CRU® Ministry & Property Updates We are thankful for the great work God is doing through CRU®. Stay up to date with everything that is happening in our various ministries and properties.
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“Your partnership in the gospel is so valuable – Praise God for the digital resource video talks. They can be used in video chapel services, are well produced, and easy to watch and learn from.”
“Thank you for running the sports quiz. My son enjoyed it a lot and had fun listening in. When we heard there was going to be a second one, we recommended it to a couple of his friends who also like sport. Thanks so much!”
Kylie Wilson, teacher at St Catherine's School
Jaqui Reid, parent of CRU Sports Quiz camper
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Jenny Whalan from Pennant Hills Public School, guest at CRU Galston Gorge
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SCHOOLS MINISTRY
“The site provided ample rooms for all our tutoring groups and you were so flexible and friendly in all parts of the booking and logistics process.”
Although this past year has meant that many students could not meet in person in their CRU Group, praise God that many groups have continued to meet online. The CRU Schools Ministry team took the opportunity to create resources for the groups to use in their online meetings, including a 5-week series on Romans 8, a 6-week series on 1 John, an 8-week series on 1 Peter and a Christmas talk. We received lots of encouraging feedback about how helpful these resources were and how much the students could grow in their love for Jesus through them! Give thanks for the two online Inter-CRU events held in recent months. These events encouraged students from CRU Groups in NSW, ACT & WA to keep living for Jesus at school. Praise God for the Schools Ministry Associates and the opportunities they have had to encourage secondary school students on camps and in schools.
Pray for the Holiday Camps staff as a number of new team members learn their roles. Pray that they’ll find their feet quickly and are able to effectively work to support the great CRU volunteers who serve on camps. Thank God for the huge interest we had in our summer camps! Several camps were fully booked by the end of October. Please pray that this interest in CRU Camps will continue to be strong as opportunities for domestic and overseas holidays increase in 2022. Thank God for the directors who work tirelessly to run excellent camps. Pray for them as they prepare camps and teams each season and pray that they’ll grow in their relationships with God as they enable leaders and campers to do likewise.
Pray for the Day Camps staff as we hope to run more camps in 2022 after so many affected seasons in 2021. Pray that schools and churches will be excited to have camps back if the opportunity arises, and that parents will be eager to book their children onto camp after a year or two off. Thank God for our volunteers. It is so encouraging to work with so many great student leaders as well as church workers, teachers, chaplains and other adult volunteers. Pray that God will sustain and grow them in their ministry with CRU and in the ministry they do in other contexts. As schools and churches review their calendars in light of COVID, pray for new opportunities for new camps to reach new communities with the good news of Jesus through Day Camps.
