News From the Clows

What’s New

  • Sad part of Change

    In order to serve the Body of Christ better, and to accelerate the Great Commission, the ministry decided to combine 2 IT (computer) departments into one. Ours, formerly called Global Technology Office (GTO) is being absorbed into a much larger IT department. I won’t describe all my feelings here, but one is sadness. I have…

  • “Cru15” Staff Conference Takeaways

    The Cru15 conference in July was very challenging. In the context of taking the good news around the world were several sessions about how Cru needs to be moving more quickly toward ethnic diversity. With that was an acknowledging of the failures Cru and the “majority culture” church have made to treat people of other…

  • The Bad and the Good about Travel

    I (David) just returned from a 10-day business trip to Peoria, IL and St. Louis, MO. I was meeting with people and driving a lot. These pictures sort of illustrate the bad and good of the trip. The first picture was taken on a lonely road between friends’ homes. I was missing my wife &…

  • Dodge Dart — car review

    I rented a 2015 Dodge Dart SXT for a 10-day business trip to IL in May. I’m actually ready to replace my car so wondering if I wanted to wait to buy a used Dart. I really liked the way it looked on the inside and outside. The styling reminded me of a Charger that…

  • Help for Prom

    Prom is coming, Julia was asked to go, and the exciting preparations began. We quickly needed a dress, some shoes, some other accessories probably, and a flower for her date. Shopping for a dress and shoes began in earnest, especially from her mother. But wait—this is a date and Julia has only gone on “group…

  • Book Review: The God Ask

    Our ministry has 2 parts: The first is what we feel we have been called to. For me it is helping people understand how to use technology for ministry. For Holly it is helping leaders be effective; specifically it is helping Vonette Bright the co-founder of Campus Crusade for Christ. The second is developing a…

  • Tracking Progress with an App

    How well did that outreach go? Did our new ministry strategy work? In order to answer these questions, we ask our staff and volunteers to record information on how many attended the event, where and when it happened, and what kind of interest was shown toward evangelism and discipleship. In the past our ministry teams…

  • Conference for Technology Leaders

    Operations is like the movie where the spy is preparing to go on a mission, and the screen pans quickly through the small army of busy people giving him instructions and tools. In addition to his stunning tuxedo and white teeth, the spy is effective because of the support and tools that he gets from…

  • George and Lisset in Chile

    George and Lisset Phillips are Campus Crusade for Christ (CCC) missionaries in Santiago, Chile. George is the national director of Campus ministries, and Lisset serves in human resources for the national office. They have a daughter Brianna and just had another daughter Matilda on November 5. On a windy autumn night last April, a fire…