A Collision with Christ
Collision: “an instance of one moving object or person striking violently against another” or “an instance of conflict between opposing ideas, interests, or factions.”
Our prayer this summer is that students would have a collision with Christ. With less than 1% of young people following Jesus, many of them have never had their lives cross paths with the living Christ. We are hoping that by coming in contact with national and American believers and hearing stories of Jesus Christ that students’ lives would collide head-on with the One Who Saves and have the course of their lives (and eternity) changed forever.
We do this by creating a highly relational environment in which students can see Jesus in the lives of their peers and other Christians. We also do this through a Christian evening program where we play games, sing fun songs with motions, and share stories from the Bible. This year we are focusing on people whose lives came in direct contact with Jesus and how he changed (or didn’t) the trajectory of their life.
Those people (and the collisions we present) are: – the adulterous woman: the grace and mercy of Christ vs. the judgment of the Pharisees – Zaccheus: Jesus knew and loved Zaccheus vs. the expectations of others that he wasn’t one to be loved – the rich young ruler: having everything vs. having Jesus – Pilate: truth (doing what’s right) vs. peer pressure – the convicts on the cross: who you are vs. who you could be – Peter: failure vs. greatness
We will also conclude the last evening with a labyrinth (spiritual stations) where students will be reminded of all the different stories they heard throughout the week and do hands on activities to help them process more what they heard, culminating in a decision point to follow Christ.
This summer we will help 93 local churches lead 89 evangelistic camps. We will have 75 churches from North America serve with us for two weeks, and we will welcome 66 North American interns that will serve with us the entire summer. We are also excited that we have partnered with 18 new North American churches and 20 new national churches.
Would you join with us in praying for the youth of Eastern Europe to encounter the living Christ in a way that will change their eternity? Pray that the collision that students have with Jesus and believers would change them forever!
