.  The semester campuses are in their 5th week, while the quarter campuses are just starting tomorrow!  Here are some of the stories and pictures of what God is doing already!

SLO Cru’s Small Group Leader Training

This may look like a Cru movement on campus with all the students in it, but this is actually just the small group leaders who are being trained to lead groups all over campus this year!  Check out the picture below for a glimpse of the size of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s Cru movement!

SLO Cru’s first weekly meeting! Too big for any room on campus, so they moved to a local church!

This next picture is of San Jose State University’s Cru weekly meeting.  An average size Cru movement.

San Jose State Cru weekly meeting.

But listen to what God is doing this Fall already!  Jessica and her husband are new staff members that joined us after two years of interning.  She is leading a Freshman group of student women in Bible study and community.  These Freshmen were not all followers of Christ when they first showed up, but one-by-one God is bringing them to Himself!  In this picture, Jessica (top left), is celebrating with her group.  Mindy, had just received Christ!

Jessica’s Freshman Small Group at SJSU

Fun fact!  Two of the young women in that picture, Marla (bottom left) and Brandie (glasses), were with us this summer on the Santa Monica Summer Mission!

This is Kyle Voelker (right).  He’s on staff at Arizona State University, and is one of the guys Scott coached in Santa Monica in 2014.  Here he is with a student named Nicholas, right after Nicholas received Christ!  Nicholas received a SnoCone from Cru at their club fair, and later texted Kyle, “I’m new to this whole Christianity thing, can you tell me more about Jesus?”  Kyle met up with Nicholas and the rest is history.  In the first 3 weeks of classes, Kyle’s already seen 6 people receive Christ with him!

Kyle (right) with Nicholas, just after Nicholas received Christ!

There’s more, much more happening on campuses all over our region right now!  Like the 350 freshmen students at San Diego State University that showed up to a Cru beach bonfire social Monday night!  The most they’ve ever had!  God is on the move, and we’re so stoked to be in the midst of it!