Ministry at Mesa State

Kevin, one of our staff members, is doing a ministry called “Compassionate.” It is very much a social ministry in which students are encouraged to identify and develop ministry projects that serve the less-fortunate. Among the projects taken on so far: raising several hundred dollars to help buy a new wheelchair for a Mesa student, remodeling a trailer home for a homeless person, and preparing breakfast at 6:00 a.m. for a local shelter once each week. SERFS (Safe Rides for Students) also continues to be an important ministry for our Christian Challenge group. We gave around 3,500 rides this past year to students who had been drinking. The ministry involved as many as 40 of our students in 6-8 hour shifts on Friday and Saturday nights.

One of my favorite activities is a Thursday afternoon group called “disciplemaking.” The idea is to present a devotional in such a way that all of the students involved can turn around and present the study to somebody else during the week. We started with 3 students in August and now regularly draw 20 students.

Darrin Crow, Director of Christian Challenge
Mesa State College - Grand Junction, CO