Real Life, Real Faith Blogathon
Friends and colleagues, Preparation for the next blogathon are now underway! The Real Life, Real Faith blogathon will be a chance for […]
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Ideas for September
Well, for most of us, the new school year has officially begun! I hope you are off to a good start! I […]
Mutant Christianity
If you’ve worked with college students for very long, you’ve probably heard the appalling statistics regarding how many students walk away from […]
What Are Your Standards?
What are your standards for your leaders?
Do you have any?
Do they know what you expect?
Have you set the bar to high? To low?
How Do You Stand Out?
Have you ever stopped to think about what makes you (your ministry) unique?
What makes you different from the other ministries on campus?
What do you have to offer students that might make your ministry the one for them?
In a couple of posts last week I focused on training and equipping our student leaders to know why we do what we do (Do Your Students Know?), as well as how what we do meets a specific need on campus (How We ‘Fit In’ On Campus). I made the case for spending some significant time during the early stages of our training with leaders for helping them to see the BIG picture and really commit to learning it for themselves.
Make It Easier…
It’s amazing how much more approachable we become when we do something as simple as wear a name tag. I just […]
Orienting Students to Your Ministry
When introducing your students to your ministry, and the campus you serve, what direction do you take? We’ve been given an […]
On Teaching Students to be Healthy
We’ve reached Day 4 — the final day — of our week of leadership training with our new student leaders. Tomorrow […]
Bursting the Bubble
Something special happens when we let students into our home… Have you ever noticed this? No matter how they view us on […]
How We ‘Fit In’ On Campus
In a previous post I asked the question: Do your students know WHY you do what you do? I suggested that you […]