tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69214088016554872772024-02-20T18:26:13.398-08:00Cru OmahaThe Middle School and High School Ministry of Cru (Campus Crusade for Christ)Gary and Cherry Warrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08348427193789115050noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921408801655487277.post-37734415362996928202019-06-10T12:29:00.002-07:002019-06-10T13:08:42.032-07:00Cru Summer Kick-off<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Cru Omaha looks a bit different during the summer. Instead of meeting in classrooms on campuses or in students' homes, you'll find students gathering together in the evenings at a coffee shop in North Omaha, or in various homes in Washington County. And, it all started in late May with our annual Summer Kick-off!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Students came from Omaha and Washington County to a beautiful acreage outside of Omaha, for fun, food, games, and a challenge to spend their summer well! The rain sent us indoors to a large recreation room for part of the event ...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After hot dogs & chips out on the covered decks, they enjoyed table games before the inspirational part of the evening.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What a joy it was to hear one of our Fort Calhoun students share how she came to a personal relationship with Jesus, and how her involvement with Cru matured her, and gave her opportunity to develop her leadership skills as a student leader.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We also heard from several graduating seniors ... from Omaha North HS, Omaha Central HS, and also an exchange student who had attended Fort Calhoun HS. It was so exciting to hear of life-change, and also of an exchange student coming to a personal relationship with Jesus just in the past month through his connections with Cru. Right before he returns to his country of origin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Another exciting part of the evening was to hear from three visiting Burke HS students, who joined us for the first time. They are hoping to redirect their current club movement on their campus into a Cru club this next school year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Jake led the group in a final challenge to make their summer count in even deeper ways than before as they meet together to grow in their faith, and to focus on building into the lives of others.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The rain had lifted by then, and we headed back outdoors for some more games, and also s'mores! And then, off to the beginning of Cru Summer!</span></div>
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<br />Gary and Cherry Warrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08348427193789115050noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921408801655487277.post-52844933462992259812019-06-06T10:21:00.000-07:002019-06-10T10:23:35.281-07:00School Year 2018-2019<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It has been an eventful year and a busy year as staff and volunteers with Cru Omaha! So much so, that we have not even been able to take the time to post very often here! We'll share a few photos here to capture some of what has been happening this year, along with a collection of quotes from students during this past school year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(The quotes shared will be a random selection from students at our various campuses, not necessarily related to the specific photos themselves.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"Cru has helped me strengthen my relationship with God. Before I joined Cru, I was sad, lost, and lonely. But now I have found love in God and in a family with the Cru members."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"Listening to Ron (Cru volunteer) makes me feel like there's hope ... helps me understand life."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"Cru helps me get involved with other students and come closer to God in a place where He is not always welcome."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"I am taking my first steps into Christianity, and being a part of Cru has unlocked realizations I do not think I will find elsewhere."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"I like Cru because it's an opportunity to be a light to my peers, and it reminds me how great God is."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"Cru has been an amazing opportunity to access the gospel on my high school campus. It allows students to grow through deeper connections with believers and nonbelievers and start gospel centered conversations at our school."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"I learn about God at Cru and I can talk to people here."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"School doesn't teach about Christ. Cru let's you talk about Christ with your peers on campus."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"Cru helps me to come near to the Lord and to trust that He's always there for me."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"I like Cru because it gives the youth a chance to learn about God and the Bible."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"Cru has helped me understand and apply the Bible to my life."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"When I first started coming to Cru I didn't have much of an understanding of what Christianity was and</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"Cru has been huge in developing me as a leader and in my faith."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"Cru has helped me by teaching me about God. Thank you."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"Coming to Cru enriches my knowledge and understanding of God's Word. I'm glad to have Christian friends who have the same passion for Jesus as I do who are my age."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"Cru has shown me what my place is in God."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Please pray for the students in these photos, and those represented by the quotes that we have collected from this past school year. We are so grateful for all that God has done in students' lives! </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We love our volunteers! As a small staff team of three, we continually are so grateful for the 20+ volunteers that work alongside us. And it's probably safe to say that </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Cru Omaha would not be able to exist without the dedicated volunteers God has blessed us with.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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Gary and Cherry Warrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08348427193789115050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921408801655487277.post-45829436299002930032019-02-18T09:37:00.002-08:002019-02-18T09:39:20.038-08:00Snapshots of Cru Omaha Students<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A photo collection of some of our Cru students from the past few months ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It happens every fall ... we gather up students and drive to a beautiful country home on the edge of Omaha for a Cru Harvest Party! An amazing couple from our church opens up their spacious place for students to escape from the city, and enjoy a taste of country for fall fun and inspiration.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This year some of the students from four of our Cru area campuses gathered together on Friday evening, Nov. 2nd. They came from Central High, North High, South High, and Fort Calhoun High. It's always a treat to get students together from our various Cru campuses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was a cold night, weather wise ... colder than usual for this event. But the games and food, the warmth of friendship around the fire pits, and the light of God's awesome and powerful love shared together, filled us up and made a lasting impression. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It was a beautiful fall day to pick up two Cru staff friends from the airport. Scott flew in from Denver, and Nicole from Dallas. The next day we were joined by Bill from Orlando. It was a special few days together. We love how our Cru leaders like to stay in close touch with staff around the country, visiting when they can, and always, bringing encouragement and helpful ideas. Scott, and also Nicole are our new regional Mission Directors, overseeing and also offering their help to our staff team here in Omaha. Bill is from our Cru headquarters in Orlando, and gives oversight (along with others) to our team here, as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Several years ago, God drew me (Gary) to search out the location of an Omaha inner city high school that I knew about but that wasn't on any of the major streets of the city. As I drove into the parking lot one afternoon when school was just getting out, around 1,500 racially diverse students were pouring out of every door into the parking lot, milling around and piling into waiting school buses and parents' cars. God gripped my heart deeply as the words of Jesus came to mind, 'they were like sheep without a shepherd'. I prayed through tears that God would allow us to bring Cru to that campus.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A few years later, several teachers at that Omaha North High campus began gathering for prayer weekly before school to pray for God to do a work on their campus.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">One year ago Tim, a North High football player was being mentored by Daniel, his youth pastor. As they were meeting one day during summer break, Daniel suggested they go to Tim's high school campus and pray for God to start something for Christ there during that next school year. Not knowing all that might mean, Tim nervously agreed, and they did so. (All these people in this story were active in our church, Citylight, but none of us knew how God was drawing each of us to focus prayer on the same thing.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">About the time school was starting last fall, I was contacted by Phil, the outreach pastor of Citylight, who sensed God's leading to reach out to area high schools with the gospel by bringing in a former NFL Running Back, Wm Green, now an evangelist. The plan was to get him into high schools to share his dynamic story at school assemblies during the day and have an evening outreach where students could return and hear the rest of his story, which would include the gospel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Phil knew of my contacts with Omaha high schools so he contacted me for help. This began a cycle of events where in February last winter, Wm Green spoke in three area high schools and at an evening outreach at Omaha North High with 30 students praying to trust in Christ! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This resulted in an opportunity to start Cru at North the following week, with the help of several of the teachers there who had been meeting for prayer for several years, and also with Tim's help, our key student leader there at North! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As we met weekly for the rest of the spring semester, Tim's energy for seeing God work grew and he began taking more and more leadership motivating and encouraging others. In June, we made it possible for Tim to attend Cru's Summer Conference in the Rockies, where his passion to reach his peers skyrocketed and he avidly soaked in Cru's training to share his faith. And now he is so ready to do so on campus this fall as he starts his senior year there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As we were writing this post, Cru students and teachers were inviting North High freshman to Cru North at a Cru booth on the first day of school! Fifty students signed up at the booth, indicating interest in coming to a Cru North meeting!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">God has made it obvious to all of us that He has definite plans to do a significant work in the lives of Omaha North High students. Please pray that all that He has planned will become a reality!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On June 27 these seven boarded an airplane in Omaha, and flew to Chicago, where they met up with three other Cru staff members, and thirteen other college and high school students from across the country. Together, they took a 23-hour journey to Arusha, Tanzania.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And also, please pray for the team as they have returned back to the U.S. on July 29th. They saw God create a strong bond between them as they served, and they learned much as they learned more and lived out the gospel individually, as a team, and as they served others. They will always remember all that God did while in Tanzania, in bringing many students to know God, and also in what He did in their own lives individually and as a team. </span></div>
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<br />Gary and Cherry Warrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08348427193789115050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921408801655487277.post-67508474565003366092018-07-31T13:06:00.001-07:002018-07-31T13:06:29.780-07:00Cru Summer Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The summer is flying by, and schools will be starting up in just a few short weeks from now. <i>Please pray </i>for us as staff as we meet with our volunteers, and students leaders, making plans and praying for another school year. We're also finishing up with the Cru Summer emphasis, as well as welcoming back staff members Jake & Chelsea, and some of our students who went on a month-long mission to Tanzania, Africa, with other Cru students from across the U.S. </span></div>
Gary and Cherry Warrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08348427193789115050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921408801655487277.post-1775138715475256952018-06-25T13:31:00.000-07:002018-07-31T13:33:41.497-07:00Summer Conference<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The students came back very excited from all that they had learned, as well as from all the fun that they had. One of these students shared his thoughts ...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A change of pace from the weekly student meetings on each campus during the school year ... but a continued gathering of students!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In our Cru Omaha area students are gathering in two locations throughout the summer: in a Scooter's coffee shop meeting room in Omaha, and in a student's home in Washington County. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are excited for what God will do in the lives of students over the summer months! The students are going through a nationwide discipleship training called "Summer Connect". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We're thankful for our volunteers, and also our student leaders as they are taking leadership in this summer program. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Please pray for each student who will be impacted to follow Jesus more closely, and who will be developing a heart for serving others ... all within an atmosphere of fun and connection with each other throughout the summer months. The summer months can be a powerful time of training and gearing up for a very fruitful new school year in the fall.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our first assembly began at 8 am at North High with about 250-300 students. They were captivated by Wm Green's story of overcoming adversity and the way he illustrated his points using strength demonstrations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Next were similar assemblies at Central High with about 200 invited athletes attending, and Northwest High with about 500 from selected classes attending.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In each of the assemblies Wm Green challenged the students to bring the biggest student they could find to the evening assembly and they would get a prize if he couldn't do the push up with that student on his back. So, with that challenge, the promise of free pizza and hearing the rest of his story, he invited students to the evening event at North High School.</span></div>
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We were hoping for more than the roughly 200 students and 50 adults in attendance in the evening, but yet, it was a great evening! The biggest student was from Central High and was almost too heavy for Wm Green to push up. But on the third try, he raised the student all the way up which gained him a lot of respect from the students, particularly the athletes!</div>
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The students were very attentive as Wm Green shared how he came to know Christ, explaining the gospel in very clear terms. At the end he invited students to raise their hands if they were ready to place their trust in Christ. Then with a last challenge he asked them and others to stand to indicate publicly that this was their desire. Praise God, about 35 students stood! And although he didn't ask them to come forward, when he said he was going to lead them in a prayer to receive Christ, many of them did walk forward anyway. It was a holy moment and a great climax to a great day!</div>
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Each student in attendance was given a flyer inviting them back the following Tuesday for our first Cru meeting on the North High campus for more free pizza and a follow up in what it means to follow Christ. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In photo above, twenty-five students attended the first Cru weekly meeting of the new school year. Here a student who came to know Jesus at our Cru Summer Conference in The Rockes is eagerly sharing his story with his peers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A record number of 35 students showed up for the annual back-to-school lake party held each September for Cru South students! It was a cooler day, but they were still excited to gather at a nearby lakehouse owned by a former faculty member.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We pray for many more students to come to know Jesus, and for much growth and discipleship to happen throughout this next school year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Please pray for these students as they meet each Monday evening in a students' home for their weekly Cru meetings. Jake (staff) and Abby (volunteer) disciple and train several student leaders who in turn take leadership in leading their peers to know and follow Jesus.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Time for another school year of Cru! Schools started up in August, and on Friday, Sept. 8th, students from one of our seven campuses, Omaha Central High School, held their official Fall Kick-Off event! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After enjoying good food, and taking part in some fun games, they heard the amazing story of a guest from India (left in photo above), as she shared how she came to know Jesus while she was a college student in India. Her impactful story touched all of us, and was very motivating for each of our students at the start of another school year of following after Jesus.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our Cru Summer program ... college student volunteers, coached by Jake, led weekly meetings with high school students in Washington County. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our Cru Omaha staff team traveled to Fort Collins, CO, in July for the biennial conference for all Cru staff. This photo was taken on the 50th Year Celebration Picnic for all Cru High staff!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our amazing Cru volunteers at Marrs Middle School in Omaha started up another school year of weekly meetings with students in mid-October. Forty (and even up to seventy) students flood into a classroom after school once each week for fun, snacks, and the opportunity to learn gospel truth and how the love of Christ can be real, personal, and life-changing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Some days it can be chaotic corralling them, but other days the students are really listening and absorbing truth that impacts the way they look at life. These Hispanic and Latino students are a delightful blend of sweetness, laughter, and mischief, with hearts hungry to know how to make sense of a world where things don't always make sense. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Three Marrs teachers are our Cru volunteers who passionately work to feed that hunger with the life-giving message of the Gospel. God has called them to this very unique opportunity which they are fully embracing. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Please pray for energy, passion, and love for them as they minister to these students after a full day of teaching in their classrooms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Middle school is such a perfect time for students to be impacted for eternity. Fort Calhoun Junior High girls get special focus at an all-girls Cru group filled with the creativity and love of two local moms and a college coed. Though a much smaller group than at Marrs Middle School, the impact on these girls is huge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This group was created by moms years ago when their daughters at the time begged for a Cru group of their own because they saw how cool it was for the high school students who were part of high school Cru.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Students from Blair and Fort Calhoun high schools gathered weekly over the summer for what has come to be known as "Cru Summer". This tradition is made possible with the incredible leadership of a core team of local college students who work together to plan and lead these high school gatherings. Many of these college students were involved in Cru in high school and are anxious to rejoin the Cru high school scene when they are home for the summer. They met an extra night of the week with Jake Loftis, Andy Petersen and Abbie Farrand to plan the weekly high school gatherings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">The photos above are from the "Tournament of Champions" event on the last night of gatherings for Cru Summer 2016. The faces of these students reveal the fun, bonding, and camaraderie experienced together over the summer. The evening concluded with a moving personal testimony from one of the college students and a challenge of commitment to walk with Christ in the upcoming school year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More than 55 students filled the classroom at a recent meeting. It took every ounce of my (Gary's) energy to keep their attention as I shared the Gospel with them. But God was obviously at work because they stayed with me ... even asking good questions along the way!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many of them raised their hands saying they wanted to believe in Jesus! We then asked those students to pray along as I led a prayer to receive Christ. Although we didn't get a count, the level of interest and understanding was high, so we believe that many were genuinely praying to believe and follow Jesus!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-size: large;">Please pray</span> for these students to continue to grow in Christ as Heidi and Nathanael continue to lead them week after week. We thank God for these volunteers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Accelere is an alternative school in north Omaha for 18-21 year olds who are coming back to get the diplomas they missed out on earlier. We are seeing exciting interest and interaction with 25 or more students often joining us for our Friday lunches.</span></div>
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<br />Gary and Cherry Warrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08348427193789115050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921408801655487277.post-55327325182808741912015-08-28T09:00:00.000-07:002015-08-28T09:00:08.944-07:00A New School Year of Cru<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The summer has flown by, and another year of Cru ministry to high school and middle school students is here! You can see the excitement of these students at South High as they gathered together again the end of August for their first Cru meeting of this new school year!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There were familiar faces, and new faces ... each one full of potential, and each one loved deeply by God. Please pray for many students to come to know and follow Jesus during this new school year at South, and also at each of our other area campuses. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All signs reveal that God is preparing us for a great school year ahead. Thank you so much for your prayers as we reach out to so many active, impressionable youth!</span></div>
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Gary and Cherry Warrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08348427193789115050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921408801655487277.post-11197717634666119892015-08-27T14:14:00.001-07:002015-08-28T04:41:19.815-07:00Cru Volunteer Gathering<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We love our volunteers! And it is always such a treat when we can gather them together in one place. They are busy people, many with full-time jobs or full-time college classes, while also volunteering of their time to reach high school and middle school students for Jesus! Cru Omaha could not exist without them; they are an integral part of what God is doing in the lives of students here in our area.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The group above (a portion of our volunteers) met with us recently in our home. We shared hopes, dreams, ideas, and plans for the various campuses we each work with this school year. We then prayed together for God to anoint movements for Christ among students at each of these campuses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please join us in these prayers! Pray for all our volunteers. They are such a dedicated group. They love teenagers so much and passionately want them to know the joy of following Christ! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please pray also for more volunteers. There are some campuses where volunteers led ministries last year but where we won't be able to have Cru groups this year unless we find willing capable volunteers!</span></div>
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Gary and Cherry Warrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08348427193789115050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921408801655487277.post-43474969702961120872015-08-13T11:51:00.000-07:002015-08-13T11:51:09.194-07:00Cru Summer - Final Event<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Time is fleeting! Every moment we have with students is critical. "Teenagers are like wet cement, just waiting for someone to make a lasting impression" is a quote used often in the Cru - High School ministry. That's why we determine every summer to take advantage of some of those hours teens often waste or use unproductively.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">God used our Cru Summer program very productively again this year to help area teens focus on God and His plan for their lives. We discussed topics like: Our Identity in Christ, Listening to God, Peer Pressure, Sexual Sin, Suffering, Forgiveness, Pride & Arrogance, and Temptations. Each lesson was created by the college student volunteers who based the lesson around a character of the Bible. There were great, in-depth discussions where students were really connecting with each other and with God in ways that were life-changing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our closing Cru Summer event was a Tournament of Champions, with teams competing in fun, creative competition. As always, the students really got into it, with the winning team really hamming it up!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A huge thank you goes to Jake for leading this effort so well, and to all the college students who really gave themselves to this project and to these high school students this summer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now we transition into restarting our Cru groups on 10 different campuses! Please pray for each campus, and for our staff, volunteers, and student leaders. Pray that God would work mightily in and through them to create movements for Christ on every campus!</span></div>
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Gary and Cherry Warrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08348427193789115050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921408801655487277.post-2480198308677671602015-08-12T09:00:00.000-07:002015-08-12T09:00:00.570-07:00Cru Summer College Volunteers<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And with the close of another summer, comes the completion of another summer of "Cru Summer". Our part-time guy, Jake, did an amazing job of leading our college volunteers (pictured above), who in turn, led our summer ministry with high school students here in the Omaha area. (Jake is to the right in this photo, third from the front, with the gray t-shirt.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jake, Andy (affiliate staff), and Gary met with these college volunteers each Sunday evening throughout the summer, building into their lives, and coaching them to lead the high school "Cru Summer" Monday events.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These college volunteers did an incredible job! We are so proud of them, and thank God for their hearts for Him, and for high school students. They gathered for final time together this summer ... starting out at Aroma's coffee shop, then moved to Five Guys (photo above), and then to a late-night bowling activity together. </span></div>
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