Events
Below are the major events and opportunities Crusade offers outside of the daily ministry.
Fall Retreat
Each year, students take part in Fall Retreat, which is designed to provide awesome connection with friends, a break from schoolwork and most of all, a time of renewal and closeness to God. This is a most crucial event, as it presents the ministry with an opportunity to really get to know incoming freshmen, and get them plugged into Bible studies and other activities.
For more information, contact Alli Church.
Christmas Conference
The Indianapolis Christmas Conference is an annual winter conference affiliated with The Campus Ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ. Find out more at http://www.campuscrusadeforchrist.com/. The Indy Christmas Conference takes place in downtown Indianapolis at the Indiana Convention Center from December 28 to January 1. Last year, 2,200 college students from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio made the trip in order to learn more about growing closer to God.
Life Options
Life Options is a weekend conference designed to prepare college students for a life of ministry (regardless of career) after they leave college/CCC. CCC may be a part of one’s life/ministry during the college years, but what happens after that? Life Options focuses on how to turn “ministry” into a lifestyle that will last when college is past. While it was initially designed for upperclassmen and those soon to be leaving college, it is still extremely applicable to all.
Spring Break
Every Spring, Campus Crusade for Christ offers students the opportunity to spend their Spring Break serving God by meeting the spiritual and physical needs of others. This year’s Spring Break trips have not yet been determined, but the decision should be made very soon. Last year, students from Campus Crusade for Christ traveled to two different locations. A group of students went down to Louisiana to participate in Hurricane Katrina Relief, helping to rebuild the homes and lives in a community that has suffered a devastating tragedy with long-lasting impact. Another group of students had the opportunity to spend a week in Rome, Italy, sharing the Gospel with Italian students and building up a new movement of Campus Crusade for Christ there. Stay tuned for more details about potential trips for Spring Break, 2009.
Summer Project
Campus Crusade for Christ’s Summer Opportunities offer an incredible, life-changing experience that will shape your character and focus your life’s mission. Share the gospel at a resort location in the United States, reach the lost in a foreign land, or stretch your faith on any number of the specially designed summer projects offered this year. To learn more about summer project experiences and opportunities, talk with Megan Williams.
STINT
Go on STINT or Short Term INTernational to places like Moscow State University, Kazgu University in Almaty, Cité Universitaire of Paris, University of Nairobi, and Osaka City University. You can touch the 100 million students of the world by spending a year on campus in another country. Imagine you and a team of your friends going on a STINT taking the gospel to students who may have never heard the name Jesus Christ. Walk cobblestone streets in major cities of the world while discipling national believers who will carry on the message and the ministry after you leave. You could have a direct impact on the world, a country, and a campus for years to come by touching the lives of a few students. Take a year on STINT and go to the world.