There are some difficult and sobering realities that we are all facing, to varying degrees, during this time. But we are also very encouraged by the way staff and students are finding innovative ways to minister. Here are a few of those ways:
- In February, a church in a Sacramento suburb (Elk Grove) asked the Sac Team to train their young adults in evangelism. Sunday nights, their team now teaches those young adults a new skill to point people to Jesus. During the week, each of those 16 students put what they’ve learned into practice primarily through texts and FaceTime with their friends.
- “What if we made a TikTok (social media platform) about mental health in the midst of COVID-19?” “What if we did an Easter outreach on Instagram Live?” “Let’s start doing our weekly meetings on Zoom so our classmates can keep coming!” Ideas that high school students in the Los Angeles area came up with.
- Scott lead the process for our campus ministry staff to receive reassignments for ministry this summer. He and his team’s work culminated in a video guiding all of our staff through the new process to determine their summer ministry assignment. Some of those assignments will be innovations that lead us into the future of campus ministry!
Here are some great Cru resources for ministry during this time:
- The campus ministry has a new Digital Ministry Toolkit, which includes resources for continuing in evangelism and discipleship while social distancing. Go online to https://www.cru.org/mycampus/toolkit
- On April 9, Cru hosted a live, virtual event, “Be Still”, which included worship with Rend Collective and speakers Mark Gauthier, Louie Giglio, Ney Bailey and Crawford Loritts. The event kicked off a 40 day, 24/7 prayer chain. You can watch the live recording and sign up to pray at https://www.cru.org/mycampus/bestill.
We know this is a difficult time, and we care about you. We would love to hear how COVID-19 has affected you and how we can pray.
Praise & Prayer Requests!
- Praise God for the creative new ways he is bringing people to himself!
- Pray for relief of those suffering during this crisis. Those suffering from COVID-19, or who have lost family members. For those who are alone, or have lost jobs or income. For the marginalized, poor, and those who are in high risk groups.
- Pray for those working overtime and who are daily at high risk in healthcare, first responders, and other essential services.
- Pray for God to use Cru staff and students to reach out to students and faculty in new and effective ways.
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