SLAQ Testimonies.
A place to encounter how SLAQ programs from CruCon, to the Cohort and the Faith Adventure, have impacted the lives of the next generation, from the SLAQers themselves.
CruCon Testimonies
Below you will find both testimonies from CruCon participants as well as examples of multiple final projects.
Youth - “I really appreciate the way CruCon develops conversations with my parents. I've learned things about them that I never would have otherwise (for better or for worse :), and it has deepened our relationship. CruCon has also really pushed me out of my comfort zone in great ways. I have become much more confident in conversation, presenting and prayer, and a lot of that can be attributed to the CruCon program.” - SLAQer
Parent - “We are actually looking in one another’s eye and having conversations about really important things other than movies and books and “do the right thing” we are having a really cool discussion.” - Emily Wettig
Youth - I just think it’s so important for my generation to hear from older generations, especially about less enjoyable topics like faith and science or faith and violence. I also think it’s just as important for older generations to hear from my generation, and to understand where we’re coming from. -SLAQer
Parent - “This was fabulous - both for myself and for my son. I grew up in a community having never wrestled with these questions. I'm still very much undecided about the question of corporate nonviolence, but this has gone a long way to challenge me with personal nonviolence.” - Jesse Mercer
Parent - “One of the challenges of engaging difficult contemporary issues is the the clutter that surrounds we have so many voices, so many competing narratives CruCon has helped us to listen more carefully to scripture as we have talked about these different topics.” - Jason Rhodes Showalter
Youth - “Something I really appreciate is the questions we can ask that help us then know how to better have converstations with people who ask us questions. CruCon gives me practice at knowing how to approach the questions and that "I don't know" is an okay answer because I do not know everything.” - SLAQer
Conversation Cohort Capstone
(Biblical Wisdom Series)
The CruCon process is a twelve week deep dive into a specific Faith & culture topic. We begin by drawing out the pressing questions we have about a given topic, and then make our way towards agreed upon truths through intergenerational conversations marked by grace, truth & curiosity. This is an example of one cohort’s movement from questions to truths about the wisdom and the Bible.
Malakai Wettig
Devin Stipe
Devin Stipe helped us pioneer the Serving Leader role as a young adult. His capstone project has been helping SLAQ pioneer our outreach efforts directed at middle school aged newcomers (immigrants and refugees) called Adventure Club. For his tremendous service Devin has been SLAQ certified as a honoree.
Dara Showalter
Dara joined SLAQ during the piloting year as a senior in high school, and has continued to support the program as a Serving Leader throughout here college years. For this tremendous service to the program Dara has been SLAQ certified as an honoree
SLAQ is a ministry of VMMissions that offers youth from diverse backgrounds a chance to discover the sacredness of life and the gift of a “good” creation through real-life adventure, service, & wisdom
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