Thank You CRU® is so thankful for those who faithfully give of their time, money and efforts to support our ministries. We want to say thank you to these three people who have played a vital role in the work of CRU:
RENEE CAPEL
Renee is currently in first year at Moore Theological College. Renee first heard about CRU at Roseville College, where she enjoyed the encouragement of a CRU Group and attended a leadership camp and a study camp in Year 11 and 12. Since then, Renee has had the opportunity to lead and direct many CRU Study Camps. Renee enjoys helping young people to consider the gospel and the life that Jesus offers. She loves Romans 8:38-39 which reminds her that nothing in all creation can separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus. In 2020, Renee went back to Roseville College, where she helped run the Senior School and Junior School lunchtime CRU Groups. Renee shares, “I have seen CRU make an impact as many young lives are exposed to the gospel.” She sees this happening as Christians are encouraged to keep trusting Jesus, or as girls have the chance to investigate Jesus at school. Renee notes that as fewer and fewer young people are regularly part of churches, the work of CRU is increasingly important. She has seen several young people become Christians through the ministry of CRU. Thank you, Renee, for your involvement with the work God is doing through CRU, on camps and in schools.
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PADDY BENN
Paddy is a father to six kids who understands the importance of reaching young people with the gospel. He spends his days as a campus staff worker, in partnership with the university students in the Sydney Uni Evangelical Union. Paddy is thankful he grew up in a Christian family, but it was in mid high school, while on a CRU Camp, that he decided to own the faith he had been raised in. Paddy started leading on Holiday Camps in first year uni and has since led on over 30 camps, many with his wife Michele. They continue to support the ministry prayerfully and via monthly giving and have enjoyed seeing their kids leading on CRU Camps. Paddy had the opportunity to chair the CRU Camps Committee on two occasions and has spent the last 23 years serving on the CRU Board, finishing up early this year. He describes this time as a great joy and privilege. Paddy is passionate about the impact of CRU. “Every generation needs to hear the gospel,” he says, “and CRU continues to bring the gospel of Jesus to each generation of school students.” Thank you, Paddy, for your dedication to CRU and decades of service on the Board.
JUDY HEATH
Judy first heard about CRU through Sunday school, and enrolled with two friends to go to a Junior Crusader Camp at The Grange in Mount Victoria. After that, Judy was invigorated by the yearly camps and the Crusader Drawing Room meetings in Turramurra, where she graduated from a student to a leader. Senior Crusaders began in 1954 and Judy was a regular at the monthly working bees at Galston and Lake Mac. It was on a CRU Camp that the Lord Jesus became a living reality for Judy and she set out to follow Him. Judy’s ministry over the years has been as an artist and storyteller. In the 80s, Judy attended CRU Easter Family Conferences at Gilbulla and told the captivating Patricia St John stories to the whole assembly. As an artist, Judy prepared the Crusader Contact (the old CRUview) for the printer for 7 years in the early 2000s. More recently, Judy has been encouraged as she comes along to the CRU Women’s Fellowship prayer group. Judy wants to see more children reached for Christ and so she is leaving a gift to CRU in her Will, so young people will hear the Word of God for generations to come. Thank you, Judy, for your commitment to the work of CRU over so many years, and for leaving a gift in your Will so more kids will come to know and love Jesus.
