The 2023-2024 academic year has come to a close here at Cornell University, and Christian Union Vita has been blessed to see the Lord work in so many ways!
It’s hard to believe how fast this year has gone! Our student leaders did incredible work all year long in reaching out to students and welcoming them in, helping students to find both a warm Christian community and a place where they could be challenged to grow into the Christian leaders God has called each of them to be. While several of our current leaders have graduated and are moving on, I am excited to say that the next academic year’s group of student leaders are already taking charge and implementing plans to begin reaching out to incoming students over the summer. These students are laying the groundwork to make sure Christian Union Vita hits the ground running when the semester starts this August!
I am also proud of our Christian Union Vita staff. Ministry fellow Liz Thomforde and Mott Center Manager/Ministry Fellow Lea Ann Buckley have done an extraordinary job this year in teaching and mentoring students, as well as coaching our ministry teams to be as effective as they have been. It would be impossible to accomplish all that we have without this great faculty, and I am so proud of them.
I am most excited about the nine students who put their faith in Christ this year as the result of our ministry. I had the privilege of baptizing these students in the cold waters of Cayuga Lake (at their insistence!) as the semester wrapped up. Join me in praying for them as they continue their walk with the Lord!
But I need your help. The ministry needs are greater than ever, and that means the financial costs of ministry have also grown significantly. Would you consider giving extra, perhaps even sacrificially, to the work we are doing here at CU Vita?
Your financial support will not only make an impact for the 2024-25 academic year, but will literally make an eternal impact as we are able to not only continue ministry at the present level, but grow as the Lord brings more and more students our way. Thank you for what you already do to support CU Vita, and for your consideration of giving additionally as the Lord leads and blesses you.
If you have any questions about the work of CU Vita, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me directly. I would be happy to speak with you.
Pressing On,
Marcus Buckley, D. Min
Marcus.Buckley@christianunion.org
Ministry Director, Christian Union Vita
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