Caring Community

Jersey Metro Cru: A caring community passionate about connecting people to Jesus Christ.
Last month, I told you about a conversation Maria Yousef & I had using the “perspective cards” with two Muslim women, Oraib and Saeeda, the president of the Kean Muslim Student Association. Since I met these women, we’ve had multiple conversations on campus practically every week and they’ve met nearly every female student leader in Cru! Visit my blog: tabbystab@blogspot.com to read more about our encounters. Another fun adventure with Maria (pictured left, next to me) was our trip to Mt. Vernon Alliance Church in Mt. Vernon, NY. Using the materials I mentioned in my last letter and a “prezi” I created, I trained six young seminary students from Nyack College in evangelism and then went out sharing our faith with High School students at the local park. We prayed with 3 young girls who weren’t sure of their salvation to be sure and encouraged them to talk to their youth pastors or visit the local church!

Christian students who get involved in ministry when they go to college are there for one of three reasons:

1. They sincerely love the Lord and desire to grow in their knowledge of Him
2. They have been told by their Christian parents to be involved in a fellowship of godly community
3. They feel sent from their local church as a missionary to the college campus to advance God’s kingdom

This past year, God blessed the Kean Cru ministry with 6 men and 7 women who felt called as missionaries to the college campus. These students study at Kean full-time, some live on campus, some are Resident Hall Assistants, most have jobs and still they find time to serve the Lord with their skills through ministry.  Just this semester, Jesus’ name was mentioned in the Kean newspaper twice because of events Kean Cru put on. Pictured above is a group shot of most of our leaders at “Light Sounds”, an event with spoken word, jazz music, and Gospel solos that drew out the Kean community one Wednesday night. This event and the t-shirts shown were only made possible through God and our good friends at Student Org. Our group name was entered into a lottery for non-funded groups to win money towards any event that they chose to put on. Many people heard the Gospel message through music, poetry and conversation over free appetizers!

To God be all the glory! Please pray for the student leaders at Kean to not lose zeal for service this summer.