A Year End Gift

Warm Christmas greetings to you!

                  In February, we will celebrate 30 years on staff with Cru. It has been a privilege to serve in many aspects of the ministry, from reaching high school and college students to helping staff join and be equipped for ministry, to helping keep them safe in an increasingly dangerous world.

                  Today, there are staff and students impacting people with the gospel through their careers, churches, and on staff with Cru all over the world. Over the years with Cru, we’ve had the privilege of serving and resourcing thousands of our staff.

                  Thank you for your faithful partnership with us.  It’s because of your giving and many others that we’ve been able to serve in this ministry. Thank you for wanting to make a difference in people’s lives with the good news of Christ. We couldn’t have an impact on our Cru staff, who touch people’s lives around the world, without you doing what you do.

                  Looking into the future, we believe we will still make a great impact for God’s kingdom as we trust him. This fall I’ve been coaching an Area Crisis Manager dealing with legitimate threats from Isis on both national and international churches in his city.  One year ago he walked through a crisis where a father and two children were killed by extremists.  It is a great honor to work with men and women like him who care deeply for staff and help them take wise risks so that everyone can hear.

                  As we look at the past year, we recognize the Lord has been faithful to meet our practical needs, and like you, we continue to trust Him for the future. However, as some of our financial partners age and need to cut back, we are trusting God to replace a shortfall of $12,000 annually. To meet this gap, would you prayerfully consider giving a special year-end gift toward reaching this goal?

                  We do understand if this is not possible for you right now, but if you can help us reach this goal, you can give online, by phone, or by mail (make a check out to Cru).  All the information for the ways to give are under the "How to Give" tab.  A quick link to the online giving page is: give.cru.org.  

                   We can’t thank you enough for your commitment to us personally throughout the years and for your partnership in this mission to get the gospel out to the ends of the earth!                                                                                                                                                                 

                   Warmly in Christ,