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And that’s a wrap 🎉 happy end of the semester to everyone!! We had a great time celebrating all that God has done this year 🙌

Stay tuned for ways to make the most of your summer in community and what’s ahead for fall 2024!! 🍃

Swipe through for the silly photos 📸

T’was great to be together with you all last night as we discussed what it looks like to study the Bible using the process of observation, interpretation, transformation and application in regards to Matthew 7:15-23 📖

Congrats to our graduating senior Peter!! It was a joy to hear your letter to Cru. It was so encouraging to hear how God has been at work during your time in college and how Cru has been a blessing to you praise God 🙌

Congratulations to our students on finishing their first year of university 🎉🎉

We are so proud of you and thankful for how you’ve been a part of our Cru community this school year. Praying that Jesus guides and leads you as you step into this next chapter of college. Praying you’ll be salt and light to all those you encounter these next 3 years and we’ll see you back in SF in 2027 🌉🎓

Join us tomorrow Wednesday 4/17 for our small group discussion evening as we study what the Bible has to say about characteristics of a disciple of Jesus 📖

Whether you’ve been following Jesus for years or are just curious you’re welcome to join us. We’ll be downstairs inside Cesar Chavez Student Center room Rosa Parks E. See you there 👋

Post-event bliss! Our Christian community rocked the house with faith, pizza, and paintbrushes! 🎨✨ Reflecting on the masterpiece moments and the joy of creating together. Cheers to faith-filled fun and colorful memories!

Patience: God’s way of saying, ‘Chill, I got this!’ 😎 Dive into the Gospel, where waiting becomes a journey of trust, growth, and unexpected blessings. Let’s embrace the art of waiting and savor the divine surprises along the way!

Spring Break Guatemala Filter of Hope Mission Trip leaving in T-3 days!!

Pray for our team of 6 from SF as we join our friends with .cru as we partner with local churches near Pasaco, Guatemala and local believers to install small water filters, get to know families and share the Gospel.

Want to know how to pray for us?

Pray for the safety and health of our team!
Pray for those who we will get to connect with in Guatemala, local church leaders and members, pray that we could mutually encourage one another as the body of Christ.
Pray that the hearts of those who will hear the Gospel this next week will be softened and ready to truly put their faith in Jesus!
Pray for those who are already believers as they learn how to share their faith that they could be bold as they continue to share with their community and family.

“No one should live without clean drinking water,
and everyone deserves the opportunity to know Christ.”

Hello everyone! We are excited to invite you to our upcoming event where we’ll gather as a community to celebrate our faith in Jesus Christ. It’s going to be a fantastic time filled with delicious pizza, creative arts and crafts, and most importantly, meaningful conversations about Jesus and His teachings.

🍕🎨 Event Details:
🗓 Date: March 20th 2024 TOMORROW!
🕒 Time: 7PM
📍 Location: Rosa parks E in Ceaser Chavez building

This event is open to everyone, whether you’re a long-time believer or simply curious about Jesus and His message of love and hope. Come and enjoy a relaxing evening with fellow community members, share your thoughts, and engage in uplifting discussions.

We believe in the power of community and how it strengthens our faith journey. Let’s come together, break bread (and pizza!), and create beautiful memories as we grow closer to Jesus and each other.

Don’t miss out on this wonderful opportunity to connect, create, and celebrate! See you there!

Wondering how to spend your summer? Consider signing up for a Cru summer mission where you can grow in your faith, be surrounded by community of college students pursuing Christ from all across the country putting their faith into action and sharing the Gospel.

Be sure to follow to learn more about the ways you can be sent!! Whether you only can go for a week or a whole summer there are endless possibilities of how you can engage with God’s mission.

Check out the link in our bio to explore where you could be living life on mission this summer 🌎

Check out these recommendations from churches people in our community call their home church ⛪️

Swipe through to see how God has been at work in the lives of real people through their connections and presence at church here in SF and the peninsula. We believe we’re meant to do life in community! 👥

Hi everyone! We welcome you to come and join us for our first spring social! We will have games and ice cream in hope to connect and meet new faces as we dive into the word of god this semester! We are a Christian community and welcome all who simply want to attend for fun, looking for a sense of community, or at any stage in faith in their life!

Join us on Wednesday 2/22/24 at 7pm in Rosa Parks E in Cesar Chavez.

So good to be together at SoCal last weekend!! 🎉

We heard from great speakers, had some awesome time in worship, took steps of faith in outreach, met God in prayer and we’re eager to see how God will move on our campuses and in our hearts this upcoming year 🙌

“Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6‬:‭9‬-‭13‬ ‭ESV‬‬ 🙏

✨🎄Merry Christmas 🎄✨

It was so good to be together last Wednesday with our pals from & as we celebrated the end of the semester and Christmas 🙌

Praying that finals are going well for everyone this week and that everyone has a restful and safe winter holiday season 🙏🏻🙏🏽🙏🏿

It’s not too late to sign up for winter conference & January 12-15!! Both in sunny SoCal 🌞

See you back on campus in January 2024 🎉

Great to be together last night 🥳

We heard from our guest speaker Scott who is a pastor at Western Hills Church in San Mateo. He shared about how to invest our lives for the glory of Christ among the nations is the best “risk” we can ever make 🌏

If you missed it read Luke 19:1-27 where Jesus meets Lazarus, someone who society looked down upon and loved him. Then Jesus shares a parable about investing in what God gives us 🎁

🔔Important Info 🔔

This upcoming Tuesday 12/5 is Pursuit Night, worship together at 7pm. Meet at the Holloway and 19th bus stop at 6:30pm to ride over together 🚌

Wednesday 12/6 is our Christmas Party with & we’ll be at Veronika & Andrew’s house (dm if you need it) and providing rides from campus. See post next week for the location to meet for a ride 📍 we’ll have dinner together, please bring a white elephant gift (between $5-$10) and wear something festive 🎄

Let us know how you’ve been expiencing Cru this fall semester without End of the Semester survey! We love your feedback and want you to be able to have input on what our community is like. Link in the bio 📝

It’s not too late to sign up for winter conference!! BIG NEWS UPDATE, we’re making it available for $50 (that’s a $199 discount to join us in SoCal for MLK weekend from January 12-15, 2024). Link in bio and promo code to follow ❄️

Join us tomorrow evening for our weekly meeting! We’ll be having a meal together 🍽️ again and hearing from a local pastor who’ll be challenging us to consider the risks and boldness God is inviting us into!! 🙏

We’ll be meeting Wednesday 11/29 at 7pm inside Cesar Chavez upstairs in room T160 📍

A little more about our guest speaker Scott: Scott and his wife Tara have been in vocational ministry for over 20 years serving in local churches, ministry training, and overseas missions. 🌏

Scott is currently the Pastor of Western Hills Church in San Mateo. Scott grew up in Wisconsin and still loves cheese, although he and his family have fallen in love with the Bay Area as their adopted home 🏡

They have 4 children, Halee (Noah) Carroll, Basil, Augustine, and Caedmon, and 1 amazing granddaughter. Scott continues to speak and write on missions and is the cohost of The Missions Podcast 🎙️

It was great to be together last night for our potluck ✨

Thanks to everyone who brought delicious food that represents all of our families, cultures and traditions 🫶

🚨 Important Info 🚨

Go-vember is still in full swing, last night we shared about Lake Tahoe Summer Mission. It’s a time of encountering God, experiencing Christ centered community and expanding our vision for the campus and the world. You can have a full time job on this summer mission!! Check out other summer missions opportunities at the link in our bio 🌞

Sign up for Winter Conference MLK Weekend January 12-15 ❄️Join us as we head to SoCal to be with 100s of college students from across the west coast to learn from scripture, hear from speakers, do outreach and have a ton of fun!! Sign up before 12/21 to get the max discounts 🎉

No weekly meeting next week but be sure to take a funny family photo and tag to be entered into a chance to win a $50 off winter conference coupon 📸

Join for church as they host a Thanksgiving Celebration this Sunday 11/19 at 12pm. Sign up through their IG 🦃

No weekly meeting next week enjoy Thanksgiving break 🙌

Last women’s life group will be the Tuesday after thanksgiving 11/28 at 6pm in the library 📖

Join us with tomorrow evening Wednesday 11/15 at 7pm for our Multicultural Potluck!! 🍽️

We all have a story to share, food helps us tell so much of our story and family history 📖

Bring something to share that represents your cultural or something that you eat with your family. We’ll have a time of connection, eating together and sharing about what we brought and why 🫶

We’ll also have a time of worship and thanksgiving with guest Pastor Josh 🎵

Sign up to bring something with the link in our bio 📝

Hi ladies! We are back with women’s life group this week. Come join us tomorrow from 6-7:30pm at the Study Commons-40 F in the Library🫶 We will be discussing Matthew 20:29-34:)📖

It was great to be together last night! Thanks for joining us for our discussion on “can you have a personal relationship with God?” 💬

Last night we closed out our time reading Psalm 139:1-6

“O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭139‬:‭1‬-‭6‬ ‭ESV‬‬

We left with the questions for you to consider & invite you to take some time this week to consider:

• What do these verses tell us about what the writer of this Psalm believes about God?
• Is this similar or different to the picture of God you have in your mind, or the picture of God you have grown up with?
• if you believed what these verses say was true, what different would they make in your life?

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🔔 Important Info 🔔

Next week Wednesday 11/15 is our Multicultural Potluck at 7pm. Bring a food that represents your culture or family traditions. We’ll share about what we brought and why and practice thankfulness! Sign up to bring food at the link in our bio 🥧🥘🧆🍗🥙

Monday evening 11/13 is men’s Bible study at 6:30pm at Veronika & Andrew’s house with dinner 🍕

Tuesday evening 11/14 is women’s life group at 6pm in the library, specific room details to come 📖

Thanksgiving Celebrstion at church is hosting on Sunday 11/19! Be sure to sign up and enjoy community and fellowship with the body of Christ! More details in our story 🦃

Sign up for SoCal Winter Confernce!! Link in our bio ❄️

Thanks everyone for joining us last night, it was great to laugh eat and dive into deep conversations together 🫶

If you’re longing to keep on exploring God and diving into deep questions ask your friends some of the questions we talked about yesterday! Also check out the Explore God website at the link in our bio 💡

🚨Important Info 🚨

Join us next week on Wednesday 11/1 at 7pm on campus at SFSU in room T160 inside Cesar Chavez Student Center to continue our explore God series with the question: Is the Bible reliable? 📖

Men’s Bible study on Monday 10/30 at 6:30pm at Andrew & Veronika’s house, dm for the address if you haven’t been. Dinner included 🍽️

Women’s life group, see group me and here for updates from & for Tuesday 10/31 💁🏽‍♀️💁🏻‍♀️

Want to serve God and people this spring break?! Join us as we head to Guatemala with March 23-29, 2024 during SFSU spring break!! Sign up if you’re interested to hear more at the link in our bio. There are limited spots💧

Winter Confercne is happening January 12-15 in SoCal 🌴 Join college students from across the whole west coast to worship God, hear from speakers, study Gods word and have fun!! Sign ups are at the link in our bio 🔗

Come join San Francisco Cru, Destino & Impact as we go to Guatemala over SFSU's Spring Break (March 23-29, 2024)! 🌎

Take part in bringing restoration to communities in need by providing water filters with the hope of the Gospel! 💧

This is a great mission trip if it's your first time or your 100th. We'll be traveling with students and staff from UC Berkeley, UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis & Sacramento State this year. ✈️

Check out the link in our bio to let us know you’re interested!! 📝

So great to be together last night!! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and idea on the question “Is Christianity too narrow?” 💭

Take time this week to think about who you might invite to join us next week. It’s never to late to join in on community. Next week on 10/25 we’ll be discussing the conversation “Is Jesus Really God?” 🤔

Missed the conversations or still longing to search out and Explore God? Check out the ink in our bio for more info and resources 📖

Join us tomorrow Tuesday 10/17 from 6-7:30 for our women’s life group 📖

We’ll be jumping into exploring the sweetness of God’s Word from Psalm 119 🍯

Location TBD - check our stories for more details soon or DM us if you want an update once we have a location 💁🏻‍♀️

Great to be with you all last night as we jumped into the topic of “Why does God allow pain and suffering?” 💭

There’s so much more to where we ended our conversations last night. Keep asking each other and your friends big questions, keep leaning in and being curious. We have some resources if you want to Explore God more at the link in our bio 🔗

🚨Important Info 🚨

Men’s Bible study Monday at 6:30 at Andrew & Veronika’s house with dinner. We’ll be continuing our study on Colossians 📖

Women’s life group (formerly the freshmen life group) at 6pm is meeting on Tuesday on campus in the library (specific details will be shared Monday!). We looking forward to diving into our study on valuing God’s Word 🙌

Hi ladies! Come join us for our very first women’s group meeting. This week we are going through Galatians 5:1-6 with our topic “Grace Vs. Legalism: Which Will You Live By?” with our community of sisters in Christ 💕🩷 DM us for the meeting location!

Great to be together last night 🎉

Thanks everyone for coming out to our kick off of our Explore God series!! We loved eating, laughing & talking about deep things together 🫶

It’s never too late to join us next Wednesday as we continue our conversations and ask the question “Is There a God?” 🤔

🚨 Important Info 🚨

Men’s Bible Study starting Monday 10/2 at 6:30pm with food. Come dive into the book of Colossians with Andrew Bailey. Invite a friend! DM us for the address or check the Cru groupme 🌭🍔

Tuesday 10/3 is Pursuit Night at at 7pm. Join us for worship and prayer with the body of believers. Meet near Malcolm X Plaza at 6:30 to walk to take the bus together 🚌

We mentioned spring break trip to Guatemala last night and in SoCal!! Be sure to check back here and at WM in the upcoming weeks and months to find out more 📰

Are you a freshmen looking for community? Are you curious about Jesus? Have you been following Jesus for year? Freshmen life group is for you!! 🫶

Join us tonight Tuesday 9/26 at 6pm for freshmen life group!! 📖

We’ll be connecting, diving into the God’s word, specially Isaiah 55 tonight! See you there 👋

So great to be together last night 🫶

We wrapped our intentional relationship series getting into God’s word about how we can serve those in community and those we’re connected to.

We got to start thinking about our unique story journey with God and how that can be shared with people we meet and know 📝

🚨Important Info🚨

Get stoked guys, we have a men’s small group starting Monday 10/2 at 6:30. BBQ will be includes as we dive into our study on Colossians hosted by Andrew Bailey 🍗🥩

Join us for prayer on Tuesday’s at 2pm on top of the student health center in the garden, let us know how we can pray for you 🙏

Freshmen Life Group at 6pm on Tuesday evening where we’ll be studying Isaiah 55 and getting to know how the Old Testament prophecies tell us about the abundant life we can experience in Christ NOW because of his death and resurrection 🙌

See you next week for our first meeting in our Explore God— the first question we’re asking is “Does Life Have a Purpose?!” 💭

Next week we’ll be meeting at our usual time 7pm but at Bekah’s house with a home cooked meal, more details to come 🍽️

THREE DAYS AWAY from Fall Retreat 🎉🎉

Swipe through for our packing list so you know how to pack your 🧳

It’s not too late too late sign up!! Be sure to submit your registration by tonight!! 🌝

For those already signed up we’ll be sending out ride assignments tomorrow (Wednesday) 🚗🚙

Can’t wait to see you all 👋

We’re ONE WEEK away from Fall Retreat 🎉

Swipe through to meet our speaker Andrew Enders 🎤

Andrew is joining us from Seattle Washington where he serves with the Seattle campus team. He also serves with people and care to help Cru staff do their jobs across campuses on the west coast 🌊 He likes brewing his own kombucha and making anything fermented 🥤

Swipe through see some of the topics we’ll be hearing about and diving in spiritual disciplines with 🌱

Friday 9/22-Sunday 9/24 we’ll be headed to Mountain Medows Bible Camp (7100 Arrowhead Rd, Shingletown, CA 96088) 🏔️

There’ll be time in God’s word, time in community, worship, food and fun!! 🙌

It’s only $70 to sign up if it’s your first time attending!! Let us know if you need a scholarship!! We don’t want finances to be a barrier to joining us 💛

Packing list & rides will be coming out to you early next week for those of you who are already joining us 🚗🧳

Sign up at the link in our bio 📝

Great to be together last night!! And grateful for everyone who join us, not all pictured 🎉

Thankful for our conversation on hospitality, how we get to live out our faith through listening and eating with people 🍽️

🚨 Importan Info 🚨

Sign up for Fall Retreat!! Come join our community, with Chico, Sacramento and Davis students to experience God, community, His word, worship, food and fun!! We’ll be in mountains of NorCal at Mountain Meadows Bible Camp (see other posts and the registration site for more details) 🍃

Prayer meetings on Tuesday at 2pm! Praying for God to move on our campus community, in the lives of our friends, professors and campus staff. Join us on top of student health in the garden 🌻

Freshmen life group meets Tuesday evenings at 6pm, check back here or DM us for more info on where we’re meeting to do life together & study Gods word 📖