Just for Students is a quarterly newsletter that Crossroads sends to all students in the mentorship program. It provides spiritual encouragement, updates and reminders about the program and other useful information for students. Mentors can read these newsletters to stay informed about what Crossroads has communicated to their students.
Just for Students: SPRING 2024
Just for Students: Spring 2024
This edition of Just for Students discusses Moses’s protégé, Joshua. The Scripture reading and prayer guide takes students through the book of Joshua. Students are challenged to consider the question Joshua posed to the people: “Who will you serve today?”
Just for Students: WINTER 2023
Just for Students: Winter 2023
This edition of Just for Students highlights the Gospel of Luke. It also includes a note of encouragement from Crossroads’ president, Joe Pryor, and information about our new video series called Doing Time. These videos are now available on about 500,000 computer tablets in jails and prisons, and students are encouraged to look for them on their facilities’ tablets.
Just for Students: SEPTEMBER 2023
Just for Students: September 2023
This edition of Just for Students calls our students to trust and hope in God as they face challenging circumstances. It also includes an encouraging message from Joe Pryor and a Scripture reading and prayer guide focused on the early Church.
Just for Students: JUNE 2023
Just for Students: June 2023
In this edition of JFS students are encouraged to look at the future with hope based on God’s love for them. This edition also includes a reading and prayer guide through the Gospel of Matthew and a note of encouragement from our CEO, Joe Pryor.
Just for Students: MARCH 2023
Just for Students: March 2023
This edition of Just for Students reminds students to remain patient and faithful as they wait on God’s timing for their lives. It also includes a message from Joe Pryor and a reading and prayer guide focused on the letters Paul wrote from prison.
Just for Students: DECEMBER 2022
Just for Students: DECEMBER 2022
This edition of Just for Students celebrates the fulfillment of God’s promises through the birth of Jesus. It also includes a reading and prayer guide based on the book of Proverbs.
Just for Students: SEPTEMBER 2022
Just for Students: SEPTEMBER 2022
This edition of Just for Students encourages students to remain faithful to the Lord in seasons of change. It also includes a reading and prayer guide through the Gospel of John and timely advice from a longtime mentor.
Just for Students: JUNE 2022
Just for Students: JUNE 2022
This edition of Just for Students encourages students to spend intentional time with the Lord. It features a reading and prayer guide for June and July based on the book of Acts.
Just for Students: MARCH 2022
Just for Students: MARCH 2022
This edition of Just for Students points students to the resurrection of Jesus as our source of hope and joy. It also includes a reading and prayer guide to follow from March 1 through Easter Sunday.
Just for Students: NOVEMBER 2021
Just for Students: NOVEMBER 2021
The November edition of Just For Students is an edition completely devoted to encouragement. It has been a difficult two years for all of us, but for our students it has been especially difficult. Many of them have not had an opportunity to get a visit from their family in nearly two years. Many of them have been locked down during the pandemic, unable to access their facility gym, chapel, and dining hall. We also are reminding our students that, as part of the Body of Christ, they are called to encourage one another.
Just for Students: AUGUST 2021
Just for Students: AUGUST 2021
This edition of Just for Students focuses on our newest Tier 1 course, What Is the Bible? The course gives an overview of the Bible and describes how both testaments point to Jesus. What Is the Bible? was developed from a video series produced by the ministry BibleProject. BibleProject’s videos explain the Bible in a way that is fun and easy to understand. Check them out at www.bibleproject.com.
Just for Students: MAY 2021
Just for Students: MAY 2021
In this, our first edition of Just for Students, we reflect on the book of John and introduce our two new courses, Who Is Jesus? and What Is the Bible? Our prayer is that the Just for Students newsletters will encourage and inform students as they grow in Christ.