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Our “Tour” of Cru’s International Headquarters

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Join us on a “tour” of Campus Crusade for Christ’s International headquarters.  God has blessed us with beautiful buildings and grounds as well as wonderful people to minister with. We hope these photos will encourage you to consider visiting if you make a trip to Orlando sometime.

The best way for us to show you Lake Hart is to send you over to a captioned slideshow. We have photos of the grounds; the JESUS Film Tour; the prayer rooms; the memorial wall and garden honoring Dr. Bright; and more. Continue reading “Our “Tour” of Cru’s International Headquarters”

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Over Half a Million Came to Christ in 2012

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Many of you reading this post have partnered with us in ministry. We’re so grateful for you! (More than 200,000 people give financially every month to Cru staff like Mike and me and, of course, hundreds of thousands more pray faithfully for Cru staff and their ministries.)

Your ministry with us

Together with you, we have Continue reading “Over Half a Million Came to Christ in 2012”

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The Mayan Calendar and the End of the World

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Have you been reading about the people gathering because they believe December 21st is the end of the world? What are Christians doing to take advantage of this conversation? How about you? Would you like some ideas?

Continue reading “The Mayan Calendar and the End of the World”

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Christmas and Tragedies

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Thank you to Taryn who posted a  comforting perspective of the Newtown, Connecticut, shooting and how that impacts us while celebrating Christmas. This excerpt is from her blog, Waiting on God:

Our world is dark with mourning. Our tears won’t stop. Parents and non-parents have ruptured hearts. Americans’ and non-Americans’ spirits are heavy. All of us grieve. The heart of the Great I Am grieves more than any of us.

The heart of the One who created those precious lives lost in Connecticut and loved them with an unfathomable love. Continue reading “Christmas and Tragedies”

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Flight to Egypt Christmas Stamp

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I love this new Christmas stamp! According to Seasons of Grace,  the Post Office has issued both a secular and a religious stamp for fifty years.The stamps were typically taken from a medieval artist’s depiction of the madonna and child . Seasons of Grace quotes Louis Guiliano, representing the postal service’s Board of Governors, as he explained the departure from their usual stamp style:

“[The flight into Egypt is] another part of the Christmas story.  Forty-eight out of 50 years were the same type of image, we wanted to express a different part of the Christmas story.” Continue reading “Flight to Egypt Christmas Stamp”

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Mattie: A Student’s Changed Life

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 Mattie’s Story

In high school Mattie was involved with drinking and drugs. Raised in an agnostic Muslim home, she hated herself for her rebellious lifestyle, especially when her mother died of cancer in Mattie’s senior year.

Mattie started attending church with some friends and gave her life to Christ that same year, but she still struggled. Mattie explains:

“My relationship with my boyfriend eventually ended…. My entire sense of worth came from him… so at that point my only option was to turn back to God.  I had to figure out God’s love for me as well as how to love him back.  But I didn’t know where to start.”

Mattie joined a Bible study with Cru at Boston University in her freshman year.  This past spring break she attended our Big Break Conference in Panama City, Florida. While there Mattie heard a speaker describe God’s love: “He spoke of Jesus [washing] his followers’ feet. That picture made so much sense to me…They didn’t deserve this or earn it.  Rather, this was how much he loved them.”

“We woke up the next morning, and went to talk with people on the beach. … I saw a girl [who] was hopelessly drunk and … had cuts on her hands, sand all over her face, and vomit streaked throughout her hair. Her name was Sydney. Continue reading “Mattie: A Student’s Changed Life”