Braid- Prayer, Justice, and Witness

The braid is a term we have coined at SSU's IVCF chapter. The braid reflects three key components of ministry that we feel are necessary and reflect Jesus' ministry while here on earth. Prayer, Justice, and Witness. Please see how the braid was lived out this month on campus!

On my last post I talked about the week of prayer we were planning. It was an amazing week of seeing 10-20 students every day come together to pray for the students, campus, community, and world. I was able to help out with the prayer bead day. Students could come up and make a prayer bracelet reminding them to pray for different things going on in their lives and around the world.

I'm thankful for the ways that students engaged in new styles of prayer, that they took on the responsibility of planning an outreach to the campus centered around prayer, and that students were able to pray with and for their friends that don't know Jesus.

I am thankful for all the prayers and support each of you give to me and this ministry. Prayer is so important in the transformation of lives. Thank you for your prayers.


After the week of prayer, we had a week of service! Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday nights students gathered to make blankets, talk about God's heart for the poor, and pray for those in our community who would be receiving the blankets. On Thursday night at Nexus we had a special worship night that focused on how God is calling us to serve others on this campus, community, and world. Then on Friday night students had the opportunity to hand out the blankets in downtown Santa Rosa at a homeless shelter. Great conversations happened as students took risks in loving and serving people that they often have misconceptions or judgments of.

Because of this week there are now close to 10 students that are serving at the local food bank on a weekly basis, 40 students who are giving up a Friday night to serve in the tenderloin of San Francisco on Dec. 5, and close to 50 students interested in a summer mission project! God has a huge heart for serving those in our community that go unnoticed or unloved. I'm thankful for the ways that students hearts now break for those people as well.

GIGs are one way that students are able to meet with their non-Christian friends to talk about Jesus. A Group Investigating God (GIG) is a place where non-Christians can bring their questions and thoughts as they look at the life of Jesus from one of the 4 gospels. There were many students that had fears about asking their friends to do a GIG, but after spending time in prayer and training there were about 10 GIGs going on where close to 20 non-Christians were weekly looking into the life of Jesus!

I'm thankful for the faithfulness of the Christian men and women who continue to invite and talk about Jesus with their Non-Christian friends. And I'm thankful for the non-Christians who said yes to learning more about Jesus!

We also got to celebrate and praise God as 2 students, Sarah and Mike, said yes to following Jesus for this first time this last month! Praise God for the fruit that we have seen as men and women have been speaking and witnessing the truth of who Jesus is!