Matt Hawkins and Globalscope: ‘Put me where you need me!’
What was the craziest thing Globalscope campus minister Matt Hawkins did while serving at Canvas in Nottingham, England?
What was the craziest thing Globalscope campus minister Matt Hawkins did while serving at Canvas in Nottingham, England?
Miles Costello found a place of healing at Christian Campus Fellowship (CCF) during a difficult time in his life as a student at Georgia Tech University. The experience led him to a career in campus ministry — after earning his bachelor’s degree in business and finance and a Master of Divinity at Emmanuel Christian Seminary — so that he could help provide that space for international students.
As their university term came to an end, students in the Globalscope Canvas ministry in Birmingham, England, finally were able to spend time in person together. So, the Canvas team — Tom and Jenna Gallant, Luke Caldwell and Taylor Batte — decided to show the students how much they are loved and valued with a “Week of Fun.”
Aaron and Diane Lincoln met as missions students at Bushnell University and lost no time in affiliating with CMF after their graduations.
Her 10 months with the EQUIP Britain program in 2020 has prepared and inspired Kayla Dean to help start a similar training program in Mexico City to show young people how to tell others about Jesus.
Jerod’s experience as an Exchange Intern with CMF in Spain, and his involvement with The Table campus ministry at Oklahoma State University, have led him to serve with Canvas in Birmingham, England.
“Missions was always in the back of my mind, but I didn’t know what that could look like,” says Grace College student Victoria Pflueger.
A request from a friend who had previously taken Alpha, an 11-week course that explores the basics of the Christian faith, has led CMF team members Timothy and Tammy Aho to start two new online study groups for the course in Birmingham, England.
Despite the maximum restrictions of the third lockdown in Great Britain, Tom and Jenna Gallant and the Globalscope campus ministry team at Canvas in Birmingham, England, are implementing fresh and creative ideas for the new university term.