If I sit across the table from a guy I’m discipling, certain that a great next step of growth for him is to begin memorizing Scripture, I have options: Start where he might end up to “stretch him”: memorizing a verse every day, for instance Start where he’s more likely …
A couple of posts ago, I wrote on a new paradigm for recruiting (new ministry members, volunteers, leaders, whatever). The paradigm? Understanding recruitment as simply a form of discipleship… and then evaluating it on those terms. Yesterday, I started with some practical forms that discipleship can take, topics to share …
If you’re willing to believe that recruiting students is a form of discipleship (as I argued yesterday), then we’ve got to start assessing our recruitment not just by “how many students say yes” but also by how effectively we impact students’ spiritual growth while in the process of recruiting. In …
Haven’t had a chance to plan something for Spring Break? Or have a bunch of students who don’t have plans yet? This is a repost from the past, but it’s useful if you’re open! These require little planning but could still have a real impact. The full-but-unplanned mission trip. If you’ve …
Toward the end of seminary, I realized that even graduate school allows for some level of “transfer credits.” So while I quite enjoyed my school, I took the opportunity to attend courses – in my case, two specialized Greek classes and a “Faith in Film” course – that weren’t offered …
What if each small group, ministry team, or other “segment” of your college ministry devoted itself to care and prayer for a segment of campus? Like if the junior girls Bible study “adopted” the swim team, and the Greeting Team adopted a dorm on the north side? And so on… …
This is going to sound like an ad or some sort of “paid-for review.” I promise, it’s not. I’m just recommending a book (books) I think are phenomenal. In my role at my church, there’s one book – now a bit of a series – that we recommend far more …
A post from the past, but timely once again… If you haven’t already started hunting down some Thanksgiving and Christmas serving opportunities for your ministry, now is probably a good time to start! (This would be a great thing to put some student leaders on.) And as these things get planned, …
As I continue my series on “Adding to Their Zeal,” here’s a longer post – building on two posts from long past – about helping students’ service be best. Service, like the other things we urge, is an area that needs our shepherding – not just our encouragement. Yet I fear …
In this “Adding to Their Zeal” series, I’m looking at ways we can help students round out their passion and energy with wisdom… One of the aspects of collegians that college ministers often notice is that they like the idea of impact sometimes much more than they like actually impacting. Hitting “Like” …
