InterVarsity in San Diego is currently reaching 4 community colleges. I helped to start the work at San Diego City College over five years ago. It has been challenging, sometimes disappointing, and hard to sustain. And yet every time I walk onto a community college campus, I feel a deep sense from God telling me that we need to be there. These colleges are crucial stepping stones for people to receive technical skills, get the classes they need to transfer to a four-year university, or complete programs like nursing that otherwise would be unavailable to them. The students that pass through community colleges will likely become the foundations of our communities... technicians, hospital staff, firefighters, teachers.
These students are also hungry for the gospel.
Before we started reaching community colleges and establishing witnessing communities there, the only groups present on these campuses were cults. As our presence grows, the cults influence diminishes.
We know that in the coming years, jobs requiring at least an associate degree are projected to grow twice as fast as jobs requiring no college experience.
July 14, 2009
We are committed to reaching these schools full of men and women that make up the fabric of our society... nurses, fire-fighters, heater/air conditioning techs, teachers and more.
Right now, I'm using some of my time to help San Diego City College stay afloat with no staff worker. Please pray for me as I minister to these students, and pray for God to make himself known on these campuses that desperately need transformation and renewal.
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