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Nov 1

CAMPUS MINISTRY HIGHLIGHTS – 06/14/2021

CAMPUS MINISTRY HIGHLIGHTS

The Rev. Deacon Kathey Crowe, SJSU Chaplain

Bravo Trinity Children and Youth!  You are a big hit with the Students who staff the Spartan Food Pantry.  They want me to tell you how much they appreciated all you did with Aaron’s leadership to provide so many great hygiene products to the pantry.  My car was filled up to the ceiling today inside the passenger seats and in the trunk delivering all the goodies…it was joyful!  Many thanks to you all from my heart to yours!  Deacon Kathey

Nov 1

CAMPUS MINISTRY HIGHLIGHTS – 06/08/2021

CAMPUS MINISTRY HIGHLIGHTS

The Rev. Deacon Kathey Crowe, SJSU Chaplain

One of our students, Ms. Areli Sandoval, who majors in Chican-X Studies at San Jose State and is hoping to spend her life serving the underserved as a social worker and interpreter, joined me on Monday at the press conference in front of Representative Zoe Lofgren’s office, to share her story.  Areli arrived as a child from Mexico with her mother crossing the Arizona desert in the winter. Her story is a powerful one.  Areli will graduate at the close of the fall semester.  She has been with our ministry for over four years now.  Can you feel how proud I am of her?

Nov 1

CAMPUS MINISTRY HIGHLIGHTS – 05/30/2021

CAMPUS MINISTRY HIGHLIGHTS

The Rev. Deacon Kathey Crowe, SJSU Chaplain

What fun we had on Trinity Sunday doing our first service project together.

I drove home with a warm happy feeling of gratitude for Aaron, Daniel and the children who came together to design gift bags and make hygiene kits for San Jose State.  My thanks to the people of Trinity who made so many donations, a wonderful outpouring of generosity.  I guarantee you that the students who visit the Spartan Pantry will be blessed indeed.

Nov 1

CAMPUS MINISTRY HIGHLIGHTS – 05/03/2021

CAMPUS MINISTRY HIGHLIGHTS

The Rev. Deacon Kathey Crowe, Chaplain

AS in front of her host family residence

Canterbury Bridge Campus Ministry is indebted to and grateful for our host families who open up their hearts and a room in their homes at no cost to students who are housing insecure.  In 2021, we plan to increase the number of this important partner community.  Host families are a wonderful addition to the Church without Walls serving God’s people in a powerful way.

Nov 1

CAMPUS MINISTRY HIGHLIGHTS – 04/27/2021

CAMPUS MINISTRY HIGHLIGHTS

The Rev. Deacon Kathey Crowe, Chaplain

Final Exams are already being prepared or are in progress and before we know it, the Spring semester will draw to a close.  We have two students graduating in May, one of whom who has been with me for three years.  I am so proud of them and all of our students who faced hardship and kept going anyway. What a privilege the Lord gave to me to walk beside them for the time I was able and see them complete their academic goals.

Nov 1

CAMPUS MINISTRY HIGHLIGHTS – 04/20/2021

CAMPUS MINISTRY HIGHLIGHTS

The Rev. Deacon Kathey Crowe, Chaplain

Campus Ministry was the primary user of Trinity’s labyrinth.  The former Dean gave us custody of it several years ago and now it is back at Trinity.  The portable labyrinth brought new dimensions of awareness to students in Health Science and Recreation.  Initially not understanding why they had to walk the labyrinth as part of their class work each semester, most embraced the experience post-labyrinth as a way to become centered, feel Sacred Presence and get in touch with life questions.  As chaplain, I was often touched by student response.

Nov 1

CAMPUS MINISTRY HIGHLIGHTS – 03/21/2021

CAMPUS MINISTRY HIGHLIGHTS

The Rev. Deacon Kathey Crowe, Chaplain

Serving our student residents really is a joy not only for me as the chaplain, but also for our board members. Pictured is one of our graduate students who now lives with a host family seen here celebrating the completion of his under graduate work at SJSU with members of our board, the Rev. Ernest Cockrell, President, Mrs. Gerry Chartrand, the Rev. Nayan McNeill, and Mrs. Anne Louise Heigho, a beloved friend and Secretary Emerita,  who we lost last year.

Sep 14

Celebrations as Students Graduate!

A primary goal of this ministry is to assist students with the tools and support to graduate from SJSU.  Here is a picture of a celebratory dinner with a host family as one of our students graduates and goes out on her own!

Our Student Grad!

Aug 25

Laundry Ministry

Affectionately called “Sacred Suds“, the campus chaplain engages students each Sunday afternoon at the Quick Wash on San Carlos Street offering to pay for laundry with no strings attached.  The most significant part of the exchange happens when the chaplain offers a pin with the hashtag #IBIY – I Believe in You.  Students receive the little pin often with emotion indicating how much these young people need to hear those words.  It is actually sacramental and heart to heart.

Feb 1

Slowed Down but Not Stopped

With little warning, the opportunity came to move into Episcopal space for the first time in 25 years or more. We are now at Trinity Cathedral in downtown San Jose. Pulling out all the stops and God with us, we are moved! There is a lot of work ahead to organize the new space in the lower basement level of the church building underneath the parish hall. I am calling it the garden level!
The Lord does know what we need before we know how to ask and here is another example of that truth. I had no idea that the events that happened at Grace Baptist Church before Thanksgiving 2020 would result in closing down the student residence due to serious safety concerns.
A few months before that incident, I was approached by a vestry member and the priest in charge at Trinity to consider writing a grant to renovate more of the downstairs space for student occupancy. The grant was written, approved by the Canterbury Board of Directors, the Vestry of Trinity Cathedral and our Bishop and sent to the National Church long before we knew that this would be a primary residence instead of another annex. We await the results of whether or not we will be funded.
With little warning, the opportunity came to move into Episcopal space for the first time in 25 years or more. We are now at Trinity Cathedral in downtown San Jose. Pulling out all the stops and God with us, we are moved! There is a lot of work ahead to organize the new space in the lower basement level of the church building underneath the parish hall. I am calling it the garden level!
The Lord does know what we need before we know how to ask and here is another example of that truth. I had no idea that the events that happened at Grace Baptist Church before Thanksgiving 2020 would result in closing down the student residence due to serious safety concerns.
A few months before that incident, I was approached by a vestry member and the priest in charge at Trinity to consider writing a grant to renovate more of the downstairs space for student occupancy. The grant was written, approved by the Canterbury Board of Directors, the Vestry of Trinity Cathedral and our Bishop and sent to the National Church long before we knew that this would be a primary residence instead of another annex. We await the results of whether or not we will be funded.
Our new mailing address is:
P. O. Box 235, Alviso, CA 95002
and our physical location is:
81 N. 2nd St. SJ 95113
We have been slowed down by virus and tragedy but not stopped.
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