The Connection

Connecting Ministry Partners with the Mission

Lifelines Ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ

Volume I, Issue 11 March/April 2011

we ended up arriving at our make a difference for

Spring Break in NYC destination two hours later God’s glory right where
than planned. Whatever we are in Charlottes-
First impressions can go a long way. bonding and learning activ- ville. We had challeng-
Not just of individuals but also of ity we had planned for that ing discussions about
situations and places. Our first impres- night was quickly tossed why it’s easy to serve
sions of our service trip to New York for relaxing social time. soup to a homeless man
City were less than satisfactory. Forty Many of us leaders were from behind a table but
five students carrying a weeks worth worried the morale of the when faced with a beg-
of luggage wandering through the group on day one would gar on the subway we
streets aimlessly, trying to make it on negatively effect the stu- are speechless.
to subways and busses left us annoyed dents’ attitudes throughout How can we simply give
as I’m sure it left the many New- the week but we were a dollar when we hold
Yorkers we encountered. Praise the pleasantly surprised. We the greatest treasure of
Lord it wasn’t raining. Due to many split into four groups of Christ’s love and for-
things that were outside of our control eleven and managed to giveness? Their physical
serve eight different or- need is obvious but their
Prayer Requests: ganizations giving 645 spiritual needs are not.
• Heather and Maria: seeking non-believers hours community service. We continue to grapple
who attended our Spring Break trip In the process of serving with these realities and I
• Summer Opportunities: Many students we also challenged students hope that you would
will be using their break to go on summer
projects to learn about life and evangel- on the worldview and per- take a second to think
ism outside their Christian bubble. spectives of those less about this reality in your
• Next Year: our team is constantly chang- privileged than they are. own lives as well.
ing, we will be losing a few of our staff Our goal was not to log in Thank you for your part-
members but hopefully gaining student do-gooder hours but to nership and prayers that
leaders and possibly more staff for next
year. Pray for a healthy and smooth tran-
grow in maturity as believ- make these trips possi-
sition ers and learn how we can ble. Pictures on next page.

Mindy Sue Colvin

(269) 908-0611
1027A St Clair Ave
Charlottesville, VA 22901
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www.lifelinesuva.com
 weekend of canoeing, camping
Our staff team, minus John Right as Jon and I hit the rapids
and climbing for our students we
find out that only three will be at-
tending. The purpose of the trip
was to build community, depth of
relationships and grow as a group.
Considering less than half of the
group would be there we had to
point it started to rain
Staff Canoe Trip make a decision about what to do. and all six of us
In Lifelines we often do “All-or-
When working with crammed into a three-
Nothing” programs, saying that
students one must al- the group has to decide and either man tent for three hours.
ways stay flexible. Al- everyone agrees or no one goes. We talked about our in-
ways. After many terpersonal needs, con-
We decided that this trip was one
weeks of planning a flicts with our team and
of those times. The purpose and
how to serve and love
group dynamic would change,
one another better in the
and not for the better, if only
future. It is seldom that
three went and we wanted the en-
our focus is taken off our
tire group to feel how their deci-
student ministry and
sions effect the other members.
placed on our own lives
Instead of throwing it all out we
and yet it’s so important
as a staff team went on our first
to be emotionally healthy
team bonding trip. It gave us the
ourselves in order to
chance to practice what we
have and run a healthy
preach and deepen our relation-
ministry.
ships and build community. It was
An incredible weekend. At one

Spring Break Pics counter clockwise from top:

sorting clothes to give to the homeless, playing
Jackpot at Union Square, serving at a soup
kitchen, painting a mural for a children’s wait-
ing room at social services, building shelves
for file storage, taking a break and playing in a
vacant filing cabinet