Tag: contextual ministry

The Campus Minister

On Knowing Our Limits

In my post yesterday I shared some initial thoughts on walking with students who hurt.

Today I’d like to explore what it means to know our limitations…

Now don’t get me wrong, I’m NOT attempting to limit the ways in which God might choose to work through us… but I am, however, wanting to make it clear that for those of us who serve college students, in a pastoral capacity, that we have an obligation to our struggling students to provide them with every resource possible — even if it means passing them off to someone who is “outside” of our ministry.

The Campus Minister

Walking With Students Who Hurt

Some recent events on campus have had me thinking about our students, and the role(s) that we might play, when they struggle.

As the newness of the school year wears off, and many of the distractions that come in the form of ‘kick-off events’ pass by, students who are struggling will find themselves face-to-face with the demons they’ve been trying to escape.

So my question to us is simple:

What role do we play in the lives of struggling students?

Transitions

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.