CBU & Crux Design Studio

This past year, out of the blue, I was asked to be consider interviewing to be the director of the relatively new architecture program at California Baptist University (CBU). As I have never formally taught at any higher educational institution in the past, this truly took Sally and I by surprise. I was told that their interest in me was due to the architectural missionary service. We were honored, and figured it might be worth submitting information and such. We did interview, and the director position was not a good fit for me, but relationship with CBU is turning out to be an amazing testimony to the work of our Lord in intertwining ministries, education and even private architectural practice.

Mark Roberson

ARCHITECTURAL ADVISORY BOARD: Mark Roberson, the dean of the college of Visual Arts and Design, has asked me to be a part of their advisory board consisting of, in my opinion, much more accomplished and worthy architects in various parts of our country.  This is a new advisory board, and it is so humbling and such an honor to be a part of this organization 

Dr. Matthew Niermann

Caleb Walder

CRUX DESIGN STUDIOS: Dr. Matthew Niermann, who initiated the schools contact with me, along with Caleb Walder, both professors at CBU have enlisted me in a vision that we trust the Lord to be bringing together in a new ministry named Crux Design Studios (Crux). Crux has linked with Helps Ministries, the organization that I serve through, and a relatively new private business I formed last year called WHL Architecture PLLC (WHL are my dad's initials, see earlier blogs on my dad to further understand the significance of using his initials). The vision is to provide an architectural ministry that can enable college students (initially CBU students) to earn many of the internship credits required to eventually become a licensed architect, while attending school, and, most importantly, exposing these students to serving our Lord through architecture throughout our country and world.  Helps provided the 501C3 structure, and is such an awesome ministry as it is flexible to allow this to occure; CBU will provide the student services and instructional platform, and WHL will provide a licensed architectural firm and architect to provide design supervision, a requirement for architectural licensing internship credits. Much more to come from this later as the Lord leads.

I think the main thing, for now, is that when I thought I was forming a side company to provide services my main job isn't able to provide, and when Matthew thought he was seeking a potential candidate for the CBU director of architecture position, the Lord was orchestrating a new ministry like no other that presently exist for architecture students while they are enrolled in college.

My dad and hero, William Henry Luebben