This semester we are trying something new. We are planning our a curriculum for our students months ahead of time. During the break our staff team took inventory of our students and we realized that most of them are either new believers or young in thier faith. So we decided to do something new this semester.
A typical week for a Cru students may look like this. Bible study early in the week, Cru on Thurs, Outreach fri, maybe a random social, and none of these are linked by content. We decided to add some structure to that.
For the next 4 weeks we will be doing talks, and having themes at our weekly meeting. These themes are as follows, Eternal Perspective, Evangelism, Discipleship, Community. Typically once Cru is over the content just moves along, but not this semester. What we are doing goes like this. Tonight at Cru we are talking about having Eternal Perpective, as it relates to what we are living for and spiritual muliplication. Then at every Bible study next week they will be going through the same study, taking students deeper in the word and helping the talk through applying this in thier lives. Then, at 5pm before the next weeks Cru, students are inviting to a practical training time, where the students will be further equipped in the topic. That is the way it will go for each one!
We are so excited because we believe that our young in their faith group can grow tremendously by grasping these 4 foundational Biblical principals. Please pray for us throughout this process, and pray that our students get on board and love it as much and we think they will!
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Preparing for Ethiopia
As many of you already know, this summer Autumn and I are leading a team of 15 students to Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. We will be partnering with the Campus Crusade Ethiopian naitonals over there to share the Gospel with the students at the University in Bahir Dar.
Also, there are a number of new believers in Ethiopia who are willing to be leaders for Christ, but who have no training. It's my understanding that if you have gone to church for more that 6 months in you life, then you are qualified to pastor in Ethiopia. In light of this, we will also be training Ethiopians how to share thier faith, how to walk in the Spirit, and how to teach these things and other foundational principles to thier fellow Ethiopians.
We are at the point in out process where we are accepting applications from students from around the US, and evaluating and building our team.
We ask that you would pray that the Lord would give us wisdom in these decisions, and that we would take a team of mature believer who are willing to take bold steps to share thier faith in Africa. Thanks!
Also, there are a number of new believers in Ethiopia who are willing to be leaders for Christ, but who have no training. It's my understanding that if you have gone to church for more that 6 months in you life, then you are qualified to pastor in Ethiopia. In light of this, we will also be training Ethiopians how to share thier faith, how to walk in the Spirit, and how to teach these things and other foundational principles to thier fellow Ethiopians.
We are at the point in out process where we are accepting applications from students from around the US, and evaluating and building our team.
We ask that you would pray that the Lord would give us wisdom in these decisions, and that we would take a team of mature believer who are willing to take bold steps to share thier faith in Africa. Thanks!
Back into the action!
Well the spring semester has started and we are 2 and a half weeks in. We are so encouraged by what God is doing in the lives of students. It is always interesting to see how students who attended the Winter Conference respond to the life changing week, and how they choose to live differently back at school. The biggest result of this that we have seen so far is at our outreaches.
On Monday and Friday afternoon we invite our students to meet us in the Students Center so that we can spend some time sharing our faith. We look to use some of the great tools that Crusade has for us, that help us begin a conversation with a random person, and turn that conversation into a spiritual one where, when to Spirit leads, we give them the opportunity to place thier faith in Christ.
Last semester's outreachs were great, we sometimes had even around 10 students show up. However this semester, almost everyone from Winter Conference is showing up. we are having upwards of 18-20 people show up to share with others about who Jesus is and how they can have a relationship with God!!
We are so excited and encouraged by this. After 4 days of outreach Autumn and I have probably shared the Gospel with 9-10 people and I was venture a guess that altogether our students have shared the Gospel or initiated a spiritual conversation with well over 30 people.
We rejoice in those numbers, but we measure our success by how often we step out in faith to begin a conversation with the purpose of sharing the Gospel, while leaving the results up to God.
On Monday and Friday afternoon we invite our students to meet us in the Students Center so that we can spend some time sharing our faith. We look to use some of the great tools that Crusade has for us, that help us begin a conversation with a random person, and turn that conversation into a spiritual one where, when to Spirit leads, we give them the opportunity to place thier faith in Christ.
Last semester's outreachs were great, we sometimes had even around 10 students show up. However this semester, almost everyone from Winter Conference is showing up. we are having upwards of 18-20 people show up to share with others about who Jesus is and how they can have a relationship with God!!
We are so excited and encouraged by this. After 4 days of outreach Autumn and I have probably shared the Gospel with 9-10 people and I was venture a guess that altogether our students have shared the Gospel or initiated a spiritual conversation with well over 30 people.
We rejoice in those numbers, but we measure our success by how often we step out in faith to begin a conversation with the purpose of sharing the Gospel, while leaving the results up to God.
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