In July we joined 5000 other staff from around the United States in Fort Collins for the biennial staff conference. It was a powerful time of teaching, training and deep heart work individually and corporately. Amazing speakers like Jennie Allen and Andy Crouch challenged us in our understanding of discipleship, culture and surrender to Jesus. […]
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Rockwood Update – Tamales with a side of prayer
By mattmccomas
This is an update from the campus ministry team recently. Our time/partnership/etc. in this area of our city continues to have ripple effects. One Saturday a month, Cheri pulls into an empty lot, her trunk filled with stuffed animals she’s collected. She’s here with other volunteers from local churches to hand out free tamales and pray for people. […]
2017 Benefit!
By mattmccomas
We hosted the first ever Benefit for the Cru Millennial ministry recently. It was a HUGE success and a great step forward for expanding the Millennial network here in Portland. Not only did we raise our funding goal, but we also had a large number of people sign up for our Connect Dinners over the […]
Big Changes for the McComas Family
By mattmccomas
There is big news in our world and I’ll get right to it. I (Matt) am in the midst of moving to part-time Cru staff in order to launch my own company in partnership with a long-time friend (and former Cru staff). As Jody and I have continued to follow the Lord’s leading in our life, […]
Relationships!
By mattmccomas
One of the joys of our job with Cru is that we often get asked for relationship mentoring. Jody and I have been married 15 years and we work hard at our marriage, but honestly it’s one of the great joys of my life. We long to pass on the things we’ve learned along the […]
City Mentorship Presentation night
By mattmccomas
Six months flew by for everyone involved in our City Mentorship Program! Last Monday was the culmination as our participants presented their Action Learning Challenge work. Each group had been paired up with a partnership organization that was seeking to bring hope and healing to our city. One group was tasked with accelerating an ESL […]