August Update

Campus ministry has finally started again! We met with the student leaders, invited students into our community at the club fair, and are now regularly holding bible studies and general meetings. This month was the culmination of so much prayer and preparation and God was faithful.

Not pictured in this blog(yet) is my new coworker/boss Jamie Lam. I had the opportunity to meet her on my mission trip to New Jersey 3 years ago. She’s been serving in campus ministry since before I even stepped on a college campus and having here on campus at CPP with me has been the best! She’s super wise, knowledgeable, and displays God’s love to students so well. She has been an answered prayer beyond what I could’ve ever expected to a year long prayer for a female staffer here at Pomona. Thank you all for faithfully joining us in prayer!

Prayer and Planning

Despite how much I learned and grew through the process of support raising, I could not wait to begin campus ministry again. In the weeks leading up to our first event, tabling at the club fair, I was filled with hope and excitement. I was met with the same sentiment by Jamie and the student leaders we met with.

In my time with these leaders, I’ve come to realize how motivated they are to serve their fellow brothers and sisters. I knew they were capable, but was unsure of how motivated or available they were while juggling so many different things. I was so encouraged by their loving hearts of service and am so excited for what amazing things are in store for us the rest of this year.

Club Fair

The club fair is a campus wide event where students new and old have an opportunity to engage with organizations on campus. For Epic, this is an important opportunity to reach students and at the very least let them know we exist and that if they are ever interested, that we will welcome them. This year in particular was interesting because almost no current student had any experience tabling before! They boldly learned and stepped out of their comfort zones together and we ended up reaching around 300 students after both days! To be clear, we don’t chase statistics for the sake of pride or to reach an arbitrary goal, however, I think this number helped all of us realize what God can do through a few small steps of faith.

After tabling, we gathered together and contacted the students who were interested with the hopes of connecting them to the community and invited them out to our meetings. We prayed over those who stopped by but weren’t interested as well. In this time of reflection, I was encouraged by how many people were looking for community and interested in how to have a relationship with God. It was made clear that God had been working in the hearts of students long before we arrived and that He had been working in ways much greater than I imagined and initially had faith for. The need for God and the desire to be known and loved is so apparent in virtually every student I met. I am hopeful and expectant to see the ways God will work through us to reach His lost children in this coming year.

General Meetings/Bible Study

As of today, we’ve had two bible studies and one general meeting. So far things have been going great! We have a surprising amount of consistent newcomers (around 15-18) and have been meeting at Good Stewards Church who graciously opened up a space for us. I’ve had the chance to meet almost everyone and am slowly getting to know some of the brothers. During the bible studies, we are currently going through the book of Romans. We separate by gender and the bible study leaders(student leaders) guide and facilitate conversation. Our general meeting time consists of musical worship, a speaker, as well as an icebreaker or small game for people to get to know each other.

Prayer Requests

• That our new students would be able to see Christ’s love through our community
• For the hearts of our student leaders
• For Jamie and I, that we would be filled with His wisdom and discernment in how to lead and love the students
• That God would prepare future student leaders and interns
• That God would continue to prepare the hearts of all the people we are yet to meet

This has been an eventful and fruitful month of ministry and I hope it encouraged you as it has encouraged me. As always, I ask that you would continue to partner with me by praying for us. It is clear that without God, these things would be meaningless and honestly impossible. If you’re newer to these updates there is an ongoing list of past prayer requests on the side of the page! If there are any ways I could be praying for you or with you, please reach out! Thank you!

Contact Me:

Email: dillon.kim@cru.org

Phone: 8182968373