Chocolate chip. Oatmeal raisin. Snicker-doodle. What is your favorite kind of cookie?
Earlier this spring, ten eager students and Cru staff members stood around a table stacked with 700 cookies. These treats were packaged and ready to deliver to students in the dorms of California State University Sacramento.
This annual “Text-For-Cookie” outreach was simple. Students used their cell phone to text the word ‘COOKIE’ to MissionHub. Next, they received a short survey on their phone asking for three pieces of information: their campus address, one question they have about God, and their favorite kind of cookie. As the answers came in, MissionHub sent them to the Cru staff members and students who delivered the cookies with hopes of starting spiritual conversations about Jesus.
James, a Cru intern at Sacramento State, knocked on Joe’s dorm room door. Although he had cookies in hand, James did not know what to expect. He soon found that this freshman was very interested in talking. Joe shared that he did not know anything about the Bible, Jesus, or what he believed. Using this information as a starting point, James shared the gospel with Joe. Although Joe didn’t make a decision for Christ right then and there, the two have continued to discuss spiritual things. Along with Joe, many other students were open to spiritual conversations as a result of this outreach.
Soon after this “Text-For-Cookie” event took place, other Cru campus ministries heard how Cru at Sacramento State utilized MissionHub in this creative way. With the new school year quickly approaching, many of these ministries are looking to use MissionHub to drive their creative outreaches.
Because of your gracious partnership, we can develop tools like MissionHub that help open doors to start spiritual conversations about Jesus.
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