Launching Full Swing into the Fall

Fall is the busiest time of year for our ministry. Our campuses spend an incredible amount of energy reaching out to new students and getting our message out. Most campuses attempt to engage with thousands of students during the first week, inviting them to fill out spiritual interest questionnaires. They then spend the next 6-8 weeks following up on new people and getting small groups up and running. It’s almost like a Greek Rush event that lasts for half of the first term, culminating with their Fall retreat.

UCI Welcome Week
Me and Epic Volunteer Aaron before heading out to engage new students with spiritual interest questionnaires

The Lord is doing some exciting things throughout the Pacific Southwest Region. Read the latest Lowedown to hear some updates of what the Lord is doing in many of our ministries this fall.

An Epic Fall Semester!

Preparing for the Epic Ministry Day at Cal State Fullerton

One of the exciting parts of our jobs is helping our staff step out in faith to start new ministries in ethnic contexts. This fall, we’ve seen new Destino ministries started at San Jose State and the University of Arizona.

We’ve seen a new Impact ministry (African American students) started at UC Santa Barbara as well as a Bridges Ministry (International students) at Chico State. But two of the most exciting ministry launches both include Epic (our ministry to Asian American students).

Find out more in the latest Lowedown!

Destino-Epic Fall Retreat

Last weekend, many of our Southern California Epic and Destino ministries converged in the mountains outside of Los Angeles for a joint Fall Retreat. About 130 students came. Students from our new Destino movement at Chico State drove 7 hours to connect with other students from Destino at Long Beach, USC, Fullerton, UCLA and even Arizona State! Check out this short video they produced to share a glimpse of their weekend: