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!

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.

Generosity develops Growth

It just breaks my hears when students have to choose between going to Fall Retreat, where they're challenged to live a surrendered life to God, and going to RADIATE, our winter conference where they're encouraged by students from around the region and built up in their faith. Why is money Satan's biggest threat to the growth of the church body?!

There are five students at Kean alone that I can name off the top of my head who will not be attending this year's Fall Retreat unless God provides a miraculous $75 for the two freshmen and $99 for the upperclassmen new believers. Please pray with me as I go to ask local churches and Kean Cru supporters to sponsor a student and help transform a life.