College can be a time of significant change.
There are so many factors that come into play during this very formative time in life, and as pastors to this demographic we often get a front row seat to the process.
But the reality of change — especially significant change — can be hard for family and friends back home to comprehend and/or accept.
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I have very few “pocket speeches” that I pull out and use over and over again.
I find that every student is unique, as is their situation, and it (and they) deserves to be treated as such.
However, at the start of every new school year there is one speech (conversation is probably a more accurate description) that I seem to present over and over and over again…
When new students approach me about finding a place to lead (and more specific to our campus — to lead worship) I tell them all the same thing:
Find a place to belong first, then look for ways to invest your gifts.
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Most campuses I know of seem to have some sort of formal programming and process for welcoming students to campus, helping them to get moved in, and then oriented to their new community, before classes begin.
Most of us went through this process as a first-year student… once upon a time… and it may be that we have forgotten some of the emotions and overwhelming feelings of disorientation that often accompany this time of transition.
And on move-in day specifically, new students and parents are about one thing and one thing only — getting into (and then settled in) their dorm room.
So let me encourage us — each and every one of us — to be about that one thing as well.
This year has been a difficult year for me. It has been a season of transition and growth – personally and professionally. […]