As I noted earlier this week, I’ve been on a learning trip with our large church team. That meant several great learning “interviews” – not too unlike the hundreds I’ve done with college ministers, only this time with a few other people sitting alongside me in each one. Of course, …
Have you considered taking a learning trip or “learning retreat” with your student leaders? It’s on my mind because as you read this, I’m headed to Memphis with my church staff team to do that very thing. We’re excited to learn from church folks, parachurch folks, and secular non-profits, along …
Hope you had an awesome Spring Break, if that’s what you were doing last week. I hope you point to the fields. In all your dealings with supporters, parents of students, church congregations, overseers/bosses, former students, and others you share your ministry with… don’t forget to point to the awesome …
As the news broke this morning of the passing of Billy Graham, I couldn’t help but think about my favorite Billy Graham story: his role in Explo ’72, the Campus Crusade for Christ conference here in Dallas that came to be known as the “Christian Woodstock” and the pinnacle of …
In years past, I’ve noted that events like the annual Super Bowl do a great job of highly publicizing the opportunity available by ministering to college students. (So, for instance, it’s a great time to remind your fundraisers or overseers of that fact.) Helpfully, SB Nation has a great article …
I’ve posted this before but probably can’t say it enough. Summer slows down for me a bit, so, for example, I might get the chance to press forward on the theory and strategy side of my ministry by reading a variety of books. I’ve attended heavy-duty conferences in summers past, or …
Have you considered just how valuable college seniors could be for improving your ministry? Sure, you may already be using seniors in major discipleship arenas – discipling individual underclassmen, teaching, running ministry teams, etc. And that may be right where they need to stay. But this idea still could fit some …
It may not be composed of an actual scrapbook, but what will you do to memorialize your college ministry’s history from this school year? This too would be a great job for students. And sure, it’s sad if you haven’t done this through the years. But why not start now? …
After posting yesterday about the need to excite students about collegiate ministry callings, I thought I’d repost a long-ago note about connecting students to other campuses right now. With edits, of course… I remember a collegiate mission trip I got to help plan while I was a college minister …
Join me on a vision trip. Potential missionaries – or supporters – take a “vision trip” to imagine together how God might lead them to impact a particular people group. Our vision trip takes us to a nation filled with numerous tribes. We’ve heard reports that these populations have a great need for …
