A circle of six students throwing a burrito around were in the middle of the E quad on Apr. 18, 2024.
CRU club decided to have this week’s meeting out on the lawn, where they played games as a way to get to know each other.
CRU is a Christian organization on campus where their mission is to share Christianity with people on campus and have a safe space to come together and have fun with one another.
“Being able to find fellowship with people my age has been most fulfilling in this organization. I think that is something hard to find nowadays, so finding people who have that same belief system has been great,” said club leader Elias Cruz.
Cruz is a second year at Long Beach City College and has been working on relaunching the club back up as it stopped during the pandemic.
As of last week CRU is now an official club on campus.
CRU club has different rotations every week of what they focus on; some weeks being social focused, bible studies, and evangelism times as well.
In their social meetings the club focuses on getting to know one another and come together as a community, not only growing in their faith but also growing and creating friendships.
This week’s social meeting the CRU club played a game called Throw Throw Burrito, which is a sort of dodgeball card game that keeps you on your toes and throws toy burritos at your friends.
“As a first year student at LBCC, being able to walk on campus and find people immediately who I know would share my values was great. It was really cool to find people who are so welcoming and people I am able to connect with made my transition into LBCC a lot easier,” said member Olivia Campos.
All who are looking for a faith based community are welcome to join the CRU club on LBCC campus.