A simple notion that can mean profound change: sometimes volunteers do better with more on their plate. If you put more “job” into the “job description” of your student leaders, would they: rise to the challenge? feel more satisfied? feel a bigger sense of ownership? be less likely to get burned out? …
Continuing the Student Leader Upgrades series… Have you ever assigned your student leaders an academic undertaking? Here they are, in an educational environment, and yet by and large our collegiate ministry efforts don’t present a faith that seems quite as relevant to the skills and efforts required in that world. And while every …
Continuing the Student Leader Upgrades series… Simple one today: How well-versed are your student leaders on the “pillars” of your ministry? Whether you’ve been extremely concrete (no pun intended) about your pillars or not – that’s a post for another day – are your leaders the best at articulating and practicing what your ministry …
Continuing the Student Leader Upgrades series… In the world of ministry – and not just college ministry – there’s often no better way to ensure that solid believers lose their biggest opportunity to be stretched and continue to grow: Make them leaders! It’s a caution for student leaders, though, and it’s worth …
We’ve been talking about Student Leader Upgrades this week, and here’s a concrete one for this week’s Fridea. What if you challenged your student leaders to begin a “ministry of presence” on campus, just like their college ministers (hopefully) have? Of course, being “purposefully in the midst” of their campus …
Find the whole series here! If there’s anybody who needs to be forever-growing in their knowledge of and love for their campus, it’s your student leaders. And if there’s anyone who’s more in danger of aloofness from the campus as a whole (now that they’re invested so deeply in your …
Do your student leaders see that the point of their function is discipleship? Just like us older ministers, your students are liable to think of the program as just the program. They’re helping set up for Thursday nights or they’re organizing social events or they’re faithfully facilitating small group discussion. But …
How many of your student leaders have the chance to delegate tasks to other students? We’re not talking about creating little tyrants, or getting students mired in arrogance. But delegation doesn’t have to lead to those things, does it? And I know – even in my own life – delegation is …
And… we’re back. January is a great time to think about student leadership, since many college ministries’ leadership cores are well-established by this point in the school year. So I figured I’d create a brief series around this vital topic. I say vital, but is it possible for even that word …
