This week I’m exploring ways to help students take seriously the opportunity to invite others into your college ministry. “Recruiting” (or whatever we call it) is clearly a major part of just about any college ministry. And it should be: You have the chance to intersect with students’ testimonies (like I discussed …
This is a repost from yesteryear, but incredibly timely. I’ve heard Tim Elmore encourage college ministers not only to work in their college ministries but also on their college ministries. At this point in the semester, one of the most valuable “Frideas” I can offer is this: Audit. Everything. I remember once sitting across …
As I continue placing “pebbles in your shoe,” I’m hoping to bug you – just a little bit – with some brief questions to get you thinking about the new semester. And this one is particularly simple… but potentially profound. How do your locations – or maybe you only have …
As I continue placing (small) pebbles in your shoe, hoping to give you something to think about as the new semester approaches… I want to ask: Have your students caught your vision for church involvement? College ministers – just like all other Christians – can differ on what “biblical church …
Sorry for the lack of promised “pebbles in your shoe” this week! I’m sputtering to the end of 2017 after the happy birth of our second kiddo – and quite the year at work. But I hope to resume with a few pebbles after taking next week off. Merry Christmas! …
Now would be a great time of your semester to check up on students’ church involvement: especially freshmen, but anyone could find their churchmanship waning at any point in college. And this is applicable even if you run a church-based ministry or collegiate church. (Are those students involved in a …
In my current role, I work hard to get church people to find their “fit” for serving others. Obviously, finding a place to impact others, where passions and spiritual gifting and strengths and schedule, is a great goal for every Christian – even if we all learn along the way …
It’s a post from the past, but it’s a little bit of a zinger… Here’s the question for today: Are you an expert on your own campus ministry? It might seem easy, if you’ve been there more than a few years, to answer a quick Yes. Or it’s easy to think …
Like most college ministries, yours probably has some vital, mostly unchanging “structures.” Maybe you’ve got more of these than your Large Group Meeting and your small group setup, but those two pillars of collegiate ministry will fit this example. When’s the last time you evaluated your key structures’ FORMS in …
It’s a spectacular time to do a hospitality check-up, since October is well past most college ministry’s major influx of new visitors. Student leaders, staff, and the whole ministry will find it easier to slack just a bit; for instance, even though they see each other regularly, students may habitually …
