June 2021

Dear CU Gloria Cornerstone Partners and friends of the ministry,

Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the LORD, saying, “I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea. The LORD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him. The LORD is a man of war; the LORD is his name.” -Exodus 15:1–3

Moses said those words in Exodus 15 after experiencing the deliverance of the Lord from the Egyptians, as a song of praise to the God who sees, saves, and provides for his people. We are grateful for God’s continued provision for our students, whom He has sustained this spring, our student leaders, whom God has continued to give vision to, and our ministry fellows, who have continued to serve and lead faithfully through a challenging season. We are ultimately grateful for God’s decisive act of deliverance in history through the life, death, resurrection, and ascension of Christ, where He reconciled us to himself by grace through faith and freed us from the power and penalty of sin. Hallelujah! With the spring semester now officially over and the commencement for the class of 2021 having concluded virtually, it is now time to turn our attention to the summer. Many students will be on campus during the next few months, doing research, taking classes, and perhaps making up for some lost time with friends.

We will be starting a summer Bible study on the book of Exodus during the months of June and July, where our students will continue to gather, fellowship, and study the Bible together. While the summers can generally be a little quieter, many of our student leaders are busy preparing for the fall. Many ministry team leaders are already drawing up plans for what outreach, Doxa, discipleship, and other components of ministry will look like as we regather in person in just a few short months. The staff will be keeping busy as well, continuing to disciple students, coach leaders, and engage in some professional development.

Please join us in praying for:

• A fruitful Exodus Bible study, that many students would attend and be impacted.
• A rich and effective summer of planning for the fall semester.
• Rest and rejuvenation for the ministry staff and the student leaders—that the Lord would refresh them and fill them with vision.

Thank you for your continued prayers and support, and may we all declare together with the song of Moses “The LORD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.”

Fady Ghobrial
Ministry Fellow
Christian Union Gloria