We thought we’d give you a couple glimpses of what the Lord is doing through Cru on campus this Fall, with stories from around the west coast.  This first one comes from Phoenix, where or friends Kyle and Alexis serve on the Arizona State Team. 

“Will there be students who want to join and do yet another thing on Zoom?  The answer is a resounding yes! Wildly, ASU has its biggest freshmen class that is has ever had in its history, so there is plenty of people to still reach. And the surrounding colleges are still just as hungry, if not more, to have clubs and a way to be a part of community. In the first week we had over 100 people respond asking to be met up with (either virtually or in person in a group of less than 5). At Chandler-Gilbert Community College, Kyle was already able to meet with 5 students in the first week. They were really excited to be in a club to learn more about their faith and share with others. They were surprised there still was something to be a part of since their community college is entirely online. Joey, a freshman on the baseball team at CGCC said, “I’m just now starting to grow in my faith, I became a Christian last winter, but after the quarantine started I had no real way of growing in my faith and didn’t know a church to get involved with. I’m glad you reached out to me and am looking forward to growing with Cru.” Kyle also helped give him a few churches that he could check out and told him that his coach was a believer too.”

Finally, this encouraging story comes from our friends Jeff and Cameron up in the Sacramento area.  The story is written by professor Laurie Kubicek.

I will never forget “Susan” poking her head into my office with a huge smile on her face.  She said, “I wanted to tell you that I love Jesus too!” This caught me a little off-guard.  For years, I thought I had a professorial obligation to complete neutrality.  I didn’t ever share my own personal story, and I carefully stepped around sharing about my faith with colleagues or students unless there was a very explicit and welcome opportunity to do so.  This very careful approach to sharing my faith on campus was challenged just before I met Susan.  God brought together a community of Christian faculty and staff here at Sacramento State University.  Our group began meeting for prayer monthly and then decided to plan a Northern California conference for Christian Faculty & Staff to encourage others to live out the gospel with boldness on their campuses.  Our first conference focused on the integration of faith and vocation. It was a game-changer for me!  Immediately after hearing the speaker, Dr. Charles Lee from Stanford, I changed my “welcome” lecture.  I added information about my family, our church, and my children’s local Christian school.  It was that easy!  By simply changing what I shared when I introduced myself to my students that semester, God had opened the door to Susan.  I am so grateful! 

Thanks for investing with us in seeing this generation of college students know and follow Jesus!

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