AMAZING!

RADIATE - FOUR DAYS YOU WILL NEVER FORGET

“I could write a novel about how absolutely AMAZING my last Radiate as a college student was!”

RADIATE is our annual winter conference with the Mid-Atlantic region of Cru. This December 28th – January 1st, over 1,000 students gathered in Washington, DC for four days of community and growth in their relationships with God.

They heard from great speakers such as Matt Mikalatos, Matt Watts, Heather Holleman & PastorJames White. Students and staff sang in worship with talented bands, and reached out to this city in need of hope. Finally, they participated in worship into the New Year.

A student boasted on Facebook:

“From bonding with my awesome Jersey Cru family & having us win the social media contest, to having my tweet chosen by Emcee Shelby Abbott, and having God completely strengthen the fact that I am indeed 100% Anchored in Him, & starting off the new year worshipping and praising Him, I could not be anymore blessed.” – Ramapo student, Angie Cisneros (pictured center on right)

As a student at RADIATE, I was amazed at the sheer number of students in the room and quickly fascinated by their hearts for God.  Eight years later, now on staff, I am truly blessed to witness God’s work in the lives of so many students!

God at work: Of the 741 students who told us they signed a pledge (here), 24 of them trusted Christ, 105 committed to spending a year of their life in full-time vocational ministry, and 220 committed on going on a Summer Mission with Cru.

Something even more amazing is that when asked to consider helping other students attend conferences and to consider supporting overseas missions, these “broke college students” pledged to give $81,751.74! God truly is at work!

Praise Him!

RADIATE - In Awe

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This year, RADIATE is in our nation's capitol, Washington, D.C.

900 students joined a couple hundred staff to be IN AWE of God for four days through worship in song and in His Scriptures.

Students gave thousands of dollars to support new city ministries and took several hours on New Years Eve to go out into DC and share the Gospel with people everywhere!

To the left is an Instagram post day 1 of RADIATE2013. These cool brochures announced vital information for the students including a seminar on Sunday morning I gave on "Complete Surrender". :)

^ Women's Time - +Jen Durlin guiding the women through stories of Peter at #RADIATE2013 #InAwe #WomenOfGod

Speakers this year included Tim Henderson (former staff), Dr. Heather Holleman (Professor & Staff), Matt Mikalatos (author) & Pastor Rich Perez of Christ Crucified Fellowship in NYC.

God's Word was preached through the wonderful power of the Holy Spirit by His willing servants and many were challenged to KNOW Him even more!

The last day of the conference, we brought in the New Year through worship and praise to our King, Jesus! #JerseyWomen +Christine Aliberti , +Laura Fairchild , +Tasha Jean-Baptiste, and others!

Please pray for three of my students who have been talking to God about interning or joining staff with various ministries of Cru.

To God be the glory!

Just a few days away

http://www.radiate2013.com/video

New Beginnings

        It’s a new year but I feel like God’s been making things new for a while now. Usually campus ministry can often feel new because there are always new freshmen and new leaders leading the ministry, and even sometimes new staff.  This year there seems to be more of a spiritual renewal. In 2012 God was working the same thing in my personal life and ministry life as He was with my church (Calvary Baptist Church in NYC). There seemed to be a Spirit-led call in 2012 to focus on prayer. I often prayed that God would not let my students feel complacent in their walks with Jesus and that students who don’t know Him personally would have a hunger to know Him.

This past semester, two students prayed to receive Christ at Kean’s weekly Bible study meetings called Cru.  Throughout the semester, two Muslim student women attended Cru on three separate occasions and invited us to their Muslim Student Association (MSA) meetings.  My attendance to two of their meetings caused the rest of the Muslim students to inquire more about Christianity, its differences from Islam, and its origin! I’m happy to say that as a result of God’s response to our prayers, there are five newly involved leaders who are soon to be spiritual multipliers and are currently ready to be discipled and trained to help lead a small movement, share their faith boldly and build into others. Another answered prayer is Joel Aponte (pictured kneeling), this year’s intern who is working at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and Kean University. Joel has been a positive influence on some of the men at Kean, the ministry at NJIT and with students across the state. Please pray for him as he follows God’s lead in choosing his new career path, whether with Cru full-time or something else.

Keeping Tabs Jan2012

RADIATE.2011—Be Free

Every New Year, I have the wonderful opportunity to worship into the New Year with hundreds of students from the mid-atlantic region. This year 937 students from Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey gathered in the Baltimore Inner Harbor to develop their relationships with Jesus through fellowship, training, worship and prayer.

 Pastor Jackson Crum, Claude Hickman and Roger Hershey all spoke on the topic “be free”. In and through their teaching, felt God challenge me to give a detailed testimony, known as a “soul to soul”, to the women involved at Kean Cru. Little did I know this time, which included my sister, developed a greater feeling of freedom within the women to be open and honest about where God has convicted them of sin. Since that night, I’ve been able to privately meet with several of these women and encourage them, as Paul did in Ephesians 5:8, to walk as children of light.

One of the great things about conferences like these is that I am able to reunite with the students I worked with this past summer at Hampton Beach, NH Summer Project. It was really encouraging to see the women from Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia & North Carolina persevering and “running the race.”

RADIATE2011 - Be Free

I just returned from Cru's 4-day winter conference, RADIATE. This year the theme was "Be Free" and 1000 students were able to hear from special guests like Pastor Jackson Crum, Claude Hickman, our own Roger Hershey, and "I Am Second" speakers: Chris & Adrienne Plekenpol. Students from all across the mid-atlantic region started off the conference worshiping with The Bridgeband....

There is a lot more to tell, but for now it's time to rest. If you're interested in more videos and pictures, check out my facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/edithann.morales

RADIATE2010 Praise Report!

RADIATE2010:

Praise God! RADIATE was a great success! Here's what one of my freshman students from Kean had to say:

Liscet & Maria (Kean Students)

"To sum RADIATE2010 up in one word it would have to be blessed, in all kinds of ways. It was blessed by amazing speakers and bands. Jesus really spoke through them to a lot of people, including me. It was blessed by awesome emcees that totally rocked the house. It was blessed by a lot of amazing students that loved the Lord and it was so encouraging. Most of all it was blessed by Christ! His Spirit filled the entire week and touched and tugged the hearts He needed to. It was a truly life-changing week." - Maria Y., Kean University

Campuses: NJIT, Kean, NJCU, Rutgers, MSU

Despite the treacherous snow our students and staff had to overcome, we had nearly 900 students in attendance at the 4 day conference in Baltimore. Some students didn’t even think they would make it due to financial circumstances, but God showed up in their time of need through various gifts from churches, family, and friends. To the right is a picture of women from the Jersey Metro Ministry, most of whom didn't think they would be able to make it. But don't just take my word on it, here is Christa’s story:

 “I wanted to go to Radiate this year because I had such an awesome time last year, however I was short on the funds. I prayed about it but some how God assured me that I was going to go, I just didn't know how. I sent out a letter to a few people to support me and asked for some help through some of my facebook statuses. My friend, Crystal Hayden, from Summer Project sent me a partial scholarship for the trip. I was so excited! Coming up with the rest was another concern. I prayed about it some more. I registered the day before registration was over because I still did not have the deposit. Sunday Dec,. 19th I went to a Christmas party at my supervisor's home with my fellow co-workers. We gave our “secret santa” gifts to each other and gave our supervisor his gift from all of us. After we had given him his gift, my co-worker, Erin, gave me a Christmas card. I looked at her in a puzzling way. As I opened the card the whole room was quiet. I understood why, because in the card there was $278 from my whole entire staff! I couldn't believe it. I broke out in tears! The LORD surprised me yet again! He is so faithful! From my staff and from my other supporters I received a total of $603! I gave $100 to my friend who wanted to go as well. God blessed me and through me he blessed my friend Sindy. HE IS SOOO AMAZING !! The best provider ever! This was the best Christmas present ever!”- Christa Diaz, Kean University, KUCru Bible Content Director

Christa, Sindy, Liscet & myself
 chatting at the Late Night Lounge

Christa (far left in picture) used the money she was given to fund her travels, meals and conference stay. She also used it to help a friend (2nd from left in picture) attend the conference. The rest she used to be part of the $25,000 cash donation that was given by the students to our Mid-Atlantic Ministry! Praise God for using them to help His work on the college campuses across all 5 states and in partnering countries around the world! :) 

RADIATE- Dispel the Darkness

Last time I told you about this conference coming up December 28-January 1st. But what exactly is RADIATE? And why are so many college students excited about it?

RADIATE is a four day gathering of college students from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, & Virginia. This will be the 2nd year this conference will take place in the Baltimore Inner Harbor Marriott Hotel. This venue is the only place available with the conference rooms and space we need for the 1000+ students and staff who typically attend each year.

MAIN Attractions:

MAIN SESSIONS

We will have meetings twice a day where we will hear from our guest speakers and musicians. Jackson Crum will be teaching us from the Word of God all three mornings. RADIATE favorite, Phil Carnuccio will be returning and kicking off the conference on the 28th. We will also hear from Campus Crusade for Christ staff Carrie Walker, Keith Bubalo and Jeff Martin. The Bridge Band will be leading us in worship once again, and our emcee Shelby Abbott will be our host.

We will also be joined by special musical guests REILLY and Trip Lee.

DAY OF FAITH

On the afternoon of the 30th, the entire RADIATE conference will put our faith into action. This year, we will be partnering with GAiN to pack thousands of seeds to plant and grow food for families in countries devastated by natural disasters.

THE CAFÉ Located in the Harborside foyer, The Café will be a great place to hang out with old friends, chat with Campus Crusade for Christ staff, pray, and possibly meet someone new.

SEMINARS

One of our goals at RADIATE2010 is to teach and equip each student on how to win their friends to Christ, build them in their faith, and send them out to win, build, and send all over again. We will be featuring some of your favorite seminars from last year as well as introducing a few brand new ones. You’ll definitely want to take advantage of this time!

PRAYER JOURNEY

There won’t be a shortage of fun activities to do at RADIATE2010 to keep your four days jam-packed. We created a quiet space that you can escape to and spend some one-on-one time with God. It is awesome to worship Him with 1,000 people singing and praising, but it is also very important to stop, be still and listen to what Jesus may need to say to you. The Prayer Journey is a great place to do just that, and it will be open 24 hours a day.

NEW YEAR’S EVE

This will be a New Year’s Eve party to remember! Dance party with Trip Lee, amazing firework show on the Harbor and kick-off 2011 worshipping our Savior with The Bridge Band. 

This is RADIATE!

Up & Coming SOON!....

RADIATE2010 - Dispel the Darkness

Baltimore Inner Harbor

December 28-January 1st

$229 (after December 6, $255)

RADIATE2010 is a four day gathering of college students from across the Mid-Atlantic Region in Baltimore’s beautiful Inner Harbor at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront hotel. The conference will consist of passionate worship, biblical teaching, vibrant community, and spiritual equipping. RADIATE2010 costs only $229 (NOT PER NIGHT!)

Joseph Sforza
(currently raising support with wife, Jenn,
to join the Jersey Metro staff)

Don't just take my word on it....

“The messages were rich and insightful, often surprising me with how little I knew; many challenged me inwardly. Understanding that God unconditionally loves me despite me penetrated a hard place in myheart, and all the guck and condemnation flowed freely from it. For the first time in a long time, I was able to let go of lingering guilt while weeping joyfully and even call the Lord my own.” – J. Sforza (NJCU alumni)

Register or Check it out: www.radiate2010.com

Our NJ student Emcees meet the RADIATE2010 Emcees!

Issue:Sometimes the price of this conference can be an issue for students. However......The room cost per night at the Baltimore Waterfront Marriott is typically $376! Yet we offer the entire conference: 4 Nights, 7 Main Sessions, Seminars, Day of Faith, 2 Concerts (Reilly & Trip Lee), The Bridge Band leading Worship, and a New Year's Eve Party with Trip Lee ALL for less than that! Try getting all that anywhere else (let alone at a 4 star hotel in Inner Harbor Baltimore) for just $229 - definitely not too expensive! RADIATE2010 is a Deal!

GIVE:

We pay quite a bit to get a secular education that will help us make a living. Please consider a much smaller investment to get a spiritual education at RADIATE2010 that will equip a student to make a life! If you would like to gift a tax-deductible gift for one of our students to attend RADIATE2010, please write your check payable to Campus Crusade for Christ & send it to 36 Bartlett St. New Brunswick, NJ 08901. You can include a note saying "This is scholarship money for a student to attend RADIATE2010" and we will make sure it gets to the right place. Please don't write in the memo note on the check but rather use a separate note. You will get a tax-deductible receipt when your check is processed and an update after January 1st on how well the students enjoyed the conference.

RADIATE 09 - RADIATE His Life

So every year, pratically every ministry associated with Campus Crusade For Christ in each region puts on their very own Christmas Conference. For the past 3 years or so, ours (the Mid-Atlantic Campus Ministry Team) has been called RADIATE. Students from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia come together to learn how best they can RADIATE their faith to their communities. This year over 100 staff and 900 students met at the Baltimore Harbor Marriott from Dec. 28th to January 1st.

At this conference, I had several jobs. As seen on the left, one of them was to greet the students as they arrived and inform them of where to go to register. Later in the day, I was able to help my co-worker set up LNC (the "Late Night Cafe") which was a central gathering center for the students to fellowship over games and snacks after the night sessions. Several times throughout the conference I was privileged to work with our staff children in daycare as their parents worked the conference. Still, my most favorite job was spending time with young women over lunch or coffee and pouring into their lives the love Christ has given me. :o)

The students had the opportunity to hear Darryl Smith, President of US Student Venture (CCC's High School Student Ministry) talk about being more than a believer by living a life as a follower of Christ. Students also had the opportunity to choose from various seminars to attend that would in detail teach anything from the "Biblical Foundations for Sharing their Faith" to the "Importance of Prayer on the Campus". A few students in particular told me they thought the seminars were "meaty and edifying". On the third day, staff and students came together to put their belief of living for Christ into action by following the example of His life to feed the hungry. Together 1 million seeds were packed into 500,000 family packets to help feed over 50,000 families in Southern Sudan. Talk about RADIATING THE LIFE OF CHRIST!

Visiting Students for Referrals....hmmmm to do or Not to DO?

This past month, I saw God amazingly bring in 64% of my monthly support goal! He is really speaking to the hearts of friends and family and they are joining my team! Most recently, I've seen a passion in my students to live a life pleasing to God.

The last Friday of September was the first Jersey Cru of the semester. This is a gathering of about 200 students who are involved in Campus Crusade for Christ across the state at different campuses. They come together to fellowship, learn about new ways to grow in the Lord, and hear what's happening on other campuses. Not to mention the awesome band, diverse in appearance and sound! Who said we couldn't do it?! Pah!

Anyway, at this meeting I set up two other meetings at Montclair State University (MSU) & New Jersey City University (NJCU). I met with the student leaders at MSU to discuss referrals to their parents and church leaders. The next day, I went to NJCU an talked to the entire group. (Pic. R. NJCU Praying for my ministry).

I was so proud to hear good NEWS from both of these campuses! As an intern, I coached both campuses and encountered heresy trying to slip through and then struggled with small groups of students who just wanted to be that. A year later and into the Fall semester, the groups are not just growing in number, but in passion! Students are sharing their faith and living their lives out loud as Christians!

(Pictured below are NJCU students who attended our Christmas Conference Dec. 08)

I even have two ladies as me to return as soon as possible because they are thirsty for discipleship! Please pray the Lord will use me in that capacity soon at 100% support or bring someone into their lives for them!