Campus Crusade Holds (Root Beer) Kegger Party As Evangelism Tool
- Posted by: Todd
- Posted on: Mon, June 06, 2005
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...Last fall, Campus Crusade raised eyebrows at WSC by holding a kegger-one flowing with root beer. Not surprisingly, the event drew a large crowd of more than 200 students. The Wayne State police caught wind of the party, and soon four officers showed up to investigate.
"We assumed it was an alcohol-related party," says Lieutenant Phil Shear. "That assumption proved wrong, pleasantly so."
The rest of the campus heard about the incident from an article in the student paper. Attendance swelled at the Campus Crusade weekly meetings. Chris and his friends hope that events like the root-beer kegger become more than just fun and games, creating opportunities for spiritual conversations with their peers.
Another event created by Campus Crusade students is their annual powder-puff football game.
On a clear afternoon ripped by biting wind, Halie Hughes asked her freshman roommate, Trish Buss, to come play football with some other girlfriends. The big moment of the game came when Trish rushed down the field through the opposing team virtually untouched-and scored.
Halie and others have been grasping for opportunities to talk with Trish about a personal relationship with God, and the female bonding of a good game of powder-puff was great ground.
At the heart of the students' efforts to be known is the desire to make Christ known. That is why at the cafeteria, referred to by students as "The Gag," Chris introduced himself to a group of Sudanese guys eating by themselves. Chris invited them to play basketball and then to a weekly Bible study.
Great job, Chris! I wish our churches were more effective in this type of outreach. I wonder how many opportunities we miss everyday just because we're too busy or not looking. :(
FOR DISCUSSION: Do you have any similar stories of ideas or events that have been highly successful in your church, college or ministry?
I almost left the (Root Beer) out of the title of this one… I thought it might get a lot more attention. Chris Hruska and some of his friends are doing some great ministry with the students at Wayne State College in Nebraska. Here’s a little about what’s going on direct from the
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StrobeAlific on Mon, June 06, 2005
Great Idea…wish I would have thought of it.
I can’t believe I got the first post!
Ryan on Thu, August 28, 2008
We (the SJSU Crusade) are throwing our 7th annual Root Beer Kegger today at San Jose State. The event brought in over 200 people last year, and it’s grown vastly bigger this year, we expect over 500! We’ve gotten several other Christian Fellowships on campus to show up and support the event as well. It being the first week of school, we’ve managed to make this event known to virtually every incoming freshman on campus! Praying it works out, God has provided funding for food, live music, and 90 gallons of Root Beer. It’s a great yearly tradition!
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