Florida State University
Join us every Tuesday at 7 PM in The Chapel of the Resurrection (655 W Jefferson St)
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Welcome to RUF at FSU! We are a campus ministry for any and every college student who finds themselves in Tallahassee. We are committed to fostering community, studying God's word, and applying the Gospel of Jesus to our lives.
Regardless of your beliefs or doubts, RUF is a place where you can belong, while you explore the claims of Christianity and grow in your understanding of the person of Jesus. All are welcome!
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Kelly Jackson
Kelly was raised in the small south Georgia town of Thomasville just up the road from Tallahassee. He met his wife, Caroline, at the University of Georgia where God used the ministries of RUF and Redeemer PCA to impact them both deeply. They loved each other and RUF so much that they decided to get married and co-intern with RUF (at Mississippi State). And in 2013, the Jacksons left Starkville and moved to Jackson, MS, where Kelly attended Reformed Theological Seminary and continued working with college students while on staff at First Presbyterian Church. He graduated from there in 2017, and the Jacksons have called Tallahassee home ever since! Their kids are Nora (8), Johnny (6), Annelise (3), Bro (2), and Maggie (1). They love the Seminoles of FSU, the great capital city of Tallahassee, and the laid back state of Florida. They also want you to visit and then move to Tallahassee to be a part of what God is doing there!
Victoria Wallenstein
Victoria was born and raised in Northern California and attended UC Berkeley. Through the ministry of RUF at Berkeley, Victoria heard the gospel for the first time and came to know Jesus. After moving to Tallahassee, Florida to work for RUF at FSU, she met her husband, good ol' Florida boy Vaughn, proving the power of the gospel to overcome all sorts of differences. In Summer of 2021, she began working as Campus Staff and loves calling Tallahassee home. Victoria loves a good dance floor, baking bread and ridiculous reality TV.
Sarah Diemer
Sarah is from Orlando, FL and graduated from Florida Atlantic University in May of 2024. She graduated with a Bachelors degree in Health Science. FAU's RUF was the biggest blessing in all of her 4 years there, all of her amazing memories and spiritual growth was through the RUF community. Her Campus Minister and Interns poured so much into her, while encouraging her to be bold in her faith. Sarah cannot wait to follow their example and show the love of Jesus to the students at Florida State University. A few things Sarah enjoys is watching Dodger baseball, going to the beach, catching a sunset, and ending the day by watching a movie (preferably in the theaters). She is so excited to make FSU her new home and seeing God work through RUF on campus at Florida State! Go Noles!
Luke Wilkerson
Luke Wilkerson grew up in Greenwood, Indiana. He went to school at Florida Gulf Coast University where he completed his bachelor's of Software Engineering. RUF transformed Luke's life and college experience, showing him what it meant to be a follower of Christ. RUF was a place where Luke could learn about his God given gifts, and discern a calling to use them in full time vocational ministry. The main highlight of his RUF college career was meeting his wife Kea his freshman year at RUF's fall conference and having their RUF FGCU campus ministry (Lucas Tanner) officiate their wedding. While Luke is serving as FSU's RUF intern, Kea will be completing her Master's of Fine Arts at FSU. Besides his RUF romantic endeavors, Luke loved reaching the unreached for Christ and leading bible studies on "less" popular books of the Bible. When Luke wasn't serving RUF in the summers he would work for Covenant Life PCA as their youth ministry intern and work on his pastoral internship requirements for his presbytery. A memorial experience was preaching for the first time at his home church Oak River PCA for the RUF graduation celebration service where we ran out of chairs for their Sunday service! In his free time he loves to play pickleball, video games on the PC he built, hit the gym, and read a good theology book on the beach.