Inspiring Internationals

International Ministry at Crosspoint Church has been growing and thriving thanks to God's extravagant grace!  Events like weekly International Women's Craft Time, Christianity Explored, Football parties and Chai stands have given church members opportunities to build individual relationships with international students.  There has also been many opportunities for international students to hear about Jesus and His precious gospel!


Monday and Tuesday of this week was a beautiful time in the mountains at Camp McCall with nationalities from all over the world!  Iranians, Uzbekistanis, Indians, Chinese, Brazilians, Germans and Americans attended.  This event was hosted by the International Student Association of Clemson University but several Generation-Link staff and Christian college students were able to attend as well.


While hiking, skeet shooting, swinging, eating camp food, bunking down in cabins, and ziplining, we were able to build relationships with these students, hear their life stories, and share our faith!  We are very thankful for a couple of days to get away and share life with men and women from such diverse cultures.

Praise the Lord for opening up doors and hearts.  Many students are interested in learning more about Him!  Pray that He will continue to soften hearts and minds to Himself.  Pray for our International Student Bonfire Bash this Friday night, that relationships between Crosspointers and Internationals will develop and continue to grow after this weekend.  If you would like to come, meet us in the Victoria Square parking lot at 7pm to ride out to the Dillman's farm.


Want to get involved with International students in Clemson?  Contact Emily Kurtz (ekurtz@generation-link.org).  We would love to get you involved!  


Written by Emily Kurtz

Fall Getaway and Christian Leadership

Fall is the season of harvest.  We have been able to see God move in big ways already this semester.  A few weeks ago we ventured to Camp McCall with college, high school, and middle school students for Fall Getaway.  It was a great time of worship, sound biblical teaching, and community.  My favorite aspect was perhaps the first partnership between Crosspoint Church’s college and youth ministries for Fall Getaway.  It was such a beautiful picture of the church. Different walks of life were present and interacting with one another.  Yet the common denominator is Christ.  I look back on when I was in middle school and remember how having the Godly example of older students was such a motivation. 

 

I hope our younger students came back feeling encouraged and empowered to hit their schools with the gospel.  We can celebrate in seeing God work in the lives of the students as a result of the weekend.  One student came back saying, “For the first time, I trusted in Jesus.”  Praise be to Him.

            Another highlight of the fall semester for our team has taken place in the classroom.  On Tuesday mornings we meet for seminary training led by our pastors and other leaders in the church.  We are studying the principles of Christian leadership.  Most of our discussion is focused on figures in Scripture who provide great examples of biblical leadership.  So far we have looked at Hezekiah, who returned the focus and priority of Israel to God, Jeremiah, who led in spite of his self proclaimed inadequacy, David, who turned to God amidst trials and suffering, and Paul, who gained the respect of those who were imprisoning him by standing firm in times of fear.  This class has been both encouraging and challenging.  We are all leaders in some capacity at Crosspoint, and will most likely continue to lead in other areas of life in the future. I am looking forward to being challenged and stretched further in my understanding of what it means to be a leader.

Written by Will Jackson