Looking for a Cru small group?

Have you connected with a Cru small group yet? If not, know it might be the best way to connect with others from Cru in an environment that lends itself to spiritual growth and development. You might hear them called different things (discipleship groups, bible studies, small groups), but they all have a few things in common:

1. Looking at the Bible and interacting with God's word together.
   
2. Helping group members go deeper with each other and experience authentic Christian community.
3. Guide us towards self-discovery and a rich experience with Christ.
4. A desire to see life change in group members as they are transformed by knowing Jesus.
5. Vision to see people that don't know Christ be impacted through the prayers and faith steps of group members.

Look at the Cru list of small groups to find one near you. Interested in starting one with some friends or classmates? Contact us at wsu.cru@uscm.org.

To tweet, or not to tweet...

If you've been coming to Cru this semester, you have probably heard us encourage you to follow wsucru on twitter. We've even gone so far as to give away a copy of C.S. Lewis' classic "Mere Christianity" to all who 1) follow wsucru, and 2) send a tweet with the following somewhere in the 140 characters: #wsucru Mere Christianity.

Are you a twitter skeptic, agnostic, or convert? If you're like most, you probably are at least a little bit skeptical. Michael Hyatt, CEO of Thomas Nelson publishing, has a great blog on leadership. He has a helpful post that answers the "top 10 twitter objections", many of which he had himself at one point.

So how could twitter help to enhance our Cru community? How could it help us stay connected in ways that might go beyond facebook? Could it help us produce "movements everywhere so that every Coug knows someone who truly follows Jesus"?

If you're on twitter, consider sending a tweet this week tagged with #wsucru. It might be after spending time in the word, talking with a friend about Jesus, or a Cru event that got you thinking.