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Today is Ash Wednesday marking the first day of Lent. Lent means spring. This time refers to the liturgical season. Liturgical meaning: divine worship, the proclamation of the Gospel, and active charity. It’s an ancient observance in the Christian liturgical calendar that lasts 6 weeks leading up to Easter. Lent is a tradition that encourages and strengthens our relationship with God, the 40 days help us remember that Jesus’ fasted for 40 days in the wilderness before begin...ning his public ministry. Ash Wednesday marks the day in which we remember that we come from dust. Genesis 3:19. We recognize that all the we have, including our bodies, are gifts given only for a lifetime. If you have never done or observed Lent that is absolutely OKAY! Knowing that communion with God is the ultimate goal. Everyone is at their own pace and in this time what you choose to give up like candy, sweets, soda, social media, television should help you to focus more or turn more to God. In these next 40 days (excluding Sundays because that’s when we believe that Jesus rose from the dead and is a time to celebrate!), many believers of Jesus practice solidarity as a remembrance with the suffering that Christ endured before giving His life for ours at the cross. Believers no do it in remembrance of Him and to be in solidarity with the suffering that happens in our the world today. (*note for anyone who suffers or has suffered from an eating disorder please ask God what to give up that helps you grow closer to Him. *note for everyone else, let’s not center this season on just food or weight in this time, but invite others to share if the are practicing anything in this Lent season). What are you considering giving up or practicing this Lent season to foster your relationship with God? Access to a free 40 day devotional is linked in our bio!

Have you ever wondered how you can use your voice for the world around you? Our Wednesday night meeting will have guest speaker Jaci Anderson share how we can use our voice to empower others. Jaci Anderson (she/her/hers) is passionate about the liberated leadership of women of color. Her divine super-power is found in the intersection of her ethnic and gender identity. She was born in Oakland and raised in Long Beach, California.... She served 13 years with Cru in LA Metro working with Impact and Destino and 3 years leading an Epic staff team. Her understanding of God’s Kingdom has been shaped by her work with preschoolers facing homelessness and survivors of human trafficking. Jaci is an ordained pastor who recently transitioned from pastoring a church to launching a leadership life coaching business to support women of color to defy burnout and lead liberated. Come join us as she shares more at Weekly Meeting! Per usual DM us for the link and don’t forget your notebooks

LADIES!!! Join us this Saturday at 7pm, you are invited to this event to celebrate our friendship with the women in Cru Get dressed up in your pink or red outfits! Message us for the zoom link and more information... Can’t wait to see you there! -xoxo Cru Girls

What up fam! This week we’ll continue to unpack our value of compassion as we follow Jesus in every day life. Join us this week as guest speaker Paul Trudeau shares about what it means to give dignity to all people He is Co-Director of City Hope San Francisco that serve as a living room in the Tenderloin for those without enough living space, creatively offering as many elements of home as possible for those on the margins. He has also served as a chaplain in San Francisco County Jail. We’re excited to see you there and hear more on how to live out compassion in our communities! Check out the Discord for our Zoom link or send us a DM

When we know what is most important, we can rest from the distractions of life. What many things can be removed so that you might find rest today?

What does it look like to pursue justice? Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic many who identify as Asian American and/or Pacific Islanders have faced discrimination, yet this is not the first time in the history of our country a specific ethnic and racial background has been demeaned. Join us as SFSU Asian American Studies Professor Russell Jeung shares how we can lament the injustice we see around us as well as seek to see reconciliation and fight for justice in our co...mmunity and world. DM us for the zoom link! #sfsu #sfsustudents #sfsu2024 #sfsu2023 #sfsu2022 #sfsu2021 #sfsugators #ccsf #ccsframs #ccsf2024 #ccsf2023 #ccsf2022 #ccsf2021

You are more similar to people than you think! We welcome you to come as you are to Weekly Meeting tomorrow + discover more the community that we hope to be as we have genuine conversations about how we view ourselves. Our one and only @lex_alldrin will be leading the night so you don’t want to miss! DM us for the link #sfsu #ccsf #ccsframs #sfsustudents #sfsu2024 #sfsu2023 #sfsu2022 #sfsu2021 #sfsucommunity

Meet Melody @melodymmoore Major: Sociology Hometown: Orange County Why I joined Cru: After going to my first weekly meeting, I felt like I had walked into an incredibly warm and welcoming environment full of kind hearted people! Favorite spot on campus: the windowed hall that you can walk through that connects Thornton and Hensil hall. You can see a beautiful view of a little bit of the city and campus from up there!... #sfsu #sfsustudent #meetastudentmonday #sfsu2024 #sfsu2023 #sfsu2022 #sfsu2021

Get excited! It’s Disney Game Night at the Weekly Meeting! Wear your favorite Disney themed outfit, ears, hats, jerseys, costumes and anything else! Come see how our community likes to have fun and enjoy the magic of Disney for an evening Join us on zoom at 8pm and share your outfit by tagging us here on Instagram! We’ll award a best dressed at the end of the evening

Hey y’all it’s Fall and this a reminder to be patient with yourself, because nothing in nature blooms all year round! Maybe this is a time or season to take a step back and evaluate where you are at, physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually and see what changes you need to make to head into the direction you want to be. In Ecclesiastes 3, says, for everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven... There’s a time for everything, what are you doing with your time in this season to take care of yourself?

Anyone else feeling bummed that classes will be virtual through Spring 2021? We are too. Join us tonight as we hear from guest speaker and therapist, Jay Wilson, as he shares about the intersection of mental health and faith // Looking forward to seeing you there! Invite your friends & DM us if you want the zoom link or have any questions... #sfsu #sfsustudents #sfsucommunity #sfsu2024 #sfsu2023 #sfsu2022 #sfsu2021

We’re starting the week off with prayer today from 3:30-4pm! Feel free to come and listen or pray with us as we come together from different places to speak life into the current realities of our surrounding communities -DM us for the link or if you have any questions- If you can’t make it, but would still like us to pray for something on your behalf, fill out an anonymous prayer request linked in our bio

Grief, loss, longing, fear, conflict, anxiety and change are all many of the words that might come to mind when we think of 2020. Yet this is not the only time in history where we have experienced deep, unsettling in our country or world’s history. Many college students were only babies when the twin towers were struck by airplanes on September 11, 2001. This date changed a lot of what was normal in the U.S., but also across the Middle East and for Middle Easterners living... here in the US. In response to the media’s biased tendencies of showing the perpetrators of the attack, we often forgot to share the stories of the lives lost that day as well as generalize an entire group of people from a similar part of the world. Jesus is from the Middle East. Jesus has brown skin. Jesus’ heart hurt that day for the lives lost and the lives who continued to be affected for years to come across the Middle East as war has struck there since. As our country and our world ache today in our present reality, we also lament the lives lost on September 11, 2001, we lament the hurt that those of Middle Eastern descent have experienced in the aftermath and we remember that we have a God who is our refuge and strength, a present help in trouble We will not fear. Pslam 46:1-2

Tonight is Weekly Meeting! Our very own @gabriellelorein will be sharing about what community looks like as we walk with Jesus. We’re eager to see you all this evening if it’s your first time, if you’ve never been to a Weekly Meeting of Cru before or if you’ve been with us for years, you’re welcome here. DM us for the zoom link! ... Tag your friends in the comments that you want to see tonight! #sfsu #sfstate #sfcommunity

Today is Labor Day and a lot of us have the day off from school, work and regular obligations. But what’s it about and what does Jesus have to say about rest? Did you know Labor Day was created to remember the labor movement that happened just before the turn of the 20th century? Labor Day is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers and was made an official federal holiday in 1894. A day to rest was God’s idea. At the end of the creation story, ...God takes the seventh day to rest; to enjoy and delight in His creation, if God can rest, surely we can too. If you’re looking to learn a little more about the Biblical meaning of sabbath check out @thebibleproject (link in the bio) has a video on God’s heart for rest and sabbath. The video journeys from the Old Testament as the Israelites were slaves all the way into the time of Jesus; how He comes as the Lord of the Sabbath, to reclaim true, good rest and renewal for His people. Sabbath was created for rest. A day to remember who God is, a day to remember what God has done and delight in God. On the Sabbath we get to remember that our identity doesn’t come from doing but from being; being with God, being who God has made us to be. In a culture of self-care and treat yourself days let’s cling to the reality that that we were not made for rest, but God made rest for us

Join us THIS Sunday morning for our second virtual church meet up! We’ll be tuning in to @realitysf at 10:30! There’s a link in our bio or you can search Reality SF on YouTube. Afterward at 12pm we’ll gather for a small discussion about our thoughts on the teaching and questions we might have from it. If you’ve never been to church before, or it’s been a while, feel free to come out and join us, we’re excited to see anyone and everyone!

Happy National College Color Day! Shout out to all the gators out there across the city, state and world What makes you proud to be a gator?! Wear your purple and gold today to represent SFSU and tag a friend to do the same!! Let’s join students, parents, family, fans and alumni across the US who will be sporting their college colors today! #collegecolorsday #sfsu #sfsu2024 #sfsu2023 #sfsu2022 #sfsu2021 #sfsugators #chompcity