Newsletter
La Lumière: October 2026
For the past seven years the creative media team has consisted of Dan and one other person, first Davis and more recently Alexis. Last week there were four of us at our team meeting! We are excited to welcome Alice and Sarah. Alice came to know Cru through our local campus ministry. She is joining us within the framework of a civic service year, participating in a number of different facets of what we do here in France. One day a week is with Dan's team. Alice has a degree in communications, which fits really well. She is helping us with our online social media campaigns. Sarah and her family are in their second year in Rennes. She, her husband David, and four boys moved to Rennes from Orlando where they were working with the Jesus Film. Sarah is enthusiastically putting her graphics design and artistic skills to use. Though everyone else is part time with this team, it's still a big increase in capacity. We're looking forward to taking on new projects and learning how we each can use our skills and grow together.
Efrem captured this amazing sunset outside the Louvre.
Praises
- for the additional help on the creative team!
Please pray
- for good synergy with the creative media team, and plenty of projects for us to do.
- that May and her global colleagues will have good, clear communication.
Chuffy, the wild boar hanging out in our neighborhood.
Enjoying our favorite ice cream.
The same year that Joe DiMaggio retired from baseball and Disney's Alice in Wonderland hit the big screen, Bill and Vonette Bright started Campus Crusade for Christ. Cru is now celebrating 75 years of faithfully sharing the good news of Jesus and equipping others to go and make disciples. What started with two devoted people now involves more than 16,000 missionaries, covering nearly 9,000 campuses worldwide as well as other ministries like Family Life, Athletes in Action, the Jesus Film or Crescendo. In His faithfulness, God is crafting a story of changed lives which has spanned generations with an impact we will only see clearly in heaven. May and I have been on staff for 25 years now, and it remains a privilege. Thank you for being an integral part of this story!
La Lumière: September 2026
It's 7:30 in the evening. The traditional Friday homemade pizza is out of the oven and cooling on the counter. The table is set, and May sits with her laptop open, working. The project is significant, creating a new database for Cru to manage the many internet domains they "own" around the world, for example cru.org or agapefrance.org. France alone has 82 domain names, and that's just one country. For security purposes, for technical support, and for recognizing trusted email domains, it is important to keep all of this in order. So why does it take priority over Friday night pizza? There is an urgent issue to work through, her colleagues in Singapore are sleeping, but her teammate in the States is still in the game. So May is doing her best to unblock the situation for him to keep the ball rolling. Aside from the immense scope of the work, time zones are one of the biggest challenges when working on a global team. May thrives on challenges like this.
Enjoying the day at the beach.
First staff men's Bible study of the school year.
The eclipse in August!
Praises
- for Efrem starting with Crescendo
Please pray
- for choosing which parts of the Agapé France web site project to prioritize
- that May's managing ministry domains project will successfully launch soon
Last week Efrem left for Paris where he and Silas are sharing an apartment. We're thankful he was able to find 100% of the support he needs to begin working with Crescendo. Silas is also doing well, about to submit his second article on process mining for his doctorate. In Rennes, our staff team kicked off this school year with an outing on the beach near Cancale. If everyone were to show up there would be 27 of us! There are two moms expecting babies to be born in the near future, a new intern who is working one day a week with my creative team, and a woman currently raising support to take on communications at a national level. The weather was perfect and the view across the bay of Mont Saint Michel was special. Our next team meeting, this week, is working together to deep clean the office and ministry space, hooray!