This is one of those posts where it will be impossible for me to provide enough examples, since I don’t know the particular context of your school. So I’m not going to put too much effort into that. If this is a useful notion to you – and I think it …
Today’s Fridea is about ideas – specifically, inviting new ideas for new ministry efforts in the new school year. What if you solicited out-of-the-box ideas for your college ministry, from your students, to be implemented in the next school year? If you pitched this well, you’d hopefully get a variety of small …
There’s still a lot of meat left on the bone of this semester, and among other things, that means you’ve got room to adjust your student leadership roles and structure in meaningful ways. I’ve written about this opportunity before, so here you go: You’ve heard the Good to Great principle of getting …
I don’t know what your campus ministry is doing for the Super Bowl. Maybe it’s an opportunity to bring people together; maybe it’s a chance to draw new students in. But like I said, I don’t know what you’re doing in particular. But let me ask you: Do YOU know …
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! …
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 …
I’ve spent the week at a “Big Data and the Church” gathering (which explains my blogging lack), and I heard lots of intriguing things. It also made me realize that many college ministers have access to many thousands (or millions) of dollars worth of research on their mission fields – …
What happens at your campus during the summer? Is it “business as usual,” albeit with a bit smaller attendance? While hundreds or thousands of students might indeed be taking classes this summer, even then there’s a good chance some irregular things are taking place, too – from summer camps to …
I’m writing this with the assumption that you already have some leaders slated for the fall (or are using some this summer). But if not, this might be worth putting on your calendar. Have you ever asked a new student leader what they think could be added to / deleted from …
Is there any niche on your campus where you’re known, simply because you’ve been present? A college minister’s ministry of presence can successfully grow in common spaces, in student centers or dining halls or dorm lobbies. But God has created you as more than just a minister, too. And it’s likely …
