tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-114444982024-03-07T13:40:38.579-05:00Howard and Laura Crutsinger #FallingPlates StrategyJesus Film Digital Strategies, Cru | Campus Crusade for Christ, Executive Producer of #FallingPlates, Director of FallingPlates.com strategy, Providing leadership, technology and strategy to offer follow-up pathways to anyone in any language.Howard and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477085981079780205noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444498.post-20885206424572519382018-11-06T15:55:00.000-05:002021-10-29T15:59:56.310-05:00<script id="asp-embed-script" data-zindex="1000000" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="https://spark.adobe.com/page-embed.js"></script><a class="asp-embed-link" href="https://spark.adobe.com/page/ee2GvDZKJK1nJ/" target="_blank"><img src="https://spark.adobe.com/page/ee2GvDZKJK1nJ/embed.jpg?buster=1541536368183" alt="Introduce Howard and Laura Crutsinger" style="width:100%" border="0" /></a>
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Visit <a href="http://thecrutsingers.com/">www.thecrutsingers.com</a> for updates on Howard and Laura Crutsinger's ministry with Cru Global Digital Strategies (Campus Crusade for Christ).
Pioneering the next generation of digital missions by helping people use digital strategies to help others discover Jesus in the far corners of the earth. Our Indigitous movement connects people, strategies and projects in the digital missions space.</div>Howard and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477085981079780205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444498.post-58470188655615597192015-12-16T17:48:00.002-05:002018-11-06T19:18:25.926-05:00Celebrate A Year of Digital Outreach in PhilippinesOne year ago, our Philippine ministry started using the technology our team created for Digital Outreach. Enjoy this timeline showing the huge impact their team is having.
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Visit <a href="http://thecrutsingers.com/">www.thecrutsingers.com</a> for updates on Howard and Laura Crutsinger's ministry with Cru Global Digital Strategies (Campus Crusade for Christ).
Pioneering the next generation of digital missions by helping people use digital strategies to help others discover Jesus in the far corners of the earth. Our Indigitous movement connects people, strategies and projects in the digital missions space.</div>Howard and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477085981079780205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444498.post-55626783161763866872015-09-02T16:45:00.002-05:002018-11-06T16:17:55.569-05:00Launch of KnowGod.com with Embeddable Presentations<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="900" src="https://knowgod.com/" width='100%'></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">--
Visit <a href="http://thecrutsingers.com/">www.thecrutsingers.com</a> for updates on Howard and Laura Crutsinger's ministry with Cru Global Digital Strategies (Campus Crusade for Christ).
Pioneering the next generation of digital missions by helping people use digital strategies to help others discover Jesus in the far corners of the earth. Our Indigitous movement connects people, strategies and projects in the digital missions space.</div>Howard and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477085981079780205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444498.post-6267548356875273012015-02-19T17:10:00.000-05:002018-11-06T19:18:58.632-05:00Visual Timeline of Projects Recently Worked On<iframe src='https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/timeline/latest/embed/index.html?source=0AsFMEPLNresbdHFreEdXNV9PX1RWSEhualg3c2o0bEE&font=Bevan-PotanoSans&maptype=toner&lang=en&height=650' width='100%' height='650' frameborder='0'></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">--
Visit <a href="http://thecrutsingers.com/">www.thecrutsingers.com</a> for updates on Howard and Laura Crutsinger's ministry with Cru Global Digital Strategies (Campus Crusade for Christ).
Pioneering the next generation of digital missions by helping people use digital strategies to help others discover Jesus in the far corners of the earth. Our Indigitous movement connects people, strategies and projects in the digital missions space.</div>Howard and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477085981079780205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444498.post-5416799927784940202013-01-10T15:12:00.000-05:002013-01-10T15:28:47.902-05:00Downloadable copy of the Falling Plates Script<!-- Start ScreenSteps Content -->
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Script to the FallingPlates video</h3>
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<strong><a href="http://bit.ly/FallingPlatesFilm" target="_blank">#FallingPlates is on YouTube</a> and it is going global. Almost daily, international emails come to me requesting additional subtitles / closed captions in their own language so they can share it with their friends.</strong><br />
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<strong>I've been crowd sourcing the translation work by involving volunteers to do the translating.</strong><br />
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<strong>The script is short - only 189 words.</strong><br />
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<strong>If you have a language you'd like included in the closed captions, it is very quick and simple.</strong><br />
<strong><br /></strong><strong>1) Email me at: FallingPlatesVideo@gmail.com</strong><br />
<strong>2) I'll email you back a link to a Google Doc where you can quickly enter the new translation.</strong><br />
<strong>3) I'll post it to YouTube as a new transcript.</strong></div>
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Script with Precise Timecodes</h3>
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You.<br />
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Look at your eyes.<br />
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Look at them.<br />
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Speckled.<br />
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Colorful.<br />
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Each one unique.<br />
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And I created every one of them.<br />
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I created -- everything.<br />
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The universe.<br />
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And you.<br />
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I gave you your personality.<br />
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I made you pure.<br />
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Complex.<br />
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And every day<br />
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I give you life.<br />
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I love you.<br />
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But something happened.<br />
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You cheated on me.<br />
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You didn't trust me.<br />
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You sinned.<br />
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[Falling plates crashing]<br />
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You cut yourself off from me.<br />
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And although you're still alive...<br />
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you are slowly dying.<br />
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So you looked for other things...<br />
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[happiness]<br />
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[sex]<br />
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To fill the void.<br />
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But nothing works.<br />
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[Falling plates crashing]<br />
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It just kills you faster.<br />
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And it separates us more and more...<br />
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[Falling Plates crashing]<br />
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What are you searching for?<br />
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[acceptance]<br />
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[intimacy]<br />
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[love]<br />
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[Falling plates crashing]<br />
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I don't want you to die.<br />
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I created you.<br />
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Not to be destroyed.<br />
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But to know me.<br />
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So I became one of you.<br />
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A fragile creation.<br />
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I was tempted.<br />
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But I never sinned.<br />
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I came to save you.<br />
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You have so many sins.<br />
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And they have a cost.<br />
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Someone has to die.<br />
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You --<br />
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or Me.<br />
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So I took on your sin.<br />
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And traded in my life for yours.<br />
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And I died,<br />
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in your place.<br />
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Because I love you.<br />
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Then --<br />
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I rose from the dead.<br />
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I am the Way.<br />
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The Truth.<br />
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And the Life.<br />
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I am Jesus.<br />
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I'm not here to condemn you.<br />
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I came to bring you back to life.<br />
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Rely on me.<br />
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I will forgive you.<br />
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And give you eternal life.<br />
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I love you.<br />
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And I did all of this<br />
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to have a relationship with you.<br />
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Will you follow me?<br />
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Here is a list of translations as of early January</h3>
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English<br />
Spanish<br />
Russian<br />
Chinese (Simplified)<br />
Chinese (China)<br />
Chinese (Singapore)<br />
Chinese (Hong Kong)<br />
Chinese (Taiwan)<br />
Chinese (Traditional)<br />
Albanian<br />
Portuguese (Brazil)<br />
Ethiopia (Amharic)<br />
Hungarian<br />
French<br />
Italian<br />
Croatian<br />
Polish<br />
Ukranian<br />
Malay<br />
Slovak</div>
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Visit <a href="http://thecrutsingers.com/">www.thecrutsingers.com</a> for updates on Howard and Laura Crutsinger's ministry with Cru Global Digital Strategies (Campus Crusade for Christ).
Pioneering the next generation of digital missions by helping people use digital strategies to help others discover Jesus in the far corners of the earth. Our Indigitous movement connects people, strategies and projects in the digital missions space.</div>Howard and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477085981079780205noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444498.post-69498456116764646562012-12-11T23:45:00.001-05:002013-02-11T17:26:48.825-05:00Film We Created with Hopes of Spreading Virally on YouTube<span style="font-size: large;">a 4 minute film explaining what Jesus thinks of you - life, death and love of a savior.</span><br />
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Visit <a href="http://thecrutsingers.com/">www.thecrutsingers.com</a> for updates on Howard and Laura Crutsinger's ministry with Cru Global Digital Strategies (Campus Crusade for Christ).
Pioneering the next generation of digital missions by helping people use digital strategies to help others discover Jesus in the far corners of the earth. Our Indigitous movement connects people, strategies and projects in the digital missions space.</div>Howard and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477085981079780205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444498.post-79184062008658205482012-12-11T23:24:00.000-05:002013-02-11T17:27:28.379-05:00Video Viral Launch Party Sharing Instructions<!-- Start ScreenSteps Content -->
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<a href="http://fallingplates.com/">FallingPlates.com</a> - a short film about life, death, and love</h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #17365d;">What a privilege to get to partner with you in using social media to reach and influence the world for Christ.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #17365d;">At some point today, will you take 15 minutes to share the video via your social media sites.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Below: Simple Sharing Instructions...</b></span></div>
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Some examples of what you can say in any social network, comment, message</h3>
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<b><span style="color: #dd0112;">ADD this exact line of text at the end of every comment you use (link and hashtag): <a href="http://bit.ly/FallingPlatesVideo"><u>http://bit.ly/FallingPlatesVideo</u></a> #FallingPlates</span></b><br />
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<li><b>Need to get right with God?</b> <a href="http://bit.ly/FallingPlatesVideo" target="_blank"><b><u><span style="color: #dd0112;">http://bit.ly/FallingPlatesVideo</span></u></b></a><b><span style="color: #dd0112;"> #FallingPlates</span></b></li>
<li><b>This just blew my mind. Everybody needs to watch</b></li>
<li><b>#FallingPlates gets me every time, keeps you thinking.</b></li>
<li><b>Still my favorite video on @youtube... </b></li>
<li><b>Watch this and spread it </b></li>
<li><b>You HAVE to watch this video! Besides, you can spare 4 minutes, right? </b></li>
<li><b>Completely worth the 4 minutes to watch this. #truth #payattention </b></li>
<li><b>I cried watching this! #truth </b></li>
<li><b>The #Gospel in 4 minutes. Watch this video its amazing: #JesusisLord #Christ #Jesus #salvation</b> </li>
<li><b>Very inspirational</b> </li>
<li><b>Watch this - simple, short presentation of the Gospel like you’ve never heard it before </b></li>
<li><b>Watch this!! Its awesome</b> </li>
<li><b>Have you seen this video yet? I bet it’s going to go viral.</b> </li>
<li><b>This is awesome! </b></li>
<li><b>Wonder what Jesus thinks of you?</b> </li>
<li><b>Genius display of the gospel! </b></li>
<li><b>This is so creative, I love it.</b> </li>
<li><b>Hey @PERSON’sTwitterAccount, I want you to watch this then I want to talk about it with you.</b></li>
<li><b>Myan Calendar end of world 12-21-12? Then better watch:</b> </li>
<li><b>[video] Spectacular! watch: </b></li>
<li><b>A video with heart and emotion: </b></li>
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Most of your sharing can be done from YouTube</h3>
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<b><span style="color: #345a8a;">YouTube</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #345a8a;">After you watch the video,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #345a8a;">Click the “Like” thumbs-up button</span></div>
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<span style="color: #345a8a;">Click “Subscribe” button</span></div>
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<span style="color: #345a8a;">Leave a comment in the comments section</span></div>
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<span style="color: #345a8a;">Click “Post” to submit your comment</span></div>
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<span style="color: #345a8a;">Click “Share” button to share it on other social networks</span></div>
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<span style="color: #345a8a;">Click each of the icons for each social networks you use (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and lots more)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #345a8a;">It is <u>safe</u> to log in with each of your social networks’ username and password for this process. It is secure and you are not authorizing YouTube to do anything beyond posting the contents you get to see prior to submitting.</span></div>
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<li><span style="color: #345a8a;">Log in to your Facebook account</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #345a8a;">Select one of the suggested pre-written comments</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #345a8a;">Post a status update including the url to the video: </span><a href="http://bit.ly/FallingPlatesVideo" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000e9;">http://bit.ly/FallingPlatesVideo</span></u></a></li>
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<i><b><span style="color: #345a8a;">Example: </span><span bgcolor="#C0C0C0" style="color: #345a8a;">Wonder what Jesus thinks of you? </span><a href="http://bit.ly/FallingPlatesVideo" target="_blank"><u><span bgcolor="#C0C0C0" style="color: #0000e9;">http://bit.ly/FallingPlatesVideo</span></u></a></b></i><br />
<span style="color: #345a8a;">Go to the groups you are part of and paste your status update and link there, too.</span></div>
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<li><span style="color: #345a8a;">Select one of the suggested pre-written comments</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #345a8a;">Including the video’s link: </span><a href="http://bit.ly/FallingPlatesVideo" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000e9;">http://bit.ly/FallingPlatesVideo</span></u></a></li>
<li><span style="color: #345a8a;">And include the hashtag #FallingPlates</span></li>
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<i><b><span style="color: #345a8a;">Example: </span><span bgcolor="#C0C0C0" style="color: #345a8a;">Need to get right with God? </span><a href="http://bit.ly/FallingPlatesVideo" target="_blank"><u><span bgcolor="#C0C0C0" style="color: #0000e9;">http://bit.ly/FallingPlatesVideo</span></u></a></b></i><i><b><span bgcolor="#C0C0C0" style="color: #345a8a;"> #FallingPlates</span></b></i><br />
<span style="color: #345a8a;">Retweet 4-5+ times throughout the day, using different wording.</span><br />
<span style="color: #345a8a;">Send a tweet or a direct message to the most influential tweeters that follow you saying (Replace </span><b><span style="color: #d70010;">@THEIRuSERnAME </span></b><span style="color: #345a8a;">with the person’s actual username):</span><br />
<i><b><span bgcolor="#C0C0C0">#FallingPlates </span><span bgcolor="#C0C0C0" style="color: red;">@THEIRuSERnAME</span><span bgcolor="#C0C0C0"> Could your team use this? Please watch 4min video & forward http://bit.ly/FallingPlatesVideo #TwitterStories</span></b></i></div>
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<li><span style="color: #345a8a;">Go to “Add +”</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #345a8a;">Click “Add a Pin”</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #345a8a;">Paste the video url: </span><a href="http://youtu.be/KGlx11BxF24" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000e9;">http://youtu.be/KGlx11BxF24</span></u></a></li>
<li><span style="color: #345a8a;">Click “Find Images”</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #345a8a;">Pick a “board” to pin it to, and add description</span></li>
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<li>Write a short blog post in your personal ministry blog. Just paste the “Embed code” for <b>#FallingPlates</b> in a new posting so your readers can watch the video within your blog and not have to leave</li>
<li>Contact a few of these top bloggers and ask them to include <b>#FallingPlates</b> in their blog. Here is a list of the top 200 top ministry blogs: <a href="http://churchrelevance.com/resources/top-church-blogs/" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000e9;">http://churchrelevance.com/resources/top-church-blogs/</span></u></a></li>
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<li>Send link of the video, then few hours later text them saying <i>“did u get 2 watch the video?”</i></li>
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<a href="http://reddit.com/" target="_blank">ReddIt.com</a><br />
<a href="http://stumbleupon.com/" target="_blank">StumbleUpon.com</a><br />
<a href="http://linkedin.com/" target="_blank">LinkedIn.com</a></div>
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Visit <a href="http://thecrutsingers.com/">www.thecrutsingers.com</a> for updates on Howard and Laura Crutsinger's ministry with Cru Global Digital Strategies (Campus Crusade for Christ).
Pioneering the next generation of digital missions by helping people use digital strategies to help others discover Jesus in the far corners of the earth. Our Indigitous movement connects people, strategies and projects in the digital missions space.</div>Howard and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477085981079780205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444498.post-38360929024208336212012-11-29T11:29:00.001-05:002013-02-11T17:27:44.844-05:00How Can We Increase Evangelism Effectiveness?<!-- Start ScreenSteps Content -->
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<span style="color: black;">What are we really good at? Does anyone see a paradigm shift on the horizon coming our way? How does we need to change to remain relevant?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">If we had to start from zero, from scratch, what would you do differently to enhance our focus on <b>evangelism</b>?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">How do you get students involved in student-to-student <b>evangelism</b>? How do you get adults involved in adult-to-adult <b>evangelism</b>?</span></div>
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Pioneering the next generation of digital missions by helping people use digital strategies to help others discover Jesus in the far corners of the earth. Our Indigitous movement connects people, strategies and projects in the digital missions space.</div>Howard and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477085981079780205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444498.post-11622361499003225882012-07-27T13:54:00.001-05:002012-07-27T13:56:39.725-05:00Together We Are Making A Difference :: CruThank you for <a href="http://crutsinger.give.cc/">giving to our ministry at Cru</a>.
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Pioneering the next generation of digital missions by helping people use digital strategies to help others discover Jesus in the far corners of the earth. Our Indigitous movement connects people, strategies and projects in the digital missions space.</div>Howard and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477085981079780205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444498.post-79016658382144389122012-01-26T01:22:00.000-05:002012-01-26T01:22:25.712-05:00My Dad's (Gerald Crutsinger) Dying Moments<div class="LessonContent"><div class="LessonSummary">At the age of 73, my dad has passed away. He fought long and hard! He was first diagonosed with stage four lung cancer which spread to form a brain tumor which was removed on Christmas in 2007. Dad was told he had a 2% chance of living 2 years. He fought through brain surgery, lung cancer, pneumonia, pulmonary emboli, blood clots in lower half of body, chemo, radiation, back fracture, neck tumor, near complete closing of esophagus, stomach g-tube, and more.<br />
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My dad was not one to ever give up on anything.<br />
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I will miss him.<br />
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I love you dad -<br />
Howard</div><div class="LessonStep top"><h3 class="StepTitle" style="text-align: center;">IAmSecond Book Gifted to My Dad</h3><div><br />
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<span style="color: #262626;">Want to view this album? visit:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #262626;">These are photos I took with my dad a couple days ago. Long story, but </span><span style="color: #2a4588;"><a href="http://corporate.interstatebatteries.com/norm_miller/testimony/" target="_blank">Norm Miller</a></span><span style="color: #262626;"> (CEO of Interstate Batteries and founder of </span><a href="http://www.iamsecond.com/" target="_blank">http://www.iamsecond.com/</a><span style="color: #262626;"> ) used to be a client of my dad's. Norm and many other celebrities autographed this book that I gave to my dad. This book was the conversation piece that enabled me to communicate with dad about his faith in Christ. "To be absent of the body, is to be in the presence of the Lord. "-2 Corinthians 5:8.</span><br />
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One of the videos I showed my dad was of Brian “Head” Welch, former lead guitarist for the band Korn, whose life was spinning out of control.<br />
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Gerald Glynn Crutsinger, Sr., 73, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, from complications of lung cancer.<br />
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Burial for Gerald will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, in the DFW National Cemetery, 2000 Mountain Creek Parkway, Dallas, TX 75211. A memorial service will be conducted that afternoon at 1:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church Carrollton, 2400 Josey Ln, Carrollton, 75006. The family will receive visitors 6-8 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, at First Baptist Church Carrollton.<br />
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Gerald was born Dec. 13, 1938, in Brownwood, Texas. He is survived by his wife, Carla; sons Glynn, Sam, and Howard; grandchildren Hunter, Travis, Cooper, Benjamin, and Cole; mother, Dorothy Crutsinger. He is preceded in death by his father, Harold D. Crutsinger, and brother, Harold R. Crutsinger.<br />
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Gerald graduated from Wichita Falls High School. As a lifelong Longhorn fan, he attended the University of Texas receiving his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering while on a football scholarship. He was proud to be in Coach Darrell Royal’s first recruiting class and was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.<br />
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After graduation, he served as 1st Lieutenant in the HHC 127<sup>th</sup> Engineer Battalion 11 Air Assault Division Third US Army as an Airborne Jumpmaster. He completed his military experience as a Captain in the Texas National Guard.<br />
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Returning to school, he received a Juris Doctor Degree from Baylor Law School in 1967. He practiced Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law; Unfair Competition; and Intellectual Property Litigation as a Senior Partner at The Crutsinger and Booth Law Firm in Dallas, Texas until his retirement in 2008.<br />
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Gerald was licensed to practice law in the state of Texas, before the U.S. Supreme Court, before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, before U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal 5<sup>th</sup> Circuit, and before the Canadian Patent Office. He was a member of Texas State Bar Association, Dallas Bar Association, Dallas-Fort Worth Patent Law Association, American Intellectual Property Law Association, and International Trademark Association.<br />
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His special achievements include: Associate Editor, Baylor Law Review; Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity; and President Dallas-Fort Worth Patent Law Association.<br />
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Gerald coached all three sons in YMCA football and enjoyed hunting and fishing with his family. He was an active member of First Baptist Church Carrollton. He enjoyed traveling with his wife, Carla, especially in Europe. Last summer was highlighted by a family cruise to Alaska to celebrate their 50<sup>th</sup> wedding anniversary (Sept 4, 1961).<br />
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In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to be made to “Campus Crusade for Christ” under account number: 0441540 at Attn: Contributions, PO Box 628222, Orlando, FL 32862-8222 or <span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="http://give.ccci.org/give/0441540" target="_blank">http://give.ccci.org/give/0441540</a></u></span></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">--
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Pioneering the next generation of digital missions by helping people use digital strategies to help others discover Jesus in the far corners of the earth. Our Indigitous movement connects people, strategies and projects in the digital missions space.</div>Howard and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477085981079780205noreply@blogger.com0Carrollton, TX 75006, USA32.9678449 -96.88872019999996632.9291354 -96.941318699999968 33.006554400000006 -96.836121699999964tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444498.post-13647991376480308892011-12-01T16:07:00.000-05:002011-12-01T16:25:32.467-05:00Changed Lives :: Chattanooga<br />
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Here's a video telling Breon Thomas' powerful story of life change through the ministry of Student Venture - A poverty stricken African American kid who grow up in the projects and in shelters.<br />
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<i>“my student venture leader impacted me, I’m one person and now I go out and impact others... you are now witnessing a generation that has the possibility to be transformed. I think by investing in even one kid’s life, you are impacting the world!” - </i>Breon</blockquote>
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Breon is on a mission to show the love and joy that his relationship with Jesus has given him through the hand of music and dance. In high school, he was a servant leader in Student Venture starting lunch bible studies were the gospel of Jesus Christ was able to be shared with close to 75 teenagers a week.<br />
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Pioneering the next generation of digital missions by helping people use digital strategies to help others discover Jesus in the far corners of the earth. Our Indigitous movement connects people, strategies and projects in the digital missions space.</div>Howard and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477085981079780205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444498.post-62211291872944685032011-07-31T14:28:00.006-05:002011-08-10T14:54:14.042-05:002011-07 Update - Campus Crusade for Christ's Name Change to Cru<div class="LessonContent"><div class="LessonStep top"><div class="StepImage" style="margin: 10px 0px;"><img alt="media_1313003331111.png" height="75" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeVvwHPSq_46-ujKFRVBEJHbnjcdxgdoiIURp1bI7zkktkiZoA_KgKzNxyxnlDh11Bs-T8PpAQ7KxqW0B6gvTvycJmJd0X2E0-cG3EQGe1nAXQf-HxBumS57hrbaxwPzh-SfmctA/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 3px;" width="532" /> </div></div><div class="LessonStep top"><h3 class="StepTitle" style="font-size: 20px;">We Just Returned from All Campus Crusade Staff Training</h3><div class="StepImage" style="margin: 10px 0px;"></div><div class="StepInstructions"><span style="color: #5e5d60;"> Every other summer, the staff of Campus Crusade for Christ, of which Student Venture is a part, gathers in Ft. Collins, Colorado to be refreshed spiritually, have our vision renewed, and celebrate what God has done. </span>Soaking up the God-centered teaching <span style="color: #5e5d60;">(You can watch some of the videos yourself at </span><a href="http://bit.ly/CCCStaffConfSpeakerVideos" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/CCCStaffConfSpeakerVideos</a> ) <span style="color: #5e5d60;">has revitalized our souls in the middle of this crazy season for our family.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #5e5d60;"> Another reason this is a big year for us is that after sixty years, </span><span style="color: #a90a07;"><strong>Campus Crusade’s name is changing.</strong></span><span style="color: #5e5d60;"> This past week it was announced that in early 2012, Campus Crusade for Christ will change its name to ‘</span><span style="color: #a90a07;"><strong>Cru</strong></span><span style="color: #5e5d60;">.’ This change will be for the United States ministry only. Campus Crusade actually already operates under a variety of names around the world. For example, in Russia, it is called ‘New Life’ and in Canada, it is called ‘Power to Change.’</span><br />
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<span style="color: #5e5d60;"> The name change has been in process for two years. Our leadership has prayed, fasted and sought the advice of proven experts who help organizations makes similar changes. In addition, there was extensive market research including in depth interviews and surveys of staff, donors, volunteers and potential volunteers, ministry partners, students, and non-Christians. <strong>The change is being made in order to more effectively communicate the message of Jesus with people and partner with organizations and churches who share our aims.</strong> To read more about the reasons why this name change is important, or if you have questions or concerns, please visit </span><a href="http://bit.ly/WhyCCCBecameCRU" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/WhyCCCBecameCRU</a><span style="color: #5e5d60;"> to get some answers to ‘FAQ’ and see some enlightening short videos. One video is an interview of our Vice President, Steve Sellers, on Fox News.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #5e5d60;"> Very recent media reports have taken an unfavorable stance (imagine that...the media spreading misleading information) by questioning our commitment to Christ since the word ‘Christ’ was removed from our official name. Be assured though, Cru remains deeply committed to proclaiming the name of Jesus Christ, the centrality of the cross, the truth of God's Word, the power of the Holy Spirit, and the global scope of the Great Commission. As you know, many Christian organizations and many local churches do not have the name Jesus or Christ in their name and this does not lessen their devotion to Him or their effectiveness in their mission.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #5e5d60;"> In actuality, the name change brings little impact to our work. <strong>Student Venture will keep its name and will continue to be the middle and high school ministry of Cru.</strong> The bottom line for us is that we will never stop talking to people about Jesus, His transforming grace and forgiveness that He offers through the cross. It's who we are. It's why we're here. Thank you for standing with us in this glorious mission, and for living it yourself.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #5e5d60;"> Of course, if you have questions about our new name or want further clarification behind why the change was made, feel free to give us a call or send us an email. Please join us in praying for a smooth transition.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #5e5d60;"> As always, we appreciate your partnership in ministry more than words can express. Be assured that the Lord is using you, through your prayer and financial support, to make an eternal impact in the hearts of people!</span></div></div><div class="LessonStep top"><div class="StepImage" style="margin: 10px 0px;"><div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div></div></div><div class="LessonStep top"><div class="StepImage" style="margin: 10px 0px;"><div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></div></div></div><div class="LessonStep top"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-nF2vTlHyDpFNoqfa2IR_Dhq22jqEuvb1x_-vlMa04Zfv28GN8coRnbBUJU-KBgnBb6srTf97cEBCBsm8gDIQbquA8SxY9T4mirxQ-j9UcKtShG109Moa2c5LxLPn7E4KHrMs0w/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="media_1313003570295.png" border="0" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-nF2vTlHyDpFNoqfa2IR_Dhq22jqEuvb1x_-vlMa04Zfv28GN8coRnbBUJU-KBgnBb6srTf97cEBCBsm8gDIQbquA8SxY9T4mirxQ-j9UcKtShG109Moa2c5LxLPn7E4KHrMs0w/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 3px;" width="400" /></a></div><h3 class="StepTitle" style="font-size: 20px;"><br />
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Visit <a href="http://thecrutsingers.com/">www.thecrutsingers.com</a> for updates on Howard and Laura Crutsinger's ministry with Cru Global Digital Strategies (Campus Crusade for Christ).
Pioneering the next generation of digital missions by helping people use digital strategies to help others discover Jesus in the far corners of the earth. Our Indigitous movement connects people, strategies and projects in the digital missions space.</div>Howard and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477085981079780205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444498.post-35396843979414406942011-05-29T13:40:00.002-05:002011-08-10T14:06:44.266-05:002011-05 Ministry Update<div class="LessonContent"><div class="LessonStep top"><div class="StepImage" style="margin: 10px 0px;"><img alt="media_1312999660540.png" height="77" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8UHOXwcgOBT7eUWjelPOQMkNy6gqTSN3A0R_HANvzVt7MSVJCtl8ZVXVAQVz3HCakdEyym_bwQVZVLOQfHoQJB7J2iCP8wWyysmywlKXDX-IoX-Doe-cuOyKp9zjFXN3mruK2ng/" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 3px;" width="532" /> </div></div><div class="LessonStep top"><h3 class="StepTitle" style="font-size: 20px;">Two Significant Advances:</h3><div class="StepImage" style="margin: 10px 0px;"><img alt="media_1312999692286.png" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeEA6jzfnisY4kuu8e6vEsZMtzfnFgf3q7kA36xQ6-U08BaKy3PbkG7JJ8xkeISgk6LJE4wqeM_Y3UO90ExIM00c3VHG2qn_PIYMPsrLVodlhlPzZCdMRqA80b1W_cknSNRHHHhQ/" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 3px;" width="532" /> </div><div class="StepInstructions"><ul><li><span style="color: #7f5c17;"><strong>Video Training</strong></span></li>
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</h3><h3 class="StepTitle" style="font-size: 20px;">Transitioning Volunteer Training to VIDEO</h3><div class="StepImage" style="margin: 10px 0px;"><div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="media_1312999811850.png" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivcT23O8f4RU1jiSZGyFQSdP4MjOJrpznaV7vqyDckUhbOYkCob1fYvRWM6wr93qiriBXOyFy3NkLz3X7T4fP14TQa6dc9QrfzEBf_HCdLbDFLxZIX8EDM0lIfjcuf07ar248CeQ/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 3px;" width="320" /> </div></div><div class="StepInstructions"><span style="color: #ff0306;">Today, 58% of adults after college will never read another book!</span><span style="color: #060003;"> Instead they spend 4 hours a day watching TV and 3 hrs listening to the radio. They absorb info still, but not in written form. And since more than 50% in the US prefer to hear than read, we’ve felt the need to adapt our training. Who has the time, or interest, in reading a 3-ring binder training manual? Our goal has been to shorten, simplify, and when possible, convert to interactive video. We want to value the time of volunteers. They shouldn’t spend all of their volunteer hours in training, but rather being freed up to minister to students.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #060003;"><strong>Our goal:</strong> Train Student Venture volunteers in a new way; using the most popular personal electronic device of every high school student, their mobile phone. Create a custom mobile application on both iPhone and Android platforms for Student Venture.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #060003;"><strong>Primary initial purpose of the phase 1.0 mobile application:</strong> To deliver SV's new volunteer training curriculum with video and textual content to Student Venture's volunteers.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #060003;"><strong>History:</strong> The company helping us develop the mLearning app has been refining their skills the last 18 months where they launched a pilot project in Kenya for Nairobi School of Theology. A Kenyan newspaper reported last week that two different groups took the same course - one group participated remotely using a mobile phone, the other group attended physical classes at the university.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #060003;"><strong>Statistics from pilot:</strong> </span><span style="color: #fa0632;">Only 60% of the students who attended the physical classroom completed the course (40% drop out rate); yet, 100% of the mLearning remote students completed the same course!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #060003;"><strong>Observations:</strong> “What we noticed is that students who physically came to attend lectures rarely made it through all the classes because of busy schedules and heavy traffic. Those who used the mobile phones had an easier time as they could comfortably access all the content.”</span></div></div><div class="LessonStep top"><div class="StepImage" style="margin: 10px 0px;"><div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"> </div></div></div><div class="LessonStep top"><h3 class="StepTitle" style="font-size: 20px;"><br />
</h3><h3 class="StepTitle" style="font-size: 20px;">Web Evangelism Statistics</h3><div class="StepImage" style="margin: 10px 0px;"><img alt="media_1313000006555.png" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhFvJiroPkZniz9r0jKiHk3c7l8ylZKCojqrC2IInZJ-n8lv5nmKFaxCvjbBCcGrR9m-uyIKj6H-46ailthJcuo1ijcKdlEHf4wsCUQeQkYId5QL2Kuh555-OcAknJNbM91C0-Pw/" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 3px;" width="532" /> </div><div class="StepInstructions"><span style="color: #060003;">Here are stats from two of our evangelistic websites. We are continually trying to learn ways to tweak our marketing campaigns using Google Ads to make it easier for those searching for God online.</span></div></div><div class="LessonStep top"><h3 class="StepTitle" style="font-size: 20px;"><br />
</h3><h3 class="StepTitle" style="font-size: 20px;">THE HOME FRONT:</h3></div><div class="LessonStep top"><h3 class="StepTitle" style="font-size: 20px;">Two Major Surgeries - On Same Day...</h3><div class="StepImage" style="margin: 10px 0px;"><img alt="media_1313000042604.png" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDu3djTXNgZUcoVIC-RCBBNdOzFPNzo-OSiI8eu3qij28wKVCkK_Nt7K5zQzNi5FHp0E3H9RVcZQToznzvrbizV4bfThc2cpwL4Ihm9-MnnbinbbqVrX-v9ep6A4t7NN152hWn2Q/" style="border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 3px;" width="532" /> </div><div class="StepInstructions">Cole: adenoids removed + tubes put in his ears<br />
Ben: adenoids & tonsils removed<br />
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Visit <a href="http://thecrutsingers.com/">www.thecrutsingers.com</a> for updates on Howard and Laura Crutsinger's ministry with Cru Global Digital Strategies (Campus Crusade for Christ).
Pioneering the next generation of digital missions by helping people use digital strategies to help others discover Jesus in the far corners of the earth. Our Indigitous movement connects people, strategies and projects in the digital missions space.</div>Howard and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477085981079780205noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444498.post-34783014128152031942011-03-30T16:13:00.004-05:002013-02-11T17:30:48.130-05:002011-03 Ministry Update<div class="LessonContent">
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<span style="color: #060003;">When students and leaders returned home, their actual Facebook statuses, which you can read here, reflected the things that happened in their hearts. <strong>Andrea</strong> and <strong>Jamal</strong> had a limited knowledge about Jesus before they went to FastBreak, but over the weekend, they placed their faith in Him for the first time! Not only did Jamal give his life to Christ, he also shared the Gospel with 4-5 others the next day. Right underneath was a post from <strong>Jamal’s dad</strong> saying <i>“I am so proud of you!”</i> <strong>Quincy</strong> became a believer after a SV staff member shared the gospel with him last fall, and God used Fastbreak to help him grow in his young faith.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #060003;">For several months, I’ve lead a project using creative video clips to illustrate and communicate the Gospel message. Our prayer is the video will go “viral” online when it’s released.</span></div>
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Visit <a href="http://thecrutsingers.com/">www.thecrutsingers.com</a> for updates on Howard and Laura Crutsinger's ministry with Cru Global Digital Strategies (Campus Crusade for Christ).
Pioneering the next generation of digital missions by helping people use digital strategies to help others discover Jesus in the far corners of the earth. Our Indigitous movement connects people, strategies and projects in the digital missions space.</div>Howard and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477085981079780205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444498.post-6080233650918477672011-03-12T22:54:00.000-05:002011-03-12T22:54:50.406-05:00Video I Created of Japan Devastation to Lead Viewers to Biblical Perspectives<div class="LessonContent"><div class="LessonSummary"><span style="color: black;">I created a 4 minute video with pictures from yesterday's earthquake/tsunami in Japan.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">My desire was to lead people to pray, but also to lead seekers to </span><span style="color: #134fae;"><u><a href="http://www.everystudent.com/" target="_blank">EveryStudent.com</a></u></span><span style="color: black;">, one of our key web strategies.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">For help in finding answers about "Where is God in the Midst of Tragedy?" visit: </span><span style="color: #134fae;"><u><a href="http://bit.ly/WhereIsGodInTragedy" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/WhereIsGodInTragedy</a></u></span><span style="color: black;"> </span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">The YouTube video, "65 devastating photos of Japan Tsunami" can be found on Student Venture's YouTube channel here:</span><br />
<span style="color: #134fae;"><u><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqKGFQzYqD8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqKGFQzYqD8</a></u></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">It is also on Student Venture's Facebook Fan Page here:</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">On Student Venture's Twitter page here:</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">And on my personal Facebook page here:</span><br />
<span style="color: #134fae;"><u><a href="http://www.facebook.com/crutsinger" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/crutsinger</a></u></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">If you visit any of the links above, please click "Like" and/or make a comment so that it will boost its rankings in YouTube and in Facebook so that more people could be ministered to.</span></div><div class="LessonStep top"><div class="LessonSummary"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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Visit <a href="http://thecrutsingers.com/">www.thecrutsingers.com</a> for updates on Howard and Laura Crutsinger's ministry with Cru Global Digital Strategies (Campus Crusade for Christ).
Pioneering the next generation of digital missions by helping people use digital strategies to help others discover Jesus in the far corners of the earth. Our Indigitous movement connects people, strategies and projects in the digital missions space.</div>Howard and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477085981079780205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444498.post-54265222685881046072011-03-09T12:43:00.000-05:002011-03-09T12:43:52.676-05:00Changed Lives :: New York City, Just Not Into Church<div class="LessonContent"><div class="LessonSummary"><i>“Meeting someone where they are.”</i> - That statement could be applied a couple of ways to this story. <a href="http://studentventure.com/" target="_blank">Student Venture</a> Staff met <strong>Antonio</strong> <i>“where he was”</i> when they met him outside his school. They also met Antonio <i>“where he was”</i> when staff used Antonio’s answer about church to share the Gospel with him. <i>“Meeting someone where they are”</i> shows them that Christ and the gospel apply to their lives and their present circumstances. Combine that with the <a href="http://www.campuscrusade.com/downloads/satisfied.pdf" target="_blank">Holy Spirit</a>’s work in a person’s heart, and a new child of God is born!<br />
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In the future, when you are walking around in Heaven, don’t be surprised if Antonio comes to you and says, “<a href="http://www.thecrutsingers.com/2005/12/how-to-join-our-support-team_07.html" target="_blank">Thank you for giving to the Lord</a>; I am a life that was changed.” We agree with Antonio!<br />
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</div><div class="LessonStep top"><h3 class="StepTitle">Just Not Into Church</h3><div class="StepImage"><div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="media_1299692268676.png" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgONjFmSC9IgoNljCwtHCsOpXB78XHekvCHbBn6xv-gcQzEdtzLLerCL8UPI5htIjPTPVczVMFBB1iN1bVy1XLugxyjiWfKsfXiQKPeMr49PiVuRTFwno-ZHRBjdVj50Ehz5LLn7A/" width="277" /> </div></div><div class="StepInstructions"><span style="color: #233f60;"><i>by </i></span><i><span style="color: #17355c;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001713352408" target="_blank">Kevin and Ginnette Young</a></span><span style="color: #233f60;">, </span><span style="color: #17355c;">staff serving in </span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.svnyc.com/" target="_blank">New York City</a><a href=""></a></span></i><span style="color: black;"><a href=""></a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #323232;">I met <strong>Antonio</strong>, a freshman on the football team, outside the school. <strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/Moses.D.Sanchez" target="_blank">Moses</a></strong> (another SV staff) and I had decided to use the half hour lull before weight training to talk about the Lord to whomever He put in our path. <strong><i>“You into the church thing, Antonio</i></strong></span><span style="color: #323232;"><strong>,”</strong> I asked? <strong><i>“Not really, but sometimes I go to church when I feel bad about something I’ve done.”</i></strong> I asked him if he would like to grab a slice of pizza and hear about <a href="http://www.gocampus.org/modx/assets/resources/connecting.swf" target="_blank">how he could be forgiven all the time</a>; and he jumped at it. We sat down and I shared a <a href="http://www.gocampus.org/modx/assets/resources/connecting.swf" target="_blank">simple outline of the gospel</a>. I could tell he was tracking, because his questions anticipated each point I made. Towards the end of our time, I asked him if he wanted to begin a relationship with Christ, so that he could be forgiven for all of his sins, all of the time. His emphatic “yes” led to us praying together. It was sweet to see his countenance change, and <a href="http://www.startingwithgod.com/new-life/will-this-last/" target="_blank">the evidence of God’s assurance</a> wash over him. I wrote the day’s date on the cover of the booklet. <strong><i>“Save this, Antonio,”</i></strong> I said, <strong><i>“it will remind you that today is your spiritual birthday.”</i></strong></span><span style="color: #323232;"><strong> </strong> His smile could have stopped the L-train (metro)!</span></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">--
Visit <a href="http://thecrutsingers.com/">www.thecrutsingers.com</a> for updates on Howard and Laura Crutsinger's ministry with Cru Global Digital Strategies (Campus Crusade for Christ).
Pioneering the next generation of digital missions by helping people use digital strategies to help others discover Jesus in the far corners of the earth. Our Indigitous movement connects people, strategies and projects in the digital missions space.</div>Howard and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477085981079780205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444498.post-40774246094449851882011-02-28T15:24:00.000-05:002011-02-28T15:24:42.118-05:00Changed Lives :: Plano, A Student Experiences God at Work<div class="LessonContent"><div class="LessonSummary">Part of our <a href="http://www.studentventure.com/conferences/" target="_blank">Student Conferences</a> is <a href="http://www.gocampus.org/modx/index.php?id=239" target="_blank">giving the students an opportunity to share their faith</a> in the community where the conference is held. They are armed with <a href="http://www.gocampus.org/modx/index.php?id=111" target="_blank">a short 5-question inoffensive survey</a> to open a conversation, a <a href="http://www.gocampus.org/modx/assets/resources/connecting.swf" target="_blank">Connecting with God booklet</a> that talks about Jesus and having a person relationship with Him, and the Holy Spirit! We’ll take the students to a mall, on the beach or even to area neighborhoods.<br />
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This story is about an outreach at one of our conferences and a student’s experience in sharing Jesus.<br />
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This student’s life (and the lives of the girls at McDonalds) will never be the same because she experienced the <a href="http://www.campuscrusade.com/downloads/satisfied.pdf" target="_blank">Holy Spirit</a> working through her to bring someone to Christ. Thank you for <a href="http://www.thecrutsingers.com/2005/12/how-to-join-our-support-team_07.html" target="_blank">making it possible</a> for us to be on the field, hold these conferences, and give students opportunities to share. Lives are changed because you are faithful.</div><div class="LessonStep top"><h3 class="StepTitle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> </span></h3><h3 class="StepTitle"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"></span>A Student Experiences God at Work</h3><div class="StepImage"><div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="media_1298924119644.png" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIBEz8g77cfGVWNhxWNPeZ9ttRlExbWTuatyCh5ldE04FKqqIZBv8behIX-xX63NFADv52OBGj1sZr-4xUHH9GBRqEUANkA9wqcZ8CgSEqPwRVb0XrYuuca-s0aUV21Jtp-JiAjA/" width="289" /></div><span style="color: #233f60;">by </span><span style="color: #17355c;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/nicole.matuska" target="_blank">Nicole Matuska</a></span><span style="color: #233f60;">, </span><span style="color: #17355c;">staff serving in <a href="http://www.svdallas.com/" target="_blank">Plano, TX</a></span></div><div class="StepInstructions"> <span style="color: #17355c;"> </span><br />
<strong>Mackenzie</strong> is a senior at Plano HS and went to our <a href="http://www.studentventure.com/conferences/" target="_blank">FastBreak Winter Conference</a>. Here is her story about sharing Jesus...<br />
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"When the <a href="http://studentventure.com/" target="_blank">S</a><a href="">tudent Venture</a> bus dropped me and the other campers off at a McDonald's in South Dallas, I wasn’t super excited to share the Gospel with strangers. In fact, there was a spiritual battle raging in my heart and I felt very discouraged. It was my 6th outreach with Student Venture and I had never experienced a stranger accepting Christ.<br />
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I always have trouble initiating a conversation, so this year I decided to use the MLK- themed <a href="http://www.gocampus.org/modx/index.php?id=111" target="_blank">survey</a> to start conversations. This particular outreach I felt very successful in the conversations that my bi-lingual partner, Vidi, and I had with shoppers and employees at the local Fiesta supermarket. Although all the people we talked to considered themselves Christians, none of them had ever heard about having a personal relationship with God. Vidi and I got to <a href="http://www.gocampus.org/modx/assets/resources/connecting.swf" target="_blank">explain the gospel</a> to them and they let us pray for them, but none of them were comfortable saying the prayer themselves at that moment. Already the outreach was going better than I had ever experienced before, and it was only going to get better from there!<br />
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As all of the Plano and Carrolton students were gathering in front of McDonalds waiting for the bus, my good friend Bola spotted two teenage girls that she wanted to talk to and asked me to go with her. We awkwardly began by asking them the first three survey questions and asked them if they knew that God wanted to have a personal relationship with them;one of the girls said no and the other said yes. So we continued sharing the gospel with them, making it clear that God wants them as they are, and that we can only depend on Jesus’ death on the cross for salvation. As the bus pulled up to the edge of the street, one of the girls accepted Christ and the other rededicated her life to Christ.<br />
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I felt very excited as I walked onto the bus because although I was physically there and technically I shared the Gospel with the two girls, it wasn’t me at all. God had done all the work by preparing the girls’ hearts beforehand and speaking to them through me and Bola. I realized that this outreach went so well because I was trusting God to speak through me instead of trying so hard to share the good news in my own strength."</div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">--
Visit <a href="http://thecrutsingers.com/">www.thecrutsingers.com</a> for updates on Howard and Laura Crutsinger's ministry with Cru Global Digital Strategies (Campus Crusade for Christ).
Pioneering the next generation of digital missions by helping people use digital strategies to help others discover Jesus in the far corners of the earth. Our Indigitous movement connects people, strategies and projects in the digital missions space.</div>Howard and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477085981079780205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444498.post-87954110637492289422011-02-22T13:32:00.000-05:002011-02-22T13:32:25.073-05:00Changed Lives :: Indianapolis, Students Reaching Their Friends<div class="LessonContent"><div class="LessonSummary">When our Executive Team discusses the different groups of people who can partner with us to reach out to students, we make sure our list includes “other students”. Students are most likely to listen to their fellow students when they share with them. Students-reaching-students is a unique relationship because students share the same experiences and challenges and can easily relate. When students share how God has rescued them from hopelessness and emptiness, students listen!<br />
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Often people don’t believe that students can lead other students to Christ or help them grow in their faith, but in <a href="http://studentventure.com/" target="_blank">S</a><a href="">tudent Venture</a>, we see every day that they can!<br />
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Thank you, dear friends, for <a href="http://www.thecrutsingers.com/2005/12/how-to-join-our-support-team_07.html" target="_blank">supporting us</a> and for caring about the hearts of students. We consider it a joy to share this mission with you.</div><div class="LessonStep top"><h3 class="StepTitle">From High School to College</h3><div class="StepImage"><img alt="media_1298398843275.png" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9xCs74M98r4i67wxdRWIa8jd_Ju-nz99A4NOjz0uM8PrRTVbjoYZNwmTHp7zGG1-juDTv3gJP1WkvXx0Gmi1t5R58l-zDat46H2IUMpve_YMFwBLgH3ExfNAxdVwZQ5sbediCA/" width="237" /> </div><div class="StepInstructions"><span style="color: #233f60;">by </span><span style="color: #17355c;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/markmichal" target="_blank">Mark</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/dawnmichal" target="_blank">Dawn</a> Michal, staff in <a href="http://www.svindy.com/" target="_blank">Indianapolis</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #10233e;"><strong>Jacey</strong> (second from left) is a Sophomore at a different high school (Lawrence North) but has been coming to our meetings for a few years now. She has had a heart to <a href="http://www.gocampus.org/preview/start.pdf" target="_blank">start a Student Venture ministry at her school</a> and started this year with a <a href="http://essentials.ccci.org/" target="_blank">Bible Study</a> for her cross-country team. The girls who have been coming to her study after practice range "from far from Christ" to "marginally Christian".</span><br />
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<span style="color: #10233e;"><strong>Jacey</strong> was able to bring four of her team members with her to the <a href="http://www.studentventure.com/conferences/" target="_blank">Student Venture Fastbreak Conference</a>. All of them grew spiritually and one of them, <strong>Abby</strong>, <a href="http://www.gocampus.org/modx/assets/resources/connecting.swf" target="_blank">accepted Christ</a> for the first time in her life!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #10233e;"><strong>Abby</strong> is so excited about her new relationship with Christ and <strong>Jacey</strong> is blown away by this change in her friend. This is such a perfect example of how a teenager can make a difference.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #10233e;"><strong>Jacey</strong> could have easily just considered our Student Venture meetings a place for her to grow, but, instead, she saw it as a launching point to reach out to her friends. She worked hard to get her friends to her small groups, stepped out and risked her relationships, and as a result, her friends are coming to Christ!</span></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">--
Visit <a href="http://thecrutsingers.com/">www.thecrutsingers.com</a> for updates on Howard and Laura Crutsinger's ministry with Cru Global Digital Strategies (Campus Crusade for Christ).
Pioneering the next generation of digital missions by helping people use digital strategies to help others discover Jesus in the far corners of the earth. Our Indigitous movement connects people, strategies and projects in the digital missions space.</div>Howard and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477085981079780205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444498.post-60117284709887448192011-02-22T13:05:00.000-05:002011-02-22T13:05:09.393-05:00Changed Lives :: Northern Michigan, The Influence of Sisters<div class="LessonContent"><div class="LessonStep top"><div class="StepInstructions">If you have a brother or sister, you probably remember how much influence they had in your life (and maybe still do).<br />
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This story shows the influence that one sister has with another, and it shows how others watch our behavior and are affected by it. We are a witness for Christ – either for good or for bad. Praise God, these girls are good ones!<br />
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Your influence is felt in the life of <a href="http://studentventure.com/" target="_blank">S</a><a href="">tudent Venture</a>, and it is a good one! Thank you for <a href="http://www.thecrutsingers.com/2005/12/how-to-join-our-support-team_07.html" target="_blank">partnering with us and supporting us</a>—you are appreciated.</div></div><div class="LessonStep top"><h3 class="StepTitle">The Influence of Sisters</h3><div class="StepImage"><img alt="media_1298397037353.png" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIvu8Pj3KfjwpovSm1Nf6qlOC3mIZAfHQd8MpWbDN_CekFNBIS0Q8HciCef067-1viget7fdKoVk4XxraIZYiqOL1ceXis5C5eh_0dAxHhYFw5MZv-Tl1PpRvzaX51dQTpNPKQaQ/" width="332" /> </div><div class="StepInstructions"><span style="color: #233f60;"><i>by <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=580014761" target="_blank">Mike and Laurel Riley</a>, Staff in <a href="http://www.svmich.com/" target="_blank">Northern Michigan</a></i></span><br />
<span style="color: black;">The Influence of Sisters -----</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">By Mike and Laurel Riley, Staff in Northern Michigan</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><strong>Jill</strong> (high school senior) attended our <a href="http://www.studentventure.com/conferences/" target="_blank">Myrtle Beach Getaway Conference</a> last June for the first time. She was hugely impacted, and as a result, has touched her family – in particular, her younger sister and her mom --</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">One of the biggest things God did in <strong>Jill’s</strong> life at the <a href="http://www.studentventure.com/conferences/" target="_blank">Getaway</a> was to show her that her life & faith story can touch the hearts and lives of others and bring them closer to knowing Christ in a personal way. <strong>Jill</strong> has grown by leaps and bounds in her faith this year – faithfully spending time in God’s Word, helping lead the freshman <a href="http://essentials.ccci.org/" target="_blank">girls’ Bible study</a>, helping start a <a href="http://essentials.ccci.org/" target="_blank">small group Bible study</a> with some friends, and inspiring her <strong>mom</strong> and sister <strong>Jayne</strong> (freshman) to start attending church again.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">In early November I received this text message from <strong>Jill</strong>:</span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><strong><i>“I just <a href="http://www.campuscrusade.com/Tracts_and_Booklets/connect.htm" target="_blank">led my sister [Jayne] to Christ!</a> OH MY GOSH! I will never forget what she just said to me!”</i></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Here is an excerpt from the letter <strong>Jayne</strong> wrote to <strong>Jill</strong> after begining her new relationship with Christ:</span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><strong>“<i>Today I picked up my Bible for the very first time. I started reading <a href="http://bible.is/ENGESV/1Tim/" target="_blank">Timothy’s chapter</a>. Just from today, my relationship with God has started, and I can already feel it strengthening. I feel as if I can connect with God now and not feel weird about it. This all happened because of you. You are such a great role model and you continue to lead me down the right path. I want to be just like you.”</i></strong></span></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">--
Visit <a href="http://thecrutsingers.com/">www.thecrutsingers.com</a> for updates on Howard and Laura Crutsinger's ministry with Cru Global Digital Strategies (Campus Crusade for Christ).
Pioneering the next generation of digital missions by helping people use digital strategies to help others discover Jesus in the far corners of the earth. Our Indigitous movement connects people, strategies and projects in the digital missions space.</div>Howard and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477085981079780205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444498.post-1134016596232439472010-11-22T22:17:00.000-05:002013-03-29T13:14:56.971-05:00How to Join our Support Team<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br />
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Pioneering the next generation of digital missions by helping people use digital strategies to help others discover Jesus in the far corners of the earth. Our Indigitous movement connects people, strategies and projects in the digital missions space.</div>Howard and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477085981079780205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444498.post-34010039385920767952010-11-22T18:04:00.000-05:002010-11-22T18:04:44.012-05:00Changed Lives :: So. Idaho, From High School To College<div class="LessonContent"><div class="LessonSummary">Over the last couple of years, <a href="http://studentventure.com/" target="_blank">Student Venture</a> and the <a href="http://campuscrusadeforchrist.com/" target="_blank">Campus Ministry (Crusade’s ministry to college students, a.k.a. Cru)</a> have focused a great deal on the partnership between us, which God is using to mightily increase our abilities and opportunities to reach high school students. It is a natural partnership and a win-win situation.<br />
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Another focus for Student Venture is connecting our graduated SV students with their college’s Cru to continue their spiritual growth, training and influence.<br />
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Today’s story represents both priorities:<br />
• The O’Briens, who wrote this story, work with Boise State students and with high schools in that area;<br />
• Jared, who is now in college and involved with Cru, was involved with SV in high school.<br />
We look forward to what God will do through our partnership!<br />
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As Thanksgiving approaches, we remember you with sincere thanks to God for your partnership. We pray that God will fill your heart with all He is and all He does for you, His cherished child.</div><div class="LessonStep top"><h3 class="StepTitle">From High School to College</h3><div class="StepImage"><div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="media_1290465790700.png" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7aJioZkBUSwjyyE4h6T1iaT5RW_XOyjURw9c3FbCuveYKu5Q2kWwbqmkvRkrCvAiXsQUN0G2NwAYt4aaqeaFceIcsRc6YfKLr1b4MsOlvWcAUB467o1Cc-e2daEK95QHBxZUumg/" width="169" /> </div></div><div class="StepInstructions"><span style="color: #233f60;"><i>by </i></span><i><span style="color: #17355c;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/mattobrienboise" target="_blank">Matt and Kim O’Brien</a>, Senior staff reaching HS and College students in So. Idaho</span></i><span style="color: #17355c;"></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Jared first got involved with <a href="http://studentventure.com/" target="_blank">Student Venture</a> before coming to Boise State. Last month, Ryan, after <a href="http://www.everystudent.com/menus/enigmas.html" target="_blank">wrestling through his objections to Christianity</a>, placed his <a href="http://www.everystudent.com/features/gettingconnected.html" target="_blank">faith in Jesus</a> after two years of being influenced by his friend, <a href="http://www.thecrutsingers.com/2010/03/changed-lives-lake-tahoe-summer-project.html" target="_blank">Jared</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">In September, Ryan (pictured at right) came to our <a href="http://www.studentventure.com/conferences/" target="_blank">fall retreat.</a> One of the realities that kept him from surrendering to Jesus was the realization that the decision would result in significant life changes. A couple days after the retreat Ryan sat in his parked car and talked with God. After 45 minutes, he eventually surrendered his life to Jesus!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Since placing his trust in Jesus, Ryan has said: <strong><i>“It’s been awesome! I really needed this. I feel like I need to tell people about this. . . I believe my purpose is to talk with people that others won’t approach.</i></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">A few weeks ago Ryan stood in front of <a href="http://www.studentventureboise.com/" target="_blank">50+ students at our weekly meeting</a> and said, <strong><i>“If you just accepted Christ, you might not feel like you have the ability to spread the Word and share with people. I just want to urge you guys to do it.”</i></strong></span></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">--
Visit <a href="http://thecrutsingers.com/">www.thecrutsingers.com</a> for updates on Howard and Laura Crutsinger's ministry with Cru Global Digital Strategies (Campus Crusade for Christ).
Pioneering the next generation of digital missions by helping people use digital strategies to help others discover Jesus in the far corners of the earth. Our Indigitous movement connects people, strategies and projects in the digital missions space.</div>Howard and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477085981079780205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444498.post-57944166887101385952010-11-15T11:47:00.000-05:002010-11-15T11:47:46.261-05:002010-11 Ministry Update<div class="LessonContent"><div class="LessonSummary">November 2010 Ministry Update - inludes:<br />
1. Cooper getting baptized by daddy. Congrats to and from Dwight Howard.<br />
2. Howard turning 40, Laura turning 35.<br />
3. 67,000 schools, 25 million students</div><div class="LessonStep top"><h3 class="StepTitle">Side 1</h3><div class="StepImage"><img alt="media_1289835783664.png" height="701" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0xwbs5NORGUMSsO3e1BsPb5vpZZArZQNgWMEozOAkZYpLQc62v1ZBdY8zpKE19qCedTBT5b97h0H1sWcdYO5NWcoSsEYBusTGz9bEBDxWhn3QivXBBUq6q6v0_9hHqW3JeZ5Obw/" width="540" /> </div></div><div class="LessonStep top"><h3 class="StepTitle">Side 2</h3><div class="StepImage"><img alt="media_1289835812311.png" height="701" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidDdG-v8Xl5YNRbU_u467V5WIFzMh3UPuDVxzWYL-Xo4d0Dnm6yB-K1mYLw1Gem5h01Gu50SE2wKYgZpPqae7F4pMXIqFegnVjERWbC-zWBZZOL-9yhfHoSXQ4lrazQQ02dR8OLg/" width="540" /> </div></div><div class="LessonStep top"><div class="StepImage"><img alt="media_1289836560311.png" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRbDilasXso6Vm821ys3t4Nk5e9c6xrMr2i7KUt7A1lm9o8tBHGvMIFjyDZJ3r_tyo1NsHJuNQemBHhtHFld2_GMPk2zro9_0OmeGn96i-4fdaPhZ_U6Hc7EZYpe-hjRs7KO1c3g/" width="540" /> </div></div><div class="LessonStep top"><h3 class="StepTitle">Cooper Was Baptized By His Daddy At The Beach (with NBA Orlando Magic’s Dwight Howard)</h3><div class="StepImage"><img alt="media_1289836050773.png" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg0eg9c2qEjCQ0DIu-7Qa4XA_QNQyh4xGlcZPSajXToagVqMYTgkYGiaE5saNzKArqwH3gI7Zv8xvQBaeBGldNi4rliWEx4tmtWzEodChbKakEFGN3y58L_ExFBAZzLUgCrNLRNw/" width="266" /> </div><div class="StepInstructions"><span style="color: #030001;"> Cooper placed his faith in Christ back in January. We’ve read all the way through the bible several times with our boys during our nightly bedtime routine. Every time we’d get to the passages about John The Baptist, Cooper would ask all sorts of questions about baptism. He’s learned that baptism is a public, outward expression of the inward, personal decision to follow Christ. He’s been asking if he could get baptized for some time now, and we believe he was ready. Cooper even asked if I would baptize him!</span><br />
<span style="color: #030001;">On the morning of the big day, he and I had a special time together at McDonalds talking again through the significance of his decision. Then that afternoon, our family along <strong>with 1000 others</strong> from our church, drove the 1.5 hours out to the Atlantic Ocean. The weather was perfect and the waves were big.</span><br />
<span style="color: #030001;">After walking out into the ocean, we knelt in the frigid water with our pastor (Isaac Hunter) at our side. I asked him, <strong>“Cooper, do you believe Jesus Christ is God’s Son?”</strong> and <strong>“Do you believe He died on the cross for the forgiveness of your sins?”</strong> and lastly, <strong>“Is it your desire to follow Christ all the days of your life?”</strong> After saying, “Yes,” I said, “Cooper, I baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.” I leaned him backward into the water as the waves came crashing in.</span><br />
<span style="color: #030001;"><strong>Baptizing Cooper in the presence of our church (Summit Church of Orlando) was one of my greatest honors! Cooper was one of about 100 who got baptized that day!</strong></span></div></div><div class="LessonStep top"><h3 class="StepTitle">NBA All star, Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic got Baptized, too</h3><div class="StepImage"><img alt="media_1289836260223.png" height="738" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgznJ8YojPKz3S0ncAHE1M9LCFLWufUhzV1XZXhQbjE6r4pFKuFwO1Oq9gLQmqM75kcUKSbNtLIozKRL_Ps5VTHorY44HWSGs-4902fJ5pdyDQE9yKMDCovRX3KqQ9egR1rHWtAEg/" width="492" /> </div><div class="StepInstructions"><span style="color: #030001;"> The final person baptized by our 5’ 9” pastor, was <strong>6’ 11” NBA All star, Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic.</strong> Dwight made a profession of faith in Jesus years ago, but only now committed to be baptized. Afterward, Cooper went up to Dwight to congratulate him.</span><br />
<span style="color: #030001;">You can see video and pictures from the day on our gallery website: </span><span style="color: #1900af;"><u><a href="http://gallery.me.com/crutsinger" target="_blank">http://gallery.me.com/crutsinger</a></u></span><br />
</div></div><div class="LessonStep top"><h3 class="StepTitle">Howard Turning 40, Laura 35!</h3><div class="StepImage"><img alt="media_1289836776501.png" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYJtWYUn8olFQqhp9msDX0rzNAJVdAnrm7UxgUkNZ7y7asqMmuglkeVXYy5RDtutlh5U_ASnWkX8INnIw24ozTtbyM1m_Jbyxuo-Jg2I01xLFkU3fo2nBcUqOLsfI2jcXiBI08Kg/" width="226" /> </div><div class="StepInstructions"><span style="color: #030001;"> November 12 is the day Laura and I both share for our birthday. Neither of us like the sound of these pivotal ages. 39 and 34 was much more palatable. Being “a couple in our thirties” is no longer a description I can use! I guess it is time to grow up... Naaa...</span><br />
</div></div><div class="LessonStep top"><h3 class="StepTitle">67,000 schools, 25 million students...</h3><div class="StepImage"><img alt="media_1289836904765.png" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQBNrH2YBwIHYSHvKfbEb_aWHoj_SLiUF6LAYsK7CwGX2JvPQtb7sJk1Nv7COjzr0IMgpaBLQ6-0y_bVcZJVWBWNnk1PbFOXC8FzBK4c8uf5boK5cmWie6GCbjsI9B3gJszcMA_Q/" width="503" /> </div><div class="StepInstructions"><span style="color: #030001;"> The goal is to give <strong>every student</strong> at <strong>every school</strong> the chance to hear about and see God’s love and forgiveness in action.</span><br />
<span style="color: #030001;">Humanly speaking, it seems impossible. In America alone there are <strong>67,000 schools with nearly 25 million high school and middle school students.</strong> Around the world there are millions more. It may be seem zealous to have such a lofty scope, but the mission of reaching out to every person in every part of the world is God’s idea.</span></div></div><div class="LessonStep top"><div class="StepImage"><img alt="media_1289836972973.png" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg8OiL3iQjpoq0m_aUyz7J16kPZ7O_jzsuAT_ZtnzVd_piS3WkvLpEzssjjhlybCDf2hKpoF0u5Vot8Ezjtr4OoF-BaksxrePPHt0GWl2KK42Fp0ceyZh1ewXFDgLnf9gP_BdHmg/" width="129" /> </div><div class="StepInstructions"><span style="color: #030001;">Moments before His departure Jesus gave his followers this specific directive: “Go into the whole world and preach the good news to everyone, everywhere.” Mark 16:15 (TLB), and in Matthew 28:18-20: “Go and make disciples in every nation.” This charge, given by Jesus to all Christians for all time, is called the Great Commission.</span><br />
</div></div><div class="LessonStep top"><div class="StepImage"><img alt="media_1289837024726.png" height="47" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLFlZHmh1W1vtg8Sd3MfANBsTZYxxrWxqG2AiNXvq8SdQ3eGtkObWhU3WiWnCRneaVtUkMdx3ICGxZkLE5oe9sl-GpMAHH6TkuXA3bE2p-vw1xJGxqw-Z1YNja7v-1B2uhakseDA/" width="243" /> </div><div class="StepInstructions"><span style="color: #030001;"><strong>I represented Student Venture at the Campus Alliance Summit</strong> in Kansas City, MO, a partnership of youth leaders, students, organizations and church denominations. Every few years, SV does an analysis of where the body of Christ stands on reaching youth around the United States. We pool stats from <strong>Youth for Christ, Young Life, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Youth Alive (Assemblies of God), Southern Baptists, Student Venture, and Moms in Touch</strong> to show where God is at work in the local middle and high schools in America. It is exciting to see that there are 21,000 ministry locations targeting young people for Christ. Please pray the Campus Alliance can help foster partnerships between campus based ministries and strategize how to reach <strong>almost 10,000 middle and high schools that still do not currently have an effective outreach.</strong></span><br />
</div></div><div class="LessonStep top"><h3 class="StepTitle">Appreciating Your Partnership</h3><div class="StepInstructions"><span style="color: #030001;">This is not an easy journey leading in ministry. Your prayers and support help sustain us. Please pray Isaiah 40:29-31 over us: ”He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”</span></div></div><div class="LessonStep top"><h3 class="StepTitle">It is a joy for us to serve along side you,</h3><div class="StepImage"><img alt="media_1289837198084.png" height="34" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8VUDhaoEQQcK6fwvlUEbyjLxClxeyLe76SGhVaraB3pwPgNmVScX7AjSUGU_PLbOIAiWSNGoRRv-3eWksZUWlFesQ8kfPVjA1ilXVGooDeauN00BYtQdpBL5ONjNbE8d8EN7Ilw/" width="159" /> </div><div class="StepInstructions"></div></div><div class="LessonStep top"><div class="StepImage"><img alt="media_1289837320270.png" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivPQqgMf60TcNr29cv_pL18XEsrUFAqko7JsIHRfEZq6kiDqn2UK0_thTPpe2VkxVlT_-rFD-mAJit6OlBYEa86DsEAdxRepPy6U0gHwE29zUAs_VMAEEGKpWRVqc-w6k62T0EkA/" width="540" /> </div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">--
Visit <a href="http://thecrutsingers.com/">www.thecrutsingers.com</a> for updates on Howard and Laura Crutsinger's ministry with Cru Global Digital Strategies (Campus Crusade for Christ).
Pioneering the next generation of digital missions by helping people use digital strategies to help others discover Jesus in the far corners of the earth. Our Indigitous movement connects people, strategies and projects in the digital missions space.</div>Howard and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477085981079780205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444498.post-14762952201381715132010-09-14T16:25:00.000-05:002010-09-14T16:25:43.343-05:00Changed Lives :: Carrollton Discipleship Chain Continues<a href="http://essentials.ccci.org/">Multiplication</a> is in the forefront of our minds as we go about God's work. In fact, it is one of our three critical path steps (along with Launch and Involve) in reaching students. If staff were solely responsible for sharing Christ, then some students would hear. But when staff <a href="http://www.gocampus.org/modx/index.php?id=100">multiply themselves</a> through students and the students <a href="http://www.gocampus.org/modx/index.php?id=100">multiply themselves</a> through other students, then we have many more students hearing about the love and grace of Christ – that's multiplication.<br />
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Example of <a href="http://www.gocampus.org/modx/index.php?id=100">multiplication</a>: we see students sharing their faith with other students, who share their faith with other students, and so on. God knew about "pyramid strategies" long before "pyramid schemes" came along!<br />
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While you probably will never meet these girls, you have played a role in their salvation - and <a href="http://www.gocampus.org/modx/index.php?id=100">multiplication</a> - by your obedience to God and your partnership with us. We thank you.<br />
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At the heart of this ministry, we are trusting God, by His Spirit, for <a href="http://www.gocampus.org/modx/index.php?id=100">spiritual multiplication among high school students</a>.<br />
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Through your prayers and partnership, and by the power of the Holy Spirit, the Lord is raising up <a href="http://www.thecrutsingers.com/2008/12/chain-of-discipleshp-december-prayer.html">discipleship chains at Newman Smith High School. </a>For example . . .<br />
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<b>Sasha</b> (volleyball captain and NSHS class of 2007), became a SV student leader and began to disciple <b>Rani</b>, who shared her testimony at an <a href="http://www.gocampus.org/modx/index.php?id=62">outreach</a>.<br />
. . <b>Rani</b> (volleyball captain and class of 2010), began to disciple <b>Hanna</b>.<br />
. . . <b>Hanna</b> (varsity basketball player, class of 2011), began to mentor her younger sister <b>Maddie</b><br />
. . . . <b>Maddie</b> (varsity volleyball player, class of 2013) had an opportunity to lead her friend <b>Kathryn</b> to Christ at <a href="http://www.studentventure.com/conferences/">Fastbreak 2010</a><br />
. . . . . <b>Jenna</b> (current volleyball captain and class of 2011), discipled by <b>Sasha</b>, is planning a volleyball <a href="http://www.gocampus.org/modx/index.php?id=62">outreach</a> this semester.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsGqMC3BAhFkAtJyh9twff7yU_Z4yyRm768LFS9k5_YZKjebdtuJK0UgGs_aHbTUh4Jakwx6EFFV5-Bq9_sPYUQP6MNy8JfW1yPb13duqaOAVEgT8RpBIoX73UTWEJHGk9mY89vg/s1600/GirlOnChair.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsGqMC3BAhFkAtJyh9twff7yU_Z4yyRm768LFS9k5_YZKjebdtuJK0UgGs_aHbTUh4Jakwx6EFFV5-Bq9_sPYUQP6MNy8JfW1yPb13duqaOAVEgT8RpBIoX73UTWEJHGk9mY89vg/s320/GirlOnChair.jpg" /></a></div>Through <a href="http://www.gocampus.org/modx/assets/resources/connecting.swf">sharing their faith individually</a> and at group <a href="http://www.gocampus.org/modx/index.php?id=62">outreaches</a>, these girls have seen many students give their lives to Christ in the past three years, and then have been actively involved in mentoring these young Christians.<br />
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All it takes is one student who leads another to Christ and disciples them for a year, and then the next year those two students each lead another to Christ and disciples them. Soon, thousands of students have accepted Christ as their Lord and Savior and are discipling others to do the same.<br />
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Please pray that this budding multiplication chain would continue to grow and bear much fruit and give great glory to God!<div class="blogger-post-footer">--
Visit <a href="http://thecrutsingers.com/">www.thecrutsingers.com</a> for updates on Howard and Laura Crutsinger's ministry with Cru Global Digital Strategies (Campus Crusade for Christ).
Pioneering the next generation of digital missions by helping people use digital strategies to help others discover Jesus in the far corners of the earth. Our Indigitous movement connects people, strategies and projects in the digital missions space.</div>Howard and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477085981079780205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444498.post-67188613460693879022010-03-29T16:44:00.000-05:002010-03-29T16:44:10.263-05:00Changed Lives :: Coaching Center<div class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9XL2aMLNbMt0r1AjpIWWXB2Vd3rqFfoVd9KtKuF54FxI3u8SJt94RVmhx2U5UzzFt-IgguTLim13TQ_Ox11zvg48j_mvV2eREI1us1RxpDb7THQoB-DNq1HP-okeoQYbpT7fuwQ/s1600/image003%5B3%5D-778828.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454172432361160258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9XL2aMLNbMt0r1AjpIWWXB2Vd3rqFfoVd9KtKuF54FxI3u8SJt94RVmhx2U5UzzFt-IgguTLim13TQ_Ox11zvg48j_mvV2eREI1us1RxpDb7THQoB-DNq1HP-okeoQYbpT7fuwQ/s320/image003%5B3%5D-778828.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><i>The <a href="http://www.gocampus.org/">SV Coaching Center</a> is comprised of staff who work via long distance with volunteers who wish to begin Student Venture in their area. The Coaches train these volunteers, <a href="http://www.gocampus.org/preview/start.pdf">teaching them how to do ministry with high school students, and walking through the challenges, joys and “how-tos”</a>. These staff offer years of experience to help guide and teach those who have no experience but who do have a heart for high school students. This strategy is a way for ministry to happen in areas where Student Venture does not have staff.<br />
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<i>Once again, we delight is God’s creativity in reaching people’s hearts.<br />
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<i>Your support is important in reaching teenagers in whatever way God leads us. You are a vital part of this ministry, and we value your involvement.</i> <i> </i> <br />
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<span style="color: #1f497d;">And the Beat goes On<br />
</span></b><span style="color: #244061;">by <a href="http://www.facebook.com/sliversv">Scott Livermore</a>, <a href="http://www.gocampus.org/">SV Coaching Center</a></span> <br />
The heartbeat is a sign of life. It can also be used as a metaphor for passion. In Melissa’s case, I think it captures both of these ideas.<br />
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“All I have thought about since my seventh grade year was to do what Lindsey did with us.” The heart of Melissa was captured not as much by the solid biblical interaction she received from her high school-aged spiritual mentor, but more that a peer cared enough about her and her friends to invest their life in them. Move forward to her sophomore year in high school, Melissa began to meet with 2 seventh grade girls who would be the core of what now consists of more than 10 girls. When she told her story to the girls, about how a high school student invested in her, the girls said that they too want to lead younger women when they get to high school. Recently, one of the girls took a first step in that direction.<br />
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Kacy, an eighth grader and a basketball player, invited the team to her house. They had food and interacted with one another after practice and then Kacy shared how she trusted Christ as her Savior and encouraged her friends to do the same. Afterwards, Melissa stood up and shared how the girls could place their faith in Christ. Eight of the girls who attended indicated that they trusted Christ and several others have asked to get together and talk more about the content of the meeting!<br />
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Melissa’s heartbeat for discipleship was fostered by the heart of her teenage mentor. And it is Melissa’s heartbeat that has placed some of those seeds in the heart of Kacy and the rest of her girls. It appears those seeds are being nurtured and will soon bloom into a new generation of spiritual laborers.<br />
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And the beat goes on.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">--
Visit <a href="http://thecrutsingers.com/">www.thecrutsingers.com</a> for updates on Howard and Laura Crutsinger's ministry with Cru Global Digital Strategies (Campus Crusade for Christ).
Pioneering the next generation of digital missions by helping people use digital strategies to help others discover Jesus in the far corners of the earth. Our Indigitous movement connects people, strategies and projects in the digital missions space.</div>Howard and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477085981079780205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11444498.post-43633986917458950052010-03-23T08:50:00.000-05:002010-03-23T08:50:01.673-05:00Changed Lives :: Indianapolis<div class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk_PfpImyDrTgJ0PpOXq4dyxorzUiI_hWBeSW3-e033yxP_g2cAHZRp21Oa3AaRq1WyaQXOMsZhmQnzoG_mLeCTX9sVi3bHmRfdBLJfqLg0kiAL8bIsLybXEIi7Tv7NyFy9X7pzw/s1600-h/image006%5B2%5D-765352.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451823461190482770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk_PfpImyDrTgJ0PpOXq4dyxorzUiI_hWBeSW3-e033yxP_g2cAHZRp21Oa3AaRq1WyaQXOMsZhmQnzoG_mLeCTX9sVi3bHmRfdBLJfqLg0kiAL8bIsLybXEIi7Tv7NyFy9X7pzw/s320/image006%5B2%5D-765352.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><i>Over the years we have been sharing these stories, you may realize we take all opportunities to get in front of students so they know who our staff are and hopefully become interested in <a href="http://studentventure.com/">Student Venture</a>.</i> <i> </i> <i>Holding an event with a “Love” focus is right down a high schooler’s alley – especially the girls! So staff around the country use Valentines to gather students and share the Gospel.</i> <i> </i> <i>Today’s story is about a Valentine’s event and the students who attended. God will use any method to draw students to Himself, and our staff try to listen and be obedient to His leading.</i> <i> </i> <i>Thank you for your obedience to partner with <a href="http://studentventure.com/">Student Venture</a>. We are blessed by you!</i> <br />
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<span style="color: #244061;">Love. It's a topic that everyone is interested in, and it is a great topic to bridge to the gospel. In February, we held our annual Amazing Date outreach where we played our version of the Newlywed game and gave a $50 date package to the winner. There were 50 to 60 people who came to play the game or watch their friends play it. <br />
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Mr. Johnson (the school choir director) shared a little about how God designed our romantic relationships to be and how to carefully navigate the treacherous roads of dating. He is a well respected teacher at the school, so his genuine vulnerability on this topic was very much appreciated by the students</span> <span style="color: #244061;"> </span> <span style="color: #244061;">About half of the people that came were new; ten said they wanted to get more involved and three said they wanted to start a relationship with Christ!</span> <span style="color: #244061;"> </span> <span style="color: #244061;">Please be praying for these people as we follow them up, and get them plugged in with our meetings and small groups.</span> <span style="color: #244061;"> </span> <span style="color: #244061;">Thank you so much for helping us reach these teens who desperately need Jesus!</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">--
Visit <a href="http://thecrutsingers.com/">www.thecrutsingers.com</a> for updates on Howard and Laura Crutsinger's ministry with Cru Global Digital Strategies (Campus Crusade for Christ).
Pioneering the next generation of digital missions by helping people use digital strategies to help others discover Jesus in the far corners of the earth. Our Indigitous movement connects people, strategies and projects in the digital missions space.</div>Howard and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477085981079780205noreply@blogger.com0