Jake Abraham is the new Executive Director for the City ministry of Cru. Get to know him a little better by listening to us talk about everything from football to Advent.

While this is my farewell episode of Listener podcast, I'd love to connect with you in the future at [email protected].

Peace & Love,

Sam

Her dream was to work as a journalist in the entertainment industry, and now Marilette Sanchez is a mom of five ministering to young families in Brooklyn alongside her husband. Listen as she tells more of her story, including losing her father and embarking on a mental health journey during the pandemic.

Cas Monaco is an executive director with Cru City. She is a missiologist and theologian who is passionate about forging new paths to help people discover their place in God's story. Join us as we discuss narrative approaches to evangelism and how the pandemic has narrowed many of our realities from the many to the one.

connect with Cas at CasMonaco.com

CJ Neal serves as a team leader for the high school and middle school ministries of Cru in the greater Indianapolis, Indiana area. A native of Indianapolis, CJ enjoys the opportunity to serve the same communities that shaped him from his youth. Over the last 25 years (17 on staff with Cru), CJ has spoken to, served in and advised many churches, schools and organizations in the Indianapolis area and beyond.

There are over 900 references to trees in the Bible! Who cares? We do! Cru City staff Elizabeth McKinney and I talk about Matthew Sleeth's book 'Reforesting Faith' and Jesus' invitation for us to care about the trees in our backyard.

Chris Ghubril is a Campus Team Leader in Tuscon and the West Coast Cross-Cultural Training Coordinator; his story as a bicultural Lebanese-American played into the development of the I am From Cultural Conversation cards, a fresh evangelism tool from Cru.

Listen as Asako Lee of the West Coast Campus Mobilization Team shares her unique bicultural perspective on summer missions.

Michele Davis of the Cru MPD (Ministry Partner Development) Team explains what fundraising has to do with flourishing, and what challenges and opportunities have arisen during the pandemic.

resources mentioned: The Minority Experience by Adrian Pei

CU Boulder campus staff Jenny Logan met students on Instagram years before the pandemic; listen in as she explains how she uses it now more than ever!

(Cru staff: to access Jenny's excellent video training, visit the US Campus Forum Group on Workplace)

Cru staff Derrick Grow shares what it's been like to live and do ministry in Minneapolis, since the death of George Floyd.