School Starting Already! Hey folks! As you can see, September got the jump on me! It has been a busy summer, planning for this coming school year and fund-raising. I'll fill you in on what this month holds in a couple of weeks - I promise it won't be October before my September update comes out :). I spent about 3 weeks in Austin visiting with friends, but my main purpose was to raise support. I still need help with that. Currently, my projected budget for what I need to raise for my salary and ministry costs is $5,000 monthly, or $60,000 for the year. What I have coming in is about $2,500 monthly, or $30,000 for the year. As you can tell, I'm only about halfway of where I need to be. How can you help? I'm so glad you asked! You can give on a re-occurring basis; Monthly pledges can be $25 and up, or you can donate quarterly, semi-annually, or annually. You can also donate special gifts as the Lord leads. Click on the donate link to the right, or click HERE to give on-line by credit, debit, or bank transfer. As always, I update you on what we are doing in New York City and across the nation. God is doing some awesome things, and it is awesome to be able to link arms and partner together in this way! | | | Staff/Student/Volunteer Highlight Last issue, I promised a staff or student highlight each month. I decided to include volunteers that have really donated a lot of their time and expertise to the work here in NYC. Enter Cassandra Fox. She is amazing, let me tell you! She already works with college students in her own business developing coupon books and deals for students. Having more of a heart to do ministry, she has volunteered with Campus Renewal for the last year, helping develop programs, share the administrative work, and minister to students. In the midst of all this, she has helped her parents with their business, and started another social marketing business. We wouldn't be where we are without her - thanks so much, Cassandra! | | The One Cry Network One Cry is basically the student branded name for Campus Renewal Ministries in New York City. It started out as one event, a solemn assembly of prayer and worship, crying out to the Lord for transformation of the colleges in the city. 4 years later, it has become a network of students and campus ministers connecting together, not only to pray together, but unite in the common purpose of actually seeing the campuses transform. This September and October, there will be One Cry Camapus Gatherings, our big One Cry City Gathering, and for the first time, a prayer chain, conducted across multiple campuses and multiple ministries, for five weeks before Once Cry Citywide. I am so excited for this, to see and hear all these students crying out to the Lord, claiming His promises! | | |
