Summer was full of exciting stories and opportunities for our students both at home and abroad. Meanwhile, Christian Union faculty have been preparing for the coming year. At the start of August, we gathered together for a week-long retreat of training and spiritual revitalization aptly titled Momentum. Now Fall has come, bringing blessings and challenges.
We’re excitedly preparing for our PreRetreat where we will join our student leaders for a time of refreshing in the Lord, deepening the bonds of community, and training for our Freshmen Welcoming Campaign! Our students will be challenged to reach out with the message of the gospel and to pursue friendships with as many incoming Freshmen as possible. Many Christian Freshmen simply don’t know that they need Christian community and don’t think to seek it out. This is why we must go to them! Our prayer is that no Christian student falls away and misses out on spiritual growth during their Princeton years - and that every student has an invitation to Christian community. We aim to be like the Good Shepherd, leaving the ninety-nine to seek out and find the one!
We’ve already connected with many Freshmen over the Summer through an exciting social media outreach, where our upper-classmen seek out and befriend incoming students before they set foot on campus. As Freshmen have now officially moved in and are attending orientation events and meeting new students, they will be overwhelmed with opportunities, some for good, and plenty for ill. We are praying that these precious souls would not be led astray, and that many would come to know the saving grace of Jesus Christ.
Please pray:
- That our Pre-Retreat would be a powerful time for our student leaders - that fellowship would be sweet, training and planning would be engaging, and that our students would be filled with the Holy Spirit!
- That no Christian Freshman would fall away or get lost in the shuffle and that many non-Christians would come to believe in Jesus. Lord, let your Kingdom come!
God is using your prayers to help grow the ministry at CU Nova and develop future Christian leaders. It would be a blessing if you would consider a gift to help continue the work God is doing at CU Nova on the campus of Princeton University. If you are led to donate, you can use the secured link!
https://www.christianunion.org/cornerstone/nova
Mike Vincent
Ministry Fellow
Christian Union Nova
Please note: if you would like to receive regular updates on how to pray for Christian Union's work at Princeton, please email prayer@christianunion.org.
