If you're a college student in Springfield, you belong here!! CSF Welcome Week is full of events for students to make new friends and find your people!
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We’re so thankful for so many of you who have asked about how close we are to reaching our $15000 Launch Day goal. As of today we have received $11,301.68 with more gifts still coming in. THANK YOU for your support and if you’d like to make a special gift to help us be fully funded for the start the school year, you may do so here - https://www.uiscsf.org/launch-day.html It's almost here!!
LAUNCH DAY is your opportunity to partner in launching CSF into a new school year. This online fundraiser subsidizes high impact events that will help us build relationships with new students on campus this Fall. You can give online toward our goal of $15,000 between now and July 27th using the link College campuses are QUIET during the summer. But if you're a student living on campus, they can also be incredibly lonely. This summer CSF is hosting a weekly Sand Volleyball night on Tuesdays from 7-8:30pm at UIS Rec Park. Music starts playing, laughter and cheering erupt, and it's amazing how students begin trickling out from the residence hall or nearby apartments, looking for life.
Sometimes we play serious Volleyball. Other times, we do the easier version, Nuke 'Em. But the most important thing happening is that students are finding a place to belong - and that's the beginning of making disciples! May 31-June 6 CSF took their annual International Mission Trip to the Dominican Republic. We partnered with GO Ministries - an organization whose vision to make disciples aligns closely with our own. Students had a great time learning more about Jesus' global mission as they experienced God's work through GO - painting houses, hosting a VBS for kids and building relationships with leaders and pastors. We can't wait to see how God continues to grow this partnership in the years to come!!
Are you a UIS or LLCC student in town for the summer? Attend college elsewhere, but home for the summer? Maybe you just graduated from High School and are just getting ready for college somewhere in the Fall....come hang out with us this summer every Tuesday night at 7pm for Sand Volleyball and Nuke 'em at UIS Rec Park!
One of the bittersweet parts of campus ministry are the regular goodbyes....we're extra grateful when we get students a full 4 years, but the goodbyes are hard whether we've had 2 or 4 years with students. This May we're celebrating these young men and women who are moving on to work as teachers and nurses and financial planners and other professions to be determined. We're cheering them on and sending these disciple-makers to into "all the world"!
Rez Week is a CSF tradition of giving special attention to the week leading up to Easter as an opportunity to point the university community to Jesus and his gift to us on the cross. Prayer, service, testimonies, and outreach events are all intentional crafted to raise curiosity and open up conversations about Jesus and the meaning of Easter. Join us in praying for the campus during this week!
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Christian Student Fellowshipis a place for students at the University of Illinois Springfield who are on a spiritual journey. Whether you're just starting out or you've been headed this way for awhile, we want to help you find your way back to God! |