The June/July 2009 Curran Events

The June/July 2009 Curran Events
...an amazing and challenging year so far!

I thank my God in all my remembrance of you,
always offering prayer with joy in my every prayer for you all,
in view of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now.
For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus. Philippians 1:3-6

Please pray for us this summer:

1. Safe travels for everyone in our family
2. To keep our eyes on Jesus
3. To be a fragrant aroma of Jesus everywhere the Lord takes us

Athletes in Action Spring Leadership Retreat - Martinez/CA On April 4-5 we hosted a 24-hour retreat for the busy Berkeley AIA leadership team. It was a great time of hearing from Scott Mottice of AIA about AIA’s vision and purpose. We ate great food, laughed, played some mean games of mafia, hosted a men’s sleepover at our house (the girls were at another home) and just enjoyed each others company!!

Korean Campus Crusade Spring Conference - Santa Cruz/CA Daniel headed to Mission Springs in the Santa Cruz mountains to speak on “How to be Filled with the Holy Spirit”. He had a great time ministering to the KCCC students and staff at their first NorCal conference. God is doing an amazing work amongst Korean college students in NorCal!

World Wide Day of Prayer, Martinez - CA Twice a year Campus Crusade hosts a Day of prayer where we as staff gather to seek the Lord and pray for HIM to move in the world. In October we offered to host it in our home for staff in the Bay Area (Stanford, Berkeley, SFSU) and Davis. It was so much fun that we offered to host it again in April. It is really encouraging to be with other Campus Crusade staff for prayer and fellowship- so needed.

St Mary’s College, Moraga - CA- Daniel met Christine, a St. Mary’s freshmen in the Fall. She had a heart for starting a women’s AIA Bible study. Dan went to St Mary’s a few times to train her, pray with her and encourage her. In late April he made a guest appearance at the Bible study and was so encouraged to see that God has grown it into 6-7 women who met weekly to study the word, pray and enjoy each other’s fellowship.

Bridges International - Sacramento & Los Altos/CA is Campus Crusade’s Ministry to international students. Daniel had the privilege of giving a devotional to a national training of their staff on April 2 in Sacramento. He then traveled down to Foothill College to speak to a team of Bridges international students on a spring break mission on the Spirit filled life.

Diablo Valley College - Pleasant Hill/CA- God has grown a faithful little band of students at Diablo Valley College across the street from Hannah & Hope’s High School. They are praying on campus each Tuesday night @9pm this summer. Dan thinks the ministry is the healthiest it has ever been- it is all student run!!

Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo/CA- Dan had a WILD trip to Cal Poly in late April!! He had been invited to speak at the AIA meeting. He happened to head down there the day a tour bus overturned and HWY 101 was closed for several hours. After a stressful 6-hour drive, He arrived 1 minute before he was to speak! Phew. While in San Luis Obispo, he received 2 more invitations to speak on the following 2 evenings: once at the Cuesta Community College CRU meeting and once at EPIC (CCC’s ministry to Asian Americans) Dan LOVES showing up and making himself available for Jesus to use!! He just went back to Cal Poly 2 weeks ago to visit David and had soooo much fun leading a Dead Missionary Society meeting with David and 2 of his friends. (kind of like Dead Poets Society except they read excerpts from missionary biographies)

New Staff on the Field Trainings - SF Bay Area Daniel hosted 3 “Training Days” for new staff and interns this Spring in the Bay Area, at UC Berkeley, SF State, and the last one was at UC Davis. They had a rich time discussing the Spirit-filled life, the Great Commision, and prayer. Then praying and going out at lunchtime prayerwalking and talking to students about Christ.

Cal State East Bay - Hayward/CA: Dan got a call from a Cal State East Bay student who wanted to see Campus Crusade come back to his campus. Two weeks ago Dan headed over there with Lemuel White who he’s been mentoring and met Alexander Troung. While they were talking, they ran into Jerry Wong (who was in China with Margee in the summer of 1985) who had gone to Dan’s seminar at the Bay Area Sunday School conference on ministry planting. Jerry just happened to be on campus practicing what he had learned!! Jerry and Alexander met with Daniel, prayed and a new Campus ministry at Cal State East Bay was born! Isn’t God GOOD?!?

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord. 1 Cor. 15:58

CURRAN SUMMER PLANS

Institute of Biblical Studies - Colorado State University Daniel arrived in Colorado on June 17. He trained 15 new staff from our region in Bible Study Methods for 2 weeks. They all attend a lecture, then spend an hour every morning with Daniel in a Coaching Group in Ephesians 2:1-10. And he meets with 3-4 of them over lunch for mentoring (then spends 5 hours every night grading papers!

Summer AIA - Berkeley/CA- We go into Berkeley each Wednesday in June and July for the Summer AIA meetings. We are alternating one week Dinner and games (that’s the week I make the dinner) and one week Dinner and Bible Study. Last week was our first meeting and we played some mean games of mafia. The fellowship and camaraderie are so needed.

Ocean City Summer Project - Ocean City/NJ: David is in Ocean City this summer on the Campus Crusade summer project. Jesus provided a job for him as a surf instructor at the Fellowship of Christian Athletes surf camp. He will be working with his friend, Danny Sylvester who he met on the OC project when they were 20 months old!! They became fast friends there in the summer of 2001 when they were 11. Isn’t that so gracious of the Lord?

National Staff Conference - Ft. Collins Colorado Dan, Hope, Hannah and I will all head to Ft. Collins, Colorado from July 21-30 for CCC’s bi-annual staff conference.

Junior Olympics Women’s Water Polo – San Jose/CA Hannah’s Water Polo Team has been selected to compete in the Junior Olympics this summer --- Hannah was also selected to be a part of the Olympic Development program earlier this year --- pray for Hannah and what this might mean for her future and her choice of college, already some top 10 school coaches have been in touch with her: San Jose State, UC Davis and Stanford

Curran Family Reunion & Vacation – Black Butte/OR a family friend has graciously loaned their vacation home so we can all be together as a family with Ebey’s new (and wonderful) husband John and family from Margee’s MacFarland Clan – Pray for our ever-changing family dynamics and the challenges of getting us all together!

Far Western’s Women’s Swimming – San Jose/CA? Hope may be heir to her mother’s swimming career as she is earning fast times for her age, …she is swimming in Junior Nationals this weekend and may elect to compete in the big end of the summer meet in mid-august called “Far Westerns”

Please pray for us this summer:
1. Safe travels for everyone in our family
2. To keep our eyes on Jesus
3. To be a fragrant aroma of Jesus everywhere the Lord takes us


Daniel & Margee Curran

Martinez, CA 94553

(510) 290-8134

…serving with Campus Crusade for Christ, Intl.

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