You’ve got access to vaults of wisdom for your students – people with “the wisdom of years,” most of whom have been exactly where your students are. It’s your alumni list. While (if you’re in certain branches of college ministry) you may request funds from these folks (and from plenty of …
Most of this post was penned four years ago, but it asks a great question – and one that the summer provides time for answering, I’d imagine. Our church, though it’s big, has tended not to construct our own outreach entities. We don’t have a clothing closet or a food …
I’ve offered this before, but it’s been awhile. For ten years now, I’ve supplemented my ministry and now my family with a side-project reselling textbooks. While I was a college minister out in West Texas, I helped develop a little textbook store. The purposes were serving students (since there wasn’t any …
I was remembering this week about visiting Willow Creek Community Church several years ago, and how I found a little “study nook” tucked away with some Christian commentaries and “classics” for public use right there on the campus. I’ve written about that idea for college ministries before, but it’s fairly …
The last couple of days, I’ve looked at ways we can spend a little time mid-semester upgrading the ways we involve our overseers and supporters in our college ministry work. Whether this means a church pastor, a group of funding-minded friends, a board of directors, a church’s congregation, or any …
Yesterday, I reviewed the various ways college ministers in the four branches are overseen and funded. Today, I’m taking a practical turn to look at ways we can “upgrade” our relationships with our overseers and other supporters. Now’s a good time in the semester / quarter to work on this …
I figure just about all of us – Quarter System and Semester System campus ministers – are in the middle of our season. So now might be a good time to spend a little time upgrading, shoring up, or jump-starting our relationships with our overseers and supporters. Tomorrow, I’ll look …
Happy Thanksgiving! Look for a new post next week. Meanwhile, I encourage you to consider joining other college ministries that already participate in Books-to-Impact every semester! Have you ever noticed how much money gets traded between students and the bookstore each semester? Wouldn’t it be great if some of those …
Every year, I make sure to point out that the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament would be a great time to remind people that they’re watching your mission field. I even update an essay each time, designed to help people picture just how exciting our campus mission fields really are. While …
The other day, I posted six ways I’ve seen campus ministries involve parents in the sphere of what they do. Below, you’ll find more ideas, perhaps even more “outside the box” – but possibly perfect for your ministry. Soliciting parents as mentors for students Soliciting non-monetary “donations” (like I described …
