The fall is by no means the best time to be looking to fill leadership positions — BUT, if we still find ourselves with needs to fill, there can be some fantastic leaders that present themselves in the fall who have the potential to make a serious impact on our teams and ministry efforts.
Four ‘kinds’ of students that come to mind are: the transformed, the transfer, the freshman and the wounded.
It’s that time of the year again — student leaders are starting to make their way back to campus for a few days of training before the new year begins.
This is a group that, six months ago, thought they wanted to serve their peers as a part of our ministry team. They were in a place, spiritually speaking, where they sensed God leading them to offer their talents and passions to the work God is doing on our campus.
That was six months ago.
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Is it just me, or does it seem like it’s getting harder and harder to get student leaders to commit to, and follow through with, an extended leadership role? Certainly there are exceptions to this… but those students seem to be fewer and far between… and when we encounter them around campus (or within our ministries) they are unmistakable!
In our consumer-driven society (and campuses), it should come as no surprise to us that more and more students are finding it harder and harder to stay committed to one leadership role, and easier and easier to jump from one thing to the next… one leadership role to the next… And when they do, I’m not sure that they’ve given much thought to how their choices will impact the contexts and relationships that they’ve left behind.
With just a couple of days before our student leaders return to campus, I find myself thinking about the importance of the […]