March Madness – Missions Style

All month long, students in the Jersey Metro ministry of Cru have been making famous the story behind the name, the man, the living – Jesus Christ!

Big-Break (Panama City, FL)

While students from around the nation made their way toward the sun for Spring break, our students looked for ways to connect them to the Son for every season that may come their way.

Gas for 1250 miles - $650, sitting in a minivan with 6 other women - 0 leg room, caravanning with another minivan of 6 women - 10 pit stops, sharing the Gospel with over 2000 students  --- priceless.

I had the privilege of accompanying 12 student women to join about 1200 others in Panama City Beach, FL to share the good news of Jesus. We started conversations with over 5000 people and it led to over 2000 Gospel presentations, which then led to 157 beach goers indicating decisions for Christ!! 
The week was long and I am still recovering, but God is so great!

BigBlitz (Ramapo, Rutgers, Stockton, Montclair - NJ)

Students preparing at MSU to share

During the same week, the students who were on Spring Break but couldn’t go to Florida went to blitz two campuses who were not on break. The following week (Spring break for the other ten campuses we work on) the other students blitzed two new campuses! 

Campus Blitz - Where a large group of people post flyers, take spiritual surveys, prayer walk, and start spiritual conversations with as many as possible within a day!

Staff and about 20 students who participated visited a total of four universities and had 158 spiritual conversations that led to 68 Gospel presentations and 1 decision for Christ!

Quest Week - #getoutthere (NJ)

Soularium, a picture survey used to
start spiritual conversation

Just before Spring Break, an alumni panel came to Kean Cru to share how they live out their vocation (to know, enjoy & share God) through their current occupations (what occupies their time). 

During that week many students were challenged and made efforts to start spiritual conversations despite what occupied their time – midterms!

Although there are many obstacles to living out our vocation, we must keep intimate connection with the King who calls us and has gone before us into the field.

NJMetro Summit

Nearly 100 students showed up!

Sept. 14th 7-11pm, nearly 100 students showed up to a room on the College ave Campus of Rutgers University to realign themselves to the mission of this movement and to reconnect with students from around the state involved in similar ministries. They listened to Mark Scott, our new state director, cast vision for the ministry.

They connected with staff and students from across the state, sharing stories about all that God is doing from Kean University to Rowan University in south NJ.



They planned for how best they would each reach their campus for Christ, influencing the state and ultimately the world!  Praise God for all that He has done!

This is one of our new banners! :)

Jersey Metro Planning Summit - Tecumseh 2012

This Friday is the Jersey Metro Planning Retreat at Tecumseh! 

This is where we make plans for the semester! :)

Tecumseh Planning Retreat:
Students just returned from winter break, classes have started and they're barely back on their feet. It's times like this when we need the body of Christ the most and where we need to realign ourselves to the mission God has called us to and refocus our vision and plans. We’re getting away for a weekend of prayer, training, planning and connecting with others. Pray for us as our students come and readjust their focus as we realign ourselves to the vision of our ministry as a state.

When: This Friday, January 27-28th, 2012.

Check out this email I created to inform our students.

- Jersey Metro Staff Team

 

 

Jersey Metro Mission:

"By all possible means, let us advance God's kingdom by making Christ fully known on every campus, influencing the state and ultimately the world."

 

Cleared to Report to Campus Full-time!

I realize that many of you might not be sure what it means that I have been given clearance to report to my field with Campus Ministry full-time so below I have clarified this statement with details in italics.

I have been cleared (given permission after my finances where assessed) by my support coach (the person responsible for holding me accountable to being financially responsible) to report to my field (work with students on campus & my team through prayer & wisdom) full-time (40+ hours/week). Thank you so much for your prayers, encouraging words & financial support that continues to help me stay "on campus" and be a full-time servant for the King!

For most of you who may not know what that looks like on a local level, check out the prezi on the right or come back to this blog for regular updates & insights to the life of a campus missionary.

Here is a picture of what typically happens the week after staff planning when students are moving into their dorms, coming our of freshmen orientation, or getting re-acquainted with campus life. Student Activity Fairs are where students (typically freshmen) learn about the different groups and clubs available on campus. Campus Crusade for Christ sets up a table (in the picture: on a HOT day at Montclair State University) and hand out FSK's (Freshmen Survival Kits) which are typically laundry bags stuffed with Bibles, books, water bottles, meeting times & other items with the gospel attached. Our students typically ask freshmen to fill out a 5 question survey that will give us a general idea of their spiritual status in exchange for an FSK.

Can't wait to see what God brings from this! :0)